Chad McCulloughMar 22
So, I've been wanting to move my sites to new hosting for just about a year. Sadly, and very frustratingly, each time I find a price that I can afford, the small print always says something like: "The price is on a 36-month term." And the 12-month term is always much more.

I think I'm done looking and will just stick with the hosting that I'm not thrilled with. The service is terrible but I can sort of afford it, at least. Is there good, affordable, hosting out there for unemployed poor people?

Sorry, went on a bit of a rant there.

#hosting #webhosting

Show threadRoss Wintle

@cmccullough What do you need to host? If you can get away from CMSs that need databases and server processing then there are lots of free options. You could even build a static version of a site locally and just host the static files.

GitHub and Cloudflare are two good options for this.

Mar 22 at 2:14pmWeb
Show threadChad McCulloughMar 22
@ross I'm definitely working on moving away from WordPress so won't need a lot of power. I've been wanting to learn how to build static websites or even straight-up HTML sites. Also, I have been wanting to support @Codeberg (even though I'm not a developer). I just like their service and would like to support them. I wonder if they allow for website hosting? I should look into this.
Show threadRoss WintleMar 22

@cmccullough @Codeberg That looks like an option, for sure.

https://codeberg.page/

Codeberg Pages - static pages for your projects

Show threadChad McCulloughMar 22
@ross Excellent! Thanks!

@Codeberg
Show thread:cool_s:ylvie Mar 22
@cmccullough @ross @Codeberg They do: https://www.getzola.org/documentation/deployment/codeberg-pages/
Codeberg Pages | Zola

Everything you need to make a static site engine in one binary.

Show threadChad McCulloughMar 22
@sylvie Thanks!!@ross @Codeberg
Show threadJohn FoleyMar 22
@ross @cmccullough I just built my first static site with a Netlify/GitHub setup, and with the 5 or less updates I'm making a month (and my minimal traffic), I pay $0 for hosting.
Show threadChad McCulloughMar 22
@yelof @ross 👍️