Web Hosting

[wacky racer]

Can anyone recommend a free or low cost webhosting service that doesn't bombard the user with ads and pop-ups (I know there will be some ads) and, most importantly, will allow me to FTP upload a batch of files at once. Most of the free ones I have found only allow one file to be uploaded at a time.

[Hippy]

FreeUK will give you a free, advert-free acount for web pages (30mb I think) but the free one limits you to dial-up analogue FTP transfer.

That's not such a tedious thing as it's fast enough for most uses. Their dial up costs 3p per minute and I think they must get a fraction of that to pay for the service. Better that than the annoying ads! You get email as well, you can access the email through a Web interface as well as POP 3/SMTP (Outlook etc.).

[smorodina]

http://free.prohosting.com/

For a one off fee the above gives you ad-free hosting and it's pretty good. They do have limits on file size and types though. For an amazing deal with support that is second to none you could try web-mania. �20 a year for hosting plus the cost of domain reg. I've been with them for 4 years and the down-time can be counted in minutes:

http://www.web-mania.com/

[Buenchico]

I've often used Webtribe to upload various sites. It might not meet your needs because FrontPage extensions aren't supported but, if all you want is to find a host for a basic website then signing up for a Webtribe account might be just right for you:
http://www.webtribe.net/main.php


Further details:

Webtribe is available for dial-up users only.

Dial-up is at local call rates.

There are no charges other than the cost of phone calls.

Assuming that calls are made at off-peak times (i.e. evenings and weekends) I estimate that you get slightly more than 10Mb of webspace for a quid. For example, this very simple website http://cheetah.webtribe.net/~yewlandspast/ takes up about 25Mb (because there are nearly 500 photos) but still cost less than �2.50 to upload.

There is no limit on the size of your site.

Both private and commercial sites are welcome.

There are absolutely no pop-ups, pop-unders or any ads of any type at all.

There are no site-creation tools available but you can use FrontPage (without extensions) or any of the dozens of other programs available.

Webtribe doesn't have any built-in upload facilities - just use any decent free FTP software (e.g. Coffee Cup: http://www.tucows.com/preview/195147 ) to upload your entire site in a few clicks.

You get e-mail thrown in as well (both POP3/SMTP and web-based) but you'll only be able to send mail through a POP3/SMTP account while you're actually connected to Webtribe via their dial-up facility. (When you're connected via another ISP you can still receive e-mail through the POP3/SMTP account and both send and receive through the web-based

[Buenchico]

. . facilty as well).

[I hate it when AB does that!]

Chris

[wacky racer]

Thanks everyone so far. I forgot to mention I am on a microwave broadband connection (no dial up). I don't use Frontpage (still struggle with html but enjoy it). Looks like webmania is the best deal - I will have to cough up the �20.

[VaaMachi]

You can get low cost and best web hosting service from http://www.xnynz.com/hosting/web-hosting_4.aspx . They won't bombard you with ads and you will get FTP Access without restrictions . Their customer support is also excellent.