Two page website suggestions please.

You can still find free hosting but most of them are Ad-Supported and allow the use of your domain name you pick. You would have to transfer the DNS record to there IP's.

Hope that answer's your question, if you need one that does I can send you a private message

You can find dirty cheap hosting out there for $5 a month. A domain is $10 a year. Granted this hosting isn't that good, it's better than having ads all over your website.

Hi Krista,

I recommend staying away from free hosting especially if the website is for a business; who would do business with a company that doesn't pay for hosting? I surely wouldn't.

Web hosting today isn't a novelty and is certainly affordable even if for those who are trying/wanting to start a business and still have a job elsewhere.

So, if a website is just 1 page or 100 pages, please do your friend a favor and recommend a paid hosting solution such as:

Web Hosting Services, Reseller Hosting, VPS Hosting, and Dedicated Servers by HostGator - $7.16/month
Web Hosting, Domain Names, eCommerce - Bluehost.com - $4.95/month
1&1 Internet - Home - $3.49/month
Web Hosting & Domain Names by FatCow.com - $3.15/month
Web Hosting : Professional Web Hosting from Just Host - $3.75/month
iPage | Web Hosting, Unix Hosting, E-Mail, Web Design - $2.95/month
Web Hosting, VPS Hosting, Dedicated Hosting | InMotion Hosting - 5.95/month

These hosting providers are not in any particular order. Each provider has their unique selling point. Do your due diligence and read reviews. You'll find positive and negative reviews for all providers.

I've been with HostGator for 7 years simply because of their support is top notch and my sites never had any issues or downtime. Do I recommend them? Yes. Are there people here on the Warrior Forum that doesn't like them? You bet.

Do some research, read reviews, and make a recommendation to your friend based on your findings.

Best,
Logan

I wasn't suggesting free hosting but trying to answer the question in the orginal post. I wouldn't suggest paid hosting even for a 2 page business (hopfully expanded in the future). The above post has many examples of cheap hosting to start off with.

Hi Michael, if you do know of any freebie hosting sites (just so I can put forward to him a few options) that don't have adverts, please do let me know.

Will send you a private message in a few minutes

Hi Logan,

Thanks very much indeed for this. This is everything he will need. He fixes computers for a living but doesn't know about websites. I will forward all this info onto him. Now then, in the bottom right of your posts, all I have is "Quote", "Multiquote" and "Quick Reply". There is no thankyou tab. Wonder if its cos I am new. Will have another look around. I think I might just stay around here anyway so if I post a bit more - maybe the thankyou tabs will show.....


Lemme go have another look.....

Sent you a Private Message, Just let me know you received it

Free web hosting mainly results in headaches and frustration in the long run. It's well worth the small monthly fee to go with a paid hosting company.

Better is if you buy a cheap webhost but if you are looking for a free solution then I might be able to help you as I myself used the below mentioned things.
1- create an account at blogspot.com. Create a blog with the name of your friend's business. Choose a theme for the blog that has two pages. Use it and done.
2- go to Co.cc and register a free domain. Now go to 000webhost.com and open an account. 000webhost is like a server for your website.
Now what you have to do is to make pages and upload them to 000webhost.com. It works just like real time web hosting.

Krista, definitely encourage your friend to buy his own hosting, it's very cheap. The problem with free hosting is you are using someone else's property, so you must abide by all their rules and terms of service. And if you don't, or if they say you don't, they can lock you out of your site and remove it from their server without notice. If this happens (and it has happened to a huge number of people, including me), all your work is gone, permanently, and you cannot get it back. You lose everything and you have no recourse. If you have your own hosting this can't happen to you (unless you're breaking the law, like child porn or spamming, etc.).

Tell him to make a WordPress based site, it's free to install, extremely simple to use, there are thousands of free themes (layout and how it looks). A total beginner can have a 2 page site up and going in a couple of hours, and it will look good and work well. I've built a lot of mini-sites like this for people locally, and it is really easy to do.

yes go for cheap but payed hosting free hosting is really bad for everything and for the prices these days for hosting it's easy to do

I just had a quick look at the link you provided and it starts from $9.99 or free if you don't want a personal domain name so not sure what the $1 is you mentioned?

Get a domain name, you can also get free domain name from co.cc, use free or paid hosting which ever you like.

You can find many free HTML templates on the internet, download anyone you like. Then download a html editor. Komodo Edit, Kompozer, eclipse, netbeans all of these are free. Using these edit the HTML template that you downloaded to your liking. If you cant then hire some one to do it for you. odesk.com, guru.com and elance.com are some of the best freelancing site you will find loads of people who will help you, and yes you will have to pay them.

Thanks

i host many domain name with free hosting provider, about 30+ now, all the client 60% from offline marketing.