Chapter Website Hosting
 

My chapter is looking for a new host for our website. We are currently using Tripod, and getting it free. But there are too many pop-ups :mad: and the URL is too complicated (can't remember it, etc.).

We looked into moving it to the school's server, but that means you can only edit on campus, have to use Lotus Notes, and can't copy and paste HTML into their program...yada, yada, yada. And since I live a half hour away from campus, I am not too fond of this idea. It doesn't sound like the best idea for what we are looking for....

SOOOO...What do other chapter webmaster use to host their websites??? We are looking for little to no popups. There will be pictures, graphics. We are looking into putting up a sisters only section.

Here is our current page: http://oduzta.tripod.com/iotasigma/

Thanks in advance! :p

Meredith

Re: Chapter Website Hosting
 

I use Yahoo Geocities. http://www.geocities.com/adpi-vu/ I signed on to Yahoo as "adpi-vu", so that's what my website name is.

There's either one popup on the page that you can shrink, or you have to integrate Y!/Geo ads into your page (which I'd hate more than popups).

The main drawback is that I can't have a sisters-only section straight from Y!/Geo, but there are apparently sites online that can create "gateways" to a page on your site, so that it's password protected. Haven't actually used it yet, but I know that http://www.bravenet.com/ offers that kind of service.

Best of luck to you!

i know at my undergrad and grad school, the university reserved a certain amount of space on their server for clubs and organizations to set up websites. perhaps you would wamt to ask your system admin. or maybe activites director if there is an option of having your site on the college website.

http://www.enablehosting.com is VERY dependable and a delight to work with...not too sure about the price...since a guy from my school runs it, we get a great deal...but they are great!

http://www.enablehosting.com/html/virtual_hosting.html

Jon is a nice guy ( he is my boyfriend's roommate) and his rates are pretty awesome -- i believe he offers domain names as well -- they are 16 dollars and some change per year i think...

on a side note -- my sorority's site is hosted by the school now, but they do not allow perl, php, java, etc on their servers so that is why we got an account with enable hosting...

as for editing i just ftp the stuff to the sorority filespace using WSFTPLE

i ftp to ftp.ncsu.edu so i wonder if you could use ftp.yourschooldomain.edu ?

Private Areas??
 

For my chapter's webpage I went through the university. I just has to fillout a form it was quite easy.

I am trying to make a private area for our website does anyone know how to do this?? I have dreamweaver and frontpage?

Thanks for the help

Our website is in the works but it is www.asu.edu/clubs/gammaphibeta

go here
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex9/password.htm

If you decide to go with the university as your host, there may be some scripts that you would have to manually setup/install.

You can always get a domain to point to your site's URL if you don't like the long address, but check with your university computer help desk to check if this is allowed.

If you decide to go with another host, there are some pretty good FREE hosts out there :)

With advertisements:
Geocities: http://www.geocities.com
Angelfire: http://www.angelfire.com
Tripod: http://www.tripod.com

Without ads (may have an alternative to ads):
Brinkster: http://www.brinkster.com
Cool Free Pages: http://www.coolfreepages.com
Net Firms: http://www.netfirms.com

These hosts usually come with password protected directories already and some other features. These are also just a few of the more popular ones.

Hope this helps :)

Good, cheap hosts are pretty easy to come by. PM me if you would like a recommendation.

If you get a domain name, I highly recommend that you purchase it yourself. Do NOT let your Web host purchase it for you. I have seen messy disputes over who actually owns the domain. A hostee tries to leave the host, but the host won't transfer the name rights to the hostee. It's better to have total ownership of the domain so that you can change hosts whenever you want. For domain registration/administration, I highly recommend GoDaddy Software: http://www.godaddy.com.

Just a few comments from my point of view:

Not ALL hosts do this. It depends on the host you're dealing with. Personally, I have never come across this type of situation. It's best to ask these questions and reading the company's policies BEFORE signing up.

For some people this may be true, but other people do not want to deal with maintaining it, so they look for someone or a host to handle it for them. They say it's because they do not have the time (or patience) to deal with it.

Summary: Do some research first on ANY company you want to do business with, especially online....and then ASK MANY MANY questions before signing up :)

My chapter used Angelfire.

Re: Private Areas??
 

be careful with password protected areas. i have heard certain scripts and various 'free password script' sites are easily hacked into. of course, even the most protected page could probably be as well. so bottom line, don't put stuff on that site that could be detrimental if discovered.

BTW, not to pry, but what do chapters put on secret sites? i was thinking maybe a calendar, guestbook for sisters, and a phone list or something. but why bother with it?

also check out www.caltheta.com for web hosting.