Webs (web hosting)
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Freewebs is a free web hosting website which originally started in 2001. As of October, 2006, it ranks as the 337th most visited website on the web according to Alexa. Freewebs was founded by CEO Haroon Mokhtarzada and his brother, CTOZeki Mokhtarzada. Other staff include president Shervin Piveshar, vice president of marketing and operations Robert Ewald, and vice president of products and programming Rick Robinson.If you want to see a preview of an easy to make site then [1]
Piczo, Myspace and .tk are among its competitors, not to forget Bebo [chav infested].
Websites
Freewebs is a free web hosting service that allows users to make their own web site. There are three ways of going about this, each for users with different levels of coding knowledge. For users that have no knowledge of HTML or CSS, there are Easy Site Builder templates that allow one to edit the Site Title, Site Slogan/Tagline, and often a Site Picture/Logo (depending on the template). As of October 18, 2006, there are 42 different styles for templates, each with their own subcategories (colors, specific themes, etc.). In all, there are 341 unique layouts. For users with knowledge of CSS, a style.css file is created in the File Manager, and users may update it through the Easy Site Builder's Site Manager. For members with advanced knowledge of HTML and other codes, a downgrade to HTML-Only mode option is available. Then, the HTML Mode's Site Manager becomes similar to the File Manager, and all pages are shown as their .htm(l) files. These files can be modified using the Freewebs WebzEdit™ text editor.
There are two ways to edit a web page on one’s website. Users may either use a WYSIWYG page editor, or an HTML editor. Although the free membership does not originally contain any forced advertisements (if using the advanced HTML editor), they do require placement of a text link back to them on your website.
When editing one’s page in easy-builder mode, a toolbar allows both premium and non-premium users to add music, backgrounds, and page effects to their web site. Some effects include leaves falling on the page, rain on the page, a cursor clock, and disabling right-clicking. Users may choose to hide the page from the template's navigation bar. Premium users may choose to password protect individual pages (with a universal username/password) from this toolbar as well.
Freewebs offers users a choices when creating a web page. Although all pages are created as .htm files, the pages each have unique features such as a Blog, Form, Profile or Guestbook
Support
| Code | Supported |
|---|---|
| ASP | No |
| CGI/Perl | Yes° |
| CSS | Yes |
| HTML | Yes |
| JavaScript | Yes |
| JSP | No |
| MSACCESS | No |
| PHP | No |
| RSS | Yes |
| SQL | No |
| SSI | Yes |
| XHTML | Yes |
| XML | Yes |
°May be purchased when using an HTML-Only account with Premium Services activated.
Press
In 2005, Freewebs was awarded the Standard of Excellence WebAward in the Web Marketing Association's WebAward Competition. In June 2006, Freewebs CEO and President Shervin Pishevar created a few headlines when he openly challenged Yahoo's Terry Semel on his company's stance re: censorship and the Chinese government.
Further reading
- Freewebs review by Free Webspace - URL accessed on September 20, 2005.
- With Over 10 Million Users Freewebs.com Maintains Leadership in Free Consumer Website Creation as Google Enters the Fray, February 26, 2006
- Brothers Cash In With Anyone Can Do It Web Page Service, Washington Post, August 3, 2006
- Freewebs President Says Boycott Yahoo, ValleyWag, June 2, 2006
- Freewebs Secures $11 Million Investment, Domains Magazine, Septeptember 11, 2006