I currently have a static site hosted at atspace.com, but I started playing with CMS's lately, and I like the idea of having a more dynamic site (I have a rarely updated blog that I'm thinking of moving to my own site), allowing people to comment, etc. Currently Drupal is my favourite, but I'm not yet sure what I'll use.
Thing is, I'm sure (based on past experience) there are going to be long periods (possibly many months) when I won't update the site. It's also likely that not many people will visit it. Which is why I'm looking for hosting that won't delete my site after a month or two of inactivity, which most free hosts I've looked at will do. (atspace has been great in this regard, but they offer no features to support a CMS.)
I really have few other requirements. I expect the site to have low space and bandwidth requirements. I'm willing to have linkback / host ads (though would like an option for my own, too, because I want to experience this), but only if they're very low key or allow me to place them where I want. I'd prefer to be able to upload the CMS as a zipped archive using a web based file manager that will unpack it, but if I have to unpack and use FTP I'll live with that. (Of course, if the host has a script for an up to date version of the CMS then that's great, but from two free hosts I tried that wasn't the case.) I'm even willing to live with a subdomain if I must, and use redirection (though I prefer not to).
I'd prefer a hosting company with some track record, since I want the site to stay around for a while, and that'd give me some assurance that it will.
Thanks!
Thing is, I'm sure (based on past experience) there are going to be long periods (possibly many months) when I won't update the site. It's also likely that not many people will visit it. Which is why I'm looking for hosting that won't delete my site after a month or two of inactivity, which most free hosts I've looked at will do. (atspace has been great in this regard, but they offer no features to support a CMS.)
I really have few other requirements. I expect the site to have low space and bandwidth requirements. I'm willing to have linkback / host ads (though would like an option for my own, too, because I want to experience this), but only if they're very low key or allow me to place them where I want. I'd prefer to be able to upload the CMS as a zipped archive using a web based file manager that will unpack it, but if I have to unpack and use FTP I'll live with that. (Of course, if the host has a script for an up to date version of the CMS then that's great, but from two free hosts I tried that wasn't the case.) I'm even willing to live with a subdomain if I must, and use redirection (though I prefer not to).
I'd prefer a hosting company with some track record, since I want the site to stay around for a while, and that'd give me some assurance that it will.
Thanks!
