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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42733.0&return_msg=42733.1"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42733.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42733.11">11–16</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=42733.1">Hosting</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="42733_1_16_10"> <a name="a42733_1"></a><div class="message" id="message_42733_1"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: koswix<span class="message_time">27 Dec 2020 15:22</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">1 of 16</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42733.1">42733.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> What's the recommended web host de jour?<br /> <br /> I'm still with nethosted. Just for basic sites, mostly static although the option to use scripts is always nice.<br /> <br /> Nethosted is about £55 a year + domain fees for the basic package, but they don't support letsencrypt which is annoying.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42733.1&return_msg=42733.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42733.1"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42733_2"></a><div class="message" id="message_42733_2"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">28 Dec 2020 12:21</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: koswix <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 28 Dec 2020 16:59"></span></span> <span class="message_count">2 of 16</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42733.2">42733.2</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42733.1#a42733_1" target="_self">42733.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> A lot of hosting companies have decided that selling ssl certs at inflated prices is a nice side business. I used zerossl (kind of a LE front end/spinoff) for a few years, it had free 90-day certs that you could manually renew, then it changed to maximum 3 free certs a year. When I got a paid cert for one of our work domains, because hosting doesn't support client cert management, I discovered it was a zerossl cert. <span class="emoticon e_vince_upset" title=">-|"><span class="e__">>-|</span></span><br /> <br /> Anyway I switched to letsencrypt when I upgraded our staging server to a more recent version of ubuntu, one that supports the "certbot" auto-renewal script.<br /> <br /> The cheapest *not free* certs I've heard of are from gogetssl which IIRC are a few dollars/pa.<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 28 Dec 2020 12:22 by DSMITHHFX</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42733.2&return_msg=42733.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42733.2"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42733_3"></a><div class="message" id="message_42733_3"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">28 Dec 2020 12:41</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: koswix <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 28 Dec 2020 16:59"></span></span> <span class="message_count">3 of 16</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42733.3">42733.3</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42733.1#a42733_1" target="_self">42733.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> What are you basing NetHosted's lack of Let's Encrypt support on? <br />If it's the forum post from 2017 where they're looking into it, maybe highlighting <a href="https://blog.cpanel.com/how-to-configure-and-manage-lets-encrypt-in-cpanel">the cPanel Let's Encrypt plugin</a> will help? <p>Otherwise, <a href="https://www.hostmedia.co.uk/">HostMedia</a> are reasonably priced, but communicating with support can be frustrating. <br /><small>(Issues do eventually get resolved, but I'm never clear if they understand what I'm saying and they never explain what was up, even when directly asked.)</small> </p><p>(For more than basic stuff <a href="https://www.linode.com/">Linode</a> or <a href="https://viviotech.net/">Viviotech</a>.)</p></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42733.3&return_msg=42733.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42733.3"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42733_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_42733_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: koswix<span class="message_time">28 Dec 2020 17:04</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 28 Dec 2020 21:24"></span></span> <span class="message_count">4 of 16</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42733.4">42733.4</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42733.1#a42733_3" target="_self">42733.3</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Can't really recall, was a while ago I looked but got the impression they've got more interest in selling SSL certs themselves (as Smithy hinted at).<br /> <br /> I think I'm going to move everything to Linode as it's more or less the same price but with more toys to play with. <br /> <br /> So next question is domain registrars - I've currently got a few (only two or maybe five) domains either wtih 123-reg ( <span class="emoticon e_acidcry" title="T_T"><span class="e__">T_T</span></span> ) or through nethosted. Would make sense to have them all in the same place. I noticed google are offering a domain registrar service these days, worth managing them all through that or are is it something else they're likely to pull the plug on?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42733.4&return_msg=42733.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42733.4"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42733_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_42733_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">28 Dec 2020 19:23</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: koswix <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 29 Dec 2020 14:07"></span></span> <span class="message_count">5 of 16</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42733.5">42733.5</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42733.1#a42733_4" target="_self">42733.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Is the Google one available in the UK now?<br /> <br /> For domains mine are spread across 123reg, namecheap and porkbun, with no reason I can think of now apart from price at the time. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42733.5&return_msg=42733.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42733.5"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42733_6"></a><div class="message" id="message_42733_6"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">28 Dec 2020 21:40</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: koswix <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 29 Dec 2020 14:07"></span></span> <span class="message_count">6 of 16</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42733.6">42733.6</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42733.1#a42733_4" target="_self">42733.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Yeah, I wouldn't trust Google with domains. <p>Mine are through Enom.</p></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42733.6&return_msg=42733.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42733.6"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42733_7"></a><div class="message" id="message_42733_7"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: koswix<span class="message_time">31 Dec 2020 15:31</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 2 Jan 2021 20:57"></span></span> <span class="message_count">7 of 16</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42733.7">42733.7</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42733.1#a42733_6" target="_self">42733.6</a></div> <div class="message_body"> PB do you or any other forumite use Linode and want to give me a referral code before I sign up?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42733.7&return_msg=42733.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42733.7"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42733_8"></a><div class="message" id="message_42733_8"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time"> 2 Jan 2021 21:01</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: koswix <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 4 Jan 2021 16:26"></span></span> <span class="message_count">8 of 16</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42733.8">42733.8</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42733.1#a42733_7" target="_self">42733.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> If you haven't already signed up by now, feel free to use code f7c264b8dced63df5dd4743444d1cf6383bb3402<br />( or as url <a href="https://www.linode.com/?r=f7c264b8dced63df5dd4743444d1cf6383bb3402">https://www.linode.com/?r=f7c264b8dced63df5dd4743444d1cf6383bb3402</a> )</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42733.8&return_msg=42733.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42733.8"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42733_9"></a><div class="message" id="message_42733_9"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: koswix<span class="message_time"> 4 Jan 2021 16:39</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 19 Mar 2021 14:22"></span></span> <span class="message_count">9 of 16</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42733.9">42733.9</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42733.1#a42733_8" target="_self">42733.8</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Cheers PB!<br /> <br /> Just created now with your code. Old hosting doesn't expire until middle of the month so for once I've got a bit of time to work out what I actually need to do <span class="emoticon e_stitched" title=":X"><span class="e__">:X</span></span> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42733.9&return_msg=42733.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42733.9"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42733_10"></a><div class="message" id="message_42733_10"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">17 Mar 2021 14:24</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">10 of 16</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42733.10">42733.10</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Anyone try this?<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.hostmedia.co.uk/free-web-hosting/">https://www.hostmedia.co.uk/free-web-hosting/</a><br /> <br /> Free is good, right? What are the gotchas? Ads? Domain fuckery?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42733.10&return_msg=42733.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42733.10"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DEFAULT" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="42733.11" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>