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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.
Posted by Tom at 9:54 AM
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