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injustifiiable in gay_geeks

Webhosts.

Mar 10, 2008 13:20

I am actually looking to start a website for my computer repair business that I am getting more serious about and slowly building up. For those who have websites out there, which web hosts could you recommend ( Read more... )

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tallanvor March 10 2008, 17:33:55 UTC

If you don't need anything like PHP or MySQL, use Google Apps. --Easiest to just register your domain with them (it's $10, and they actually go through GoDaddy). You get gmail accounts from your website (around 100 initially), plus you can use their Calendar, Docs, etc, and aside from the domain registration, the basic account is free. You can have 100MB worth of web pages as well.

injustifiiable March 14 2008, 12:50:17 UTC

Okay...I pose another question for you. I chose HostGator as my host, but I would like to use Gmail as my webmail solution, as the one offered really sucks. How would I go about doing this?

tallanvor March 14 2008, 13:18:32 UTC

I've never used HostGator, so I can't say for sure. I assume you registered your domain through them as well?

You can still sign up for Google Apps, and just say that you're using your own domain name. When you sign up with Google, you need to enable Email on their site, and they'll give you a list of MX records for your site. You will also need to modify some CNAME records (one is necessary so that Google can verify that you own the site), and the other since you'll probably want mail.yourdomain.com (or whatever) to point to Google's mail service. HostGator probably has something in their control panel to allow you to make the necessary changes, but you may need to contact them for help.

It looks like they use cPanel, so you can check out Google's instructions here.

It shouldn't be too difficult. I've setup Google Apps twice now, once on a domain that I registered with them (easiest since they can modify all the DNS settings for me), and once with a couple of domains I registered myself.

neuroxin March 10 2008, 21:18:18 UTC

http://web.com

we specialize in dom reg, hosting and ecommerce for small to medium businesses. Everything is geared towards helping people exactly in your situation get started. Check it out :)

evildevilhead March 12 2008, 03:52:22 UTC

How about xytra.net?

guruburu March 15 2008, 05:09:37 UTC

My advice: avoid FrontPage.

Lunarpages anonymous April 20 2008, 20:38:32 UTC

I would recommend Lunarpages they have free domain for life unlimited email addresses pop 3 and web-mail they have an offer through The Web Host Review for $4.95 pm.

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