Creating a free website

[NJ.]

Looking to make my own website just wondered whats the best free site

Preferably want to be able to make my own site layout not use awful templates


cheers

 

[Adams_16v]

wordpress is always a good option. find a template u like then modify it to suit.

also joomla, but a bit more complex than wordpress.

you'll need hosting still though. let me know if you need help with anything.

 

[theduck]

my mate kindly gave me a bit of free webspace so I use that for my hosting, but then use http://www.tk for a free URL. a lot of the free hosting sites will allow you to use FTP to upload files. they are meant for pictures but normally you can upload your own html, css etc. then you just point the url you get from http://www.tk to the inex file you upload and jobs a good'un

 

[dick]

just pay a bit of cash, a .co.uk costs £2.50 a year iirc.

and bit of hosting wont be much.

 

[cava83]

Yap please note .co.uk's are a minimum duration of two years.

Also use a company which enables you to configure your DNS / NS records.

just pay a bit of cash, a .co.uk costs £2.50 a year iirc.

and bit of hosting wont be much.

 

[theduck]

Free hosting and free URLs FTW

 

[Floridadaz]

This site looks quite good and easy to use, think you get quite a bit of control over the pages so the template thing is less of an issue.

http://www.weebly.com/

 

[dick]

Free hosting and free URLs FTW

.tk ftl

.com / .co.uk ftw no ones gonna remember .tk

 

[Pettsi]

I setup a website etc for my mums business.

She has got a .co.uk url for about £6 for 2 years...
Hosting with floppy net for £15 a year...

Not bad at all.

 

[theduck]

Free hosting and free URLs FTW

.tk ftl

.com / .co.uk ftw no ones gonna remember .tk

Depends what you want the site for. Currently I have two sites registered as .tk addresses. First one is www.clioguide.tk and the second is www.swthomasphotography.tk neither of which are currently sites I need people to actively remember. When I have both sites properly ready, a third site I am currently working on, and the page that will tie them all together, then I will pay for proper hosting, and a proper domain.

If its just a blog page or whatever, then a .tk address is fine imo.

 

[Adams_16v]

free hosting can be ok, but if you pay for it you are more likely to get a faster, more reliable service. You will also get more out of it, and you have more control over it (but it depends what the website is for, if its a business site or one which will loose money if its down or running like a dog, then its worth spending money on good hosting.)

It is also very cheap - I am paying a very good price for good reliable hosting which currently hosts around 30 sites I own/manage, plus has the space for 70 more including SQL, proper email, massive bandwidth limits, stats, etc, etc.

domains are cheap as chips also. A worthwhile investment.