Your Questions About 1 And 1 Web Hosting

admin answers:

I tried them out temporarily a few years ago and found the following problems then:

1. If you have a .com domain, the nameservers for 1&1 are not in the UK and so you are unlikely to find yourself in the Google UK specific search results.

2. They tagged mail rather than filtered it, meaning that if you download mail on your phone, you still have to pay to download the spam.

3. You couldn’t pay by direct debit.

4. The quality of their English was poor (customer support)

5. Leaving the service was a loathsome and difficult process.

I switched to www.xcalibre.co.uk and have no complaints.

admin answers:

You need a web host supporting multiple domain names.

As an experienced webmaster I recommend BlueHost service which I’m sure it would work for you and fulfill all your requirements. They have a really great offer for hosting & I have used them for over 3 yrs now, and have never had a single problem with them.

They offer a Full-featured service only $6.95 a month. You can see their Plan Details accompanied with reliable reviews regarding their service at:
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Here I have copied and pasted its features from their website to view:

– Free Domain Forever
– Unlimited Space
– Unlimited Transfer
– Host UNLIMITED Domains (Support All Domain Names)
– 2,500 POP/Imap Email Accounts
– SSH (Secure Shell), SSL, FTP, Stats
– CGI, Ruby (RoR), Perl, PHP, MySQL
– Front Page Extensions
– Free Site Builder
– 24/7 Superb/Responsive Sales/Support
– Free Search Engine Submission

They also offer “Free Site Builder” that helps you build your web pages without difficulty if you are not skilled in using any website creating program (WYSIWYG: What You See Is What You Get). You can use this service optionally.

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Good Luck!

admin answers:

Yes, you can host multiple domains and sites on one hosting account. Of course, this is depending on the web host you choose.

There are many web hosting providers and you might become confused to choose which one. It is very important that you choose a good web host. Good doesn’t mean expensive. Good means reliable with great support. When you choose a web host, make sure they have excellent support. If you have a problem with your web site you want help now, not in a day or two.

It can be confusing when choosing a web hosting company because they all look pretty much the same and they seem like they know what they are doing. However, I recommend reading reviews from reliable websites so that you may compare and become more familiar with the hosting companies before making a decision. I am a web designer and I have changed back and forth from many companies over the years but my favorite one is FatCow. I am moving all my websites to them as the contracts expire. And yes you can host multiple domains and web pages on 1 account. It will not slow down your page or anything. Just be sure to get hosting that gives you freedom in terms of space and bandwidth.

admin answers:

You don’t need to do anything at all. Everything that the host says it supports (Perl, Python, PHP) is a server-side scripting service, and that stuff only matters if you need to use it. A web host doesn’t need to specifically support HTML because HTML is decoded client-side by your browser.

In other words, if you use HTML, just put your HTML pages up and they will work fine without you doing anything special, trust me. You don’t need to put it into PHP or anything; PHP is just an option you can use if you want to. Make your pages in plain old HTML and everything will work.