webhosting, preferrably cheap

[gables]

thanks for the ideas so far,

The sitebuilder at 1and1.co.uk is the type of thing she uses at the moment and would do the job nicely, it'd cost £28 for a year.

I had thought about doing myself with a free CMS (I've used joomla, phpwcms, phpwebsite in the past) and at those hosting prices this is another option.

cheers,
Tony

[mrdavies]

Well I would pimp my offering but we don't supply site builders.

That being said, you can download some very good newbie freindly open source programs available for building websites, I wuld suggest she have a look at some of them as they have a lot more functionality than your standard site builder.

Sitebuilder from swsoft.com is pretty good, downloadable version allows you to host/create one domain. This is the thing 1and1 use and i suspect many other hosting companies.. dead easy to use, even my old man managed to knock up a site in it!

[mrdavies]

ta, they do look good, have you used them before? just wondering what their support is like?

Tony

I have a business root server with them, so a little more than just plain web hosting. First issue I had was not dealt with well, as the monkey on the support line was clueless. However, once it was passed to a techie with some skills it was all good.

Their web admin portal is very good to. Overall, very pleased.

[Ardesco]

Well I would pimp my offering but we don't supply site builders.

That being said, you can download some very good newbie freindly open source programs available for building websites, I wuld suggest she have a look at some of them as they have a lot more functionality than your standard site builder.

[TheFaQQer]

DIY Work With Us seems to be very specific - I guess the idea is that it's easy to use, but it doesn't seem to be a generic package.

If the costs are too steep, you might want to consider using something that is freeware like Joomla.

[chicane]

I think the OP wants continued access to the content management facilities (or at least an equivalent to what) he currently has, rather than a generic hosting solution.

gables, people might be able to help you more if you know the name of the system you use, or at least the feature list.

[TheFaQQer]

Hi,

I use PowWeb.com for all my hosting now - if you pay for two years, I think the current promotion is that you get 6 months free. It's $7.77 a month and offers lots of things, but might be overkill for what you need.

Faqqer

[Buffoon]

Try 5quidhost.
They do a free plan (no ads), £5 per year or £2 per month at the bottom end.

[ZZZZ Snoozer]

My wife works at our local arts centre and looks after the website. Currently she uses a host\package called DIY Workwithus which provides webspace and a user interface, with templates, which can be used to create\update the site without any knowledge of html etc. They've had a year for free but to continue they need to pay £175.00 includung VAT.

The website is a brochure type one and not huge and I was wondering if anyone new of a hosting company that offers the above functionality but cheaper.

kcchosting (www.kcchosting.co.uk)

From approx £2 a month, have used for >3 years without any problem.

[Spacecadet]

i use 1and1.co.uk... never had to use their support services though

and i was recommended them by a friend who uses them a lot for setting up and managing clients websites.

[gables]

ta, they do look good, have you used them before? just wondering what their support is like?

Tony

[mrdavies]

take a look at 1and1.co.uk. Pretty good

- mrdavies

[gables]

My wife works at our local arts centre and looks after the website. Currently she uses a host\package called DIY Workwithus which provides webspace and a user interface, with templates, which can be used to create\update the site without any knowledge of html etc. They've had a year for free but to continue they need to pay £175.00 includung VAT.

The website is a brochure type one and not huge and I was wondering if anyone new of a hosting company that offers the above functionality but cheaper.

Cheers,
Tony