Where is a great place to host your website where you can put videos?

I use IX Webhosting. Very reasonable and they give you a lot of space for files, such as video. Check it out.

I have had good luck with 1&1 hosting. All of their hosting plans come with free private domain registration and ample space/bandwidth. Their business plans also come with decent free software including Photoshop Elements. I believe plans are on sale through next month.
- JON

I've been using DotEasy.com for a few years now. On the up side, they started me out with free hosting and 20 MB of storage, and then bumped me up to 100MB- still free. On the downside, the mail servers go down frequently, logging in subjects you to pages of advertising trying to get you to pay for an upgrade, you have limits on usage, and even contacting support will make you go through those ads, look through their faqs, all before you can email them.

But it's free!

I have had good luck with homestead.com. They are a little higher priced but you get a lot of extras with the $19.95 per month package including site use stats, unlimited web site pages, good e-mail, and great web page templates. Give them a look. I built my site with their free site builder program.

1&1 starts at about 10 gigs of space at under $5 a month. I have been very happy with them and you can';t complain about the rates. With so many options now, I don't see how you could go with anybody offering less than 5gigs of dstorage as they are so cheap now and often sites offering 100MB of storage are quite abit more expensive, I have found at least.

Put another one down for 1&1. I'm on the least expensive plan. The space and bandwidth is simply unbeatable for the price, and I have no complaints with reliability or speed. Be aware, however, the some people have reported problems with 1&1 still attempting to bill them after cancelling service.

Does anyone have any experience with iWeb? I'm in the process of designing a site on it, but I still need to find a host. Does anyone here know if iweb will allow you to upload to a third party host?

Godaddy.com - I have three websites with them. $3.99/mo for 5GB storage and 250GB bandwidth. No issues so far...

Ervin, how long you been on GoDaddy?

Keith,

I have had two domain names with Godaddy for about 3 years now, and moved the hosting of one site to them about a year ago. Then about half a year ago I bought two more names and hosting from them. So far I have not had any site down - or not that I noticed, all their systems seem to be stable. I asked them a few questions via e-mail and they replied within 24 hours. Technically the biggest difference I see compared to IXWebhosting is the upload speed and the speed/responsiveness of the hosting control panel.

Thanks everybody for all the info Ervin I am looking at goDaddy but I am not seeing the play for $3.99/mo for 5GB storage and 250GB bandwidth.

Check this link: https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/hosting/shared.asp?se=%2B&app%5Fhdr=&ci=5652#tabs and click on "compare plans".

Do these places just accept HTML uploads or do you have to use their online templates and site builders?

I use GoDaddy and you can use their buuiilder or your own. I built a very basic site with Microsoft Publisher and got it up an going pretty easily. Especially considering it was my first venture into a web site.

I built mine through yahoo webbuilder and it's very easy to upload video to the site. Got the domain name fo $1.99 and the website costs me $10 a month to host it. Overall a pretty good deal.

I'm using pair networks - pair.com - for hosting right now but seeing the deal on godaddy.com makes me very tempted to switch because I'm paying twice as much for half as much bandwidth and storage as I could get from them. Seriously, that $3.99 deal is better than what I currently get for massively less money.

That does it, I gotta check my agreement today and see if I can switch. 2 Terabytes of data transfer bandwidth rocks for video hosting along with 200 gig storage.

And for $14.99 to boot. Grrrrr. I'm paying double that right now.

One downside to GoDaddy, they do not host streaming video.

Hmmm. So what exactly does that mean? Currently, I'm showing folks some twilight footage here (http://www.creativedigitalhub.com/Media/Sunset1mbps.wmv) and I didn't do anything special other than point to the file. So what's the difference in streaming and non-streaming because I'm not sure I'm getting streaming on pair and even if I am, what's the downside to not having it if folks are downloading the file anyway? Especially considering the massive difference in cost and options. I did some checking and right now I'm paying $29.99 for 3gig of disk space and 250 gig of transfer versus $6.99 for 100 gig of disk space and 1 TERABYTE of transfer over at Godaddy.

Does streaming allow users to start watching prior to completing the download? That's a tough call but even still, man that's a major cost savings.

Unless there's some horrible catch, I can't make the numbers work for staying with pair.

Here's what godaddy says about streaming:
We do not support streaming video. Streaming video is content that people can watch as it downloads to their computers. They don't have wait for the entire video to download in order to start watching it.

If you want to include some kind of video on your Web site, you might consider using a video file such as an .mpg or .avi. You can embed this type of content into your Web page, or you can make the files available for people to download and watch on their computers.
So it sounds like the same thing that I'm getting right now because that says you can embed files. Man, I'm confused.

I just signed up with Netfirms.com and got 40 GB of disk space and 1.5 terabytes of monthly bandwidth for $142.00 for the year. That's a little less than $12 a month. Good site with a good control panel, very reliable, plus they send you some good site builder software to get you started. I'm sticking with Dreamweaver, but for anyone that's just starting out on their own it's really decent software. Plus with the business acount (which I got) they'll let you register 5 domains for free and they support ecommerce so you can take credit cards. Worth looking into, I think.

So it sounds like the same thing that I'm getting right now because that says you can embed files.
No doubt it is. True streaming requires a special type of Web server that feeds the video to the viewer's computer. What you are doing (and what GoDaddy described) is progressive download, which feeds the video over the same HTTP protocol used for Web pages. While not quite as reliable nor scalable as a true streaming server, it is fine for most people's needs. It is what I do on my Web site.

Quick update: I bought some hosting from godaddy for a different site project I'm working on as a test and I can say that it's a much better user experience than the one I have with pair networks. It's not even close. Now I wish I'd have started out with godaddy.

I know nuts about building a webby. If I sign up the basic package with GoDaddy, would it be easy to use the web builder for someone like me? I just like to show case some photos and maybe sample videos that cant be downloaded.

I don't use their web builder app but if it's anything like the rest of their user experience it should be pretty simple and straightforward.

You also might want to look into using WordPress (http://wordpress.org) to build a site. Even though it started out as a blogging tool, it's really expanded what it can do and godaddy even offers it in their web hosting services at no extra charge which makes installing it easier than if you had to do it on your own (and even if you had to it's pretty simple). For someone with no experience in web design, you might just want to stick with the web builder to get your feet wet unless you really like to tinker and are comfortable with tech stuff. I've used wordpress to build my site and I love the extensibility of the code.

Greg, thanks for the great intro. I guess I will try wordpress with a free host till I'm familar. BTW, GOdaddy can allow for video hosting right? The kind that allows viewers to see but not download?

Greg, thanks for the great intro. I guess I will try wordpress with a free host till I'm familar. BTW, GOdaddy can allow for video hosting right? The kind that allows viewers to see but not download?

There's no restriction on it. You can set it up to allow both ways. Here's an example on being able to download a video (http://www.creativelouisville.com/Windows Media/sun3mbps.wmv) using right click to save as and an example of having the video on the front page as a place holder video (http://www.creativelouisville.com). In either case you can still download it. Both examples are the same file on the server.

Cheers!

I just signed up with Netfirms.com and got 40 GB of disk space and 1.5 terabytes of monthly bandwidth for $142.00 for the year. That's a little less than $12 a month. Good site with a good control panel, very reliable, plus they send you some good site builder software to get you started. I'm sticking with Dreamweaver, but for anyone that's just starting out on their own it's really decent software. Plus with the business acount (which I got) they'll let you register 5 domains for free and they support ecommerce so you can take credit cards. Worth looking into, I think.
Hi Mike -

Are you still with NetFirms? If so, how's the service been...(i.e., tech support, downtime, speed, etc...)?

I use Yahoo Small Business hosting. Around $10/month and worth it for the ton of features in the control panel.

Except for the checkered expertise of their customer service, I've also been happy with Yahoo as a Web Service Provider. The reliability of their Linux servers are great and the feature/functions of the ecommerce merchant account is excellent (albeit $40/month). But as a podcaster, I need *LOTS* of download bandwidth so I don't host the actual media files on Yahoo. If your target audince is a glutton for download bandwidth, I recommend using Libsyn.com - their file hosting prices are unbelievably inexpensive and they allow truly unlimited download bandwidth (other WPPs will cut you off in a minute if you swamp their servers, routers, or pipes). They charge $5/month for 100MB, $10/month for 250MB, up to $30/month for 800MB - and users can download to their hearts content. But if you're certain your WPP has sufficient bandwidth, that hosting both your webpages and media files at one location makes sense.

Regards, Michael

I have had good luck with 1&1 hosting. All of their hosting plans come with free private domain registration and ample space/bandwidth. Their business plans also come with decent free software including Photoshop Elements. I believe plans are on sale through next month.
- JON


Second that! company is great. i got 3 domain names with my package.

Nobody mention Lunar Pages? For $6.95 a month you get 35Gb of storage 800 mb bandwidth free software and, if you sign up through this link, you save $55 on the price.

http://www.lunarpagescoupons.net/?gc...FT6DGgodhHGA0w

No one has mentioned Network Solutions. They charge $30 a month for 30 gigs, 500 gig monthly transfer. It that good? Anyone ever had any experience with them? Thanks.

Chuck

Bluehost is great, 6.95 per month (US) for 300gig hosting space, 3,000gig of transfer, unlimited domains and best this... free domain included. Service is great too, had them restore my server several times and also upgraded to php 5.0 for free too...

Bluehost is great...Just looked at them. Pretty impressive, at least at first glance! Including streaming video and audio, which seems hard to find for a reasonable price.

Does anyone else have experience with them (customer service, reliability, connection speed)?

- Martin

Does anyone have any experience with iWeb? I'm in the process of designing a site on it, but I still need to find a host. Does anyone here know if iweb will allow you to upload to a third party host?

Get .mac and then use godaddy.com and buy a masking website (I think that's what it's called) That way, it shows up as www.example.com even though its on .mac. And it's only like five dollars a year or something like that.

Does anyone have any experience with iWeb? I'm in the process of designing a site on it, but I still need to find a host. Does anyone here know if iweb will allow you to upload to a third party host?

no need to use .mac at all. All you need to do is create you site in iWeb, export it (it will make files in a folder) and the upload those files via FTP to the server of your choice. I am really hoping for a version of iWeb in the future that includes the FTP process, but I currently use cyberduck and it works pretty well for the task. This process also give you a little beter control over your site. for example I added Metadata to my website that iWeb would not allow me to do, but I had to do this by hand. Without the metadata, google would not pick up my website. you need to have some knowledge of HTML to do this though.

Hey, everyone. I've registered a domain name for a film I'm working on. I'd like to start designing the site, but don't have much knowledge of the programming. Would I be best using the design software offered by the web host (in this case, GoDaddy), or buying separate software? Thanks.

Josh, that depends on how nice you want your site to be. I personally found it very worth while to invest the time and money in learning web design and using Dreamweaver (or another similar software, but nothing Beats Dreamweaver). You can find tutorials online that will help you learn more and more stuff and your site can grow and improve with your knowledge. If you have any technical knowledge at all it is a skill worth learning, IMO.

Adam

Josh, that depends on how nice you want your site to be. I personally found it very worth while to invest the time and money in learning web design and using Dreamweaver (or another similar software, but nothing Beats Dreamweaver). You can find tutorials online that will help you learn more and more stuff and your site can grow and improve with your knowledge. If you have any technical knowledge at all it is a skill worth learning, IMO.

Adam

Thanks, Adam. I think that I actually have access to Dreamweaver via my school's computers. I'll give it a shot.

Josh, that depends on how nice you want your site to be. I personally found it very worth while to invest the time and money in learning web design and using Dreamweaver (or another similar software, but nothing Beats Dreamweaver). You can find tutorials online that will help you learn more and more stuff and your site can grow and improve with your knowledge. If you have any technical knowledge at all it is a skill worth learning, IMO.

Adam

Hey Adam, I like your 'movie threatre' I need to code my site to do that. I just haven't gotten around to it. I was cracking up laughing though at one of your videos though, during the ceremony, you see this dude run from the front to the back with his 200.00 camera to get that 'runway shot.' Hehe, I swear.

By the way, you're 'availabile' on my birthday, not the one coming up, but my true birthday.

By the way, you're 'availabile' on my birthday, not the one coming up, but my true birthday.

You mean the actual day you were born? lol. I'm available on mine too. Oh well. I don't think many brides will be requesting a wedding in the past so I won't worry about it. :D

You mean the actual day you were born? lol. I'm available on mine too. Oh well. I don't think many brides will be requesting a wedding in the past so I won't worry about it. :D

Yeah the day I was born, it's my humor while I'm at my day job. :}

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Jon,

Are you charged monthly or do you pay the whole year up front?

Ron

Jon,

Are you charged monthly or do you pay the whole year up front?

Ron

Pay per year.

/Björn.