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  Putting small web site online john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2021-05-12 08:40 +0200
    Re: Putting small web site online Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2021-05-12 10:00 +0200
    Re: Putting small web site online Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2021-05-12 09:20 +0200
    Re: Putting small web site online Joel Roth <joelz@pobox.com> - 2021-05-12 11:30 +0200
      Re: Putting small web site online john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2021-05-14 11:10 +0200
    Re: Putting small web site online Eric Krona <eric@krona.tm> - 2021-05-12 11:30 +0200
    Re: Putting small web site online IL Ka <kazakevichilya@gmail.com> - 2021-05-12 14:20 +0200

#235114 — Putting small web site online

Debians,

I need to have a small web site online but I don't have a commercial
link nor a server at home that can be publickly available.

I'm planning to test/build the web site locally then have it published
where it is publickly available.

I'm thinking of using Gitlab to host my web site do you have a better
solution when you can't host your web site yourself?

Any feedback is appriciated.

--
John Doe

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#235115

On Wed, 12 May 2021 08:31:24 +0200
john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> wrote:

> Debians,
> 
> I need to have a small web site online but I don't have a commercial
> link nor a server at home that can be publickly available.
> 
> I'm planning to test/build the web site locally then have it published
> where it is publickly available.
> 
> I'm thinking of using Gitlab to host my web site

Do you have a particular reason?

> do you have a better
> solution when you can't host your web site yourself?

Not just 'can't', but usually 'shouldn't'. A modern web server is one of
the most complex pieces of code in current use. New vulnerabilities in
all of them are found almost daily, and not by the good guys. You need a
fair knowledge of web server security to risk hosting it on your own
server. Even companies like Microsoft have had websites hacked. Static
pages are generally pretty safe, but I wouldn't even host them myself.
> 
> Any feedback is appriciated.
>

Much depends on what you want the site to achieve. If you have a few
static pages, any web host will do. If you need (or foresee a need for)
an SQL database, then you need to look at what the various web hosts
will offer for what price. You can go all the way up to a (virtual)
hosted server, though your post suggests you need something small and
simple.

Do you need email addresses linked to the website? Pretty much all web
hosting packages offer a few addresses and a certain amount of space.

Do you need server-side scripting, such as PHP? Most hosting packages
offer that.

Do you need some kind of web authoring package? Some hosts throw a
simple one in free, some charge extra. Do you need Wordpress? An
e-commerce site? There are lots of bells and whistles that are
available, but a basic display website with hand-written HTML doesn't
really need any of them.

Probably any of the large web hosts will do what you need for the best
price. Note that the headline prices displayed are likely to be for six
months or a year, with a higher price after that. A couple of big names
are GoDaddy and TSOhost and there are many websites offering '10
best...' reviews, though they get out of date quickly.

-- 
Joe

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#235116

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On 12/05/2021 07:31, john doe wrote:
> Debians,
>
> I need to have a small web site online but I don't have a commercial
> link nor a server at home that can be publickly available.
>
> I'm planning to test/build the web site locally then have it published
> where it is publickly available.
>
> I'm thinking of using Gitlab to host my web site do you have a better
> solution when you can't host your web site yourself?
Ask your ISP. Many ISPs provide a small amount of web hosting to
customers. You'll usually be given an FTP account where you can upload
the source files of the web page, and the URL for the web page might end
up being something like www.YOUR-CUSTOMER-ID.YOUR-ISP.com, but it's a
great way to get started.
>
> Any feedback is appriciated.
>
> -- 
> John Doe
>

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#235119

Hi john,

john doe wrote:
> Debians,
> 
> I need to have a small web site online but I don't have a commercial
> link nor a server at home that can be publickly available.
> 
> I'm planning to test/build the web site locally then have it published
> where it is publickly available.
> 
> I'm thinking of using Gitlab to host my web site do you have a better
> solution when you can't host your web site yourself?

freeshell.de is free with registration. They run debian.
You get a full shell environment, which probably means more
flexibility than gitlab. You can use PHP, python or perl
with a mysql database if you like. And the admin answers
emails. 

Speaking as a satisfied (mostly dormant) user. 


-- 
Joel Roth

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#235179

On 5/12/2021 11:27 AM, Joel Roth wrote:
> Hi john,
>
> john doe wrote:
>> Debians,
>>
>> I need to have a small web site online but I don't have a commercial
>> link nor a server at home that can be publickly available.
>>
>> I'm planning to test/build the web site locally then have it published
>> where it is publickly available.
>>
>> I'm thinking of using Gitlab to host my web site do you have a better
>> solution when you can't host your web site yourself?
>
> freeshell.de is free with registration. They run debian.
> You get a full shell environment, which probably means more
> flexibility than gitlab. You can use PHP, python or perl
> with a mysql database if you like. And the admin answers
> emails.
>
> Speaking as a satisfied (mostly dormant) user.
>
>

Thank you for this, much appriciated.

I'm testing surge.sh which looks to be what I was looking for.

Also, I'd like to thank everyone who has chimed in, much appriciated.

--
John Doe

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#235120

On 2021-05-12 08:31, john doe wrote:
> Debians,
>
> I need to have a small web site online but I don't have a commercial
> link nor a server at home that can be publickly available.
>
> I'm planning to test/build the web site locally then have it published
> where it is publickly available.
>
> I'm thinking of using Gitlab to host my web site do you have a better
> solution when you can't host your web site yourself?
>
> Any feedback is appriciated.
>
If its a static website and you are skilled enough to consider something 
like gitlab, have a look at netlify ( https://www.netlify.com/ ).  
Netlify can publish your page from your git-repository and run the build 
of the site in their pipeline and finally publish it statically.

There are of course others as netlify, but thats the one i have most 
experience with.

Good luck!

Eric

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#235128

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>
>
>
> I need to have a small web site online but I don't have a commercial
> link nor a server at home that can be publickly available.
>

Hi.

For the static website you can use github pages:
https://pages.github.com/
or use VPS.

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