Free Web hosting is the way to go if you are just trying to “get your feet wet” then I would suggest free webhosting. But be careful of who you host with. And remember this: you get what you pay for. Free services are not recommended if you are planning on building a website, and driving traffic to it. Oftentimes, free web hosts restrict alot of special, beneficial features that you will need to fun your website.

But, on the other hand, if you are just playing the field, its a great way to get familiar with control panels, email accounts, and also file managers

There are a few webhosts that will let you use the best of the best control panels [in my opinion] Cpanel X. With cpanelx you can control everything. from emails, webstats, security, domains, and addon software. which brings me to the next thing: addon software, like a freebie. makes life sooooo much easier. fantastico script installer comes with a bunch of good scripts! From uh…photo galleries, billing systems, faq systems, templates/layouts for your site, um..what else..? uh, ohh! message boards, like phpbb. Very good stuff. **
**Some coding know-ho might be needed to customize some of these. But its very easy to get the basic hang of them, with or without techy skills.

sooooo you’ve gotten your feet wet, and your ready to go swimming, eh!? lol, well thats good. Because here is one of the best things you WONT have to worry about [as often] with a paid web host:

sever uptime. When you are paying for your service, they normally tend to have greater uptime on their server. That doesnt mean that you won’t have the occasional downtime.

I think this is a big deal. I mean if I’m going to a website, and its always down, why would I go back? Would you? Exactly!
So, with all that said, here’s who’s who’s and what’s what.

<a href=" – 000webhost is a VERY good FREE webhost, i'll admit. Although I didnt have the best experience with them, it was my fault. MAKE SURE YOU READ THEIR TERMS OF SERVICE. They will not hesitate to delete your website without notice like they did to me.

**important tip** SAVE / BACKUP ALL YOUR FILES AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK. it was a classic newbie mistake that I wish I would have done. My whole website was deleted because I broke the T.O.S [unintentionally, I swear!]

<a href=" - I went to Freehostia next. They were okay, but not as good as 000webhost if you ask me. They didnt have cpanelx, they just offered a simple user control panel. very basic. like is said: get what you pay for! It was free, and a reputatble website. OH yea thats another thing, you should read a few reviews of your site–free or not–just to see what others have had to say. how is their customer service, how is their server uptime? their plans? etc.

Anyways, freehostia was okay, but then my website just stopped working one day. idk why. it just wouldnt load. to this day I still dont know why. Granted, I should have followed up on it and opened a ticket in the support thingy, but I didnt because I decided that I was through with free web hosting. So I began my hunt for a good webhost.

you have to have an idea about what you want before you go looking, or else, how do you know what you’re looking for!? Lol. SOOO, my budget was no more then about $15 a month. Which is considered cheap, since some plans are about $50 a month! But remember, you get what you pay for!

So..
budget: $15
plan goodies: cpanelx [i love it, and had to have it.]
payment method: paypal. I really hate using my card online. I would rather keep my info private and use paypal instead!
and I had to have the option to pay monthly. Most plans will make you prepay for 12, 24, or 36 months at a time.

So this all sounded pretty picky for someone who wanted it for $15 or less a month right!? Your right. It was dang near impossible to find.
but I did!

<a href=" is by far one of the best I have come across. Even worthy to compete with the big guys like hostgator, and bluehost if you ask me. But I'm definitely getting the bang for my buck. The server has been down once since I've been with them. I simply went to the forums and told them about it, and my website was back up within the hour!
If you don't mind spending <a href=" little as $7 per month, then surpass hosting is the way to go, I definitely recommend them to anyone and everyone! Woo! =]

 Maybe this might help you get to know me better. If you want. =D [ohh, and they are in no particular order. My ipod is always on shuffle/random. Hence: Randomness! lol]

Turnin\’ Me On – Keri Hilson Feat Lil Wayne

This song is really good. Very upbeat, and in your face! Lol. Lil Wayne adds a nice touch to it. But then again anything with Lil Wayne is usually pretty good. I tried posting the video, but the code is blocked on youtube! lol.

Single – By Ne-Yo

I love this song! I have no clue why it never really made it to the radio. Its a bit more relaxing. I can sooo see the music video for this too, too bad he didn’t make one for this song. =[ I have his whole album on a sim card! [I bought it like that at walmart] He’s a really good R&B singer. I’m sure he’ll be on my list still, I’m not finished yet lol.

edit** i’ll finish this post later…

I need this blog to be on a specific subject. Maybe I could do tutorials…

My parents would kill me if she knew I was up this late. Technically I dont think this is really late, but she does. Too late to be on the computer, as far as she’s concerned. She once told me it was like $100 a month to run a computer, and that I need to get off.

Well, I’m a little techyy, lol so I went and actually checked how much money it would take to run the computer for six hours a day–but I’m never on for six hours straight, I cant be, I have a job, and a life.–But it still only came up to $35! Not bad, if you ask me.

Hm…….I’m not sleepy. I’m bored. Idk what to do…I have the whole internet at my disposle and i’m bored! I should be writing more to my Fanfic…

Or I could be making another layout. But you know when you have those days where u just feel like ‘blahhh, screw it.’ And plus it’s the summer right now. I’m in 100% lazy mode lol. Nothing to worry about, I’m just livin the life.

Speaking of which! That song has Rihanna in it. [is that how you spell her name? lol] Does anyone know the latest on the whole Chris Brown and Rihanna thing? Omg this is halarious:

Can you people believe thatt?? I think it’s B.S. no matter how many times he apologizes. I bet he wasn’t sorry when he did it. While he was doing it. I mean, what kind of man are u if you put your hands on a womann?? If anyone tried that with me i’d go madea on them. lmao. hot grits. =]

Anyways, I just go by Shante! I don’t rele have anything to say yet. I’ve never really had a blog, and decided to try it out. I’ve made a few websites, but never a blog. I’ve figured I’d give it a try, and see. Maybe I might move this blog to my actual website, whenever I get around to finishing it! Lol.
Lets see…I’m just your adverage girl, who likes to talk. alot. I ramble sometimes lol. Oh! I like to design things. Layouts, headers, etc. So maybe I’ll post a few freebies on here…can I even do that?