Hosting with Angelfire for Free
Angelfire, just like geocities.com will allow you to host a Web site with them for free. If you decide to host your site on angelfire.com, which is free, the tutorial below will help you define your Dreamweaver site, so that you can easily ftp your files up to your site. There are a few negatives about this choice you should be aware of:
- There will be a banner ad at the top of each of your pages which will clutter your site
- There is a limit of 20 MB of disk space
- It may run slow during heavy traffic time
Alternatively, I would suggest that you bite the bullet and pay for hosting IF you want your site to look professional and bring you business. The one hosting service I would recommend above all other is this one. http://www.webintegrity.com/2000virtual/w2kservers.html . I would strongly recommend that your take the Microsoft server option in case you want to also use FrontPage. The UNIX options do not include FrontPage server extensions. Also, if you ever want to use ASP technology, you will need a Microsoft server.
Defining your Dreamweaver site for FTP to Angelfire
Set up your local site just like te picture on the left. Start out by creating a new empty folding that you will place all your Web files in.
Then, click on the Remote Info category.
Configure your Remote dialog box just like this one ( put in your own username and password).
Be sure to check the Use Passive FTP box.
Click "OK"
Click "Done"
Click the Connect button on your site manager to make sure you can connect to your remote site.