It is mangered by me, David Yin. Hosting service is one of the important part of my services provided in public. Especial in this time, many web site hosted in China mainland are unpluged by authority without proper reason.

To save their sites, I give this option for them to escape from the no-free-land.

OK, let’s discuss the detail of the hosting plans.

It is very important, that it is designed in Chinese. Including the sign up, user zone, KB and most of the support part.

But you still can choose English panel, if you like.

Start from $20 per year of Value plan, with 200MB disk space and  1G/month traffic limit.  It is best for new blogger who starts his first blog.

The server is sliced very carefully. No overselling. I let you upgrade your Value plan when your blog attract more readers, to Silver Plan, or direct to our Gold Plan.

Silver Plan has 500MB disk space, 5G/month traffic.

Gold Plan has 1000MB disk space, 10G/month traffic.

All plans have same features as shown below:

control panel access: cPanel in Chinese or English

The paid web hosting is more reliable and used for heavy business websites compared to the free web hosting service. It is true.

It is very simply by using Dreamhost’s One-Click installation to upgrade.

Use Saving code G2SAVING when sign up Dreamhost, you can save $50 and get 1 extra FREE lifetime domain registration.

1) Rates, including setup fees, monthly rates, and extra charges.
2) Amount of storage space offered.
3) Passwords
4) Domain name registration services, Does the ISP offer this? Is it included in the package?
5) E-mail, How many e-mail accounts included in the hosting plan? How big is it?
6) Compatibility,
7) Backup services, What type of backup services does the ISP offer? Secure services,
9) Bandwidth, This is very important for the experience of users.
10) Terms of the contract, Be careful when you click yes on the aggrement.

11) Additional services,
12) Tracking, Does the ISP offer traffic reports or other information you can use to keep track of who is visiting your site?
13) Other website help, Any free services including website-design and site- submit?
14) Data transfer, How much data transfer comes with the account?

Doteasy give the Free Web Hosting, if you register a Domain from it.

Let’s see the detail features:
With the registration of a domain name, you’ll get the following for free:

10 personalized email addresses
for individuals or functions associated with your business (johndoe@yourbusiness.com, sales@yourbusiness.com)
FreeSiteDesigner.com website design tool
and support for other industry standard tools so you control the look and feel of your website. Visit FreeSiteDesigner.com
100MB of disk space - that’s plenty of information storage space to get started
1GB/month of data transfer
(also known as bandwidth) allows lots of users to visit your site
Free support
- so don’t worry if it’s your first website; we’re here to help

The offer is so good for the personal site or business brochure sites.

The only one I don’t like is that the price of Domain is higher than a lot of others.
For more information go toDoteasy.com

First of all, when choosing a host, it doesn’t matter what kind of operating system you develop your web site on or what you use on your own computer. Web sites hosted on both UNIX and Windows servers are universally accessible because the data they serve is identical. The difference lies solely in the software used to serve that data.

In terms of reliability UNIX systems have a slight advantage. They are known to be extremely stable and able to run for years without rebooting. Windows is also very reliable – slightly less so than UNIX but still able to handle the demands of modern web sites.

I don’t think Windows is better than Unix.

The majority of web hosts use various flavours of UNIX like Linux and FreeBSD. These operating systems are free and reduce the costs of a hosting operation. Windows costs thousands of dollars so some hosts charge extra for Windows accounts if they offer both types.
This is what I think. Cost is most important thing.

As well as being free, Linux and the other UNIX varieties are open-source software. Anyone can alter the source code and make improvements, updates, and additions. There is a large pool of dedicated enthusiasts who use their free time to work on this software. Windows, on the other hand, is Microsoft proprietary software so users are dependent on Microsoft to release updates. There is no way for an individual user to modify the code.
Long life Open Source.

The main difference between the two types of operating systems is the type of software each can run. Windows is suitable for Microsoft products such as MS Access databases, ASP for delivering dynamic content, and VBScript for site enhancements. UNIX cannot accommodate these technologies so if you absolutely need ASP or VBScript you should pick a Windows host. UNIX hosts deliver dynamic content by using software such as PHP, CGI, and MySQL – technologies which are also available on Windows hosts.

Windows is necessary for hosting Windows media files such as videos and audio. Other types of media such as MP3, Flash, Shockwave and Real can be handled by either UNIX or Windows. Websites created in Microsoft FrontPage (a graphical HTML development package) can also be hosted on either type as long as MS databases or dynamic content are not included for use on a UNIX host.

Which is Best?

The answer is nothing is best.

Before deciding which type of hosting to use for your website, consider carefully what kind of technologies you will need. Do you need a dynamic site? Will you have multimedia content such as streaming video or audio?

Both UNIX and Windows can provide dynamic content with PHP, MySQL, as well as CGI, and there are thousands of dynamic scripts readily available. Multimedia can also be hosted by either type of server, although Windows media (WMA and WMV) need to be hosted on a Windows server.

If you absolutely need Microsoft databases, ASP, and Windows media you have to go with a Windows host. Otherwise most websites are probably better off with a UNIX host. The advantages of UNIX over Windows include greater choices in web hosts, slightly better reliability, and (sometimes) cheaper hosting costs.

In the end, I prefer to recommand Linux server, if you can.

The setup fee are all free. You can get a basic plan under standard server as low as $4.95/month. For this very low price, you will get following features:
Storage 100 MB and Bandwidth 5 GB.
*Webmail Support
*Frontpage Support
*FTP Support
*File Manager
*Php/Mysql
*Custom Error Pages
*Hotlinking Protection
*Subdomains
*Password Protect Directories
*Perl/Cgi-bin
*Page Counters
*Formail Scripts
*SpamAssasin
*Email Virus Filter

If you don’t have the experience of web design, you can choose their Site Builder Features.
There are no HTML codes to remember. No need to learn any graphic design. Users don’t even need to know anything of website design.
The entire site building process is managed by a set of easy to use Wizards, that help build different parts of your website. Some examples of wizards are Homepage Wizard, Form Wizard, Flash Wizard, etc.
The user just needs to choose a particular wizard based on his specific requirements. The specific wizard then handholds the user through the rest of the modular building process by asking the user to perform simple, non-complicated tasks, step by step, one at a time.
You can choose any one from over 10,000 Professionally Designed Templates. Online shopping Cart is ready for your online store.

The most cursory online search will turn up countless hosting companies, most of which promise next-to-perfect
server reliability, round-the-clock service and support, bulletproof security, and more. But how can you tell which hosts actually live up to their promises?

PAYING FOR RATINGS
it isn’ t easy, admits Ron Dunlap, editor of Webhost magazine (www.webhostmagazine.com), an online publication that tests and evaluates Web hosting companies based on criteria including support, reliability, features, security, and value. To complicate matters, Dunlap adds, a plethora of Web sites rate these services without testing them.
“Many of the so-called host review sites look like they provide real reviews, but in fact their top reviews are based on ad revenue,” says Dunlap. In other words, the more a hosting service has paid a review site, the higher its ranking.
The moral? Don’t trust host review sites that are littered with ads, that don’t say how they test hosts, or that publish reviews that read like advertising copy—that’s probably exactly what they are.

GET WHAT YOU NEED
before shopping for a hosting service, determine what features your site will require. For example, if you’re planning a business site, make sure a potential host provides adequate and affordable disk space and bandwidth—but don’t trust a site that promises unlimited quantities of either: If you check the fine print, you’ll probably figure out how the service weasels out of it. Also inves-tigate its e-mail and file transfer options, e-commerce and payment tools, security options, and support for the scripts and extensions your site uses.
For example, one popular host offers plans ranging from about $4 to $15 a month (add a $30 setup fee if you opt for
less than a year’s service contract). At the top end, you get 15GB of storage, 500GB of bandwidth, FrontPage extensions, a shopping cart, an FTP manager, and other e-commerce features. In contrast, a personal or family site
can probably get by with a bare-bones plan costing less than $10 a month (or the free hosting included in some ISP
plans). Free hosting from a third-party firm usually involves putting up with ads festooned across your pages.

For tips on bandwidth, disk space, and other requirements, check out sites such as Web Hosters (webhosting.devshed.com) or Findmyhosting.com. Then go to a site that lets you search for Web hosts by criteria such as features, server platform, and price. Ask friends and colleagues for their recommendations.

To evaluate contenders, start by looking for contact information on each site.
Along with street and general e-mail addresses, look for names of company principals, working phone numbers, and active e-mail links to tech support, customer service, sales, and the like.
Test the support e-mail addresses and phone numbers at different times of day, especially if the company boasts of 24/7support—and don’t be afraid to ask lots of questions. If a host isn’t prompt and courteous in responding to a query from a potential customer, it’s unlikely to be more accessible once it has your money.
Find out how long the company has been in business. New services aren’tnecessarily untrustworthy, but one that has been around for several years is probably doing something right. Avoid companies that don’t provide references.

BACKUP PLANS
ask how the company expects to keep your site up and running in the event of a power failure or a hardware crash. It should have a backup plan, such as an alternative power source. Ask how often the service backs up files—anything less than daily should make you think twice.
Carefully review service and support policies. Is there a money-back guarantee if you’re not satisfied? Can you try out the service before signing a longterm contract? If you want to leave before the contract expires, can you get a refund? Does the service make transitioning to a competitor difficult?
Aside from verifying round-the-clock service (if promised), look for live online chat, a good FAQ and/or knowledge base, and prompt response to e-mail.
To augment your own research, look for user comments (as well as practical advice) on forums such as Hostsearch ON YOUR SIDE Forums (hostsearch.com), Webhosting Forums (webhosting.info), or Webhosting
Chat (webhostingchat.com). There are dozens of these sites, so if you look long enough, chances are you’ll find
someone who has comments about even the most obscure hosting service.
All this investigation takes effort and patience. But with luck, your up-front investment will pay off by helping you
find a Web host that will take good care of you for a long time.

Excerpt from PC.World.Magazine.April.2006

Choosing the right operating system
Windows
Windows, a Microsoft product, is very popular because of its user friendly interfaces, which made the windowing environment so easy. Almost all tasks can be done by point and click of the mouse instead of writing DOS commands. Windows is recommended for most novice users because of the simplicity of the configurations and help available either from Windows or on the internet. Windows is preferred if you plan to use Active Server Pages (ASP) or .NET as the server technology on IIS. Windows should also be used if Microsoft Access or MS SQL Server is used as a database.
Pros: Server management is much easier in Windows than any other OS. Most software vendors support Windows because of the popularity of the OS. There are in-built software (such as email) that is provided with Windows.

Cons: The Windows server software is costly ($300 – $600 per license), which leads to higher web hosting costs. Portability of the applications to other platforms is a problem if using Windows. The operating system has many other drawbacks such as higher vulnerability to security flaws and hackers.

Unix
Unix is the father of the operating system, and has been used for servers over a few decades. Unix operating systems boasts itself as the most stable and reliable system available. It is used in almost all large and complex computer systems. The hardware that is best suited for Unix are provided by the hardware vendors such as IBM, HP and Sun Microsystems. The servers from these vendors cost a lot of money (often in 100s of thousands of dollars). However, a free version of Unix, known as FreeBSD, is now available for small scale web hosting needs on cheaper server hardware provided by Intel.
Pros: Stability and reliability is the foremost reason of using Unix as a platform. The servers can run for years without restart and memory leaks. Less vulnerable to security flaws and hacker attacks.

Cons: Cost can be a factor for larger implementations of Unix servers. However, FreeBSD is gaining popularity because of its versatality as a free open source Unix platform. Server configuration and maintenance requires special knowledge and skills. Available software for this platform is not as common as it is for Windows.

Linux
Linux has gained a lot of popularity as a web hosting platform because of cost (free), open source, and support for a wide variety of technologies such as PHP and MySQL.
Pros: Unix like environment providing better stability, reliability and performance than Windows. The operating system software is free, so web hosting costs are very low. Support for the most popular free and open source technologies such as PHP, MySQL etc. Due to increasing popularity, a lot of support is available on the internet.

Cons: Server configuration and maintenance requires special knowledge and skills. Available software for this platform is not as common as it is for Windows.

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You can depend on the log file of your site, or uptime report from your Host company. It is not enough. You need more third-party tools to monitor your website.

There are some websites provide these services. Some of them provides the very basic service freely.

InternetSeer Web Site Monitoring Service
It provide free service for monitoring one URL only. The frequency for checking your site is 60 minutes. The contact can be over more than one. The contact way is by eamil only.

To get more monitoring items, you have to join its InternetSeer Priority Club
It cost you $29.95 a year. It is worth to get it.

+ ALL NEW 20 Minute Monitoring! Priority Club members now have their websites monitored every 20 minutes!
+ 3 additional URLs immediately added to your current monitoring account… FREE
+ Customized Weekly Report with ALL monitored URL’s included in one easy to understand format.
+ The ability to Add Additional URL’s to your account for only $4.95 per year per URL.
+ Special Customer Service Contact with one (1) business day turn-around on all your inquiries… guaranteed!
+ Special Discount Offers
+ “Sneak previews” and Priority Enrollment for all new InternetSeer products and services.

My personal suggestion is try their free service first. If you satisfaction ratio is high than the 99.9%, like above guaranty uptime percentage, you can join the Priority Club.

One more choice,
The Killer Website Monitor is FREE and easy to set up

The Killer Website Monitor is a software system designed from the ground up to monitor websites 24/7. You can think of it as a security system for your website.
If the Killer Website Monitor can’t reach your website, it will immediately send you an email alerting you that your website is unreachable – protecting your investment and allowing you to take action to get it back up quickly.

This one only provide one site and contact one person by eamil.

Compare with these two services, the Killer Website Monitor is only suitable for the small site or personal site. If you have many sites and if somehow the site is down, you need to inform two or three contact person, you need InternetSeer.

Apache is the most popular web server in the world, with nearly 70% of all web sites running Apache as of January 2006, according to the netcraft web server survey. Why is it so popular? Because it’s free, open-source, high-quality software. And you can run it on your Windows box at home!
If you have Windows XP Professional, you can also run Microsoft Internet Information Server. It comes free in the box… but only with XP Professional (and high-end server versions of Windows). If you have XP Home, or an older version of Windows, go with Apache – and consider upgrading to at least XP Home for better network performance.

I’ll cover Apache first. Then I’ll look at Internet Information Server, which is also excellent and is available if you have Windows XP Professional or a high-end server version of Windows.

Windows 98 and Me users can use Microsoft’s “Personal Web Server.” However, this software went away with the release of XP Home, and it’s not a popular choice. Since you can run the world’s most popular web server for free, I don’t recommend using PWS.

Apache Quick-Start Guide

Although Apache was born in the Unix/Linux world, it runs great on Windows too. In general, the newer your Windows, the easier it is to install Apache. Those with older versions of Windows, even Windows 95, can still run Apache but will have to jump through a few extra hoops. For complete information, check out Since that article is a little old, you’ll just have to bear in mind that instructions for Windows 2000 also apply to Windows XP.

The following quick-start guide applies to Windows XP, but users of older versions of Windows can run Apache too… if they follow the extra steps spelled out in the Apache Foundation’s Using Apache with Microsoft Windows tutorial to prepare their older computers to handle modern software installation and networking.

Upgrading to Windows XP Service Pack 2

Microsoft has fixed problems in Windows XP that create issues for Apache. Use Windows Update to upgrade your Windows XP system to service pack 2. You have probably already done this. If not, you need to do it in any case to fix many important security problems that have nothing to do with Apache!

Not sure if you have service pack 2? Do this: click on “Start,” right-click on “My Computer,” select “Properties” and look at the information presented under “System.” You should see “Service Pack 2.” If not, visit Microsoft’s Windows Update site, using Interet Explorer, not Firefox… just this once! The Windows Update site uses special Active X controls to update your computer. Normally I don’t encourage the use of Active X, but for upgrading Microsoft’s own operating system from Microsoft’s own web site using Microsoft’s own browser, it’s OK!

Downloading Apache

Visit the Apache HTTP Server Project home page. In the column at left, locate “Download!” and click on “from a mirror.” The download page will appear. Scroll down until you locate the link to download the “Win32 Binary (MSI Installer)” distribution of Apache, not the “Win32 Source.” That’s raw source code for programmers – probably not what you want!

Click on the link for the “Win32 Binary (MSI Installer)” and wait for your browser to save the file to disk.

Installing Apache

Once the download is complete, you’re ready to install the software. Double-click on the file you just downloaded on your desktop (for Firefox) or in your downloads folder (for Internet Explorer) to launch the installation program. The “Installation Wizard” window will appear.

First you’ll see the “Welcome to the Installation Wizard” page. Click “Next” to continue.

Next, you’ll see the Apache license agreement. The Apache license allows you to share the software freely, including the source code. Select “I accept the terms in the license agreement” and click “Next.”

The “Read This First” page appears. Currently this page doesn’t offer much specific information for Windows users of Apache. Click “Next.”

The “Server Information” page should now appear. Be sure to enter the correct information:

1. For “Network Domain,” if you registered a hostname such as myname.is-a-geek.com with DynDNS, enter is-a-geek.com.

2. For “Server Name,” enter your full hostname, such as myname.is-a-geek.com.

3. For “Administrator’s Email Address,” enter a real email address for you that actually works. Users will see this when things go wrong. Bear in mind that spammers might discover this address, so use an address that is already publicly known if possible.

4. For “Install Apache HTTP Server 2.0 programs and shortcuts for…” select “for All Users, on Port 80, as a Service.” This ensures that the software is always running, no matter who is sitting down at your computer. And a web site that is not always running is not very useful! So pick this option and click “Next.”

The “Setup Type” page appears next. Select “Typical” and click “Next” to move on.

You’ll see the “Destination Folder” page. By default, Apache installs in the folder C:\Program Files\Apache Group, creating a sub-folder called C:\Program Files\Apache Group\htdocs to keep your web pages in. These are good choices, so click “Next.” Don’t click “Change…” unless you know exactly what you’re doing.

Finally, the “Ready to Install the Program” page appears. Click “Install” to kick off the installation process. The Apache server software will be copied into place and the Apache service will start up in the background. Along the way, a few Windows Command Prompt windows will flash up briefly. This is normal and you should let these windows do their thing and go away on their own!

If you do receive error messages, the most frequent cause is that Internet Information Server or another web server is already installed and “listening” on port 80, the standard HTTP port. Disable the other web server software and reinstall Apache.

The “Installation Wizard Completed” page should appear. Congratulations, you have a web server! Click on “Finish” to complete the process.

Internet Information Server Quick-Start Guide

You need either Apache or Internet Information Server (IIS). You do not want both.

Microsoft’s Internet Information Server is a solid choice, and it is included free with Windows XP Professional. If you don’t have XP Professional, or one of the server-oriented versions of Windows like Windows Server 2003, then IIS is not an option for you.
Installing Internet Information Server

1. Make sure you have Windows XP Professional! Click “Start,” then right-click “My Computer.” Choose “Properties” from the menu that appears. The “General” tab will appear. Under “System:” you should see “Microsoft Windows XP Professional.” If you see Windows XP Home, Windows ME, Windows 98 or Windows 95, you will not be able to use IIS. Follow the Apache Quick-Start Guide instead.

2. We’re ready to install the IIS software. Select “Start,” then “Control Panel,” then “Add/Remove Programs.” Select “Add/Remove Windows Components” from the left-hand column.

A list of available Windows features appears. Check the box for “Internet Information Services (IIS)” and click “Next.” If prompted, insert your Windows XP installation CD.

That’s all it takes! Installing IIS is very simple because it is a standard component of Windows XP Professional.

Step Seven: Test Your Web Site From Your Own Computer

Is the web site working? Let’s find out! The first test is to access your site from your own computer. On the same computer that is running the web server software, access the URL http://localhost/. You should see an example home page provided with your Apache or IIS web server software. If not, review the appropriate quick start guide above and figure out which step you skipped! If you received errors during installation, you need to resolve them before your web site will work.

Step Eight: Make Your Own Home Page

You have a web server, but right now the “content” on the site is just the default home page that came with the server software. Time to fix that!

All you have to do is move your own web pages to the appropriate folder. If you followed the Apache quick-start guide, your web pages belong in this folder:

C:\Program Files\Apache Group\htdocs

If you followed the IIS quick-start guide, your web pages belong here:

C:\Inetpub\wwwroot

First, remove the files that are already in those folders. It’s not smart to leave “default” files lying around. What if a security problem was found with one of these common files? Then your web site would be vulnerable.

Next, copy your own web pages and images into the folder. The “home page” of your site should be called index.htm or index.html. Both Apache and IIS are smart enough to know that when a user visits http://yourname.is-a-geek.com/, they should act as if the user asked for http://yourname.is-a-geek.com/index.html and do the right thing.

Step Nine: Test Your Web Site From The Outside World

We did a lot of work here to give our computer a hostname on the Internet and forward web traffic through the router and firewall. Did we do it right? Only one way to be sure! Access your web site from a computer that is not on your home Internet connection, or have a friend try it. For example, if you registered the name myname.is-a-geek.com with DynDNS, your web site’s address is http://myname.is-a-geek.com/. Try that address from a computer outside your home and see what happens!