Web Hosting

Calyxa · 02-09-2005, 03:48 PM

I am looking for a new web host. Those of you who are webmasters and use hosting sites, could you give me the skinny on your experiences good and bad with regard to hosts out there? Can you give me the names of some good hosts sites that are inexpensive. I'm moving my site from YourHostCentral.com as they are doing away with their hosting services. I'm in need of a good admin panel for use when i'm not able to access my own pc. The most important aspect to me in a host is good help forums for setting the site up. YHC lacked that big time and I was always trying to figure out how to password protect certian content, how to set up my own 404 access pages and all that jazz. I used to use Datarealm but their services are very expensive and I am in the market for a host that will cost me under $10 for about a gig of space. I was astonished to learn that there are so many out there and that I was paying so much using Datarealm.... any suggestions for where to move ?
I greatly appreciate it.
Cheers

Calyxa · 02-09-2005, 03:49 PM

I found this site: http://www.naboose.com
Naboose Communications. Anyone have any experience with these folks?
The price sure looks good and the site desgin looks good...

fireydeviant · 02-09-2005, 07:51 PM

Naboose looks pretty trustworthy. they have a phone number and address listed. They are also "Geek Certified" which looks like a host verification site. $8 for 20GB is pretty sweet. You could start a small webhost yourself with the gold plan.

Calyxa · 02-10-2005, 01:06 PM

i thought they looked pretty legit too. I absolutly love the price. Ok i'm going for it.

vernarial · 02-11-2005, 10:14 PM

This site is good for comparison. Use the search option to customise what your looking for.

http://www.free-webhosts.com/webhosting-01.php

Calyxa · 02-16-2005, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vernarial

This site is good for comparison. Use the search option to customise what your looking for.

http://www.free-webhosts.com/webhosting-01.php

thankies i'll have a gander.

Calyxa · 03-25-2005, 11:34 AM

Update:
I moved my hosting from yourhostcentral.com to naboose.com about 2 months ago. Until today I could not log into the admin console for my domain because the admin at my new host kept sending my ‘sign up’ email to my e-mail at my old domain – which I did not have access to anymore. Finally I got the guy reply to me at my hotmail account but I was still not able to log in with the registration information I created. Finally I get an email back from him yesterday telling me he reset my pswd. I was able to log in but in the meantime he transferred my domain registration from TuCows.com to GoDaddy.com (with out my permission) and locked the domain using his own information. I telephoned GoDaddy.com and they claim ‘this account’ is not mind and that they need to know the last 4 digits of the credit card used when I registered. Mind, you I never registered my domain with them at all and I certainly never gave them a credit card number! To my frustration the rude a** woman on the phone keeps saying over and over again ‘this is not your site’….I wanted to smack her silly! It is my domain and I am listed on the WHOIS records for the domain. The claim I need to send them a copy of my DBA (doing business as) license for Calyxa Graphics to prove that I am the rightful owner of the website. I’m livid! Calyxa Graphics is just a name its not an actual company dammit, furthermore my first and last name is listed as the admin contact on the website. If the admin cannot request a pswd for the DNS servers then who the hell can?

Well, GoDaddy.com is claiming that the Registrant and the Admin contact are not necessary the same and that the admin is not the owner of the site but the Registrant is the owner. I'm reeling becasue if you do a whois on ichaz.com , clearly i am the owner. It had my po box listed as the address. So they are telling me that this one line of information dictates how they handle their 'security' with regard to the website. Bullshit, my email address is listed as admin on the whois. Why cant i request they at least release my website back to TuCows. Afterall, all that is needed for a registry change is a valid email address, right? Then how did naboose.com transfer the domain to begin with???

I called TuCows they said if they transferred my domain without permission that they could ‘recover’ it for me right away. I’ve got them working on it or I could wait 60 days (because when u transfer a domain, it is put on a 60 day hold for some stupid reason) and then transfer it back if I wish because all that is required to transfer the domain back is an admin e-mail address in the WHOIS record. I am livid.

Do not host at naboose.com. Do not trust Geek Certified.

**greffov** · 03-25-2005, 01:01 PM

% whois ichaz.com

Whois Server Version 1.3

Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.

Domain Name: ICHAZ.COM
Registrar: GO DADDY SOFTWARE, INC.
Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com
Name Server: NS2.NABOOSE.COM
Name Server: NS1.NABOOSE.COM
Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK
Updated Date: 13-mar-2005
Creation Date: 12-may-2002
Expiration Date: 12-may-2006

Darn shite every time with domains!

Calyxa · 03-25-2005, 01:16 PM

That dosent help, greffov! lol

Registrant:
Calyxa Graphics
Post Office Box 5995
Boston, Massachusetts 02114
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com
Domain Name: ICHAZ.COM
Created on: 12-May-02
Expires on: 12-May-06
Last Updated on: 13-Mar-05

Administrative Contact:
Finley, Rosemary chazillaproductions@hotmail.com
Post Office Box 5995
Boston, Massachusetts 02114
United States
000-000-0000
Technical Contact:
Finley, Rosemary chazillaproductions@hotmail.com
Post Office Box 5995
Boston, Massachusetts 02114
United States
000-000-0000

Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.NABOOSE.COM
NS2.NABOOSE.COM

see... clearly i ma the admin and tech contact, why wouldnt i be the owner. I dont understand godaddy's methods.

**greffov** · 03-26-2005, 05:21 AM

Hmmm, ok:

[Querying whois.internic.net]
[Redirected to whois.godaddy.com]
[Querying whois.godaddy.com]

You're the registrant, so it should be yours. I'd say godaddy just wants you to pay

but naboose is not doing their job too:

% host www.ichaz.com ns1.naboose.com
Using domain server:
Name: ns1.naboose.com
Address: 206.51.238.142#53
Aliases:

Host www.ichaz.com not found: 2(SERVFAIL)

Fister · 03-26-2005, 04:09 PM

Hmmm
What kinda site is it cally?

**greffov** · 03-27-2005, 02:30 AM

no pr0n fisty :p

Calyxa · 03-31-2005, 03:37 PM

I took the DNS pointers out. I dont want it pointint to there anymore.

Fisty: Its just my personal website. Nothing special. I had a basic p2p ifo page with a shout box and information on useful utilities (freeware/shareware) like free firewalls and stuff like that. Then i had a password protected area for family and friends so they can view my weblog and photos and stuff.

But i took the site files down when yourhostcentral.com and since i never got a proper password for naboose.com i was never able to ftp the site to their server. BtW, i notice that YHC still has their hosting site up even though they e-mailed me saying they are ceasing hosting services. humpf!
Anyhoo.. i'm trying to reclaim my domainname but i dont know if it will be successful. Since there are so few laws governing the internet theft and this is intellcutual property we 're dealing with I could hire a lawywer but why would i do that for a domain that i paid like $20 to register? It really isn't that important to me and fruthermore, naboose does not have any of my actual files on their server. If i really want to keep the domain name i could just backorder it. Truth is, if i put up a personal site again after this i'm rather into the idea of getting a new name for the site.

**greffov** · 04-02-2005, 04:32 AM

Hmmm, I'm sorry for all the problems you encounter. I think we have to conclude that virtual hosting land is not that what it should have been...

Calyxa · 04-05-2005, 04:48 PM

no doubt LOL

02-09-2005, 03:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
Calyxa Something is broken Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 305	Web Hosting I am looking for a new web host. Those of you who are webmasters and use hosting sites, could you give me the skinny on your experiences good and bad with regard to hosts out there? Can you give me the names of some good hosts sites that are inexpensive. I'm moving my site from YourHostCentral.com as they are doing away with their hosting services. I'm in need of a good admin panel for use when i'm not able to access my own pc. The most important aspect to me in a host is good help forums for setting the site up. YHC lacked that big time and I was always trying to figure out how to password protect certian content, how to set up my own 404 access pages and all that jazz. I used to use Datarealm but their services are very expensive and I am in the market for a host that will cost me under $10 for about a gig of space. I was astonished to learn that there are so many out there and that I was paying so much using Datarealm.... any suggestions for where to move ? I greatly appreciate it. Cheers __________________ "We are a spirit, we are a natural part of the earth, and all of our ancestors, all of our relations who have gone to the spirit world, they are here with us. That's power." - John Trudell Last edited by Calyxa; 02-18-2005 at 09:56 PM.

02-09-2005, 03:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
Calyxa Something is broken Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 305	I found this site: http://www.naboose.com Naboose Communications. Anyone have any experience with these folks? The price sure looks good and the site desgin looks good... __________________ "We are a spirit, we are a natural part of the earth, and all of our ancestors, all of our relations who have gone to the spirit world, they are here with us. That's power." - John Trudell

02-09-2005, 07:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
fireydeviant inspired to dream Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 341	Naboose looks pretty trustworthy. they have a phone number and address listed. They are also "Geek Certified" which looks like a host verification site. $8 for 20GB is pretty sweet. You could start a small webhost yourself with the gold plan. __________________

02-10-2005, 01:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
Calyxa Something is broken Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 305	i thought they looked pretty legit too. I absolutly love the price. Ok i'm going for it. __________________ "We are a spirit, we are a natural part of the earth, and all of our ancestors, all of our relations who have gone to the spirit world, they are here with us. That's power." - John Trudell Last edited by Calyxa; 02-10-2005 at 04:28 PM.

02-11-2005, 10:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
vernarial Da'itch inya Pants! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Utah, USA Posts: 1,022	This site is good for comparison. Use the search option to customise what your looking for. http://www.free-webhosts.com/webhosting-01.php __________________ Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master. ....You'll go down if you don't stand up. Surely you see that. Bertold Brecht We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. YOU DIG?

03-25-2005, 11:34 AM	#7 (permalink)
Calyxa Something is broken Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 305	Update: I moved my hosting from yourhostcentral.com to naboose.com about 2 months ago. Until today I could not log into the admin console for my domain because the admin at my new host kept sending my ‘sign up’ email to my e-mail at my old domain – which I did not have access to anymore. Finally I got the guy reply to me at my hotmail account but I was still not able to log in with the registration information I created. Finally I get an email back from him yesterday telling me he reset my pswd. I was able to log in but in the meantime he transferred my domain registration from TuCows.com to GoDaddy.com (with out my permission) and locked the domain using his own information. I telephoned GoDaddy.com and they claim ‘this account’ is not mind and that they need to know the last 4 digits of the credit card used when I registered. Mind, you I never registered my domain with them at all and I certainly never gave them a credit card number! To my frustration the rude a** woman on the phone keeps saying over and over again ‘this is not your site’….I wanted to smack her silly! It is my domain and I am listed on the WHOIS records for the domain. The claim I need to send them a copy of my DBA (doing business as) license for Calyxa Graphics to prove that I am the rightful owner of the website. I’m livid! Calyxa Graphics is just a name its not an actual company dammit, furthermore my first and last name is listed as the admin contact on the website. If the admin cannot request a pswd for the DNS servers then who the hell can? Well, GoDaddy.com is claiming that the Registrant and the Admin contact are not necessary the same and that the admin is not the owner of the site but the Registrant is the owner. I'm reeling becasue if you do a whois on ichaz.com , clearly i am the owner. It had my po box listed as the address. So they are telling me that this one line of information dictates how they handle their 'security' with regard to the website. Bullshit, my email address is listed as admin on the whois. Why cant i request they at least release my website back to TuCows. Afterall, all that is needed for a registry change is a valid email address, right? Then how did naboose.com transfer the domain to begin with??? I called TuCows they said if they transferred my domain without permission that they could ‘recover’ it for me right away. I’ve got them working on it or I could wait 60 days (because when u transfer a domain, it is put on a 60 day hold for some stupid reason) and then transfer it back if I wish because all that is required to transfer the domain back is an admin e-mail address in the WHOIS record. I am livid. Do not host at naboose.com. Do not trust Geek Certified. __________________ "We are a spirit, we are a natural part of the earth, and all of our ancestors, all of our relations who have gone to the spirit world, they are here with us. That's power." - John Trudell Last edited by Calyxa; 03-25-2005 at 12:58 PM.

03-25-2005, 01:01 PM	#8 (permalink)
greffov Da House Nerd Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: One CPU Lane Posts: 3,512	% whois ichaz.com Whois Server Version 1.3 Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net for detailed information. Domain Name: ICHAZ.COM Registrar: GO DADDY SOFTWARE, INC. Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com Name Server: NS2.NABOOSE.COM Name Server: NS1.NABOOSE.COM Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK Updated Date: 13-mar-2005 Creation Date: 12-may-2002 Expiration Date: 12-may-2006 Darn shite every time with domains! __________________ Linux virusscanner detected a virus: Windows 95 ... delete [Y/n] y ~ ~ :wq

03-25-2005, 01:16 PM	#9 (permalink)
Calyxa Something is broken Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 305	That dosent help, greffov! lol Registrant: Calyxa Graphics Post Office Box 5995 Boston, Massachusetts 02114 United States Registered through: GoDaddy.com Domain Name: ICHAZ.COM Created on: 12-May-02 Expires on: 12-May-06 Last Updated on: 13-Mar-05 Administrative Contact: Finley, Rosemary chazillaproductions@hotmail.com Post Office Box 5995 Boston, Massachusetts 02114 United States 000-000-0000 Technical Contact: Finley, Rosemary chazillaproductions@hotmail.com Post Office Box 5995 Boston, Massachusetts 02114 United States 000-000-0000 Domain servers in listed order: NS1.NABOOSE.COM NS2.NABOOSE.COM see... clearly i ma the admin and tech contact, why wouldnt i be the owner. I dont understand godaddy's methods. __________________ "We are a spirit, we are a natural part of the earth, and all of our ancestors, all of our relations who have gone to the spirit world, they are here with us. That's power." - John Trudell

03-26-2005, 05:21 AM	#10 (permalink)
greffov Da House Nerd Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: One CPU Lane Posts: 3,512	Hmmm, ok: [Querying whois.internic.net] [Redirected to whois.godaddy.com] [Querying whois.godaddy.com] You're the registrant, so it should be yours. I'd say godaddy just wants you to pay but naboose is not doing their job too: % host www.ichaz.com ns1.naboose.com Using domain server: Name: ns1.naboose.com Address: 206.51.238.142#53 Aliases: Host www.ichaz.com not found: 2(SERVFAIL) __________________ Linux virusscanner detected a virus: Windows 95 ... delete [Y/n] y ~ ~ :wq

03-26-2005, 04:09 PM	#11 (permalink)
Fister h3\|P \| 4m 5tUcK Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: UVic Posts: 1,898	Hmmm What kinda site is it cally? __________________

03-27-2005, 02:30 AM	#12 (permalink)
greffov Da House Nerd Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: One CPU Lane Posts: 3,512	no pr0n fisty :p __________________ Linux virusscanner detected a virus: Windows 95 ... delete [Y/n] y ~ ~ :wq

03-31-2005, 03:37 PM	#13 (permalink)
Calyxa Something is broken Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 305	I took the DNS pointers out. I dont want it pointint to there anymore. Fisty: Its just my personal website. Nothing special. I had a basic p2p ifo page with a shout box and information on useful utilities (freeware/shareware) like free firewalls and stuff like that. Then i had a password protected area for family and friends so they can view my weblog and photos and stuff. But i took the site files down when yourhostcentral.com and since i never got a proper password for naboose.com i was never able to ftp the site to their server. BtW, i notice that YHC still has their hosting site up even though they e-mailed me saying they are ceasing hosting services. humpf! Anyhoo.. i'm trying to reclaim my domainname but i dont know if it will be successful. Since there are so few laws governing the internet theft and this is intellcutual property we 're dealing with I could hire a lawywer but why would i do that for a domain that i paid like $20 to register? It really isn't that important to me and fruthermore, naboose does not have any of my actual files on their server. If i really want to keep the domain name i could just backorder it. Truth is, if i put up a personal site again after this i'm rather into the idea of getting a new name for the site. __________________ "We are a spirit, we are a natural part of the earth, and all of our ancestors, all of our relations who have gone to the spirit world, they are here with us. That's power." - John Trudell

04-02-2005, 04:32 AM	#14 (permalink)
greffov Da House Nerd Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: One CPU Lane Posts: 3,512	Hmmm, I'm sorry for all the problems you encounter. I think we have to conclude that virtual hosting land is not that what it should have been... __________________ Linux virusscanner detected a virus: Windows 95 ... delete [Y/n] y ~ ~ :wq

04-05-2005, 04:48 PM	#15 (permalink)
Calyxa Something is broken Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 305	no doubt LOL __________________ "We are a spirit, we are a natural part of the earth, and all of our ancestors, all of our relations who have gone to the spirit world, they are here with us. That's power." - John Trudell

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