Useful Freehosts that you may use to learn script install

Hi i gave you just a quick reminder that I'd write about which freehosts you may use to learn script install,which is a big portion of freelancing works.So here it is At the beginning of our freewebhosting discussion ,we need to learn what are websites? How are they different? Simply think like this, you have a document file doc or txt etc in your pc. Then you connect that pc with a laptop using a lan wire.Now you have a local area network lan. Now imagine you make that wire not local but somewhat big, and you can access it at a pc at your work.Now you have internet.Your pc is the host. Webhosts are just that.A computer with very high speed internet connection.The documents saved there are mostly .html .php or .asp instead of doc files.Why?It makes browsing easier.As they are computers with a dedicated purpose relating internet service,they are typically called servers. Now come to our main topic.Why do we freelancers need webhosting-that’s obvious.We need to set up websites for our clients,and we need to practice setting up websites first at some webhost. All of this practicing can be done at your pc too, but it’s better to practice online to make sure the site will finally work fine. And practice is sweet when you can do it for free. There are a lot of freewebhosting companies out there.You may wonder why are they giving this service for free?The answer is,they mostly offer freehosting beside premium hosting with some limits.If you want to break free,you can purchase the premium ones. This limit is the reason why we need to select and look for a good freehosting.Some hosting have so many limits it’s unusable. Whereas some offer almost premium like features. On our most suitable free web hosts for freelancing practice purpose list I’m going to mention some free web hosts that I’ve personally used and found useful. 1.heliohost:

They offer free 500 mb webspace and cPanel.Everything else is unlimited.Wonderful free webhost.But that would be the only free host I would ever need except for it’s downtimes.Also sometimes they show 503 service unavailable type report on php and mysql based sites.Still it comes no 1 on the list because of the unlimited usage.This comes really handy.Unliited addon domain,unlimited ftp ,unlimited bandwidth are to name a few.They don’t have ads too. 2.square7:They don’t have anydowntime.They offer 7 gb space,unlimited bw and 20 domain,20 mysql database.This is a fast server.But they don’t present any control panel.There is options to setup database and domain,but that don’t come close to cpanel.No ads are forced.One problem is they actually check and may ban your site if it’s not agreeing with terms.Other sites mentioned here don’t do that. 3.byethost:This webhost offers 5 gb space, a lot of bw.And I’ve never seen it down!What makes it down on no three is it’s vistapanel,which is not so bad,but not comparable to cPanel,and the lacking to send email option.If you have a free site that needs good uptime this is the site to choose. 4.000webhost:This site has 1.5 gb space,1500 gb bw and the option to make as many account you want.Yet they do not offer cPanel,and they have a hoax of giving away money if you can refer other people.They also have downtime.I would have given it a higher rating if it had a good uptime.It also shows 503 service unavailable problems. That’s all.So go now and make accounts on these freeservers to start practicing on your freelancing.Have a good day.

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Conversation with the buyer:

This is my reply to when I buyer asked what I would need to start my work

  “ I'll need access to your joomla backend user/pass.and also to your hosting cPanel user/pass.i'll first install a new 2.5 and then finish the conversion and replace the old one with the new”

So be clear about what you need to start the work, if possible state the reason why you need the information too.

After I had finished the work I sent him this message

 

   “hello site is done.i copied old articles and categories and introduced a new category frontpage for the featured posts.you did not provide any template so i got one.password is as you said”

 

As you can see I mentioned the using of new template here. Reply from the buyer was

    “The template to be used should have been the one already there! This was an UPGRADE between versions, not a re-design of the site. Hopefully you kept backup copies of what was there previously?”

 

I replied saying that in joomla its not possible to keep the old template while updating to a new version and I wouldnt change it deliberately .Joomla uses templates based on its versions.a template for 1.0 will simply not work in 2.5.I also assured him that I did keep backup of the old site.I also suggested some similar black joomla templates.

Note that I did assure him of his question about backup.

Then I tried to change the template to a 2.5 version, which was failed. I asked him if it was possible to use just another template. He replied why the template was so important. 

     “As far as the template is concerned, the game itself is about Outer Space, so images like stars and planets. This is how it looked in v1.0. Could you possibly duplicate that for an additional fee? If not, that's OK, but I'll have to have someone else do that work. Let me know, please! Thanks.”

 

I started working on the template from a new angle and gave him the update

    “ okay i deleted the template folder and reuploaded it,now its working.i hope you are satisfied with the site “

 

I finished the template as far as I could but he didn’t reply and the job was not stated finished in freelancer site.So I waited for 2 days and asked him

      “is everything alright?im kind of waiting for the payment. “

 

Being a good man that he is, the buyer replied

           “ I'm going to need to get someone to re-work the original template in order to satisfy my customer, but I appreciate your attempt at it.”

 

       “ Would it be possible to zip the files from the old template so I can pass them along to whoever eventually re-creates it?Thanks.”

 

I told him the way I backuoed his site it’s still possible to revert to the old one anytime and use the old template to upgrade.

      “your old site is still there,renamed folder "joomlax",including the mysql database.and the template is there too.one can just rename the folder to "joomla" and upload the mysql db to see the old site.i'll send you the old template now”

And I also sent him the old template

 

    After one day he replied

    “I just sent you $22.50 in a milestone I had created previously, so please delete this invoice and send a revised one for the balance due which is $7.50. Thanks!”

 

Now the milestone was created at first when I started the work but it was not released, so I replied

   “ okay i just edited and sent you a 7.50 4INVOICE.ALSO I'VE REQUESTED THE 22.5 MILESTONE TO BE"RELEASED"”

 

Then there was this confusing conversation

      “I thought I released that milestone payment yesterday, but today it looks like it's not. But when I attempted to release it, it first said unavailable, and then had it broken into two parts - a $7.50 and a $15.00. So is that the $7.50 you just invoiced (and I paid) or is the original $22.50 milestone milestone broken into two parts? I'm SOOO confused!

 

I guess the question is this - how much have you received from me in total so far?”

My reply was

       “i've received 15$ in milestone,but my account is showing 17.50$,this is confusing!anyway,i was charged 5$ by freelancer,so at best i'll receive 25$ from you.you need to release 7.50$ milestone and i'll have 17.50+7.50=25$ in total.thank you

also can you mark the project done or completed?thank you”

The job was then officially finished.

Then I encountered the 5$ problem. The help I asked from him was answered generously .

       “ hello,there has been a problem,i was hoping you could help me.I now have 25$ in my account,the lowest amount I can withdraw to mooneybookers is 30$.So I can not withdraw this 25$.And also,I can not bid on any new project as freelancer is saying I have 0 bids left.To get to bid on new projects,I need to pay .50$ from my moneybooker account to freelancer,which would not be a problem if I could move the 25$ to moneybooker in the first place.Can you help me in this situation?I need 5$ more in my freelancer.com acc to move the total of 30$ to moneybooker and then pay freelancer 50 cent to bid on new projects.Hoping to hear from you”

 

The buyer replied

       “Sure - you went above and beyond the scope of the work trying to fix the template for me, so I've sent a $5 bonus payment to you.”

 

Next I ran into the same kind of problem and sent him this

      “ hello,sorry to bother you again.i am having the same problem again.today i accidentally clicked on "take an exam"and it cost me 5$.had i known it,i would have never clicked.anyway,my balance is again 25$.i'm very much ashamed to ask you,can you help me again”

 This ends the conversation. He didn’t reply anymore.The problem was solved though, which you know by now.

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