Comment on Ask HN: Best host for a one-page website?Comments−2718281828411yYou can do something with your own custom domain and dirt cheap rates with https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/You can deposit some money and if it doesn't get used, it just stays in the account, rather than an automatic cost per month.−iamben11ySeconded. Love NFS - happily coped with HN spikes as well, and cheap as chips, especially for static content.−mjklin11yI tried it a few years ago, and I had to use a specialized ftp program to upload files. Do they have anything web-based now, like Cpanel?−jberryman11yI've been with them for like a decade, and I don't think you've ever needed a specialized program. Use whatever you'd normally use to copy files over ssh, sftp, or ftp (but don't use ftp).−iamben11yYeah, this. They just use SFTP, which pretty much any program can do. Or just SSH.But nothing web based - there's a little learning curve, but the forum support is fantastic.−2718281828411yAlong with the others, I'm really confused by this. Not only do I just use regular programs, I even use makefiles to deploy on some sites.I've never seen the need of a "specialized" program.
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You can do something with your own custom domain and dirt cheap rates with https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/
You can deposit some money and if it doesn't get used, it just stays in the account, rather than an automatic cost per month.
Seconded. Love NFS - happily coped with HN spikes as well, and cheap as chips, especially for static content.
I tried it a few years ago, and I had to use a specialized ftp program to upload files. Do they have anything web-based now, like Cpanel?
I've been with them for like a decade, and I don't think you've ever needed a specialized program. Use whatever you'd normally use to copy files over ssh, sftp, or ftp (but don't use ftp).
Yeah, this. They just use SFTP, which pretty much any program can do. Or just SSH.
But nothing web based - there's a little learning curve, but the forum support is fantastic.
Along with the others, I'm really confused by this. Not only do I just use regular programs, I even use makefiles to deploy on some sites.
I've never seen the need of a "specialized" program.