Anybody know anything about web hosting?

[Tristan]

Hi guys,

I'm interested in starting my own website/blog but don't know very much about the hosting side of things. So I was hoping the good people at CF could help!

I'd like to use Wordpress for the site, as some reading around suggests that this is the best software for blogging, and it will let me easily do the other bits and pieces I want to, like a photo gallery. This requires relatively recent versions of Apache, PHP and MySQL on Linux.

I'd like to use a personalised domain name, although I don't own one at present. If a hosting company could arrange getting one for me then that would be great, but I'd want to retain ownership of it.

Lastly, of course, I'd like it to be as inexpensive as possible, because I'm a poor student. I can't imagine I'll use much traffic, as it will mainly be friends and family going to the site to see what I'm up to and looking at a few pictures.

And needless to say, I'd want somebody reputable, which is something you can't tell from a bit of Googling -- and why I'm asking here. Can anybody recommend one (or more!) hosts that meet the above requirements?

Thanks in advance,

Tristan

[Mr_love_monkey]

Well... I-web can do your hosting (www.i-websolutions.co.uk)... I can do a domain name for you (link at the bottom)...

[Chris W]

I would recommend www.123reg.co.uk to register your domain (nice and cheap) and there was someone on the site who was giving out free hosting to CF members... I can't remember who it was... someone in the clan i think, but i'm sure they'll be along soon

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ah hah... it is handyman