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Re: Can this be done with VB6

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"BeeJ" <spamnot@nospam.com> wrote in message 
news:kbt9dq$f8m$1@speranza.aioe.org...
|I have been thinking of using 1&1.  They have simple to high end
| business website setups, do paypal etc, file downloads and support
| forums (so they say).
| Take a look at them and give us some feedback.  Thanks!
|

 Yes, sir. :)
  I don't know about 1&1. You'd need to read their terms and
check around. I was with Earthlink for many years, but they
gradually changed and started subcontracting the business.
For instance, they switched my email to another company that
turned out to be blacklisted. I did a website for my brother,
who is still on Earthlink, and lately he's been unable to send
email to some domains. Earthlink tech support also went
downhill.... So I finally left them. Those kinds of problems are
not things you'll be able to know about upfront.

  I went with Futurequest because they seemed to be a small,
personal, family-style business. I wanted real people I felt I
could trust. I never like to do business with a corporate entity
when I can deal with people directly. As it turns out, I've been
very happy with the arrangement. They don't take phone calls,
but are quick to answer email. At the price of webhosting one
can't expect much personal attention, anyway.

  As I said earlier, I was also impressed with iPower recently.
Their tech support was very helpful and knowledgeable. But that's
really all I know about them. I chose Futurequest after doing a
lot of research, checking different hosts, and reading reviews.

  All I can say is that I wouldn't go for cheap. $9-20/month is
already plenty cheap. If you want it to cost almost nothing
you'll probably get almost nothing. A lot of people are on
GoDaddy or Dreamhost for cheap and many seem to be happy
with it. Many people are happy with Google owning and
spying on their gmail, too. I can only speak for myself. But
whatever you decide, I'd suggest checking details. Read the
TOS. Make sure you're free to host binaries. Make sure they
don't put ads on your pages. Find out about email. Some hosts
don't provide email. Some just give you a gmail account that
works through your domain. A good host will provide real POP3
and SMTP service, with up to 100 email addresses, through
their own server.

  If you look at what hosts provide, most of them have more
than what you'll need of traffic allotment and functionality. And
you can add other things. For instance, I use an OSS search
program on my site. My host allows it, but I had to figure it
out because it's not their offering. That was fine with me.
Whenever I need something new I usually find I can find
directions, scripts, etc. online.

  Watch out for the cheapies. The ones that offer unlimited
everything for a few dollars can't be being honest. The ones
that offer reasonable traffic and storage limits for a few dollars
more probably are honest. They're actually selling you webhosting.
The cheapies are depending on you never really using your
site. They'd be out of business if people used the traffic and
storage they're promised.

  If you need Paypal or whatever, you should check that. But
I think you'll find that nearly all hosts provide all the typical
extras.
  As for setting up your site, those deals are usually online
"wizards" that will provide you with a basic template layout.
If you don't want to do any design that might be OK. But you
should still learn about managing your site via FTP, without
wizards. It's not very complex. There are an awfully lot of
people and businesses out there with long-outdated websites
because either they never figured out how to update their
pages, or the paid a web designer to do the whole thing and
now don't even know how to get into their own site.

  I don't know what else to say. I might be able to be helpful
with specific questions, but picking a host is up to you. 

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Can this be done with VB6 "Ivar" <ivar.ekstromer000@ntlworld.com> - 2012-12-30 13:55 +0000
  Re: Can this be done with VB6 "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2012-12-30 09:45 -0500
    Re: Can this be done with VB6 GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-12-30 13:54 -0500
      Re: Can this be done with VB6 "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2012-12-30 15:19 -0500
        Re: Can this be done with VB6 GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-12-30 15:37 -0500
  Re: Can this be done with VB6 "Henning" <computer_hero@coldmail.com> - 2012-12-30 19:33 +0100
    Re: Can this be done with VB6 "Ivar" <ivar.ekstromer000@ntlworld.com> - 2012-12-30 21:18 +0000
      Re: Can this be done with VB6 "Henning" <computer_hero@coldmail.com> - 2012-12-31 01:32 +0100
  Re: Can this be done with VB6 "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2012-12-30 21:45 -0500
    Re: Can this be done with VB6 "Ivar" <ivar.ekstromer000@ntlworld.com> - 2012-12-31 12:36 +0000
      Re: Can this be done with VB6 "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2012-12-31 09:37 -0500
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        Re: Can this be done with VB6 "Henning" <computer_hero@coldmail.com> - 2013-01-01 16:07 +0100
          Re: Can this be done with VB6 "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2013-01-01 11:36 -0500
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              Re: Can this be done with VB6 "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2013-01-01 17:16 -0500
                Re: Can this be done with VB6 "Henning" <computer_hero@coldmail.com> - 2013-01-02 00:35 +0100
                Re: Can this be done with VB6 "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2013-01-01 20:23 -0500
    Re: Can this be done with VB6 BeeJ <spamnot@nospam.com> - 2012-12-31 16:08 -0800
      Re: Can this be done with VB6 "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2012-12-31 20:37 -0500
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