Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Mr. Fix-It Computer Services Website News
It's official – I finally took the plunge and got a “real” website for
my Mr. Fix-It Computer Services (MrFixItServices.com).
Yesterday (8/12/2008) I signed up for a Premium hosting plan from www.ByetHost.com.
I have looked at a lot of web hosts, including free web hosts, before
deciding to go with ByetHost. I think it is a very good price and seems
to have the features I want. I signed up for the yearly plan, which
averages just under $3 per month, and includes one free domain
registration (at least for the first year). For that I get 5000 MB of
space, 250 GB of transfers per month, 20 add-on domains and an
additional 20 sub-domains, 100 e-mail addresses, 20 MySQL databases, NO
advertising, the Fantastico script installer, and more. I'll be honest –
some of that I don't even know what it is, and some I don't need yet (or
maybe ever)!
Prior to this, I hosted a prototype for about 8 months on my personal
webspace through BellSouth, my ISP, but was often frustrated by some of
the limitations, especially the lack of a true domain name. I had even
used a free url-redirection service (www.ShortURL.com)
to try to temporarily address that issue, but it created some new
problems of it's own, especially for those visiting the site with a
non-JavaScript enabled browser.
I am still porting over some of my web pages to the new site, and it
seems to be working out well so far. The next obvious step is to redo
the original BellSouth test site to include pointers to the new
"official" site.