Monday, September 29, 2008

Getting Free Stuff from Your Web Host

By Matt Hedges

Having PHP assistance MySQL facilities is important for many web users and it is possible to find these scripts for free and they can offer a world of possibilities for the user. These sort of free additional features are available from many websites, regardless of what their overall price is. There is a large range of goods which can include a domain name for free, email accounts for free and packages that will enable the user to build a better website. People can also pick up items like calendars, counters and guestbooks for their site. There are scripts available for anything you may want for your site. This means you can create forms, offer up photo albums or perhaps include dating facilities or generate auction listings. The scope of tasks that can be completed by using free scripts is extremely large.

Fantastico is one of the best free services that you can find from your web hosting service provider. It is a web based script installer, which enables you to get a number of free goodies to your web site. You can also have access to over a dozen different content management systems along with Fantastico. Moreover it also provides you access to quite a few different blog packages, half a dozen user forums, shopping carts such as Zen Cart and OS Commerce as well as to a trouble free FAQ maker and six unique customer support options.

Some of the packages that you can get for free:

A Domain Name at no charge to you: It is possible to get your domain name for free from your web service provider. This may mean though that you have to use them for web hosting and domain registration. Many firms offer this to give them a level of protection from losing customers. When customers look to make a quick exit from a firm, some providers have been known to hold onto their domain name. This makes it imperative to have the name registered to you.

Systems for Content Management and Portals: A more common name for Content Management Systems is We Site Builders. Using a system like this makes it much simpler to include or exclude pages and content from your site. Many web hosting firms offer these Web Site builders. The majority of them include functions like carts, boards to host discussions, messaging facilities and polls. These extra features can also enable a user to add authentication protocols or security enhancements to a website with very few difficulties. Joomla, Mambo, Xoops, Post-Nuke and Drupal are some of the content management systems that are offered by a number of web hosting firms. These products are all open source software which have a level of additional features which are in addition to the features that your host should provide. There is also likely to be a strong level of additional features to the range that is offered by a standard package.

Blogs: Almost all the web hosting companies incorporate blogs as a free setup script. These blogs are online publishing tools, which enable you to update your website conveniently and as often as you prefer. In fact, they automatically place the latest entries up and shift the older entries down in the reading queue. The most commonly used blogs are Google Blogger and WordPress that your web hosting provider may include with your web hosting account.

Firms who provide web hosting features and offer free goods:

TopCities.com: It is one of the most popular Web space providers and offers you 150 megabytes of space for free. TopCities.com further provides free sub domains and unlimited bandwidth. Moreover, you can also you upload your files very conveniently with the help of FTP or even by using online EasyUpload utility of TopCities.com. They also offer several free website development options including a message board and a guestbook.

007sites.com: This particular web hosting company provides a speedy service and entitles you with 700 megabytes of space as well as 7,000 megs of monthly bandwidth for free. You further get your own sub domain or even use existing one. The 007sites.com even offer PHP, FTP and MySQL support.

ZeroCatch: A user can get up to 100 megs of space for free and this makes it one of the best web host feature providers. There are banner ads on the site and the service is fast and reliable. In addition, users can benefit from promotion for their site and FTP assistance, as well as many other features. ZeroCatch also offer a "partnership" program to have an even large pull towards your site. This means that you can become a web space provider.

2ip.com: A multitude of domains and up to 100 megs of space are available here as well as web traffic with no limits. Other features include specific stat statistics, a full FTP access, guestbook facilities, sub domains and online forms. There are also additional site building options that can allow any user to have a professional looking site. Users will also benefit from an email service that has many addresses but will forward all mail to one inbox.

Absolutely-Free-Hosting.com: If you want to search for what free hosting services can be found on the Web, this site has a database with over 200 listings. Domain hosting, ASP and PHP are among the services on offer.

Orgfree.com: If domain and sub domain hosting is what you require from a site then this may be for you. There is also the option of Web space with no upper limit and unlimited bandwidth. There is the incentive that if your site generates a large amount of traffic that a free domain may be on offer. There is also the standard PHP support, FTP functions and MySQL assistance.

5GBFree: It is a free web hosting service provider that allows you 5 gigs of space along with an easy registration process. The best part of this web hosting site is that they do not force any ads on your site. 5GBFree also entitles you with a number of free stuff such as PHP, 10 MySQL databases and Perl scripting. You also have the option of either using your own domain or you can also get a free sub domain from 5GBFree.

MyHosting247: This is a very popular free Web hosting service that enables you to have a hefty 5 gigs of Web space, 20 MySQL databases as well as 20 gigs of monthly bandwidth. The other lucrative features of MyHosting247 include a file manager, PHP hosting and FTP hosting. Moreover, this web hosting service puts no banner ads your web pages and also allow you to host your own domain and sub domain.

ProHosting: With up to 50 megs of space on the web free, ProHosting is a very popular site. A user is granted CGI access and there is also the ability to have an FTP account. With an online site builder facility and a provision of email services, ProHosting offers a great level of support for customers.

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