MY NEW Photography Website is Up!

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

12/04/2003 08:07:10 PM · #26

That does sound cool but I am on Dial up Internet...:( and I have a pc not Mac....But thanks anyways! ...:)

Malokata

Canon PowerShot G6

12/04/2003 10:06:34 PM · #27

Ah, yes. That as well. Unless you don't mind your website being intermittently up.

Forgetting the days of dial-up already... and man, am I glad of that.

Yellowpeep

Canon EOS-10D

12/04/2003 10:49:41 PM · #28

Hi-
Regarding the Mac website--even if you have constant Internet connection, you must also have a static IP address. If your IP address changes every time you restart, your website will not be accessible. (It is a really cool thing though-- I have a Mac, but not a static IP). I have a website using Homepage with my .Mac account. It's pricey: $100 a year, but you get email, webpage, 15mb of idisk storage accessible from anywhere, and tons of extras. Plus it's super easy to use, for those of us who are not yet comfortable with webpage design and construction. Melking- great website by the way!

Canon EOS-20D

12/04/2003 11:18:20 PM · #29

I've been using verve hosting for a couple of years now and actually became a reseller for them so that everyone else whose site I made or maintain could use them, too. They have reasonable prices and the best tech support I have witnessed anywhere, for anything.

lionelm

Canon EOS-10D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

12/05/2003 12:48:49 AM · #30

Originally posted by EddyG:

I still haven't seen anything that beats 1&1's 3 years of their Professional hosting package for free deal...

I use 1&1 as well, no problem with it and really free. no credit cards needed but you need an american phone number.
Lionel

jdw91479

Olympus E-300 EVOLT

Olympus 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 Zuiko Digital ED

12/05/2003 12:53:44 AM · #31

If you want good customer service, check out a site called Cornerhost htp://www.cornerhost.com

It is a bit on the pricey side, but really isn't to expensive, and everytime I've had a question or I fouled something up it's been fixed within a few hours of my foul up.

Malokata

Canon PowerShot G6

12/05/2003 04:11:30 AM · #32

Or (in reply to dynamic ip comment) there are many services which track and update for you, some of them free ( //www.dyndns.org/services/dyndns/ ).

12/05/2003 06:56:10 PM · #33

Thanks for everyones help, did not think Finding a place to put your website would have so many choices....hehe..:)

Thanks for all your help

Melissa

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

12/06/2003 11:07:43 AM · #34

Originally posted by lionelm:

Originally posted by EddyG:
I still haven't seen anything that beats 1&1's 3 years of their Professional hosting package for free deal...

I use 1&1 as well, no problem with it and really free. no credit cards needed but you need an american phone number.
Lionel

I am from Canada so I guess that is out of me....What happens after the three years are up?

Melissa

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

12/06/2003 12:30:39 PM · #35

Originally posted by melking23:

Originally posted by lionelm:
Originally posted by EddyG:
I still haven't seen anything that beats 1&1's 3 years of their Professional hosting package for free deal...

I use 1&1 as well, no problem with it and really free. no credit cards needed but you need an american phone number.
Lionel

I am from Canada so I guess that is out of me....What happens after the three years are up?

Melissa

After the free period they are hoping your site will be so embedded in their service you'll stick with them, as I probably would. They have paid plans starting at about US $6/month; I think the level of service in this promotion would be about $30/month (i.e. it's a small business package).

RHoldenSr

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

12/06/2003 01:26:55 PM · #36

I signed up for the 1and1.com offer.

No credit card is needed like you say but if you buy the domain name for $5.99 a year a credit card is needed.

They have computer computer centers located across the US and they list a URL for UK users.

I don't think a US number is required?
Did you read that someplace in their agreement?

One thing I like about 1and1.com is you can monitor all expenses and set a cost limit. If you do not want to exceed a certain dollar amount you can list that amount and it will notify you if you near that cost.

Originally posted by lionelm:

I use 1&1 as well, no problem with it and really free. no credit cards needed but you need an american phone number.
Lionel

ronners

Nikon D100

12/06/2003 02:49:01 PM · #37

Originally posted by Malokata:

If you've got a mac with OS X, it's a lot easier to just use your own computer as a server, since Apache is built in. Just enable "web sharing" in preferences and put website files in library/webserver/documents, and your hard drive is your space limitation.

I wouldn't recommend this for security reasons - unless you are either;

a) comfortable putting the contents of your PC/MAC permanently on the web
b) can run a separate PC/MAC as a web server

If you are considering this, get a multi-port router and connect your server machine to the DMZ (?) port. You can keep your web space separate from everything else this way.

Ron.

Malokata

Canon PowerShot G6

12/06/2003 05:10:44 PM · #38

I'm fairly certain that security is not much of a concern with that, actually; the only publicly availably folder is the webserver/documents folder. For someone to get access to the entire system, FTP sharing would also have to be enabled and the password would have to be something like "password". Here's Apple's page on the web sharing capabilities of OS X:

//www.apple.com/macosx/features/websharing/

The Unix/OS X/Apache combination results in a server which is notoriously hard to hack except in cases of gross user error - which is fortunate, as the vast majority of webservers run either a Unix derivative, Apache, or a combination.

Anyway, she doesn't have a Mac, so it doesn't matter all that much.