Most Open Source Free Web Hosting Site
 

Figured out users here would be up on this kind of thing.

Which free website hosting site is the most open source like one?

Also have simple to use web page builder.

Registered at Github. I just don't get it at all.

Not very intuitive.

This Wikipedia article is hardly conclusive, but it may be a good place to start:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compar...sting_services

Free web hosting sites don't give much control over the server. You use their tools.

Thank you both.

Ended up at Wordpress.com. Note the .com at end.

It's free. Seems harmless so far.

I understand I can use Wordpress by itself.(I used to use it.Just fumbled around with it, but it's something)

What is a good $2.99 a month web hosting outfit where they have been around a long time.

Or is that going to cost more?

Pick up a VPS for $3.50/Month and run whatever OpenSource you want. https://www.ovh.com/us/vps/vps-ssd.xml

He doesn't mean open source, he means free.

Yes, and in post #4 the OP asks....

Hence my suggestion.

I wasn't contradicting you, I was being sarcastic about the original post.!!

Sarcasm online is often lost without an indicative emoticon ;)

You don't say. /s

Sarcasm and jokes are nullified if you explain them!

Ya think? ;)

Not really, I just thought I would say it for the sake of it!

@dave@burn-it.co.uk and TenTenths, stop with the non-relevant discussion in the thread.

From the LQ Rules:If you feel that the OP or other members have posted inappropriately then use the report button.

I was not attacking the poster, just the thought of everyone being allowed to edit a web site.

Dave,

While this may be as you say, I feel you needed to be exactly this clear with your earlier posts, seeing as you didn't very clearly say that you feel it is an inadvisable practice. What I see instead is a comment about free versus cost and then a following comment citing that you were in fact emitting sarcasm, at which point you and TenTenths conducted a side discussion in the thread.

To reiterate and be very clear I'm referring exactly to those ongoing back and forth comments about sarcasm and jokes and saying that they are not adding to this thread.

The OP felt they got an answer, they can choose to mark the thread as solved, they are a similarly long time member as are many in this thread.

This is one of those things that is going to take research.

Yes. I did mean open source. Where you don't get censored.

I don't mean vulgarity and such but out spokeness.

Online investigative reporting type stuff. Maybe. In the future. More like reviews.

Not that my projects page is going to be any big controversy. I just don't like 'looking over my shoulder'.

'I want to be free. Free. Baby!'

Like here.

Linux Questions Web Hosting. $1.99/year. No hidden gimmicks. 'Portions of the proceeds support ...'

I'd sign up.:)

Neocities is off Wikipedia list. Looks decent.

First thing I saw was HTML editor. That's not for me!

This is going to take time.

Okay. Neocities checks out as free and looks like you can be fairly outspoken.

I think I need a simple website builder.

Can you use any software and then upload it to Neocities?

I will check and see if they have support or their own forum.

Still looking at other webhosting.

I will go back to Wikipedia list and look at the others again.

Looking for:

monthly billing. So you are a paying customer to get support. Want to stay away from pay 1 year at once.

What if you decide you don't like it?

All the website builder's available. Joomla, Drupal and Wordpress.

Ended up at Neocities.

$5/month donation autopay.

Has HTML and CSS as far as I can see.

If I was to start commerce site I would go with Siteground.

But I would found out the total costs before going to far with that kind of webhosting outfit.

Make sure it's justifiable.:)

Are you asking if you can have a website for free?

And the provider offering this website for free also offers all its programs as free (open source)?

Is that what you're asking?

That's a very interesting, and completely incorrect, definition of the term "open source". :)

I would say that most web hosting companies don't do much censoring. I host websites (not for free!) and have rules against sites that preach any kind of hate or intolerance. I also choose not to host sexually explicit (pornographic) sites, but that's more out of concern for bandwidth and system loads than for any moral reasons. I also explicitly forbid things that are against the law. If a customer of mine wants to fill his site with four-letter words, or opinions with which I don't agree, he's welcome to do that...as long as he pays his bill! :)

Find a hosting company and read their Terms of Use/Terms of Service to see if they will "censor" you...if they will allow you to do what you want to do. We (hosting companies) sell disk space, bandwidth and customer support. Most of us are not interested in policing content.

PS
I can't (read: won't) compete with $5/month...JSYK

' its programs as free (open source)?'

No. I guess it's sort of subjective.

I mean like Neocities. No for profit type.

It's a little hard to define.

'completely incorrect, definition of the term "open source" '

Probably is. It's hard to nail down.

A feeling of freedom when you publish articles on it.

Maybe they will get snitty if I say I like Craftsman tools and Goodyear tires on it.

Who knows?

'hate or intolerance'

No. No. No. Not looking for that. Thank you.

Then the rest of the things you mentioned. No.

More like freedom to express yourself without getting jumped on by 'lurkers'.

Lurker free.There we go!

Unlikely to happen. You want to freely express your opinion, but censor others??

'freely express your opinion, but censor others??'

You're twisting what I said.

I said I am not looking to engage in obscenity, foul language and that kind of thing.

I guess the real open source way to post is like Github.

I downloaded it and did not look anymore at that kind of thing.

That's for people that have a background in that or want to make a big commitment of time and energy.

On this kind of thing always confuses me.
I may wish to host a website using open source tools but I would not, ever, expect somebody to host it for me without recompense.
I know that is not what is being asked, and it's why I'm wanting to see suggestions, but I do not understand the "what can I get for nothing?" Philosophy.

'"what can I get for nothing?" '

Your putting words in my mouth. Misinterpreting what I'm saying.

Some of the free webhosting site give you a chance to see what it's like before you commit to a paid plan.

Neocities has free webhosting with no ads. That was hard to find.

The commercial free hosting has ads. I don't think too many people want a permanent website with ads.

Okay.In conclusion. Free hosting without ads is a good thing to look for.

I'll close with, "You get what you pay for." Good luck.

Your last sentence may have been mistyped?
I may be doing you a disservice though, do you mean that hosting using open source and other software-freedom software are good to look for?

Edit: Free image hosting!!! all you can use!!!

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'Your last sentence may have been mistyped?'

No. 'Ads' is actually a field in website comparison in this article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_web_hosting_service

See 'Comparisons' down the bottom of article.

Wikipedia and Google are what I meant instead of Open Source.

Freedom on Internet or whatever you want to call it.

Anyhow a guide like this article helps. It classifies levels of web hosting.

Now blogs are in the picture so it takes some sorting out.

Happy 4th of July!

Sorry, I still don't understand.
As far as I am concerned web hosting should be paid for in money or by other means but that is nothing to do with whether it is open source or not.
Free as in "costs nothing" hosting means either you're pushiong pointless adverts or you're freeloading off the kindness of others. Hosting a website is not free of monetary cost.

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It is solved. Don't worry about it.

Forget the 'Open Source' label.

Who knows how Neocities pays for the webhosting. Maybe there are not that many takers so the cost isn't that much.

'"Designed as a 21st century reincarnation of GeoCities, ' Apparently Geocities was a big deal.

I am not real into this area of tech so. Looks good to me and that's all I'm going to be concerned about.

https://neocities.org/ They explain what's going on right on their front page.

'We publish the code that powers the site for inspection. We want to win your trust—not lock you in.'

How about that! Looks like they are Open Source anyhow.

Still not exactly what I meant but good enough.

What I was saying is kind of a nebulous concept. Hard to quantify.

How to devalue the poster you're having a discussion with. ;)

Yeah, who cares as long as you're not, eh?
Just don't be surprised when your website just disappears or they start charging for something you use like Photobucket has done to people(I linked above but it wasn't obvious).
Still, the world owes you doesn't it.

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Seems as if this thread has been marked Solved. Perhaps there's no need to add to it, unless something more helpful/constructive.