Re: Compuserve closing, need to relocate website
- From: "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:26:09 -0400
Bill Bowden wrote:
On Apr 19, 12:09 pm, qrk <SpamT...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:06:01 -0700 (PDT), Bill Bowden
<wrongaddr...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Just received notice that CompuServe Classic, the legendary online
service that once dominated the industry, will close June 30 after 30
years in cyberspace. I have been a member since 1981.
http://paperpc.blogspot.com/2009/04/its-over-compuserve-classic-is-cl...
As a result, my personal webpage "Bowden's Hobby Circuits" at <http://
ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Bill_Bowden/>
will no longer exist, and I must move to a new address.
I spoke with a local webdesigner in my area who recommended
westhost.com he uses at reasonable rates for basic service, but there
are several others to consider.
All I need is basic service without pop-up adds, shopping carts,
blogs, and other stuff. All I want to do is present a simple hobby
electronics website of text files, gif images, a few Java Scripts,
and links to other places.
It was recommended to obtain and register a domain name such as
"BowdensHobbyCircuits.com" so the site can be moved in the future
without upsetting external links. As it is, all the external links
pointing to the page at Compuserve will be broken on June 30.
Probabaly not much I can do about that other than sending emails
requesting a change of address.
Anyway, I'm interested in a reliable webhosting service at reasonable
rates, that won't go out of business for a few years.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
-Bill
Options for web hosting:
Google has personal web page space for free.http://sites.google.com/
I've had good luck withhttp://www.olm.com/
You can pick up an account for $7/mo.
With OLM, get a domain name.
Are the free websites at Google free of Ads? or do they use the sites
for advertising?
What sort of software is needed to maintain the sites? I see that some
people use a FTP program, while others use some sort of wizard.
I can pay $10 a month for a service, but I don't want to buy extra
software to upload files.
Which services include all the software needed to maintain the sites?
Thanks,
-Bill
The link I gave in another post allows either FTP or uploading
through a HTML based interface where you select the desired files on
your hard drive, the way you attach a file to email or a newsgroup
post. They were using Vdeck the last time I had to do it form a
computer with no FTP software. They also have online wizards to create
a site from scratch for people who have absolutely no clue where to
start.
Cute FTP was free when I installed it, years ago. I have used it for
several websites with no problems.
There is a free plugin for Firefox, and there are dozens of other
free FTP programs available.
What software do you need to maintain a website? I create pages in
Wordpad and use Cute FTP to upload them. I keep a complete copy of each
website in a separate folder. When they are uploaded to the web server
the \ become / so you can open the index file for a website on your PC
without installing a local web server. In fact, I have shortcuts to
each local website so I can look at them when someone has a question
about a particular page. The anti spam routines I use identify the page
they are responding from if they don't change the subject line.
--
You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense!
.
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