OT, web hosting for personal pages?

[Jon Anderson]

I know a number of folks here have personal web pages detailing projects
and interests. I'm interested in doing the same, covering my issues and
experiences in moving my shop down under, my hobby projects, and my
photography.

I would want 500MB+ storage for images, a blogging application, and FTP
w/password access. Those features alone will probably ensure I get a lot
more bells and whistles, but those are the basics.
Looking for low cost. GoDaddy seems pretty cheap, but a couple friends
warn while setting up is fast and easy, customizing a web page isn't
exactly intuitive. 1&1 has a lot of features, but is kinda pricey for
just a personal page.

Open to suggestions.


Jon

[Larry Jaques]

On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 08:43:16 -0800, Jon Anderson
<jande...@comcast.net> wrote:

>I know a number of folks here have personal web pages detailing projects
>and interests. I'm interested in doing the same, covering my issues and
>experiences in moving my shop down under, my hobby projects, and my
>photography.
>
>I would want 500MB+ storage for images, a blogging application, and FTP
>w/password access. Those features alone will probably ensure I get a lot
>more bells and whistles, but those are the basics.

That's included in most hosts' basic packages.

>Looking for low cost. GoDaddy seems pretty cheap, but a couple friends
>warn while setting up is fast and easy, customizing a web page isn't
>exactly intuitive. 1&1 has a lot of features, but is kinda pricey for
>just a personal page.

>Open to suggestions.

I've been using LunarPages for quite a long while now and have been
happy with them. I use their starter hosting for my handyman website
and a regular hosting for my web design site. Use my link and you get
the same great deal plus I get a bump. I'll help you with your site if
you like. http://www.lunarpages.com/id/diversifycom Only $3.95/mo
but you have to buy a 2 year contract. This has always been worth it
to me. $95 for two years of hosting? Some places want that much for
only 3 _months_.

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-- anon

[Gunner Asch]

On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 08:43:16 -0800, Jon Anderson
<jande...@comcast.net> wrote:

Well for hard storage of photos/files Picasa is good..and one can link
photos from it to webpages so they appear on the webpage

I think I have 7.5 gigs of storage on Picasa, with only 2% currently in
use.


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and mothers of Leftwingers, a goodly number of Leftwingers are
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Gunner Asch

[Jon Anderson]

Certainly going to check that out, sounds like a killer price.
I have no problem with contracts. I registered a domain, janders dot
info to get a freebie email. Paid up for 10 years, then found many of
the web forums I'm in won't accept that email. Crap... Big part of
registering a domain was to get a long term email account I can start to
transition to here before I move. (while I do have a Gmail account and
it can be converted to POP3, I don't trust Google to not be sniffing
emails...)

Thanks!!


Jon

[Jon Anderson]

On 11/6/2011 9:26 AM, Gunner Asch wrote:

> Well for hard storage of photos/files Picasa is good..and one can link
> photos from it to webpages so they appear on the webpage
>
> I think I have 7.5 gigs of storage on Picasa, with only 2% currently in
> use.

Yeah, Picassa would be hard to beat for blog pics and stuff. But for
photography, I want more control over appearance, more like a
professional online photo gallery, ala Smugmug or similar.
(not that I'm a professional by any means, I just want to be able to
create a nice looking gallery...)


Jon

[Bill]

I use pair.net and have for years, I've been happy with them.

[William Bagwell]

On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 08:43:16 -0800, Jon Anderson <jande...@comcast.net>
wrote:

A Small Orange. A bit 'geekier' than some hosts, but includes cPanel for us
mortals. $5 per month will get you 750 MB of storage and 15 GB monthly
bandwidth. Virtually every thing else is truly unlimited. Few exceptions are
things most folks are unlikely to encounter. 1,000 emails per hour for example.
You will never hit that but a mailing list with 100 members and 10 posts per
one hour will hit...

Have been with them for years and have never had a problem not of my own
doing:-O
--
William

[JR North]

Unless you want a less-than satisfactory layout peppered with ads and
pop-ups from a "free" host, look into a local ISP that will sell you a
web host service with X MB (your requirement). Usually not too
expensive, and you can manage it all you want. Here's mine, run on
local Seanet.com:

http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth/
JR
Dweller in the cellar

On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 08:43:16 -0800, Jon Anderson
<jande...@comcast.net> wrote:

[d...@kbrx.com]

Keep in mind that older operating systems & older browsers & older
computers can't read the photo format used on picasa.

Hul

[Jon Anderson]

On 11/6/2011 3:29 PM, d...@kbrx.com wrote:

> Keep in mind that older operating systems& older browsers& older

> computers can't read the photo format used on picasa.

Wasn't aware of that. Just how old an OS are you talking about? NT, W98,
W95? Well, there's always Flickr...

Thanks for the heads up.


Jon

[Jon Anderson]

On 11/6/2011 3:21 PM, JR North wrote:
> Unless you want a less-than satisfactory layout peppered with ads and
> pop-ups from a "free" host, look into a local ISP that will sell you a
> web host service with X MB (your requirement).

That's certainly what I don't want. I have a business site a friend
hosts on his server. He'd probably let me host my personal site too, but
whereas my business site is very low impact on traffic and disk space, I
plan to have a fair bit of stuff on the personal site.

I've heard from a few folks down under that have AU hosted web sites,
hosting isn't exactly cheap, though they have .au registered domains and
they are business sites. I don't really care where mine is hosted so
long as it's easy to access and modify like my business site,
inexpensive, and reliable.


Jon

[Jon Anderson]

On 11/6/2011 2:19 PM, William Bagwell wrote:

> A Small Orange. A bit 'geekier' than some hosts, but includes cPanel for us
> mortals. $5 per month will get you 750 MB of storage and 15 GB monthly
> bandwidth.

Hmm, have to compare that to Larry's host. I'm familiar with cPanel,
that's what runs the server my business site is on. Thanks!


Jon

[Gunner Asch]

On Sun, 6 Nov 2011 23:29:00 +0000 (UTC), d...@kbrx.com wrote:

>Keep in mind that older operating systems & older browsers & older
>computers can't read the photo format used on picasa.
>
>Hul

huh???

[Larry Jaques]

I love cPanel! LP uses it on their standard hosting packages but not
on the Starter. That uses LPCP, their own panel, which is similar.

Starter gives 5GB of storage, BTW.

[John G]

on 7/11/2011, d...@kbrx.com supposed :

> Keep in mind that older operating systems & older browsers & older
> computers can't read the photo format used on picasa.
>
> Hul
>
>

Could you expand a little on that statement an tell us what OSs and
what file formats cannot be read..

--
John G.

[d...@kbrx.com]

Gunner - I've tried to look at something you had on picasa with no luck.
This was from a Windows 2000 system with microsoft's Internet Explorer.
If you'd mention the picasa address of a photo or two, I'll look
again to verify my memory.

Hul

[Jon Anderson]

On 11/8/2011 3:26 PM, d...@kbrx.com wrote:

> This was from a Windows 2000 system with microsoft's Internet Explorer.

Well -there's- your problem... <G>

I've had no trouble seeing any of Gunner's pics, under W2k, using
Seamonkey or Firefox.


Jon

[John Haskey]

In article <9Wxtq.87760$lT4....@en-nntp-07.dc1.easynews.com>,

Jon Anderson <jande...@comcast.net> wrote:
>I know a number of folks here have personal web pages detailing projects
>and interests. I'm interested in doing the same, covering my issues and
>experiences in moving my shop down under, my hobby projects, and my
>photography.

nearlyfreespeech.net - pay as you go, I've had a small site hosted there
for a couple of years for less than $5.

---john.

[Gunner Asch]

On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 23:26:25 +0000 (UTC), d...@kbrx.com wrote:

>Gunner - I've tried to look at something you had on picasa with no luck.
>This was from a Windows 2000 system with microsoft's Internet Explorer.
> If you'd mention the picasa address of a photo or two, I'll look
>again to verify my memory.
>
>Hul

https://picasaweb.google.com/104042282269066802602
https://picasaweb.google.com/gunnerasch

Try it both ways.

Thanks!

Gunner

[d...@kbrx.com]

Gunner - I tried the two address you mentioned. Both showed what appears
to be your "front page" on picasaweb. I clicked the tag for, roughly,
"gunner's pictures" and after two & half minutes got "all done, some
errors occurred". No pictures, though.
This was via a telephone modem working at 24k baud, which accounts for
the slow speed.

Hul

[Gunner Asch]

On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:06:23 +0000 (UTC), d...@kbrx.com wrote:

>Gunner - I tried the two address you mentioned. Both showed what appears
>to be your "front page" on picasaweb. I clicked the tag for, roughly,
>"gunner's pictures" and after two & half minutes got "all done, some
>errors occurred". No pictures, though.
> This was via a telephone modem working at 24k baud, which accounts for
>the slow speed.
>
>Hul

Odd...must be your software.

Anyone else have an issue with those links and the 52 some albums?

[technomaNge]

On 11/12/2011 08:45 PM, Gunner Asch wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:06:23 +0000 (UTC), d...@kbrx.com wrote:
>
>> Gunner - I tried the two address you mentioned. Both showed what appears
>> to be your "front page" on picasaweb. I clicked the tag for, roughly,

> Anyone else have an issue with those links and the 52 some albums?
>
> Gunner

Works fine here, ATT Uverse provider, Firefox 5.0, Linux Mint.



technomaNge
--
Psalm 109:8

[Michael A. Terrell]

Gunner Asch wrote:
>
> On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:06:23 +0000 (UTC), d...@kbrx.com wrote:
>
> >Gunner - I tried the two address you mentioned. Both showed what appears
> >to be your "front page" on picasaweb. I clicked the tag for, roughly,
> >"gunner's pictures" and after two & half minutes got "all done, some
> >errors occurred". No pictures, though.
> > This was via a telephone modem working at 24k baud, which accounts for
> >the slow speed.
> >
> >Hul
>
> Odd...must be your software.
>
> Anyone else have an issue with those links and the 52 some albums?

No. XP Pro, SP3 & Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US;
rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100722 Firefox/3.6.8 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0E)


--
You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense.

[kfvo...@gmail.com]

On Nov 12, 4:45 pm, Gunner Asch <gunnera...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:06:23 +0000 (UTC), d...@kbrx.com wrote:
> >Gunner - I tried the two address you mentioned. Both showed what appears
> >to be your "front page" on picasaweb. I clicked the tag for, roughly,
> >"gunner's pictures" and after two & half minutes got "all done, some
> >errors occurred". No pictures, though.
> >   This was via a telephone modem working at 24k baud, which accounts for
> >the slow speed.
>
> >Hul
>
> Odd...must be  your software.
>
> Anyone else have an issue with those links and the 52 some albums?
>
> Gunner
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> >Gunner Asch <gunnera...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 23:26:25 +0000 (UTC), d...@kbrx.com wrote:
>
> >> >Gunner - I've tried to look at something you had on picasa with no luck.
> >> >This was from a Windows 2000 system with microsoft's Internet Explorer.
> >> >   If you'd mention the picasa address of a photo or two, I'll look
> >> >again to verify my memory.
>
> >> >Hul
>
> >>https://picasaweb.google.com/104042282269066802602
> >>https://picasaweb.google.com/gunnerasch
>
> >> Try it both ways.
>
> >> Thanks!
>
> >> Gunner
>

> >> >Gunner Asch <gunnera...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> On Sun, 6 Nov 2011 23:29:00 +0000 (UTC), d...@kbrx.com wrote:
>
> >> >> >Keep in mind that older operating systems & older browsers & older
> >> >> >computers can't read the photo format used on picasa.
>
> >> >> >Hul
>
> >> >> huh???
>

Works for me. Win 7 Latest mozilla. Also latest Chrome.
Karl

[Larry Jaques]

On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:05:25 -0800 (PST), "kfvo...@gmail.com"
<kfvo...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Nov 12, 4:45�pm, Gunner Asch <gunnera...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:06:23 +0000 (UTC), d...@kbrx.com wrote:
>> >Gunner - I tried the two address you mentioned. Both showed what appears
>> >to be your "front page" on picasaweb. I clicked the tag for, roughly,
>> >"gunner's pictures" and after two & half minutes got "all done, some
>> >errors occurred". No pictures, though.
>> > � This was via a telephone modem working at 24k baud, which accounts for
>> >the slow speed.
>>
>> >Hul
>>
>> Odd...must be �your software.
>>
>> Anyone else have an issue with those links and the 52 some albums?

Nope. Works here. Win7, Firefox 3something.

>> >Gunner Asch <gunnera...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 23:26:25 +0000 (UTC), d...@kbrx.com wrote:
>>
>> >> >Gunner - I've tried to look at something you had on picasa with no luck.
>> >> >This was from a Windows 2000 system with microsoft's Internet Explorer.
>> >> > � If you'd mention the picasa address of a photo or two, I'll look
>> >> >again to verify my memory.
>>
>> >> >Hul
>>
>> >>https://picasaweb.google.com/104042282269066802602
>> >>https://picasaweb.google.com/gunnerasch

--
That's the thing about needs. Sometimes, when you get them met,
you don't need them anymore. -- Michael Patrick King

[DanG]

No problem here.
Thunderbird. Firefox. Win7. Cox - high speed.

I don't know why a dial up would drop it. I don't miss those days.

On 11/12/2011 8:45 PM, Gunner Asch wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:06:23 +0000 (UTC), d...@kbrx.com wrote:
>
>> Gunner - I tried the two address you mentioned. Both showed what appears
>> to be your "front page" on picasaweb. I clicked the tag for, roughly,

>> "gunner's pictures" and after two& half minutes got "all done, some

>> errors occurred". No pictures, though.
>> This was via a telephone modem working at 24k baud, which accounts for
>> the slow speed.
>>
>> Hul
>
> Odd...must be your software.
>
> Anyone else have an issue with those links and the 52 some albums?
>
> Gunner
>
>>
>> Gunner Asch<gunne...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 23:26:25 +0000 (UTC), d...@kbrx.com wrote:
>>
>>>> Gunner - I've tried to look at something you had on picasa with no luck.
>>>> This was from a Windows 2000 system with microsoft's Internet Explorer.
>>>> If you'd mention the picasa address of a photo or two, I'll look
>>>> again to verify my memory.
>>>>
>>>> Hul
>>
>>> https://picasaweb.google.com/104042282269066802602
>>> https://picasaweb.google.com/gunnerasch
>>
>>> Try it both ways.
>>
>>> Thanks!
>>
>>> Gunner
>>
>>>>
>>>> Gunner Asch<gunne...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 6 Nov 2011 23:29:00 +0000 (UTC), d...@kbrx.com wrote:
>>>>

>>>>>> Keep in mind that older operating systems& older browsers& older