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Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers

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On Sat, 5 Dec 2015 18:24:22 -0500 (EST)
Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 10:15:08 -0500 (EST), mister s jones wrote:
> > On Saturday, November 28, 2015 09:49:47 Stephen Powell wrote:  
> >> So, does anyone wish to share their experiences, good or bad?  Is
> >> there anyone you wish to recommend?  Is there anyone you want to
> >> warn me to stay away from? All opinions are welcome.  
> > 
> > I personally have been here for years and I like them 
> > 
> > 	http://debian-hosting.info/
> > 
> >  Prices are reasonable and service has been great.   
> 
> I checked out their web site, and they seem like a good outfit.  But
> I must admit, I'm totally lost.  Allow me to explain.
> 
> My old web site was pure HTML.  No ASP, no PHP, no SQL.  It's just
> pure information, with some links for downloading files.  I'm not a
> business trying to set up a web site so that customers can order
> stuff from me. I just want to publish free information for the
> public.  It's mostly tech stuff about Debian.
> 
> When I created my old web site, All I did to manage it was use FTP to
> upload and download files.  By convention, the home page was
> "index.htm".  Any other pages could be linked to from that page.  The
> only thing that I would like to change is to use SSL-encrypted FTP,
> so that my password won't be sent over the network in clear text.  I
> must admit that I don't understand this brave new world of web
> hosting.  Looking at debian-hosting's web site, I'm totally lost as
> to how I would mangage my account.  What I'm looking for is something
> similar to what I had before.  Is there anything like that out
> there?  Or can I manage a debian-hosting account that way?
> 

Apart from the SSL bit, which is a specific question-answer issue,
there should be no trouble doing things the old way. I have a site
serving some PCB-specific information which is pure HTML, not a script
in sight at either end of proceedings. The pages are generated by a
script from standard gEDA symbol and footprint files, but here at home,
and the HTML is uploaded traditionally.

-- 
Joe

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[OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> - 2015-11-28 16:00 +0100
  Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-11-28 16:20 +0100
  Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers mister.s.jones@gmail.com - 2015-11-28 16:20 +0100
    Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> - 2015-12-06 00:30 +0100
      Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-12-06 00:50 +0100
        Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> - 2015-12-06 01:50 +0100
      Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-06 01:00 +0100
      Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2015-12-06 09:50 +0100
        Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2015-12-06 11:00 +0100
          Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2015-12-06 20:40 +0100
            Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2015-12-07 02:20 +0100
              Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2015-12-07 06:30 +0100
                Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2015-12-07 06:50 +0100
          Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Gener Badenas <gener.ong.badenas@gmail.com> - 2015-12-09 01:20 +0100
  Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-11-28 17:30 +0100
  Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Charlie Kravetz <cjk@teamcharliesangels.com> - 2015-11-28 18:00 +0100
  Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers pascalv@sdf.lonestar.org - 2015-11-28 20:00 +0100
  Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2015-12-07 18:00 +0100
  Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Gener Badenas <gener.ong.badenas@gmail.com> - 2015-12-09 01:20 +0100
  Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers pjw <lists.debian@pjw.xsmail.com> - 2015-12-10 01:00 +0100

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