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Hobbes
February 21st, 2001, 23:18
Hi. I need a good free host. Something with space 0-1000000MB, CGI/Perl, HTACCESS, etc. etc....preferably no banners; this is for my personal webpages, uploading photos and stuff (that I can password protect for other family members).. what would you recommend?
Coolin
February 22nd, 2001, 00:34
My friend used .htaccess with http://www.f2s.com to give him a custom 404 page. Therefore, I know that F2S has .htaccess capabilities. I'm sure you know their other features :)
LeX
February 22nd, 2001, 06:58
Originally posted by Hobbes
Hi. I need a good free host. Something with space 0-1000000MB, CGI/Perl, HTACCESS, etc. etc....
Huh? What if the fwp just offered 100kb with everything you listed? ;) j/k.....

Isn't there some perl script that password protects your pages even without .htaccess? Or is that not really safe either? I dunno, 'cause I've never used the script...

Really, though, what's wrong with putting the pictures on your current website? Just make some subdir that nobody can guess, a blank index.html (or redirect) and name your pages with the photos something like "areyoureadytoseemypics.shtml" and just give the URL to the people you want to give. That's what I do with my photos...
Victoria7
February 22nd, 2001, 12:03
Hobbes, you could always try searching using the Power Search on FreeWebspace.net.

If you're looking for a password-protectable photo album, Zing.com offers photo albums with password protection.
Vinay
February 22nd, 2001, 16:19
i used to use redrival in my days :)
Coolin
February 22nd, 2001, 19:29
http://www.spites.com has .htaccess and 15megs of space. CGI too.
Hobbes
February 23rd, 2001, 19:42
coolin. thx. I'll check that out.

Why don't I use my CURRENT webpage? Well.. I don't have one LOL. See, when we moved from our ISP to AT&T, well, I closed down my homepage at my ISP and don't want to put it on AT&T (cause everyone hates them lol .. especially the mail servers).
LeX
February 24th, 2001, 21:25
OIC.....

Spites has ads though...
Coolin
February 24th, 2001, 22:32
Well... He did say "preferably" no banners... You can't get everything in life. Personally, I'd use F2S, even though their slow, but a banner is about 10kb, and that slows down page loading also.
Hobbes
February 25th, 2001, 10:11
(conceit) Sure I can get everything in life! I"M THE EXCEPTION! (/conceit)

Seriously, I understand that -- I'd have to go and get a paid host if I wanted no banners. Oh well, I tried :) Thank you for your reviews.