UK - request for advice

"Thrib" <leonardsprog DeleteThis @yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3f1169b0$1_1@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com...
 >
 > Hello,
 >
 > I saw a bunch of excellent and concise advice on the subject of setting up
a
 > web site in the thread 'simple question from a new guy'.
 >
 > I'm hoping there are some UK webmasters in here who can give me similar
 > advice - a good place to register a domain, and a reliable company that
 > offers web hosting.
 >
 > I'm helping to set up a web site for a small museum. The site won't have a
 > great number of visitors, and to start with it will be quite a basic
 > text-and-gif site. I probably will need less than 10mb.
 >
 > However, I have little idea how the site might expand and develop in the
 > future - ideally I'd be looking for a hosting company that offers a
 > reasonably priced basic package, where I don't have to pay for all the
bells
 > and whistles that I don't need at the moment - but where it would be easy
to
 > upgrade should I need to. In particular, I don't want to be paying for
loads
 > of webspace (or bandwidth) that I don't need - but I'd like to be able to
 > expand to more space later if I need it.
 >
 > Obviously, I'm also looking for a very reliable company with reliable
 > servers.
 >
 > I hope there's a few people out there who can give me some much needed
 > advice on this.

Check out <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.easyspace.co.uk" target="_blank">www.easyspace.co.uk</a> they are one of only a few UK registrars for
..com names, if this is what you are after. They are also registrars for UK
names.

If it's only one site you have, then you may find a good hosting deal with
them too. I hosted a single site with them in the past, and never noticed
any downtime.

You will certainly find hosting cheaper, but I can't vouch for reliability
on others.

You don't need to restrict yourself to the UK for either of theses things.
If your site gets very busy, you will find that hosts using servers in the
UK will be very expensive for bandwidth.
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 >> Stay informed about: UK - request for advice 

..
  >I saw a bunch of excellent and concise advice on the subject of setting up a
  >web site in the thread 'simple question from a new guy'.
  >
  >I'm hoping there are some UK webmasters in here who can give me similar
  >advice -
(With that subject line, you'll get a *lot*! - which is want you want, o'course.)
  >a good place to register a domain, and a reliable company that
  >offers web hosting.
I've been hosting a few small companies on <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.pay-as-you-host.com" target="_blank">www.pay-as-you-host.com</a> for about three years
now and have little to moan about, while the prices are acceptable. They offer php and
mysql, too. (Even if you don't know what *they* are at present, I'm prepared to bet
you'll be starting to look at them within about six months as the itch to offer more
content and features begins. Always happens!)
  >
  >I'm helping to set up a web site for a small museum. The site won't have a
  >great number of visitors, and to start with it will be quite a basic
  >text-and-gif site. I probably will need less than 10mb.
  >
  >However, I have little idea how the site might expand and develop in the
  >future - ideally I'd be looking for a hosting company that offers a
  >reasonably priced basic package, where I don't have to pay for all the bells
  >and whistles that I don't need at the moment - but where it would be easy to
  >upgrade should I need to. In particular, I don't want to be paying for loads
  >of webspace (or bandwidth) that I don't need - but I'd like to be able to
  >expand to more space later if I need it.
  >
You don't sign up for longer than 1 month at a time and you are not stuck with inflexible
webspace/data-transfer allocations.

  >Obviously, I'm also looking for a very reliable company with reliable
  >servers.
I have always found their customer service a strong point.

  > James Evans
HTH

Yooors,

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"Thrib" <leonardsprog.DeleteThis@yahoo.co.uk> skrev i melding
news:3f1169b0$1_1@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com...
 >
 > Hello,
 >
 > I saw a bunch of excellent and concise advice on the subject of setting up
a
 > web site in the thread 'simple question from a new guy'.
 >
 > I'm hoping there are some UK webmasters in here who can give me similar
 > advice - a good place to register a domain, and a reliable company that
 > offers web hosting.
 >
 > I'm helping to set up a web site for a small museum. The site won't have a
 > great number of visitors, and to start with it will be quite a basic
 > text-and-gif site. I probably will need less than 10mb.
 >
 > However, I have little idea how the site might expand and develop in the
 > future - ideally I'd be looking for a hosting company that offers a
 > reasonably priced basic package, where I don't have to pay for all the
bells
 > and whistles that I don't need at the moment - but where it would be easy
to
 > upgrade should I need to. In particular, I don't want to be paying for
loads
 > of webspace (or bandwidth) that I don't need - but I'd like to be able to
 > expand to more space later if I need it.
 >
 > Obviously, I'm also looking for a very reliable company with reliable
 > servers.

OK, I'm not a UK webmaster, but I can still hand over some advice.

Domain registration:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.godaddy.com/" target="_blank">http://www.godaddy.com/</a> (.com/.net/.org/.info/.biz/.ws)
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.mydomain.com/" target="_blank">http://www.mydomain.com/</a> (.com/.net/.org/.info/.biz/.cc/.nu/.bz)
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.123-reg.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.123-reg.co.uk/</a> (.uk/.com/.net/.org/.info/.biz/.tv/.cc)
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.easyspace.com/" target="_blank">http://www.easyspace.com/</a> (.uk/.com/.net/.org/.info/.biz/.cn/.cc/+++)
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ukreg.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ukreg.com/</a> (.uk/.com/.net/.org/.info/.biz/.tv/.name)
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.nic.museum/" target="_blank">http://www.nic.museum/</a> (.museum only)

GoDaddy, 123-reg and EasySpace also provide (optional) hosting.

Web hosting:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.page-zone.com/" target="_blank">http://www.page-zone.com/</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.prohosting.com/" target="_blank">http://www.prohosting.com/</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.4dwebhosting.com/" target="_blank">http://www.4dwebhosting.com/</a>
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.tera-byte.com/" target="_blank">http://www.tera-byte.com/</a>

I can recommend using any of the above.

Also, if you want a .museum domain, the above registrar is the only source
for this type of domain.

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On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 15:14:42 +0100 "Thrib" <leonardsprog DeleteThis @yahoo.co.uk>
broke off from drinking a cup of tea at to write:

 >However, I have little idea how the site might expand and develop in the
 >future - ideally I'd be looking for a hosting company that offers a
 >reasonably priced basic package, where I don't have to pay for all the bells
 >and whistles that I don't need at the moment - but where it would be easy to
 >upgrade should I need to. In particular, I don't want to be paying for loads
 >of webspace (or bandwidth) that I don't need - but I'd like to be able to
 >expand to more space later if I need it.
 >
 >Obviously, I'm also looking for a very reliable company with reliable
 >servers.

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.tera-byte.com" target="_blank">www.tera-byte.com</a>

They're in Canada, but don't let that worry you, they do have 24/7
telephone support, and it works!

Matt

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Hello James. If you are still looking for hosting, see our site at:
http://www.designrweb.co.uk If you are looking to start small, see our
Personal Account at £30.00 (ex vat) per year. This also includes a
free .co.uk domain name.

Plesk 5 control panel
Multi domain hosting (host up to 5 domains on the Personal Account)
50mb space
1gig bandwidth per month
MySQL
Webmail
PHP...etc

For additional domains, maybe look at 123 Reg and UK Reg.

You can see our client feedback in our user/ support forums.

Thanks

Design R Web Solutions

http://www.designrweb.co.uk
http://forums.designrweb.co.uk
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Why don't you consider using a domain forwarding company (www.123-reg.co.uk,
for example) and then hosting the web site on the web space your ISP gives
you as part of your contract.

I've been doing this for some time with excellent results, and it costs me
virtually nothing beyond what I've already paid.


 > I saw a bunch of excellent and concise advice on the subject of setting up
a
 > web site in the thread 'simple question from a new guy'.
 >
 > I'm hoping there are some UK webmasters in here who can give me similar
 > advice - a good place to register a domain, and a reliable company that
 > offers web hosting.
 >
 > I'm helping to set up a web site for a small museum. The site won't have a
 > great number of visitors, and to start with it will be quite a basic
 > text-and-gif site. I probably will need less than 10mb.
 >
 > However, I have little idea how the site might expand and develop in the
 > future - ideally I'd be looking for a hosting company that offers a
 > reasonably priced basic package, where I don't have to pay for all the
bells
 > and whistles that I don't need at the moment - but where it would be easy
to
 > upgrade should I need to. In particular, I don't want to be paying for
loads
 > of webspace (or bandwidth) that I don't need - but I'd like to be able to
 > expand to more space later if I need it.
 >
 > Obviously, I'm also looking for a very reliable company with reliable
 > servers.
 >
 > I hope there's a few people out there who can give me some much needed
 > advice on this.
 >
 > Thanks,
 >
 > James Evans
 >
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I've hosted 6 sites with
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.qawebhosting.com" target="_blank">www.qawebhosting.com</a>
Good price and reliable.

Thrib wrote:

 > Hello,
 >
 > I saw a bunch of excellent and concise advice on the subject of setting up a
 > web site in the thread 'simple question from a new guy'.
 >
 > I'm hoping there are some UK webmasters in here who can give me similar
 > advice - a good place to register a domain, and a reliable company that
 > offers web hosting.
 >
 > I'm helping to set up a web site for a small museum. The site won't have a
 > great number of visitors, and to start with it will be quite a basic
 > text-and-gif site. I probably will need less than 10mb.
 >
 > However, I have little idea how the site might expand and develop in the
 > future - ideally I'd be looking for a hosting company that offers a
 > reasonably priced basic package, where I don't have to pay for all the bells
 > and whistles that I don't need at the moment - but where it would be easy to
 > upgrade should I need to. In particular, I don't want to be paying for loads
 > of webspace (or bandwidth) that I don't need - but I'd like to be able to
 > expand to more space later if I need it.
 >
 > Obviously, I'm also looking for a very reliable company with reliable
 > servers.
 >
 > I hope there's a few people out there who can give me some much needed
 > advice on this.
 >
 > Thanks,
 >
 > James Evans
 >
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 >> Stay informed about: UK - request for advice