1&1 sucks... Web Hosting?
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So anyways 1&1's Microsoft web hosting officially sucks. I'm trying to host two websites on my hosting package, but to use ASP.NET 2.0 you have to do some redirection magic to redirect www.example.com to www.example.com/example/default.aspx and www.contoso.com to www.contoso.com/contoso. In other words, you can't host two distinct websites unless you do some kludgy redirection magic. I called tech support and they basically said that if you don't like that, cancel. So I will. That ruined my plans for a website I was working on. I know this question has probably been asked many a time here in the lounge, but what hosting providers would you guys recommend? I'm looking for something relatively cheap (I'm just a college student...) that lets me host ASP.NET 2.0 websites with a database, and provides DNS control so I can redirect certain subdomains to static IP addresses I have (but can't use for hosting). What would you recommend? Thanks, Michael
IPowerWeb.com or you can buy through esearing.com either way i've been happy with the service.
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So anyways 1&1's Microsoft web hosting officially sucks. I'm trying to host two websites on my hosting package, but to use ASP.NET 2.0 you have to do some redirection magic to redirect www.example.com to www.example.com/example/default.aspx and www.contoso.com to www.contoso.com/contoso. In other words, you can't host two distinct websites unless you do some kludgy redirection magic. I called tech support and they basically said that if you don't like that, cancel. So I will. That ruined my plans for a website I was working on. I know this question has probably been asked many a time here in the lounge, but what hosting providers would you guys recommend? I'm looking for something relatively cheap (I'm just a college student...) that lets me host ASP.NET 2.0 websites with a database, and provides DNS control so I can redirect certain subdomains to static IP addresses I have (but can't use for hosting). What would you recommend? Thanks, Michael
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So anyways 1&1's Microsoft web hosting officially sucks. I'm trying to host two websites on my hosting package, but to use ASP.NET 2.0 you have to do some redirection magic to redirect www.example.com to www.example.com/example/default.aspx and www.contoso.com to www.contoso.com/contoso. In other words, you can't host two distinct websites unless you do some kludgy redirection magic. I called tech support and they basically said that if you don't like that, cancel. So I will. That ruined my plans for a website I was working on. I know this question has probably been asked many a time here in the lounge, but what hosting providers would you guys recommend? I'm looking for something relatively cheap (I'm just a college student...) that lets me host ASP.NET 2.0 websites with a database, and provides DNS control so I can redirect certain subdomains to static IP addresses I have (but can't use for hosting). What would you recommend? Thanks, Michael
Mike_V wrote:
I called tech support and they basically said that if you don't like that, cancel.
That just sounds like a rude tech. All you have to do is edit your
.htaccessfile (or whatever you call it for a MS Server), and your good to go. You might want to try that before canceling your service.
Trinity: Neo... nobody has ever done this before. Neo: That's why it's going to work.
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Mike_V wrote:
I called tech support and they basically said that if you don't like that, cancel.
That just sounds like a rude tech. All you have to do is edit your
.htaccessfile (or whatever you call it for a MS Server), and your good to go. You might want to try that before canceling your service.
Trinity: Neo... nobody has ever done this before. Neo: That's why it's going to work.
It would involve using the IIS Admin Console - something that the tech wasn't willing to do (and wouldn't let me walk her through it) claiming that to do so would take down everyone's site on this particular server. Sounds like BS to me, or else a Daily WTF-worthy setup there. In any case, what I need to do can't be done on my own, and 1&1's tech support isn't willing to do it. I'd host this website at home on my own, but we have a slow ADSL upload speed that wouldn't cut it. If we ever upgrade our DSL line to one with decent speed, then I could host this thing at home. Thanks anyways, Mike
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It would involve using the IIS Admin Console - something that the tech wasn't willing to do (and wouldn't let me walk her through it) claiming that to do so would take down everyone's site on this particular server. Sounds like BS to me, or else a Daily WTF-worthy setup there. In any case, what I need to do can't be done on my own, and 1&1's tech support isn't willing to do it. I'd host this website at home on my own, but we have a slow ADSL upload speed that wouldn't cut it. If we ever upgrade our DSL line to one with decent speed, then I could host this thing at home. Thanks anyways, Mike
Well apart from 1and1, the only good host I know of is Yahoo.
Trinity: Neo... nobody has ever done this before. Neo: That's why it's going to work.
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So anyways 1&1's Microsoft web hosting officially sucks. I'm trying to host two websites on my hosting package, but to use ASP.NET 2.0 you have to do some redirection magic to redirect www.example.com to www.example.com/example/default.aspx and www.contoso.com to www.contoso.com/contoso. In other words, you can't host two distinct websites unless you do some kludgy redirection magic. I called tech support and they basically said that if you don't like that, cancel. So I will. That ruined my plans for a website I was working on. I know this question has probably been asked many a time here in the lounge, but what hosting providers would you guys recommend? I'm looking for something relatively cheap (I'm just a college student...) that lets me host ASP.NET 2.0 websites with a database, and provides DNS control so I can redirect certain subdomains to static IP addresses I have (but can't use for hosting). What would you recommend? Thanks, Michael
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So anyways 1&1's Microsoft web hosting officially sucks. I'm trying to host two websites on my hosting package, but to use ASP.NET 2.0 you have to do some redirection magic to redirect www.example.com to www.example.com/example/default.aspx and www.contoso.com to www.contoso.com/contoso. In other words, you can't host two distinct websites unless you do some kludgy redirection magic. I called tech support and they basically said that if you don't like that, cancel. So I will. That ruined my plans for a website I was working on. I know this question has probably been asked many a time here in the lounge, but what hosting providers would you guys recommend? I'm looking for something relatively cheap (I'm just a college student...) that lets me host ASP.NET 2.0 websites with a database, and provides DNS control so I can redirect certain subdomains to static IP addresses I have (but can't use for hosting). What would you recommend? Thanks, Michael
This is typical for shared hosting providers as they usually expect you to pay for additional full sites. While you can have a number of domains pointing to the same site, you usually just have one actual website per account and then use subdirectories as roots to other domains and redirect your domain name to a subdirectory (usually with cloaking so that it does not appear to be a subdirectry. To have two separate websites you probably need two accounts. Years ago, I switched to a dedicated server so that I had full control over IIS and could host as many domains I would like. Dedicated servers are expensive though. You can always find other to share a dedicated box or just flat out sell a few hosting packages and still have the run of the server along with others paying the fees ;) You might also look into virtual servers as they are often less expensive than dedicatd servers, but still give you the full control on a server as you would get from a dedicated one.
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So anyways 1&1's Microsoft web hosting officially sucks. I'm trying to host two websites on my hosting package, but to use ASP.NET 2.0 you have to do some redirection magic to redirect www.example.com to www.example.com/example/default.aspx and www.contoso.com to www.contoso.com/contoso. In other words, you can't host two distinct websites unless you do some kludgy redirection magic. I called tech support and they basically said that if you don't like that, cancel. So I will. That ruined my plans for a website I was working on. I know this question has probably been asked many a time here in the lounge, but what hosting providers would you guys recommend? I'm looking for something relatively cheap (I'm just a college student...) that lets me host ASP.NET 2.0 websites with a database, and provides DNS control so I can redirect certain subdomains to static IP addresses I have (but can't use for hosting). What would you recommend? Thanks, Michael
My host is the same way so I just wrote a simple http module to do the url rewriting. It only took a couple of hours.
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This is typical for shared hosting providers as they usually expect you to pay for additional full sites. While you can have a number of domains pointing to the same site, you usually just have one actual website per account and then use subdirectories as roots to other domains and redirect your domain name to a subdirectory (usually with cloaking so that it does not appear to be a subdirectry. To have two separate websites you probably need two accounts. Years ago, I switched to a dedicated server so that I had full control over IIS and could host as many domains I would like. Dedicated servers are expensive though. You can always find other to share a dedicated box or just flat out sell a few hosting packages and still have the run of the server along with others paying the fees ;) You might also look into virtual servers as they are often less expensive than dedicatd servers, but still give you the full control on a server as you would get from a dedicated one.
Rocky <>< Latest Code Blog Post: OpenID - More thought - Great system if.. Latest Tech Blog Post: Frustrated Total Internal Reflection-FTIR = Cool!
I don't know how it is in the Windows world, but Dreamhost allow you as many sites as you want without any dodgy redirects/cloaking. Although the sites are served out of subdirectories in your account, they are real sites with the root set to a directory of your choice. Of course, that's no help if you need ASP!
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So anyways 1&1's Microsoft web hosting officially sucks. I'm trying to host two websites on my hosting package, but to use ASP.NET 2.0 you have to do some redirection magic to redirect www.example.com to www.example.com/example/default.aspx and www.contoso.com to www.contoso.com/contoso. In other words, you can't host two distinct websites unless you do some kludgy redirection magic. I called tech support and they basically said that if you don't like that, cancel. So I will. That ruined my plans for a website I was working on. I know this question has probably been asked many a time here in the lounge, but what hosting providers would you guys recommend? I'm looking for something relatively cheap (I'm just a college student...) that lets me host ASP.NET 2.0 websites with a database, and provides DNS control so I can redirect certain subdomains to static IP addresses I have (but can't use for hosting). What would you recommend? Thanks, Michael
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I don't know how it is in the Windows world, but Dreamhost allow you as many sites as you want without any dodgy redirects/cloaking. Although the sites are served out of subdirectories in your account, they are real sites with the root set to a directory of your choice. Of course, that's no help if you need ASP!
Will, with IIS you have to have a complete differnt website listed in IIS to use a subdirecty as a root. Most hosts consider that a different site and charge you for a new package.
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