URGENT! Any suggestions for free webhosting?

[smoguzbenjamin]

My free hosting provider is quitting their free services from decmeber 31st :evil:

Now all my rubbish is on their servers and I need to move it.... Anyone have any suggestions on a different free host?
I do need a couple of things though:

-FTP upload support
-Javascript support
-No limitations of filetypes

:lol: Any suggestions?

[Marcus Dahl]

You can always try Tripod.

[smoguzbenjamin]

I also forgot to mention, filesize limit must be a minimum of 1 MB...

I think I'll give angelfire a go

[smoguzbenjamin]

Frickin' angelfire's got ads all over the place! grr! :evil:

[javacody]

smoguzbenjamin, all servers have "Javascript support" by default as Javascript is a client side technology (i.e. it runs in your browser, not on the server). What did you mean by that? I'm a Web Developer by trade, using mostly Java (IBM's WebSphere J2EE server), and I really like mycgiserver.com, but it is really aimed more at Java developers than the general public.

It is free and there are no adds. You have ftp and a 5MB limit, as well as some simple databases, JSP, and Servlets.

[bioroids]

Hi, I used Angelfire, but it sucks so much, try another thing first.

I'm now on Geocities and I'm pretty glad with it. I like the site statistics. No ftp upload though

Luck

Miguel

[ExpAnonColin]

I think there are very few free webhosts left with decent bandwidth/filesize/storage that don't have ads.

A few years ago brinkster was the greatest-it was ONLY free, no ads, very very nice.  Now it's totally pay.

I always used to use geocities, pre-brinkster.  So, I'd say go with that unless you're willing to pay.

Grrr...

[Paul Perry (Frostwave)]

Is there an ALMOST free server that anyone can recomend? It might be wll worth paying something (I mean, most of us are paying for net accss anyway.. I'm a cheapskate, but I don't mind paying for value).

[smoguzbenjamin]

Mmmm. Spaceports (which is quitting the free service) was great, only one banner (per page but I hosted a popupkiller :twisted: )  But anyway I'll check out the host javacody described A friend of mine does lots of java and php type stuff so I could ask him for help if I run into trouble

[smoguzbenjamin]

Damn. I have to use java technology less they kill my account. Waaaaay over my head. Shite. :evil:

[Peter Snowberg]

Damn. I have to use java technology less they kill my account. Waaaaay over my head. Shite. :evil:

You could always take a crash course in Java. . There are plenty of freeware Java menu applets out there. That's much less daunting than learning to code in it. I don't know if that would satisfy their requirement though.

Take care,
-Peter

[smoguzbenjamin]

I could of course have a nice java-based "upload your diy pics!" or something... couldn't I?

[afranks]

I use godaddy.com, and it isn't free, but the hosting only costs $3.95 a month, which I consider almost free.  I spend $9.95 a month for my easynews (nntp) server account, so $4 for hosting seems pretty reasonable.  If you use godaddy.com, you would also need a domain name, which is like $7.95 a year.  Like I said, it ain't free, but the bandwidth restrictions are a lot better than with free geocities.  I would say 5 times out of 10 when I visit a geocities link posted to this board, I get a "bandwidth exceeded" message, which stinks.

With godaddy, if you want cgi, perl, or asp, you have to pay more, but it still ends up being less than $10 a month.

I guess I'd rather pay a little for web hosting... If I have problems with the hosting provider, I can move my stuff to a different service and point the domain name at it wherever it is.  When you have a free "subdomain" style account, if you move the site, all the search engine links are toast, at least until the new site gets picked up, which takes a while.

-alan

[smoguzbenjamin]

found a good one!

www.hostdepartment.com
Not sure about bandwidth limitations, but no banners just 2 links which are small and tidy at the bottom Excellent! Now to take pics and upload 'em!

[smoguzbenjamin]

Grrrrrrr :evil: No .zip or .exe files allowed! What the hell! :evil: For god's sake, is there no free webhost for youngsters like me?