May 30 2009

Email accounts

Having an email address at your own domain name has many advantages. FreeHostia allows everyone to create their own email account(s) even if they are using the free hosting plan.


May 28 2009

Wordpress themes

Wordpress has a very intuitive and easy-to-use theme upload system. You can easily install a new theme and we have 4 free Wordpress themes for you to choose from.


May 26 2009

VIDEO: Free Wordpress install

A video demonstrates how you can install Wordpress using the one-click-installer interated with each hosting plan at FreeHostia.com.


May 24 2009

Registering a domain name

I have prepared a few advices for you to help you prepare before registering a domain name.


May 22 2009

Wordpress

Wordpress is probably the most popular blogging platform and it is also my personal favoratite. It could be installed with a just a few clicks using FreeHostia’s Elefante Installer.


May 19 2009

FreeHostia’s server hardware

FreeHostia uses powerful server to ensure a fast and quality service. Combined with the advanced cluster hosting platform and a redundant network, it makes an excellent web hosting service.


May 17 2009

FreeHostia’s data center

FreeHostia’s servers are collocated at a PEER1 data center in Fremont, California. It is a facility, which offers the optimum physical conditions for our servers and also an excellent connectivity and redundancy.


May 15 2009

VIDEO: Hosting plan upgrade

Several weeks ago I posted a video, which shows you how you can sign up for a free hosting account with FreeHostia. Now I would like to show you a video that explains how you can upgrade your web hosting account from free hosting plan (Chocolate) to the Watercircle plan.
Of course, the procedure is similar [...]


May 13 2009

Setting 404 HTTP status code

When creating a custom 404 error page it is important to make sure taht it is easily recognized as an error page both by visitors and search engine robots, so make sure the HTTP status code is set correctly to 404.


May 10 2009

Custom error pages with .htaccess

I already explained how you can setup a 404 error page using the Subdomain Manager, but for other error pages like 403, 401, etc. you need to use .htaccess. Learn how to do it by reading this article.