Free Resources for Webmasters

**Virtual Headache** · 29th December 2005, 1:12 AM

Ok, this is a general thread is for all free resources which could be helpful for webmasters.
If you've got anything to add, feel free to do so.
Just be sure to check out the list, to avoid posting something which has already been mentioned.
I'll try to keep the list up to do date.

Additional info, experiences and opinions are also welcome

Free Hosts

http://www.freeWebSpace.net (search engine for free hosts)
http://www.clickherefree.com (search engine for free hosts)
http://www.geocities.com (pagebuilder)
http://www.topcities.com
http://www.angelfire.com
http://www.tripod.com
http://www.bravenet.com
http://www.freewebs.com(more info)
http://www.1asphost.com (100 MB space)
http://www.netfirms.com
http://www.fateback.com
http://www.angelcities.com
http://www.hostultra.com (unlimited Bandwith + Space, PHP.)
http://www.web1000.com (no ads, unlimited bandwidth and 50mb free space)
http://www.onlinerock.com
http://www.50megs.com
http://dhost.info
http://www.funpic.org (PHP,1MySQL database, PHPMyAdmin, only accepting registrations from a few countries)
http://www.funpic.de (same as above, but accepting registrations form different countries)
http://8thsin.com
http://www.doteasy.com
http://www.150m.com
http://www.atspace.com (50mb of space, no ads)
http://www.100webspace.com
http://www.maxpages.com
http://home.justfree.com
http://hosting.ababa.net
http://www.mihopa.be
http://www.byethost.com (Good and bad points about this host)
www.0moola.com(Subdomain. Plenty of space, only a text ad.)
http://zeeblo.com
http://www.profusehost.net

Free File hosts

http://www.rapidshare.de
http://www.yousendit.com
www.filelodge.com

Free Forums (Hosted)

http://www.proboards.com
http://www.invisionfree.com
http://www.rapidforum.com
http://www.forum4free.org (German)
http://www.invisionplus.net
http://www.forumer.com
http://phpbb-host.com

Free Forumsoftware (not hosted)

http://www.phpbb.com
http://www.woltlab.de
http://www.xmbforum.com
http://www.mybboard.com/
http://www.simplemachines.org
www.FlexBB.net
http://www.icebb.net

Free Image Hosts

http://www.photobucket.com
http://villagephotos.com
http://imageShack.us
http://www.pix8.net
http://www.uploadimages.net
http://picgoo.com
http://www.ferretgames.com/imageupload/imageupload.php
http://www.myonlineimages.com
http://www.tinypic.com
http://www.maj.com
http://xs.to
http://www.fapomatic.com
http://freeimagehosting.net
Imagespot

Free Domains

http://www.dot.tk
http://www.fr.tc (French)
http://www.cydots.com
http://www.cjb.net
http://www.tinyurl.com

Free Chats

http://www.mainchat.de (German)
http://www.rapidchat.de

Free Scripts

http://www.cutephp.com (newsscript)

Free Tutorials

W3Schools Web Tutorials (Contains alot of tutorials of coding and what not.)

Free Backgrounds

http://www.patswebgraphics.com
http://www.aaabackgrounds.com
http://www.allfreebackgrounds.com
http://www.grsites.com

**Magma Leader Maxie** · 2nd January 2006, 8:27 PM

I would like to add this free hosting site, which in my opinion, is quite remarkable.

http://www.byethost.com

Good points: A choice of 4 free hosting plans.

1) 20+ GB Traffic per month, 250+ MB web space, 2 MySQL databases, 20 sub domains
2) 20+ GB Traffic, 150+ MB web space, 10 MySQL databases, 20 sub domains
3) 30+ GB Traffic, 100+ MB web space, 2 SQL databases, 20 sub domains.
4) 20+ GB Traffic, 150+ MB web space, 2 MySQL databases, unlimited sub domains.

New: they are an advertisement free host now (they ask, but do not insist that you place their advert on your pages to cover the cost of free hosting); no obligations, but a possibility of upgrading to a paid account; hardly any server down-time (I host a page with them, visit every day for a few hours, and I have never seen a "Not available" page); fast loading, easy user-friendly cpannel and upload manager and good customer support (even if you aren't a customer). They have a forum (http://byet.net) but forum posting is NOT required. It's easy to get some help there though.

The byethost folks appear to be PHP fanatics, and it's pretty much the only web technology supported (compiled CGI binaries/Perl/Python support is not present, but PHP is probably the best language for any web programming you might need to do). SSH and other great stuff are coming soon, apparently.

Oh, and they're making loads of changes to their hosting service right now, so it's really cool to get some well-deserved features (advanced cpanel, automatic script installation, DNS management interfaces, etc).

Bad points: None that I am aware of.

**JKaizer** · 3rd January 2006, 9:12 PM

Ads of any kind are idiotic in my opinion =/

**cυтe тogepι** · 4th January 2006, 11:32 PM

Originally Posted by Magma Leader Maxie

I would like to add this free hosting site, which in my opinion, is quite remarkable.

http://www.byethost.com

Good points: A choice of 4 free hosting plans.

1) 20GB Traffic per month, 250MB web space, 2 MySQL databases, 20 sub domains
2) 20GB Traffic, 150 Mb web space, 10 MySQL databases, 20 sub domains
3) 30 GB Traffic, 100 MB web space, 2 SQL databases, 20 sub domains.
4) 20 GB Traffic, 150 MB web space, 2 MySQL databases, unlimited sub domains.

Also, there is only a small advertisement at the top of the page; no obligations, but a possibility of upgrading to a paid account; hardly any server down-time (I host a page with them, visit every day for a few hours, and I haven't seen a "Not available" page in 9 months); fast loading, easy user-friendly cpannel and good customer support (even if you aren't a customer).

Bad points: Annoying "www.name.byethost.com" domain name, "sticky" Java-based file manager, maximum individual file size of 2 MB (*gasp*). Oh, and chat is forbidden (but not forums). Another bad thing is the apparent terrible misspelling of the word "bytehost" (byte+host). But no. It had to be BYETHOST. Sorta difficult to remember. Ah, well... it's free...

Something to bear in mind is that they will ALMOST CERTAINLY invalidate your registration attempt if you do not proivde a detailed description of what you plan on doing with your web space. Saying: "An anime page" will result in a "Sorry, your description needs to be more detailed" e-mail. And then it takes a very long time to convince them that you really intend to host an anime web page.

Don't you think it's a little dumb to have err, Ads? They usaully ruin the site... believe me. -__-

Still, I migfht try it.

**Kal-El** · 4th January 2006, 11:59 PM

W3Schools Web Tutorials

Contains alot of tutorials of coding and what not.

**Magma Leader Maxie** · 5th January 2006, 12:52 AM

Originally Posted by CuTe ToGePi

Don't you think it's a little dumb to have err, Ads? They usaully ruin the site... believe me. -__-

Still, I migfht try it.

Well, the advert is a 350x30 box at the top of the page. No pop-ups. Just the box. It doesn't ruin my site, and it certainly beats paying for one, but if you can throw $10 away a year or something, fine by me. I'm just suggesting a fine site in terms of storage space and bandwidth. The second package contains 10 SQL databases! That's superb if you're making PHP scripts and accompanying them with a forum.

I gave ALL the bad points I could find, so you wouldn't be surprised by something. The ad is immaterial in my opinion.

**Watcher** · 22nd January 2006, 1:01 AM

Imagespot

This is a newly created image hosting site by one of my friends. It is fast and very easy to use. It supports jpg, gif, png, bmp and tiff file extensions. Try it out yourselves ^.^ If you have any queries or suggestion, let me know and I'll pass it on to him.

**JKaizer** · 22nd January 2006, 7:15 AM

http://www.dot.tk

Please take that off - they've become just horrid. ;.;

**-:Buro-kun Tsubasa:-** · 9th February 2006, 7:13 PM

Yeah, they've gone and put a giant banner ad at the top thats black, and an ad page.
www.bravenet.com
They offer Free Web tools like Free Forums, Guestbooks and Counters, Unlimited space on webhosting, Page Builder.

**Charmander** · 18th February 2006, 7:38 PM

i went through all of them but really can sseem what i want...
free domain name ex example.com
no ads or banner popup etc..
any free sites does that?

**DigitalKaede** · 18th February 2006, 7:57 PM

There are stuff that offer free domains (ex: <blah blah>.co.nr) but there are no sites that have free .com or any of those domains.

**Locke Yggdrasill** · 18th February 2006, 8:02 PM

bee tee dubbya, Mihopa.com is now http://www.mihopa.be

A little domain problem, that's all. I'll update when it is restored to .com.

**Charmander** · 18th February 2006, 8:07 PM

ok is there like <name>.<co>.com or something like that? at space and 1asphost is good but it keeps saying that my e-mail is invalid -_- any others like that hosting like 50 mbs?

**Jetx** · 18th February 2006, 8:15 PM

That's the price you pay for free domains.

**Charmander** · 18th February 2006, 11:15 PM

no i mean example charmander/geocity.com something like that.. with no ads popup etc.. and can host at least 40 or more?

**Jetx** · 19th February 2006, 1:53 PM

What I'm wondering is are there any hosts that allow unlimited pages and easy HTML pages. Which I don't have to pay for, or fill out all my personal details. I'll start looking through the list for them.

**ø®ΑпGЗ ♠** · 26th February 2006, 8:37 PM

http://www.woltlab.de is not free, and it is on the list.

**Virtual Headache** · 26th February 2006, 8:42 PM

Originally Posted by JKaizer

http://www.dot.tk

Please take that off - they've become just horrid. ;.;

I won't take them off, but I'll put up a note.

Originally Posted by ~♠Orange♥Eipam♠~

http://www.woltlab.de is not free, and it is on the list.

Yes, Woltlab also offers paid versions, but there are also free ones.
You need to look for Burning Board Lite (forum) or Burning Book (guestbook), they are both free.
Burning Board 2 isn't free, but also not very expensive.

Edit:
The list should be up-to-date now.

**Mequuh** · 26th February 2006, 8:44 PM

Free forums- www.FlexBB.net

**DigitalKaede** · 27th February 2006, 12:05 AM

www.0moola.com

Subdomain. Plenty of space, only a text ad.

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