Club Websites

I do not have a club web site but I do use a hosting company and they are great. It is Micfo.com. I have had great uptime and great support but I have not needed to use it except once during setup.

Here is a link

has reasonable rates. rr

RaZMaN wrote:

Lewis,

The San Diego Woodturners does their own site. It is an average site, but we do it ourselves. It is hosted on the server of one of our members for free.

The main thing about any website is to maintain it, whether you pay someone to do it or you do it. If you post a calendar, you need to refresh it monthly. If you post meeting agendas, monthly refresh. Ads need to be put on and taken off in a timely manner. A web page designer will only be as good as how frequently you provide refreshed source material.

Joe Fleming - San Diego Woodturners

There are free hosting companies here and there that don't force ads on your site, but they have severe limitations like only 10-20 mb of space, lack of cgi script capability, or have poor reliability. Here's one example I stumbled upon:

's a "near-free" one, at $5 a month for 500 mb of space: it doesn't allow cgi scripts which can be useful in a lot of ways for a club website. For hosting that does allow them, you might expect to pay the same amount or more but for less space )probably 50-100 mb) and maybe even get a mailing list included for internal group discussion amongst club members. Check out the Webhosting Talk forum, where you might find good recommendations for hosting: website I manage for our AAW chapter is purchased from a private individual with a reseller account, so I can't recommend him since he's not in the business of public hosting. We pay $70 a year for 200 mb of space with cgi capabilities, and have a mailing list which is a great thing for the club.

Ken Grunke webmaster, Coulee Region Woodturners of Wisconsin

Take a look at

For 7.95/mo you get access to several scripting languages (including python -- the language I used for access to databases, email... and good support via email.

Another one --

For 9.99/mo you get scripting support (also Python) and lots of stuff. They also offer domain registration for 5.99/year. They host my site --

I've had good experiences with both of these companies.

Bill

Ken Grunke wrote:

One other thing...

Don't even THINK about signing up with any web site hosted on a Microsoft platform. If it ain't linux or ..nux, forget it.

Bill

Bill Rubenste> Take a look at

For 7.95/mo you get access to several

Have you seen the website and newsletter at

Regards

Paul

is hosted by pair.com since I (as web master) like to keep things simple, and I don't have a lot of time to spend on it, I use their basic FTP account - about $60 per year. I also use their service for my own web site and they will manage your dommain name for you as well. So far I am happy with them and their service and their pricing - when I had some troubles, their email support was very fast and very helpful. I used to use some free space provided by my ISP for my personal site, but the aggravation became unbearable. If your club can't afford $5 to $10 per month, don't have a web site.

my thoughts

bill

Bill, good to meet another rabid Penguinista.

This site, at just under $7 / month, offers a ton of services including

1.2g of disk space and 20g monthly data transfer. They also offer 500 email accounts ... which might make the members even a little happier. ;-)

Other plans are available, but the smallest plan is likely to be more capacity than needed.

use Linux exclusively for 99.9% guaranteed uptime.http://tinyurl.com/54228Bill