This place is big
LTRobson
"I saw a film today. Oh boy." Location: England Joined: Jan 15 2010 |
This place is big www.godaddy.com There's discount codes if you watch episodes of diggnation at www.revision3.com |
godaddy.com is a terrible
archardJoined: Jan 11 2007 |
godaddy.com is a terrible company (see http://www.fullyfrank.com/godaddy-is-a-scam), please don't do business with them. I would recommend name.com for registering a domain. I use them myself and they've been great. Reasonable prices, very fast domain propagation, and good control over things like nameservers. As for hosting, I used the cheapest plan from Surpass Hosting for a long time for this site (am now on a dedicated server) and was very pleased. I've also heard great things about A Small Orange for small, shared hosting plans. The process of setting the site up basically works like this: You purchase a domain name from a registrar (e.g. name.com). On the registrar's website you'll be able to configure name servers for the domain. Name servers basically tell the registrar the physical location of the server to send the request to when someone types your domain name in the browser. For a shared hosting plan these will typically be assigned to you automatically, and I think in some cases the hosting company can actually configure them with the registrar themselves. Once the name servers are configured, the registrar sends out a message to all the DNS servers in the world about your new domain. The DNS servers are basically just big databases that associate human readable domain names with IP addresses. Sometimes it can take a few days for your new domain to propagate to all the DNS servers in the world, but I've found that name.com gets the message out to all the major ones within a few hours. Now assuming that you got all that set up and your domain name points to the server space that you bought, all you need to do is upload your files to a certain directory on your server, using an FTP client. Chances are you'll be using an Apache based web server, and if that's the case then you want to put all your files in a folder called 'public_html'. Typically, the file that you name 'index.html' (or whatever extension you want really) will be the one that gets served to the user when they type in your domain name in the browser. All URLs will be relative to that public_html folder. Let me know if you have any questions.
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That's a bit harsh, archard.
LTRobson
"I saw a film today. Oh boy." Location: England Joined: Jan 15 2010 |
That's a bit harsh, archard. True, I've never used the company myself, or any webhost, but for it to be the sponsor of that show every week, rings bells for me (it's the show that comes from the biggest social/technology news site on the web). The founder of the site and show diggs it. That guy who said it was a scam was probably doing something illegal. He only mentions "This website was selling gaming-related programs." My guess it was gaming hacks and it was suspended following a notice from a games company, like Valve. Course, though, go with what archard recommends, as he actually does this kinda thing. No company is perfect http://www.surmunity.com/user-reviews/30361-surpasshosting-stealing-my-m... |
A lot of people have
auriplane
Joined: Sep 06 2008 |
A lot of people have complaints about GoDaddy.
It's called "advertising". Hint: any time an opinion is being paid for, ignore it.
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There's a lot of positive
LTRobson
"I saw a film today. Oh boy." Location: England Joined: Jan 15 2010 |
There's a lot of positive reviews for godaddy. |
Yeah. Anyway, don't use
Why's that auri? This is
LTRobson
"I saw a film today. Oh boy." Location: England Joined: Jan 15 2010 |
Why's that auri? This is getting a bit weird again. |
Ok.. pm me why you think it's
LTRobson
"I saw a film today. Oh boy." Location: England Joined: Jan 15 2010 |
Ok.. pm me why you think it's not an option for him. |
Re: That's a bit harsh, archard.
archardJoined: Jan 11 2007 |
LTRobson said
Harsh but true. If you want an endless list of issues/complaints/problems people have with GoDaddy, just type in 'GoDaddy sucks' or something similar into Google. In fact, a whole site has been created just for people to bitch about how much they hate GoDaddy. But my real issue with GoDaddy isn't their horrible customer service, questionable charges, etc. It's their shady practices of swooping in and buying up domain names you've searched for on their site but haven't bought. They're domain hijackers. Ever wonder why so many good domain names have absolutely no content in them? It's because of companies like GoDaddy that buy them all up and hope to sell them back to people at a much higher price. They're basically using you to pick out the valuable domains. Again, if you want an endless list of stories and evidence for this just type in 'GoDaddy steals domains' or something similar in Google. By the way, on that forum post you linked, you'll notice that the Surpass staff promptly came in and handled the situation in a professional manner. My experience with them was similar.
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Ah, but if you'd read why
LTRobson
"I saw a film today. Oh boy." Location: England Joined: Jan 15 2010 |
Ah, but if you'd read why those people on that godaddysucks site are angry, it was that they're were doing illegal things. EDIT: "godaddysucks site" = nodaddy.com like there's microsoftsucks, applesucks, macdonaldssuck ect :) |
GoDaddy does suck, because
BooDoo
People Location: Somerville, MA Joined: Mar 24 2008 |
GoDaddy does suck, because they hijack and camp domains, like Archard mentioned. I know plenty of companies that will use their "Customer Service" staff as uninformed, unhelpful, up-selling robots- this is bad, but not exclusive to GoDaddy. What GoDaddy will do is buy domains searched through their site but not purchased (as mentioned) and also hold onto any domain they've ever registered in perpetuity, after you (or a previous owner) have let it lapse. They will then sell it back to you (or a new owner) at a premium. They are parasitic and shady and they pollute the gTLD namespace with more noise than signal. As far as I can tell, your defense of them is "They haven't fucked me, and their PR is good." That's a pretty low bar. ON TOPIC: I have hosting from DreamHost (like Auri, I can't in good conscience recommend them- I just use it because I signed up during a big sale) and Rydia.net. Rydia.net is mostly targeted towards (visual) artists. They're a small, dedicated team with unbelievable server up-time. Their main tech engineer also does work for SixApart (LiveJournal, Vox, et c.) and is a complete wizard. Plus - you get to be hosted by RYDIA! |
I'd stay away from GoDaddy for the name alone.
AlexanderLocation: California Joined: Nov 14 2008 |
But aside from the name, there seem to be enough reasons not to go with them. Go with a company that -has- to treat you right because they aren't the big dog. Again, based on the name, I'd go with A Small Orange. :) |
Well, they're definitely not
LTRobson
"I saw a film today. Oh boy." Location: England Joined: Jan 15 2010 |
Well, they're definitely not a scam, the negative press is from kids throwing their toys out of the pram. That ryhmed. And they suck because of buying up domains? Just pick something original. |
Re: I'd stay away from GoDaddy for the name alone.
LTRobson
"I saw a film today. Oh boy." Location: England Joined: Jan 15 2010 |
Alexander said
Nice method. I think I'd go with something more established, even if it means costing a bit more. |
Re: I'd stay away from GoDaddy for the name alone.
AlexanderLocation: California Joined: Nov 14 2008 |
Right. Have a nice life. |
Re: Well, they're definitely not
surreal
Eric: tank,godlike Location: Arizona Joined: Jan 04 2009 |
LTRobson said
You're kinda missing the point there. Apparently godaddy buys up domains that people search for on their site but do not buy, forcing them to buy it from them if they want that domain name bad enough. That's bad ethics sir. Fuck I should know, I'm in a legal class revolving around technically legal but shady practices like this. |
That is shady, but just find
LTRobson
"I saw a film today. Oh boy." Location: England Joined: Jan 15 2010 |
That is shady, but just find out who owns or doesn't own a domain with domain tools like whois then you're sweet. |
Of course, but it doesn't
surreal
Eric: tank,godlike Location: Arizona Joined: Jan 04 2009 |
Of course, but it doesn't excuse godaddy by any means. Just the point that the company does some unethical things. |
Yeah, they can't be excused
LTRobson
"I saw a film today. Oh boy." Location: England Joined: Jan 15 2010 |
Yeah, they can't be excused for that. Reminds me of a swap meet.. hehe, this is another fine thread. Another fine mess more like! |
So I registered on name.com
crimsondarkn
Location: Toronto, Canada Joined: Jul 24 2009 |
So I registered on name.com but now i'm having trouble with surpasshosting... EPP key transfer, correct? Anything else I should know?
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Yep, you're not transferring
archardJoined: Jan 11 2007 |
Yep, you're not transferring anything so you don't need to worry about that. Also, the support people at Surpass are awesome, you can click the Concierge Live Assistant link and chat with a tech support person via IM.
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crimsondarkn
Location: Toronto, Canada
Joined: Jul 24 2009
Hello all,
I've been thinking of starting a blog website for myself. I know HTML and that stuff so things should be smooth in terms of technical skills. Unfortunately, I have no idea where
to get a domain name and that sorts. I've read some material online but if anyone here
can summarize it down, and recommend me a good hosting domain, that would be awesome.
Thanks.