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donalg1 · 2011-10-13 19:34:18

Ok so i have created a website for friends to look at, really just to put pictures i have taken online for personal use, now I am just wondering what would be the best web host for this, obviously there wont be much traffic if any, i would say a couple of people might log on once or twice at most. i have about 60pics,…

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Ok so i have created a website for friends to look at, really just to put pictures i have taken online for personal use, now I am just wondering what would be the best web host for this, obviously there wont be much traffic if any, i would say a couple of people might log on once or twice at most. i have about 60pics, jpg's 640*480 so space wise would i need much?

Mainly though it is just the host bit i need advice on?

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#2 13-10-2011 7:39pm

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Sorry, but we don't allow hosting recommendations on boards for historical reasons.

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#3 13-10-2011 11:18pm

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Surely something like Flikr or picasa would be suitable

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#4 13-10-2011 11:32pm

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kbannon, in all fairness, though you can upload images to Flikr or Picasa, it is not your own website. It is just a free image gallery.

One could also argue the reliability of the free service and the privacy of the photos.

OP, anyway if displaying your photos online for friends is the only purpose of the website, you could consider Picasa/Flikr indeed.

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#5 14-10-2011 6:57am

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VMotion wrote: »

One could also argue the reliability of the free service and the privacy of the photos.

You could say the same thing about the Cloud. That doesn't stop it being the buzzword du jour.

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#6 14-10-2011 7:06am

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Have a look at Google Sites. Very simple to set up, free hosting, and can go a bit further than hosting pictures.

You could also get a free .co.cc domain name.

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#7 14-10-2011 11:12am

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Tbh for something like this any of the main Irish hosts, should be fine. You might save a small few euros going for a US or other host, but probably not enough to be worth it.

Just make sure that if you created the site using Microsoft technologies that you get Windows hosting to support it (usually same price as linux hosting anyway).

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#8 14-10-2011 5:55pm

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Malice wrote: »

You could say the same thing about the Cloud. That doesn't stop it being the buzzword du jour.

Couldn't agree with you more. Cloud is still maturing. It is pretty much not ready for enterprise level solutions but technologies evolve everyday and it will be eventually reliable enough to consider deploying it.

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