Soldato
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- 6 Nov 2002
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Okay now a couple years ago I used to have my own website, it was hosted by a friend of mine on a rented server and anything that I needed to do was easy, ie I’d ask him and he would sort it (domain names/hosting/server side scripting/webmail). 
Anyway this is no longer available and I’ve just been making do with my Zen web space that comes part of my ADSL package but I now need a little extra and could do with some advice.
I’m looking to host a photo gallery which runs off PHP but Zen doesn’t support this for the standard ADSL accounts so it looks like I need new hosting.
So while I’m at it I thought I’d also register a new domain name to use with it and also if possible have my own mail server which I could access via a web front-end (I’m currently not able to access most emails providers from where I work and this would resolve that).
I’ve been looking at various hosting sites but I’m beginning to get lost with all the options and what I actually need to go for and setup.
Can anyone here point me in the right direction in terms to what I actually need and an idea of what it’s roughly going to cost?
Thanks for any help given, it's appreciated.

Anyway this is no longer available and I’ve just been making do with my Zen web space that comes part of my ADSL package but I now need a little extra and could do with some advice.
I’m looking to host a photo gallery which runs off PHP but Zen doesn’t support this for the standard ADSL accounts so it looks like I need new hosting.
So while I’m at it I thought I’d also register a new domain name to use with it and also if possible have my own mail server which I could access via a web front-end (I’m currently not able to access most emails providers from where I work and this would resolve that).
I’ve been looking at various hosting sites but I’m beginning to get lost with all the options and what I actually need to go for and setup.
Can anyone here point me in the right direction in terms to what I actually need and an idea of what it’s roughly going to cost?
Thanks for any help given, it's appreciated.