Cheap Webhosting for experimenting?

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Wuddupz

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I'm really new to web-design and want to try a cheap webhosting plan where I can just pay on a month-by-month basis and experiment with cpanel and other web-design elements. I shopped around to find that HostGator had pretty decent reviews and they charge $7 on a monthly basis and have all of the features I want to experiment with. I don't plan on getting the SiteLock addon or anything as of yet since I'm pretty much just using this as a sandbox.

So my question is, is HostGator good for this, or is there something else that is better/cheaper available? I don't mind paying around $10 a month if it means I get to experiment freely. Some other sites offer cheaper plans but if you don't get a 12-month bundle or something they add on activation fees and such, which hostgator doesn't seem to do. So yeah, should I carry forth with hostgator or try something else?
 
chrishirst

chrishirst

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A couple of things to point out;

99.99999% of Hosting "reviews" are written by company 'shills' and/or affiliates trying to get you to use their ID to sign up with.

cPanel is not really anything to do with "web design", it is to manage your hosting, which can be done just as easily with WebMin, Plesk, OpenPanel and several others. But if you just want some "playing time" on a real server send me a PM and I'll give you access to a 'no strings' playground account. OS is Centos with cPanel 11, Softaculous and all the other usual gubbins. eMail is locked down tight though for obvious reasons.
 
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Wuddupz

New Member
That sounds great, thanks so much!

Err I can't seem to send you a PM, when I click the link in your post it says I don't have access and I can't find a PM link anywhere on your profile.
 
Phreaddee

Phreaddee

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Staff member
click chris' name, a dropdown will appear and one of the options will say "send a private message to chrishirst"
 
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Wuddupz

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These are the only options it gives:

View Public Profile
Visit chrishirst's homepage!
Find More Posts by chrishirst
Add chrishirst to Your Contacts
 
chrishirst

chrishirst

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Staff member
However I never thought about the minimum posts bit.


... chris at tinf.co.uk will get to me.
 
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Nullified

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Well that was nice of you to do for him. Not too many people out there will give out no strings attached play accounts.
 
chrishirst

chrishirst

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Well, I can recall what is was like coming from a Windows only network with direct access to our inhouse IIS and MS Exchange servers, into the 'strange' world of remote Linux/Unix and WHM/cPanel.
 
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jonbey

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There are so many very good and cheap hosts now that free is not really required, IMO.

I get unlimited domains and that basic reseller account is about £30/mo.
 
Present

Present

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Resources. This is the first thing you look at in a host, if it provides the space, bandwidth and add-on domains you need incase your site becomes successful.
 
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