Web Hosting Service Wanted

[Linny]

Help please.
I am looking for a reliable and reasonable web hosting service for a composite club.
Frontpage will be used to build the site, it would need to be able to have a forum and be able to hold an Access database that can be queried directly using forms. It would also need a password protected members only area.
What's the latest on such a provider and how much should I pay?
Thanks. :)

[Chris]

Help please.
I am looking for a reliable and reasonable web hosting service for a composite club.
Frontpage will be used to build the site, it would need to be able to have a forum and be able to hold an Access database that can be queried directly using forms. It would also need a password protected members only area.
What's the latest on such a provider and how much should I pay?
Thanks. :)
http://www.34sp.com

They host SwimClub (http://www.swimclub.co.uk), the Beau Sejour Barracudas S.C. (http://www.barracudas-sc.org.gg) site and also my personal homepage.

They are fantastic!!

P.S. If you do sign up with them, quote 'swimclub' as your referrer!!!!

[ruthcp]

As a matter of interest Chris, how much do you pay a year total costs?
You can pm me if you don't want to reveal it in public - I'm interested in looking into this for our swimming club!!

[stevenewman1]

Lynn

I use www.123-web-hosting.co.uk for www.harlowpenguins.com

It costs £109.99 per year with the following service:

Service: UK domain name registration
100mb ultra fast Windows 2000 web space
Microsoft FrontPage Extensions Installed
Unlimited POP3 Email Accounts
Unlimited Email Forwarders
Secure Control Panel to administer your account
Pre-installed form mail script
24/7 FTP Access via Private FTP Account

I have never had to use their customer services except to ask why I could not get hold of any stats about who visits the site (it was an extra charge!!). I update the web site all the time and odd times and rarely have any problems. I am unaware of any downtime.

I believe someone else on this board also uses this hosting company but I cant remember who.

What was key for me was that the hosting company uses Frontpage extensions. This was the first time I set up a web site and I am a complete newbie. Dont underestimate how much you have to keep updating but I enjoy doing it knowing its another skill I may have picked up (you never know with regard to jobs!!)

Hope this helps

Steve

[Linny]

Thank you Steve, any more - decision meeting tomorrow!

[Chris]

Here's the details for www.34sp.com (http://www.34sp.com/):


The standard account costs £15 per year, that's just £1.25 per month! For our international customers this is approximately equivalent to $21 US Dollars or 22 Euros per year. The lower section of the following table contains pricing for larger accounts.

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Basic Features / Services Info

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Free www.yoursitename.34SP.com address or <o:p></o:p>

Use your own domain (www.yourdomain.name) <o:p></o:p>

30MB storage (extra available) <o:p></o:p>

Full CGI-BIN: Perl, PHP4, Python, TCL and C/C++ <o:p></o:p>

Full FTP access <o:p></o:p>

1000MB monthly burstable transfer bandwidth (extra available) <o:p></o:p>

10 POP3 email Addresses <o:p></o:p>

10 email redirects and 10 autoresponders <o:p></o:p>

Database support (MySQL) with phpMyAdmin interface <o:p></o:p>

IMAP mailbox access <o:p></o:p>

FrontPage 98,2000,2002 and XP extensions <o:p></o:p>

SSI support <o:p></o:p>

WAP support <o:p></o:p>

.htaccess, cron tasks <o:p></o:p>

Simple web-based site administration (Plesk) <o:p></o:p>

Daily comprehensive traffic analysis tools <o:p></o:p>

Raw log file access <o:p></o:p>

Customizable error messages (e.g. 404, 403 messages) <o:p></o:p>

Webmail facility <o:p></o:p>

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Cost Extra Features / Services Info

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£5 extra/year Domain Pointer (web redirection only) <o:p></o:p>

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£1 extra/year Additional web user <o:p></o:p>

£1 extra/year Additional POP3 email address <o:p></o:p>

£1 extra/year Additional 5 email redirects <o:p></o:p>

£15 extra/year SMTP support <o:p></o:p>

£10 extra/year SSL (128 bit) <o:p></o:p>

£10 extra/year Anonymous FTP <o:p></o:p>

£10 extra/year +20MB storage / +1000MB transfer - total 50MB / 2000MB <o:p></o:p>

£20 extra/year +45MB storage / +2000MB transfer - total 75MB / 3000MB <o:p></o:p>

£30 extra/year +95MB storage / +3000MB transfer - total 125MB / 4000MB <o:p></o:p>

£25 extra/year per 100MB over 125MB disk space <o:p></o:p>

£1.50/month per 1000MB extra transfer at signup <o:p></o:p>

£1.50 per 1000MB transfer excess <o:p></o:p>

[ruthcp]

Thanks Chris - very helpful! :)

[crawler]

A second vote for 34sp who host my site too, and have been very efficient (I can't recall any times when their servers have been down).
They include traffic analysis software for free which I find useful, and their forums.
Not bad for £15 per year!

[Linny]

Hi y'all. Using 34sp for a new site but I can't work out how to create a password protected area. Any ideas - says it doesn't support asps and don't know what else to try.

[crawler]

Hi lynn what software are you using?
In FP2003 you can convert a folder within your web into a sub-web, that can then be protected.

[Linny]

Thank you - sorted (well nearly) :king: