Hello Dave,

Yep, one of my first, not really a 'business' more of a "let's see what happens with this" Dreamweaver programme ... I have a lot of time and like to keep busy ... the other site links from DIP are all my own, again, I needed something to do. However I did get 'paid' for some of them.

You’re not a Taxman are you? LoL

ps, I can highly recomend www.alwayswebhosting.com as a Host.

Its not actually as hard as it seems, especially for only a few websites.

All you need is a PC that has a bit of speed behind it and is reliable, and an always on internet connection (or you could just have your site online at set times).

As you may well know its too much work to find out your IP address, and reset your domain name to that every time you log onto the net. even if you have an always on account, your computer can require some down-time. DNS2go give you an address to send your domain name to. They also give you a program to install on your host machine, so that when you log on, it sends dns2go your IP address and they automatically link to your machine! Fantastic, that's the big job out of the way.
dns2go.com

Your computer could do with being as fast as possible, and running a server program of your own possibly, just to give you that bit more control. You might wat to consider getting some DDR ram, and if your hosting a lot of sites, try a SCSI hard drive.

You would have much more control over your site with the host actually sitting next to you, and I think the best bit of all, is that you dont have to worry about "will the server run this program" or anything like that.

Downpoints are that if the site is hacked, its your fault totally. YOU are responsible for the content and security of your site. (Unless you put the server in the middle of a field somewhere!)

I had thought of doing it myself ... once.

I'm afraid it went a little over my head. I only wanted somewhere to "park" my stuff and keep my hand in, so to speak, and as I'm a Scotsman I chose the easiest root.

Hell for just over a tenner a month I'm well pleased ... and ... I can "sub-let" host space.

I dont see why not! Unless its in the contract that you cant...

I cant wait til I get some money coming in, then I can start building something decent and forget about some of these deadlines I have biting at my knees.

Yup, I'm with the same hosting company as mucks, and I really really like it... I was going to host PCReview after a bad experience with the last 2 hosts) - but it would be very, very expensive and I couldnt handle too many users, even with 512Kbps bandwidth!

This shared server package is ideal, and I must admit I prefer it to hosting my own site (I still have an Apache box running to test things on though, I dont like messing with the site live, usually anyway )

How much did the apache box cost you?

About £25!

Cheapo P200MMX from e-bay, and then a keyboard and mouse for a fiver!

So is it just a PC running apache, or is it a special "box" type thing?

Yep, just a PC running apache, but no monitor - as I'm just using it as a cheap server

I respect anyone who can hammer a web site together, particularly a visually pleasing and easy to navigate one! I started making a homepage in geocities, but gave up..... I am getting good at flask though, so may have another stab at it sooner or later

A good friend of mine has just started a web hosting business that gives a lot of programming support such as database access, mysql, php.... lots of others in his packages. I don't remember the name offhand very well... I think it was Aconix but will have to check.