ATSPACE ATSPACE.COM is my pick for the best totally free web hosting service if you don't require any server-side scripting like PHP, Perl or SSI to run your website. They are highly professional, your free hosting request will be instantly activated and no banners will be displayed on your site. Here are their details: GENERAL FREE DOMAIN HOSTING: YES (Unlimited) SUBDOMAINS: YES (Unlimited) SUBDOMAIN URL TYPE: your-name.atspace.com BANDWIDTH: Unlimited DISK SPACE: 50 MB ADS FORCED ADS: NO YOUR OWN ADS: YES SCRIPTING CGI-BIN: NO SCRIPTS SUPPORTED: NO SCRIPT INSTALLER: NO DATABASES MySQL: NO MYSQL DATABASE SPACE: N/A SITE MANAGEMENT WEB EDITING TOOLS: NO FRONT PAGE EXTENSIONS: NO CONTROL PANEL: NO EMAIL EMAIL: POP3 (Unlimited) SMTP: NO UPLOAD FTP ACCOUNT: YES FILE SIZE LIMIT: 200 KB SUPPORTED FILE TYPES: Flash okay STATS SITE STATS: NO ACCESS LOGS: NO ^ Back to top ^ 50WEBS 50WEBS is another free website hosting service for those who only need to use HTML, CSS and Javascript to create their web presence. They're not quite as professional as AtSpace but they offer a little more disk space. Here are their details: GENERAL FREE DOMAIN HOSTING: YES (Unlimited) SUBDOMAINS: YES (Unlimited) SUBDOMAIN URL TYPE: your-name.50webs.com BANDWIDTH: Unlimited DISK SPACE: 60 MB ADS FORCED ADS: NO YOUR OWN ADS: YES SCRIPTING CGI-BIN: NO SCRIPTS SUPPORTED: NO SCRIPT INSTALLER: NO DATABASES MySQL: NO MYSQL DATABASE SPACE: N/A SITE MANAGEMENT WEB EDITING TOOLS: NO FRONT PAGE EXTENSIONS: NO CONTROL PANEL: Web-based (very basic) EMAIL EMAIL: POP3 SMTP: NO UPLOAD FTP ACCOUNT: YES FILE SIZE LIMIT: 300 KB SUPPORTED FILE TYPES: MP3 & Flash okay (refer to FAQ) STATS SITE STATS: NO ACCESS LOGS: NO ^ Back to top ^ FREEHOSTIA FREEHOSTIA offers up a fabulous and full-featured free web hosting package (and no ads!) for those who need PHP support and a MySQL database for their website. My only gripe with these guys is the sign-up process which asks for a lot of personal information as well as gives the impression that you have to pay for something by requiring you to choose between using a credit card or Paypal. But in fact there is no charge (I just selected the Paypal option and my account was activated instantly, no further questions asked). Other than that, I was very impressed with this hosting setup. Here are their details: GENERAL FREE DOMAIN HOSTING: YES (1) SUBDOMAINS: YES (5) SUBDOMAIN URL TYPE: your-name.freehostia.com BANDWIDTH: 5 GB/month Disk Space: 250 MB ADS FORCED ADS: NO YOUR OWN ADS: YES SCRIPTING CGI-BIN: NO SCRIPTS SUPPORTED: PHP, Perl, SSI, CGI SCRIPT INSTALLER: YES (Elefante Installer) DATABASES MySQL: 1 MYSQL DATABASE SPACE: 10 MB SITE MANAGEMENT WEB EDITING TOOLS: NO FRONT PAGE EXTENSIONS: YES CONTROL PANEL: Web-based EMAIL EMAIL: POP3 (x3) SMTP: NO UPLOAD FTP ACCOUNT: YES FILE SIZE LIMIT: 500 KB SUPPORTED FILE TYPES: ALL STATS SITE STATS: YES (Webalizer) ACCESS LOGS: YES ^ Back to top ^ 100WEBSPACE 100WEBSPACE is among the oldest and most well established of those offering up free web space hosting. They hand out a full-featured web hosting package which means you get server-side scripting (PHP, Perl, etc), databases, POP3 email and webmail, the whole kit and kaboodle. On top of this their technical support is spectacular. The price of all this is you will have to display their banner ads at the top of all your web pages. The consolation here is that this means they are making money (you want this, believe me) which in turn means they will survive (and so will your site). Here are their details: GENERAL FREE DOMAIN HOSTING: YES (1) SUBDOMAINS: YES (5) SUBDOMAIN URL TYPE: your-name.[server name].com BANDWIDTH: 3 GB/month Disk Space: 100 MB ADS FORCED ADS: Banner and text links at top YOUR OWN ADS: YES SCRIPTING CGI-BIN: NO (Scripts run in all directories) SCRIPTS SUPPORTED: SSI, PHP, Perl, CGI SCRIPT INSTALLER: NO DATABASES MySQL: 1 MYSQL DATABASE SPACE: 5MB SITE MANAGEMENT WEB EDITING TOOLS: NO FRONT PAGE EXTENSIONS: YES CONTROL PANEL: Web based EMAIL EMAIL: 3 POP3 accounts, 3 Aliases SMTP: NO UPLOAD FTP ACCOUNT: YES FILE SIZE LIMIT: 500 KB SUPPORTED FILE TYPES: No streaming audio/video STATS SITE STATS: Webalizer 2.01 ACCESS LOGS: NO ^ Back to top ^ AWARDSPACE AWARDSPACE provides an outstanding free bannerless web hosting package although it can be a little quirky. The web based control panel is a little slow and clunky and the FTP login has an incredibly short inactivity timeout setting. There's also this list of forbidden words (which is top secret) that cannot be used on your site. If they are used, the web page will reportedly redirect to another (Terms of Service - 5.g). This is reportedly done for legal reasons although forum moderators were unable to explain why AwardSpace was apparently the only free web host that found it necessary to do this. Definitely not my cup of tea but they're getting rave reviews elsewhere so I thought I'd include them. Here are their details: GENERAL FREE DOMAIN HOSTING: YES (2) SUBDOMAINS: YES (5) SUBDOMAIN URL TYPE: your-name.awardspace.com BANDWIDTH: 5 GB/month Disk Space: 200 MB ADS FORCED ADS: NO YOUR OWN ADS: YES SCRIPTING CGI-BIN: NO SCRIPTS SUPPORTED: PHP, CGI, SSI, Perl SCRIPT INSTALLER: YES (Zachy Tools Installer) DATABASES MySQL: 1 MYSQL DATABASE SPACE: N/A SITE MANAGEMENT WEB EDITING TOOLS: NO FRONT PAGE EXTENSIONS: YES CONTROL PANEL: Web-based EMAIL EMAIL: 5 SMTP: NO UPLOAD FTP ACCOUNT: YES FILE SIZE LIMIT: 500 KB SUPPORTED FILE TYPES: All of the following file types are forbidden: .htacl, .htaclu, .avi, .mov, .mp2, .mp3, .mpeg, .ram, .asf, .quota, .vbs, .shs, .scr, .exe, .cmd, .torrent, .wmv, .wma, .rm, .zip, .htacl, .htaclu, .avi, .mov, .mp2, .mp3, .mpeg, .ram, .asf, .quota, .vbs, .shs, .scr, .exe, .cmd, .torrent, .wmv, .wma, .rm, .zip STATS SITE STATS: YES (kinda sorta) ACCESS LOGS: NO