Free Web Hosting Review of:
Tripod.uk
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| Visit: |
Tripod.uk
(Click above to go to this free web site hosting service.) |
| Interests: |
Personal. |
| Free Web Space: |
50 MB. |
| Forced Ads: |
Frame + Popup. |
| Your Ads: |
Allowed. |
| Upload: |
FTP, Browser. |
| Editor: |
Advanced, Basic. |
| Scripting: |
PHP, SSI, FrontPage Extensions. |
| Pre-Scripts: |
Counter, FormMail, Guestbook. |
| Your URL: |
/you. |
| Other Features: |
- MySQL database.
- Statistics.
- Unlimited bandwidth.
- Unlimited file size.
- Custom error pages.
- Web-based Email.
- Instant activation.
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| Date Added: |
July 25, 2002. |
| Last Modified: |
December 18, 2006. |
| Features Rating: |
71 (out of possible 0 to 125 points)
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Average Rating: 5.61 / 10
Total Votes: 54
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39 User Testimonials/Reviews of Tripod.uk
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| Reviewed on: 2006-01-29 -
(IP: 88.109.x.x) -
Rated: 1 |
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Completely junk as far as i'm concernd. i mean like it says my password is too easy. its my everyday password, never been cracked yet, and then when i put a password that is 15 characters long, it says it must be at least 6 charaters, and then it starts saying please choose a different username, an when it finaly worked after about 20 minutes, guess what:
"Due to the maintenance work, it is not possible to change your personal details right now. Please try again later. We apologise for any inconvenience caused."
why dont they just put that message up before you try to join? this is the worst host i've seen yet.
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| Reviewed on: 2005-05-31 -
(IP: 62.255.x.x) -
Rated: 1 |
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Tripod is only a good web host if you want to spend your life complaining about poor service, adverts and general rudeness. All they ever do is give you an automated e-mail telling you to complain on the forum which they never check.
I strongly oppose Tripods free web hosting as it is shabby with tools that dont always work, ads that up 4/5 of the page and stop php scripts from working and php hosting was the only reason i came to Tripod and it seems they cannot even do that right!
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| Reviewed on: 2005-05-05 -
(IP: 62.255.x.x) -
Rated: 1 |
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Positive aspects: It has useful online features.
Negative aspects
Very invasive adverts that sometimes cover up to 3/4s of the screen. These ads stop php scripts working. They impose a visitor minimum limit you must get over 50 visitors to your site and they don't even seem to be able to count. they claim I had 11 but with a private counter counting only different IP's I counted 57.
I recomend this service only if you want to have your website covered in ads and want to have rubbish customer support features (a forum which no tripod staff actually visit).
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| Reviewed on: 2005-04-20 -
(IP: 213.122.x.x) -
Rated: 8 |
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This is probably one of the best free hosts I have come across. Ok, so it may not offer 500megs of space and it may not be ad-free, but it beats others by a long shot. I used this web host to make my first ever website, using their website builder. Since then I have learnt several website codes, and after losing my last web hosting, I needed a temporary host to test out my PHP coding. I was surprised that it actually had such good features. The only downsize, for me, is the size of the advertisements, but then, the service is great otherwise.
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| Reviewed on: 2005-04-05 -
(IP: 67.49.x.x) -
Rated: 4 |
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Pros:
* free
* 10 meg max filesize
* ftp
* php4
* perl
* 1x mysql db
Cons:
* invasive ads BREAK many php applications
* FTP upload averages 8kB/s (I can upload at 140kB/s)
* does NOT fully support PHP4
* imagemagick NOT supported
* deletes sites without 60 unique hits/month
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| Reviewed on: 2005-03-11 -
(IP: 213.122.x.x) -
Rated: 1 |
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This was my first introduction to sitebuilding back in 2001. Then it was pretty good if PAINFULLY slow to use. the on-line site builder was drastically updated and became a MONSTER to use.
The perks:
1. Good host in that the facilities now are not too bad for a complete novice who wishes to be left in peace to just muddle on and try stuff out. HTML editing is possible as long as you do it online (fine if you are on unmetered access) or you can use (if you can figure it out) their templates instead.
The not-so-funny-drawbacks:
1. Where do I begin? I had to upload my own HTML pages (as I progressed) to their benighted sitebuilder tool and wait for HOURS while it did its updating. With too few file places for uploading this could take HOURS! Add to that, that you may be on dialup and you can forget it!
2. Advertising may completely push your code out as others have mentioned. This is intrusive and EXCESSIVE. It alternated between popups which I really dislike to the now "wider-than-decent" frame on the right making it seem like YOU are actually endorsing the sites listed there. Depending on what you hope to achieve with your page you could end up with some real STINKERS which you, in effect, are advertising for.
3. The last but NOT LEAST issue I have/had- the fact that the staff DO NOT EVER RESPOND at all, ever, never, not in a million years!
This has meant that their site's locking me out of my own website means that I am tied to having a completely uneditable site which I cannot edit or REMOVE! I am mortified. No number of "lost password" retrivals have achieved anything but that I have received hundreds of auto-generated email telling me what I already KNOW my password is. And so much for me thinking perhaps it had inadvertantly been changed! I have emailed and emailed. And then I tried emailing them. And also emailing them. All to no avail.
Conclusion: Good for beginners IF it actually worked (which it still doesn't for me- I check twice or more a year...) and you don't mind excessive stress over not being able to get through to anyone or cannot cope with the advertising!
PS: I have reviewed a few free services which I gleened from this most excellent list (you guys- keep up the GOOD work!!!) but have to say- I turned traitor and paid (£14/annum)! I simply couldn't take the agro any longer. The cheap and cheerful site I am with is a marked improvement on ANYTHING I have experienced with free hosts. Remains to see if they have the staying power over the free ones!
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| Reviewed on: 2004-11-27 -
(IP: 81.146.x.x) -
Rated: 5 |
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Good package on the surface and I've (rather hesitantly- but what can you do) signed up for a second year. The tools are there and easy to use but frustratingly unreliable and although support in building the website is ok I'd be hard pushed to find a less awe inspiring support service.
I emailed them two weeks before my yearly subscription was to end to enquire what my new package would cost and any additions- didn't get anything back at all. Emailed four times in total and was repeatedly ignored (despite having seen the yearly subscription moved from my bank account). Consequently I lost my page and email for two weeks. I'll move this year.
Altogether a decent package for your first website but be prepared for downtime, frustratingly ignorant support and lots of unreliable tools.
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| Reviewed on: 2004-09-24 -
(IP: 69.157.x.x) -
Rated: 10 |
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This site is pretty good, I used this to make my game Legend of the Green Dragon. The server is slow at times, but what can you expect for free services? Like, you shouldn't expect fast paid servers on a free account. Overall there Hosting is good, and I reccomend it if you need a quick easy-to-make host.
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| Reviewed on: 2004-09-23 -
(IP: 62.252.x.x) -
Rated: 1 |
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Absolutely atrocious. Every possible type of forced ad you can imagine is employed here. The frames mess up all your layout, things wipe across your content. Just don't do it. Plenty of other places give as much without forcing you to have foul pages.
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| Reviewed on: 2004-06-20 -
(IP: 213.107.x.x) -
Rated: 10 |
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Now you have ad settings so like you can change the frame to google textlinks.
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