Friday, July 4, 2008

Getting Free Hosting With Free (SUB) Domain

The first thing you have to do is get a free domain. You can get a free co.cc domain of your choice. The co.cc domain is actually a subdomain but at least it is shorter. Sign up for a co.cc domain here. This free domain can be customized: Zone Records (A CNAME MX NS), setup with the nameservers of your free hosting so you can park or host it there for free, or you can redirect all traffic from this domain to your existing websites.

After you get your domain, you can sign up for a free web hosting at byethost or x10hosting. These free hosting services allow you to have bannerless PHP/MySQL sites for free (see their terms to what suits your needs). You can select the free subdomains (yoursite.byethost17.com, yoursite.x10hosting.com) or you can host your co.cc domain by pointing your domain's nameservers to them (information on this can be found on the member's area). Now you have a free domain and a free bannerless hosting for your site.

Want more free services? Apply for a google apps account and register your co.cc domain (information can be found on google). In your webhosting CPANEL, change your MX records to that of google apps so that you can have an email address like: yourname@yourdomain.co.cc!

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