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kick52 · Nov 24, 2006, 07:59 AM

Hi.

I need a good web host, which has WebDAV enabled..
I searched, nothing came up.
I don't need masses of storage. 50mb or 100mb would be enough. It would be good if it was a annual fee aswell...

Any info is good, thanks,

-kick52

badidea · Nov 24, 2006, 08:11 AM

spymac

now flame me!

screamingFit · Nov 24, 2006, 08:51 AM

Originally Posted by badidea

spymac

now flame me!

Funny how your response and username are one in the same!

Briareus · Nov 24, 2006, 11:04 AM

obligatory MacNN mention of DreamHost.

Do a search here for volumes of positives and negatives.

... and no, that's not an affiliate link

kick52 · Nov 24, 2006, 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by Briareus

obligatory MacNN mention of DreamHost.

Do a search here for volumes of positives and negatives.

... and no, that's not an affiliate link

i only need 50-100mb, not 200gb!

i cant afford that

besson3c · Nov 24, 2006, 11:36 AM

Do you have a spare machine? You could setup one of your own machines...

kick52 · Nov 24, 2006, 11:37 AM

Originally Posted by besson3c

Do you have a spare machine? You could setup one of your own machines...

yeah.. i do.

my powermac here.

its just that my mum agrues with me about having it on.

besson3c · Nov 24, 2006, 03:12 PM

Originally Posted by kick52

yeah.. i do.

my powermac here.

its just that my mum agrues with me about having it on.

Well, if you can find hosting for $10 US/month, how much will a month's worth of electricity cost? You could just pay for the machine's electricity...

Railroader · Nov 24, 2006, 03:23 PM

ICDSoft.com - The Ultimate in Web Hosting

$6/month which you pay yearly.

Excellent service. Every year it gets better and the price usually drops a little bit.

kick52 · Nov 24, 2006, 04:01 PM

Originally Posted by besson3c

Well, if you can find hosting for $10 US/month, how much will a month's worth of electricity cost? You could just pay for the machine's electricity...

no..

because, if i get a service that is cheap, with only 50 or 100mb, it wont cost that much.

my last one cost £16 for the whole year. i would like something like that, but with WebDAV.

last time i used z-host

kick52 · Nov 24, 2006, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by Railroader

ICDSoft.com - The Ultimate in Web Hosting

$6/month which you pay yearly.

Excellent service. Every year it gets better and the price usually drops a little bit.

thanks for that.

these are all great answers, but im looking for something cheaper, and i dont need 1gb.. if i only had 100mb, that would be a lot cheaper..

thanks

Railroader · Nov 24, 2006, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by kick52

thanks for that.

these are all great answers, but im looking for something cheaper, and i dont need 1gb.. if i only had 100mb, that would be a lot cheaper..

thanks

I doubt you'll find cheaper than $6/month. At least anything worth using.

kick52 · Nov 25, 2006, 02:59 AM

Originally Posted by Railroader

I doubt you'll find cheaper than $6/month. At least anything worth using.

that sucks

Angus_D · Nov 25, 2006, 03:30 AM

Originally Posted by kick52

that sucks

But if you actually use your brain, you'll realise that it's quite understandable.

kick52 · Nov 26, 2006, 04:36 PM

Originally Posted by Angus_D

But if you actually use your brain, you'll realise that it's quite understandable.

not really....

if my last host had everything i need for �15 a year, why would enabling one apache option make it jump by another �15???

Railroader · Nov 26, 2006, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by kick52

not really....

if my last host had everything i need for �15 a year, why would enabling one apache option make it jump by another �15???

Nevermind.

badidea · Nov 27, 2006, 03:01 AM

Originally Posted by kick52

that sucks

Well then once again: spymac
(3GB, WebDAV, ... for $25/year)

I know that most people think that spymac sucks - I just don't know why!

Doofy · Nov 27, 2006, 03:30 AM

Originally Posted by kick52

these are all great answers, but im looking for something cheaper

You're looking for something cheaper than $6/month? That's like £3.15 a month.

Man oh man are you gonna have a shock when you try for that rented room in student digs in a couple of years' time.

kick52 · Nov 27, 2006, 05:18 AM

Originally Posted by Doofy

You're looking for something cheaper than $6/month? That's like £3.15 a month.

Man oh man are you gonna have a shock when you try for that rented room in student digs in a couple of years' time.

yeah... but it should be that cheap if its only 50mb storage i think...

anyway, i'll have another look at spymac

Railroader · Nov 27, 2006, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by kick52

yeah... but it should be that cheap if its only 50mb storage i think...

anyway, i'll have another look at spymac

No one offers only 50 MB of hosting because you are about the only person on earth who wants it.

Spymac sucks. Service sucks, uptime sucks.

kick52 · 11:11 AM

Originally Posted by Railroader

No one offers only 50 MB of hosting because you are about the only person on earth who wants it.

Spymac sucks. Service sucks, uptime sucks.

yeah, i guess..

screw it, i'll just keep the powermac, causing my mum to pay lots of bills...

actually, i'll contact my old host about this.. maybe i can get something to happen.

screamingFit · Nov 27, 2006, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by kick52

not really....

if my last host had everything i need for �15 a year, why would enabling one apache option make it jump by another �15???

Enabling WebDAV on Apache opens up all sorts of security holes. You'll be hard pressed to find a host that will enable WebDAV on shared hosting because of this.

turtle777 · Nov 27, 2006, 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by badidea

Well then once again: spymac
(3GB, WebDAV, ... for $25/year)

I know that most people think that spymac sucks - I just don't know why!

He said Spymac.

Sorry, I tried it for a while, when they offered a free beta with their change last year. The change that was supposed to take 3 days took like 6 weeks. Can't take that serious.

-t

turtle777 · Nov 27, 2006, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by screamingFit

Enabling WebDAV on Apache opens up all sorts of security holes. You'll be hard pressed to find a host that will enable WebDAV on shared hosting because of this.

You don't know jack. Many shared hosting providers offer it, just not for a $ 2 per month.

-t

kick52 · Nov 27, 2006, 01:07 PM

ok.. maybe i'll just use my previous host.

i wanted WebDAV because of the drag-and-drop ability in the Finder, but i might aswell use cyberduck with FTP on my old host.

badidea · Nov 28, 2006, 05:43 AM

Originally Posted by what_the_heck

Can't take that serious.

No-one forces you to take them serious.
I got WebDAV for 2$/month, 3GB of storage space and wonderful easy drag and drop in the finder.
The Uptime may suck but so far it has only been down about 3 days in 2006 - good enough for me!
It's private, I don't do any business there and I would never recommend it for business either!

kick52 · Nov 28, 2006, 06:11 AM

Originally Posted by badidea

No-one forces you to take them serious.
I got WebDAV for 2$/month, 3GB of storage space and wonderful easy drag and drop in the finder.
The Uptime may suck but so far it has only been down about 3 days in 2006 - good enough for me!
It's private, I don't do any business there and I would never recommend it for business either!

from where???

red rocket · Nov 28, 2006, 06:26 AM

Since you're no longer insisting on WebDAV, I'll recommend AwardSpace. 200MB of disc space, php and MySQL, free. I use it with Transmit, can't say I particularly miss Finder integration.

badidea · Nov 28, 2006, 07:26 AM

Originally Posted by kick52

from where???

What do you mean "from where???"?
From where I already mentioned twice in this thread! Do you read your own thread?

DarwinX · Nov 28, 2006, 10:57 AM

Longtime supporter of Affordable Web Hosting by Lunarpages - An Add2Net Company though no WebDAV to my knowledge. Great host though!

besson3c · Nov 28, 2006, 11:53 AM

Any of these places do secure WebDAV?

I don't know why more people aren't troubled about sending their password in the clear. Do not use an important password or store data you care about in an account you can only access via FTP or WebDAV.

kick52 · Nov 28, 2006, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by badidea

What do you mean "from where???"?
From where I already mentioned twice in this thread! Do you read your own thread?

oh, you mean spymac,

well, please tell me where this magical $25 per year plan is, because i DON'T see it on the homepage. (which, to my understanding is: Spymac.com :: Hosting )

thanks.

badidea · 01:49 PM

Oh, sorry, I didn't know about Spymac Hosting!
I meant the Spymac Club

Now THAT'S kind of weird! They charge more for hosting with less features???

I'm not an active club member - I only use the webspace because I couldn't find it cheaper anywhere else (and I already used it when it was completely free)!

edit: also read here: Spymac Site Creator

besson3c · Nov 28, 2006, 01:53 PM

Instead of mucking around with a third-party provider, I still don't get why it would be difficult or undesirable to obtain some old hardware and run these services for yourself?

Surely the cost of electricity is less than the cost of paying this ISP? Is it a physical space issue for some? Nothing beats LAN performance...

A spare machine is an infinitely useful thing to have - for data backups, for testing, for running when your primary computer is down, for file storage, for running an iTunes share, etc.

Why not kill as many birds as you can with that same stone?

Doofy · Nov 28, 2006, 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by besson3c

Instead of mucking around with a third-party provider, I still don't get why it would be difficult or undesirable to obtain some old hardware and run these services for yourself?

Surely the cost of electricity is less than the cost of paying this ISP?

He's in the UK. That means he's probably only gonna get 256 kbps up and his family will become outcast if he doesn't switch everything electrical off 0.000003 milliseconds after he's finished using it.

kick52 · Nov 28, 2006, 04:01 PM

yeah... electricity bills are high here, plus, as doofy said, yeah. i only get 256kbps upstream.

and, no, it isnt a space issue or anything, infact, i have my powermac running wordpress and so forth now.

i dont mind the speed, and its really handy, but its just that my mum doesnt like my mac kept on.

real · Nov 28, 2006, 06:17 PM

Just curious,

What are you useing this space for. 50MB is nothing, that will be full in no time. I might be barking up the wrong tree but how about a USB thumb drive those are really cheap, it can follow you any where.

real

webmonkie · Nov 28, 2006, 11:30 PM

Check out MediaTemple.net and ISQsolutions.com

kick52 · Nov 29, 2006, 03:39 AM

Originally Posted by real

Just curious,

What are you useing this space for. 50MB is nothing, that will be full in no time. I might be barking up the wrong tree but how about a USB thumb drive those are really cheap, it can follow you any where.

real

no.
space(neither physical nor hard disk space) is a problem. i have 80gb i could use.

i wanted only 50mb, because it would be cheap.. electricty is the problem.

i dont really know how much it would be to keep the sawtooth on 24/7.

pra9ab0y · Nov 29, 2006, 03:47 AM

I have my own server and if you like I can offer you 50mb of space for $12.50 a year.

If it stoo much let mek now and we can come to an agreement.

Same to nayone who needs a good and reliable host. PM Me for more details and I will behappy to help

(I am not going to post a link as I am unsure if I am allowed to advertise it so I am going to let poeple know via pM or msn.)

I am based in the UK aswell so you can trust me!

Doofy · Nov 29, 2006, 04:17 AM

Originally Posted by ashleyman

I am based in the UK aswell so you can trust me!

As long as you're not a geezer... ...a little bit waayy, a little bit wooah, a little bit woosh.

kick52 · Nov 29, 2006, 05:03 AM

Originally Posted by ashleyman

I have my own server and if you like I can offer you 50mb of space for $12.50 a year.

If it stoo much let mek now and we can come to an agreement.

Same to nayone who needs a good and reliable host. PM Me for more details and I will behappy to help

(I am not going to post a link as I am unsure if I am allowed to advertise it so I am going to let poeple know via pM or msn.)

I am based in the UK aswell so you can trust me!

PM sent!

macintologist · Dec 25, 2006, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by ashleyman

I have my own server and if you like I can offer you 50mb of space for $12.50 a year.

If it stoo much let mek now and we can come to an agreement.

Same to nayone who needs a good and reliable host. PM Me for more details and I will behappy to help

(I am not going to post a link as I am unsure if I am allowed to advertise it so I am going to let poeple know via pM or msn.)

I am based in the UK aswell so you can trust me!

Come to think of it, this is the perfect thing to post in the Marketplace forum. I'm not saying that you're out of line here, but many MacNN'ers can offer this sort of thing, it wouldn't be such a bad way to generate extra revenue.