Hosting for HTML pages

[brolie]

Sorry if this has already been answered or if I'm in the wrong subforum - bit of a newbie to the boards

 

When I first started building websites, you HAD to write things out in HTML and load files. Now everything is drag and drop. I've written out an entire website in HTML/CSS/JS and now I can't find a host that has ftp file manager to upload files and folders that doesn't cost a butt load (like godaddy).

 

Anyone have any recommendations?

Edited December 5, 2013 by brolie

[davej]

1. Everything is drag and drop? Like what?

 

2. Filezilla?

 

3. $5 a month is ordinary. Is that too much?

[brolie]

Like site builders with an interface where you aren't using coding to build it.

 

For the business that I just made this website for, $5/month was "bad news". I've been learning coding and programming for so long, that I haven't had to worry about hosting, but when I was hosting a few years back even, you could have your site hosted for $8-$12/year... or lycos/angelfire you had the FTP option for free and only the domain name cost money- around $12... so there was no monthly/yearly cost at all

[davej]

I have not used Sitebuilders, and I did not like Dreamweaver. Coding is the only reliable approach.

 

If a business can't afford 20 cents per day then they are pathetic and not a real business. Even a paperboy could afford 20 cents per day (if there were any paperboys anymore).

 

This time of year there are various special hosting sales. Also for little static webpages there are some hosts that allow you to have several domains per account.

Edited December 5, 2013 by davej

[brolie]

I absolutely agree. Coding is definitely better and I think these interface web builders are just trying to put coders out of business because why would you pay someone to write the coding when you can build some premade site for free?

 

I also agree that $60/year shouldn't be that big of a deal. I think they are just not familiar enough, and I wasn't expecting to be confronted with the issue. They were even surprised that I was charging to write the code. Perhaps my next business venture will prove less trying.

 

But as par their request, I searched for something comparable but cheaper and posting this thread is me getting other people's opinions as well. Godaddy seems to have a lot of tools for the same price as most hosts without them. I'm figuring it's probably their best bet? What are other hosting sites that people use that have ftp?

 

(Thank you by the way..)

Edited December 5, 2013 by brolie

[davej]

Businesses pay thousands of $$$ for their ads in the Yellow Pages. If they don't see any value in a webpage then don't waste any time on them. For a small business maybe the Yellow Pages is still the only method their customers use. I don't know.

Edited December 5, 2013 by davej

[MarkT]

Hostgator are reliable - Cheap and you can use a FTP Client such as FileZilla to upload your files.

If not you could use hosting24 (paid) which is provided by 000webhost (free), they both allow ftp clients such as FileZilla.

 

Most hosts give you an option to use drag/drop website builders or you can upload your own using FTP details which can normally be located in the control panel.

[davej]

I had a bad experience with 000webhost and will never suggest them to anyone.