Are there any free hosts out there that actually serve a purpose??? I need something to test my forums and stuff before I actually go out and buy and hosting package! :angry:

LOL .. I wish you very much luck finding one with this attitude.

Is this a real user or just someone who signed up with a new account for a game of "Flame the Newbie"?

LOL ik0n

Maybe if you are angry enough someone will host you for free out of fear :stickout

Most free hosts serve a purpose - thiers.
Why should they serve your purpose for free?

I think a 30 day money back policy (that most hosts have) allows you to test to be sure everything works to your satisfaction.

Anyway you might try politely posting in the request forum.
Good Luck.

Originally posted by ATST
Most free hosts serve a purpose - thiers.
Why should they serve your purpose for free?

I think a 30 day money back policy (that most hosts have) allows you to test to be sure everything works to your satisfaction.

Anyway you might try politely posting in the request forum.
Good Luck.

Errrrr *cough* I hope you are not suggesting to use the 30 days guarantee to get the money back and have the hsoting for free, or? :stickout

Nice sig u have btw :D

Afaik there is no host that won't allow you to test things on a paid account. . since you suggets getting one anyways. . :rolleyes:

Originally posted by NocSol
LOL ik0n

Maybe if you are angry enough someone will host you for free out of fear :stickout

Probably :D

How about freakin' Cyberwings...........:cartman:

If its just testing, why not host it locally?

Can someone give me a free cheeseburger now, I dont want to pay McDonalds yet.

Ask someone with a domain to host you :stickout

I want some free shoes for testing... I will see if I puy em later on ..

And I want condoms for testing, I give them back if I don't like them... I'll even roll them up again :D

Just joking around, no offence to thread starter!

Why dont you setup your own server. If you are that serious about not paying, do it that way.

Originally posted by CritticAge
Why dont you setup your own server. If you are that serious about not paying, do it that way.

good point

Yah, it's not hard to setup a server... www.dslwebserver.com

Originally posted by Acronym BOY
If its just testing, why not host it locally?

Can someone give me a free cheeseburger now, I dont want to pay McDonalds yet. Yes but you know what you get cause Mcdonalds are all the same, made with the same eyelids.

Damn, first you Scots are eating sheep stomachs .. now you're eating eyelids?

Originally posted by Rotifer
Damn, first you Scots are eating sheep stomachs .. now you're eating eyelids?

No wonder people are catching Mad Cow in such record numbers! :cool:

Originally posted by NocSol

Errrrr *cough* I hope you are not suggesting to use the 30 days guarantee to get the money back and have the hosting for free, or? :stickout

Nice sig u have btw :D

I meant if he was going to pay anyway, he should use that 30 day policy to see if his 'stuff' works on it. Not to abuse the host, but I have seen hosts that say they have (for instance) mod_rewrite or SetEnIf running, only to find out they don't, and when you ask if they will install it, won't install or enable it. Instead they tell you they don't do tutorials on htaccess. (not a good answer)

Thanks!
I was going to use a sig like yours, but decided I would look like one of those dufuses that didn't read the rules and was trying to be clever and get tons of advertising exposure for free. So I 'customised' it.
um, that isn't to say you look like a dufus, with over a thousand posts, I think you know what you are doing by now.

Originally posted by homeiss
Yah, it's not hard to setup a server... www.dslwebserver.com

That is a very cool link... hehe guess where my next dedicateds are located :P joke...

Originally posted by Rotifer
Damn, first you Scots are eating sheep stomachs .. now you're eating eyelids?

Scots are normal people... NED eats everything :D :stickout

psh, why should hosts give you space for free? What do they get in return?

Originally posted by ATST

Thanks!
I was going to use a sig like yours, but decided I would look like one of those dufuses that didn't read the rules and was trying to be clever and get tons of advertising exposure for free. So I 'customised' it.
um, that isn't to say you look like a dufus, with over a thousand posts, I think you know what you are doing by now.

Heh yeah, a couple of people actually PMed me to tell me that "there is something wrong" / "the moderators did something" to my signature. After clarifying that there is nothing wrong and that the moderators would get their asses kicked to the next available extraterrestrial outpost if they did something to my sig, I had several "sig related" discussions of no specific importance or meaning :rolleyes:

Hey, one of them even bought a server :D

Hey, one of them even bought a server
Good job!