Affordable web host suggestions please

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

dd would like to build a website for her friends to visit. She has bought a domain name but we need a host that she can afford on pocket money levels.
Any suggestions please.

not to worry, there's free basic hosting with the company we have registered her domain with.

Try Mr Site - you buy the name and get the tools to build a site (£££ depends on how many pages - can be £15 for 6 pages)

I've not been impressed with Mr Site, the web pages their system generates really aren't very good in terms of following the standards for web pages. That in turn means that they may work that well on the full range of browsers that are out there.

Making good standardised web sites really isn't hard. I wrote and ran a system that used to do exactly that and we did it for free. For Mr Site to charge for what they produce is quite frankly insulting.

Avoid...

That in turn means that they may NOT work that well on the full range of browsers that are out there.

Oops.

I think that it's also worth pointing out that although I've done similar things to Mr Site I don't any more, I'm worried it might look like I'm trying to run down a rival.

Very simply I'm just somewhat embarrassed that IT people can either not know much about the services they're offering or, which is worse, don't care that they're doing it wrong.

what do you think of goDaddy?

For registering domains, GD works quite well, though they do 'push' a lot of their products as if their life depends on it (and they're not always the cheapest for domains, but sometimes do have deals).

For web hosting, I'd say a lot depends on what you are after - blogs, photo gallery, etc, etc can all be done, many for free, just by linking to other services. Google Sites is an option (I think you just register an e-mail address and password to get started, and would then need to alter the name servers, within the GoDaddy service, to point to use of Google web server).

(I only mention Google in passing, I'm not keen on all they do, but that works, and is free, AFAIK.) Moonfruit might also be free for a basic site. Not used it myself (I don't like Flash, but it is popular with some).

I use www.doyourownsite.co.uk which i think is alsocreate.co.uk and its fine and £2.99 a month.