Good place to host a website for free?

[Greninji88]

Hi all!

I've done a bit of HTML for about a month, and I wanted to launch my own website! I thought about getting a domain (my dad said he can buy it) but there wasn't much documentation on exactly how it works and how to link/deploy it.

Tunnels might work (I don't know), but that will probably give me a generic address. CloudFlare pages give me a nice domain, but they add the start of my email, which is my full name so I don't really want that. And GitHub pages needs me to pay $48 a year


So, any advice would be appreciated, thank you!

 

[tech3475]

So first of all, the domain and the web host don't have to be the same, for example my personal domain just links to my home IP address and I use it for different things e.g. self hosted VPN.

Although I wouldn't advise self hosting a website unless you know what you're doing and I have to pay annually for said domain (about $19).

As for cloudflare, couldn't you just create a new email account?

Make sure to check for potential hidden costs, for example, if you have to pay a certain amount if there's a high amount of traffic which can happen thanks to e.g. bots.

There may be some completely free service which provides both a domain and web hosting, I used one a couple of decades ago where I just had to drag and drop the website onto it but I can't recall the name of it.

Edit:

Is this website intended for public consumption or purely for personal use?

 

[Greninji88]

So first of all, the domain and the web host don't have to be the same, for example my personal domain just links to my home IP address and I use it for different things e.g. self hosted VPN.

Although I wouldn't advise self hosting a website unless you know what you're doing and I have to pay annually for said domain (about $19).

As for cloudflare, couldn't you just create a new email account?

Make sure to check for potential hidden costs, for example, if you have to pay a certain amount if there's a high amount of traffic which can happen thanks to e.g. bots.

There may be some completely free service which provides both a domain and web hosting, I used one a couple of decades ago where I just had to drag and drop the website onto it but I can't recall the name of it.

Edit:

Is this website intended for public consumption or purely for personal use?

I was thinking hopefully public, but I'm happy for it to be on my home network as long as it has a custom url, instead of my server IP.

I could make a new email for CloudFlare, but I'm keen to explore other options too to learn.

If you can remember the name of the site that would be great! Self-Hosting publicly isn't something that I would do for the long run.

 

[CocoIchi]

You can softlaunch at Neocities then if you want more cuistomizations, thats when you need a paid hosting.

 

[Nakamichi]

Russia, Nintendo cant get you there.

 

[SnowStormAkikaze]

Recommend to check domain at It really cheap there

https://www.namecheap.com/

 

[Greninji88]

Recommend to check domain at It really cheap there

I've had a look there, but how would I use the domain once I get it? Is there easy documentation or is it a learning process. What hosting provider do I use?

Russia, Nintendo cant get you there.

How can I host a website for free in Russia? Why would I need to hide from Nintendo?

 

[Nakamichi]

I've had a look there, but how would I use the domain once I get it? Is there easy documentation or is it a learning process. What hosting provider do I use?


How can I host a website for free in Russia? Why would I need to hide from Nintendo?

we ALL should hide from Nintendo

 

[SnowStormAkikaze]

oh...so need to explain from the beginning
nah it too long...

The easiest way is buy the both shared hosting and domain at namecheap the cheapest plane (Stellar) 48$ a year and at will connect the domain to hosing automatic :/

or buy only domain (If you just want to try I recommend .site it cheap just 0.98 $ a year (only the first years))
and use free google web builder and point the dns there.

there is a document here

https://www.namecheap.com/support/k...-a-domain-to-a-server-or-hosting/#hostingwtrd

 

[ELY_M]

github.com

 

[AncientBoi]

Forget about russia. putin turned off the internet so his peeps can't see how BAD they are doing in his alleged Special Military Operations [basically WAR Operations] are going.

 

[Greninji88]

github.com

Yes, but on GitHub like I said on the first post, I need an EDU or paid account.