Best place to buy webspace with server side scripting..

Chandler_90 · 21 Jan 2006 at 09:40

I'm lookin to buy some webspace with server side scripting allowed (specifically ASP and PHP).

Where is the best place to start looking?

My isp is Blueyonder so naturally I had a look there but they wanted to charge me £120 for a year!

toastyman · 21 Jan 2006 at 09:54

ASP and PHP?

Beansprout · 21 Jan 2006 at 10:11

ASP and PHP will be rare to find...PHP is commonly available on *nix setups whereas ASP is Windows-based.

So you'll have to have a Windows-based server - Catalyst2 offer PHP & ASP here

They also seem to have a good rating on www.ochostreview.co.uk

Chandler_90 · 21 Jan 2006 at 10:28

If its at a push I only really require ASP compatibility..

Beansprout · 21 Jan 2006 at 11:13

Not really - just means you're restricted to Windows. But as you're doing ASP primarily that's probably what you use anyway

zetec452 · 21 Jan 2006 at 14:36

providers using plesk for windows will be able to offier asp, asp.NET and php support.

Chandler_90 · 19 Feb 2006 at 19:08

I am just about to register a .co.uk domain name with 123-reg.
Is it as simple as registering my domain name and then transfering the name to say tsohosts to host my site?

Beansprout · 19 Feb 2006 at 19:15

Register the domain, then adjust the nameservers to your host's nameservers in order for it to start working

Most hosts ask you for the domain name you'd like to use when you sign up, however with tsohost I believe you choose a [something].tsohost.co.uk subdomain and then need to fiddle with cPanel's parked domains to setup a domain - ask their support

Chandler_90 · 19 Feb 2006 at 19:20

Thanks for that

I'm now gonna buy the domain.. and I'm going with catalyst2 for the hosting.
£15 for the year and 250MB space with ssi.. its a steal..

Slime101 · 20 Feb 2006 at 22:30

Beansprout said:
Not really - just means you're restricted to Windows. But as you're doing ASP primarily that's probably what you use anyway

Unless its on a Cobalt, in which case its *nix based ASP

Beansprout · 20 Feb 2006 at 22:33

Slime101 said:
Unless its on a Cobalt, in which case its *nix based ASP

Also, you can run mod_mono on any *nix environment but I wouldn't install it on a production shared server

Adz · 20 Feb 2006 at 22:36

Pfft Cobalts, it's not 2001 any more

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Beansprout - I think the RaQs actually run Chilisoft

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To the OP, I think you'll be fine with Catalyst2 if you want Windows hosting.

Beansprout · 20 Feb 2006 at 22:39

I thought they ran 'something else' - let's just edit that post a sec

NokkonWud · 21 Feb 2006 at 01:40

Chandler_90 said:
Thanks for that

I'm now gonna buy the domain.. and I'm going with catalyst2 for the hosting.
£15 for the year and 250MB space with ssi.. its a steal..

I got www.nokkonwud.com with:

• 20 GB Storage
• 1 TB Transfer Per Month
• Unlimited Domains Hosted
• Unlimited Sub-Domains Hosted
• 3000 e-mail accounts (@nokkonwud.com)
• 75 Shell Users
• One FREE domain
• CGI/FrontPage 2002 Extensions
• PHP4, perl, python, C, C++
• Unlimited MySQL Databases
• IMAP, POP3, and Web-Based email access
• Unlimited email aliases, auto-responders, announcement lists, discussion lists, media streaming, and more..

all for - $9.24 for the year.

Beansprout · 21 Feb 2006 at 01:42

Sounds like that insane Dreamhost offer with a coupon - but that's not ASP hosting

zetec452 · 21 Feb 2006 at 07:14

Ohh sounds like a nice pacakge. I have 20gigs worth or storage that I could do with popping on a nice reliable server.

How long do you think it will take me to get kicked off? 2 days?

Chandler_90 · 21 Feb 2006 at 07:50

NokkonWud said:
I got www.nokkonwud.com with:

• 20 GB Storage....

thats insane..

I've still got the option to cancel catalyst2..
Are there any packages from american hosters that will offer asp??

Edit..

I've just had a look at dreamhost and they list their programming section like this..

Programming
PHP4 Support Yes Yes Yes Yes
PHP5 Support Yes Yes Yes Yes
Full Unix Shell Yes Yes Yes Yes
Crontab Access Yes Yes Yes Yes
Full CGI Access Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ruby On Rails Yes Yes Yes Yes
Canned CGI Yes Yes Yes Yes
Server Side Includes (SSI) Yes Yes Yes Yes
CVS Repository Yes Yes Yes Yes

Does SSI generally mean asp??
Just noticed that it says $9.24 a month though..

Pine · 21 Feb 2006 at 08:35

SSI are server-side includes, so no it doesn't mean ASP.