Free Server W/ NO ADS? [Archive]

aesercos

11-01-2003, 14:17

Portland Communications (www.portland.co.uk) is a nice, free server, has all the things that you will probably need, and no banners. The bandwith allowed per month is a bit low if you have a lot of video, but other than that its great.

Noah

11-01-2003, 14:56

www.brinkster.com (http://www.brinkster.com) is a very nice free server with no ads and it provides free ASP service! yeeha!

Raven_Writer

12-01-2003, 12:42

Originally posted by Noah
www.brinkster.com (http://www.brinkster.com) is a very nice free server with no ads and it provides free ASP service! yeeha!
Brinkster is not all that great

Chris P

12-01-2003, 12:58

I think Brinkster is pretty good. Free 30 MB of space is always nice. And it runs ASP. Can't complain....

Chris

Raven_Writer

12-01-2003, 13:00

Originally posted by Chris P
I think Brinkster is pretty good. Free 30 MB of space is always nice. And it runs ASP. Can't complain....

Chris
Yea, but the space is used up pretty fast if you add programs. Plus, there's not to many decent scripts out there for it, but there is for PHP.

123

13-01-2003, 09:26

Thnx for the replies
I found a good server that also allows FtP access but not that great.

123

13-01-2003, 09:27

oops forgot the link http://netfirms.com/

Chris P

15-01-2003, 17:01

Yea, but the space is used up pretty fast if you add programs. Plus, there's not to many decent scripts out there for it, but there is for PHP.

The thing about ASP that I like is that you have to do a lot of things yourself. There aren't any real ASP Forums out there, and it is a nice challenge to design your own. Very easy to tailor to one site too.

Chris

Raven_Writer

15-01-2003, 17:26

Yea, and if you already know VB, your basically on your way (sure...different syntax, but it's basically all the same). The only problem w/ Brinkster is that it's impossible to connect to your database, but you are allowed to (p.s.: if anyone has any ideas on how to do this, please tell me)

Dragon45

15-01-2003, 18:49

sweet... free hosting? bye bye, angelfire/tripod. If they offer PHP support, we are set.

Raven_Writer

15-01-2003, 18:51

Originally posted by Dragon45
sweet... free hosting? bye bye, angelfire/tripod. If they offer PHP support, we are set.
If you are referring to Brinkster, they only offer ASP, and just ASP...but later in life they may take one of the server-side scripting languages (besides ASP)

AJ Quick

15-01-2003, 18:58

Try not to go free. You should actually be able to find expensive hosting for free, with no ads.. if you ask the hosts if they will host your school site for free.

I have done this for our site, and got quite a number of offers.

Chris P

16-01-2003, 00:41

The only problem w/ Brinkster is that it's impossible to connect to your database, but you are allowed to (p.s.: if anyone has any ideas on how to do this, please tell me)

If you go into the filemanager on the right there are several buttons. One is a drop down menu with "Examples to Install". Click on it and choose the Database one. Making sure your Database is in a "db" folder and is an Access one, you should be able to use what they have to connect.

Chris

rbayer

16-01-2003, 00:57

Anybody know of anyplace that will give me 1.5GB of bandwidth/month? :D That's about what robbayer.com is on track for right now, and I still have several planned updates to RoboEmu in the near future...

Raven_Writer

16-01-2003, 19:34

Originally posted by rbayer
Anybody know of anyplace that will give me 1.5GB of bandwidth/month? :D That's about what robbayer.com is on track for right now, and I still have several planned updates to RoboEmu in the near future...
www.freeservers.com i think it it is...if not, PM me and I'll give you the link. It's supposed to have unlimited bandwidth/space for free.

LBK Rules

16-01-2003, 19:43

I just checked, and the free plan is 12 MB, with 256KB file size limit.

I also need a 1.5+ GB plan with at least 30MB size limit.

Edit:

I was checking Google, and found http://www.angelcities.com/

It has a 100MB size free plan. 600MB a month and 20MB a day banwith, and a 1MB file size limit.

Raven_Writer

16-01-2003, 19:49

Originally posted by LBK Rules
I just checked, and the free plan is 12 MB, with 256KB file size limit.

I also need a 1.5+ GB plan with at least 30MB size limit.
30 MB size -> Brinkster...general (a.k.a.: free) plan is 30, more you pay, the more space you get (all plans are the same (12.95)). About the bandwidth, still try Brinkster.

Chris P

18-01-2003, 13:07

Brinkster doesn't have very much bandwidth at all. I had a site there once which was constantly blocked because of the bandwidth usage.

Chris

rbayer

18-01-2003, 13:39

Most free hosting (including Brinkster and freeservers.com) are limited to .5GB/month. Unfortunately, I'd go through that in 10-15 days at my current rate. Oh well, I guess I may just have to break down and pay $8/month eventually...

Petey

18-01-2003, 13:55

Originally posted by AJ Quick
Try not to go free. You should actually be able to find expensive hosting for free, with no ads.. if you ask the hosts if they will host your school site for free.

I have done this for our site, and got quite a number of offers.

www.freewebs.com is GREAT--though they don't provide FTP--and you can get a short redirectional URL from .tk. Type in yourdesireddomain.tk and if it's not used at the moment, you can register it. This will work with IP's and long url's.

edit:
They only allow 100 megabytes a month. Can't your school host the first site for you?

--Petey

Raven_Writer

18-01-2003, 18:36

Originally posted by Chris P
Brinkster doesn't have very much bandwidth at all. I had a site there once which was constantly blocked because of the bandwidth usage.

Chris
Well, I'm lucky then :D. My site doesn't use up much (if any really) bandwidth, on Brinkster.

Petey -> [My school doesn't even know I exist probably. Plus, my school's server sucks]

rbayer

18-01-2003, 21:46

Originally posted by Petey
Can't your school host the first site for you?

Yes, but then we'd have to do everything with FileMaker Pro for their Mac G4 servers. Also, due to the severe paranoia of our network people, we'd have to submit all changes to them, have them approve it, and then post it if they ever feel like it. Also, the school's rules for stuff on their servers is that it has to be compatible with Netscape 3.0 (yes, 3.0!) and has to have the district logo on EVERY page with a link going back to the district home just as often. Let's just say our web admin isn't exactly a "people-person". :ahh: