Free web-hosting that supports custom domain names. - Page 1
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author: BrianHG
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 12, 2025, 11:02:17 pm
content: After searching a bit, I've found 4 different web hosting site which support custom domains.https://www.netlify.com/https://vercel.com/https://pages.github.com/https://render.com/Does anyone here have experience with any of the above?Who should I go with?For now, I only require a simple coming soon cover-page.I'll go paid once I have some content to share.

author: ryanm
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: June 13, 2025, 03:46:19 am
content: I would use a static site generator and host it out of an S3 bucket in the free usage tier. Lots of tutorials if you do a web search.

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 13, 2025, 07:22:58 am
content: Whatever you go for:(1) Generate your own static HTML pages with your own tools and upload those (do NOT use the host's page editor or scripted website options).(2) Keep a backup.This way moving to a new host is painless and easy. Just re-upload the website files, change DNS and everything works instantly.If you want an interactive site (eg comments) or a scripted/dynamic backend (ie server-side javascript frameworks or PHP) then it's much harder to work out what the cheapest and simplest long term option is, counting both money & your time.I have seen lots of open source projects and authors use Github pages for their small site. It works.

author: BrianHG
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 13, 2025, 06:36:47 pm
content: I'll take a look at Github this weekend.

author: BrianHG
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 14, 2025, 09:00:11 pm
content: Which webpage editor should I use?Mobirise VS Nicepage

author: BrianHG
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 15, 2025, 09:41:30 pm
content: What in heavens name.Why do they make it so difficult to just add a single picture as my webpage?This Mobirise is a pain.

author: u666sa
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 15, 2025, 10:01:10 pm
content: Quote from: Whales on June 13, 2025, 07:22:58 amThat is not necessary, and it is 2025. In fact 2025 requires the use of CMS. It is already 15 years since CMS is a requirement. Even for a simple site better use some sort of CMS, for example fast and light textpattern.What you do in fact is have a web server on your computer based on ngx. It's a simple folder on your C drive, you launch it and you can work on your site. Then you upload your stuff to web host, it's a bit more steps, however, it is also painless to switch hosts this way.

author: MarkusAJ
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: June 16, 2025, 02:07:40 am
content: Quote from: BrianHG on June 15, 2025, 09:41:30 pmI know that you are looking for free of cost, but it maybe worth to check low cost hosting at GoDaddy.Check this link:https://www.godaddy.com/websites/website-builder/selectplan?itc=plp_wsb

author: BrianHG
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 16, 2025, 03:24:03 am
content: Quote from: MarkusAJ on June 16, 2025, 02:07:40 amYes, I used godaddy for my domain.Zoho for free mail.I got github web-hosting with my domain working too, just need to wait a day for the HTTPS cert.It's just generating the HTML.

author: ledtester
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 16, 2025, 04:32:52 am
content: Quote from: BrianHG on June 16, 2025, 03:24:03 amAre you getting it from Let's Encrypt?https://letsencrypt.org/about/

author: BrianHG
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 16, 2025, 02:58:19 pm
content: Well, it looks like ChatGPT made my websites HTML file with the bitmaps I prepared.For now, its ok until I hire a real web website developer.Its got to be the tiniest html file I've ever seen.