Hi,

I was wondering if I can have some advice on a hosting solution.

I was tasked by an impecunious  volunteer group to create and put on
line a basic newsletter.

This newsletter would contain some photos of events, a calendar,
articles, comments, etc. and is to be updated weekly, if not more
often, but will attract a limited number of visits, and therefore its
bandwidth needs will be limited.

For this reason I was thinking of some sort of basic CMS especially
because I wanted to separate the layout from the contents (i.e. I'd be
happy to teach our computerophobic secretary how to enter the new text
in some sort of database, but not how to create or modify pages).

The advice I need is actually on two fronts.

1) All the open source CMS I found require PHP and MySQL
2) All the cheaper hosting solutions do not offer PHP and/or MySQL

Do you have any idea on how I can reconcile the two needs? Such as for
instance, do you know of some CMS system (or equally suitable system)
which doesn't require PHP? or do you know of some basic hosting that
offers it?

TIA

Lorenz

[L.]

<alt.internet.providers.uk , [L.] , null@null.dev>

<Sat, 11 Feb 2006 17:06:00 퍍>

> 1) All the open source CMS I found require PHP and MySQL
> 2) All the cheaper hosting solutions do not offer PHP and/or MySQL
> 
> Do you have any idea on how I can reconcile the two needs? Such as for
> instance, do you know of some CMS system (or equally suitable system)
> which doesn't require PHP? or do you know of some basic hosting that
> offers it?
> 

34sp.com was £15 a year the last time I looked and you get php/mysql .

If your volunteer group do the 'but we dont want to pay' routine them 
wave ta ta to them and dont waste any more of your time .

[L.] wrote:
snip
> The advice I need is actually on two fronts.
> 
> 1) All the open source CMS I found require PHP and MySQL
> 2) All the cheaper hosting solutions do not offer PHP and/or MySQL
> 
snip

Assuming £30 is OK see.
  http://www.dataflame.co.uk/hostinglinux_all.html
Have not used it yet but planning a similar thing.
Also
	http://www.ukdomains.com/hosting.html
	http://www.blackcatnetworks.co.uk/services/hosting
seem low cost.

Eddie

At 17:06:00 on Sat, 11 Feb 2006, "[L.]"  wrote in 
:

>This newsletter would contain some photos of events, a calendar,
>articles, comments, etc. and is to be updated weekly, if not more
>often, but will attract a limited number of visits, and therefore its
>bandwidth needs will be limited.
>
>For this reason I was thinking of some sort of basic CMS especially
>because I wanted to separate the layout from the contents (i.e. I'd be
>happy to teach our computerophobic secretary how to enter the new text
>in some sort of database, but not how to create or modify pages).

Have you thought about a blog?  Blogger allows you to customise the 
template (or create your own) using CSS, and the resulting blog can 
either be linked to externally or integrated internally in the web site. 
(I have implemented this, but I've just been looking into it for a 
client who specifically requested a solution like of this sort.)
-- 
Molly Mockford
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin
(My Reply-To address *is* valid, though may not remain so for ever.)

"[L.]"  wrote in message 
news:l86su1l62crstlmo2le0db3kb52ismnqos@4ax.com...
> Hi,
>

> 2) All the cheaper hosting solutions do not offer PHP and/or MySQL

It depend son your definition of "cheap".

£29 per year:
http://www.myqth.co.uk

Includes 5 Mysql databases, PHP and 3000MB of disk space.


-- 
Gordon Hudson || Hostroute.com Ltd
e-mail:ghudson [at] hostroute.net
http://www.hostroute.co.uk/resellers Host 5 web sites for £9 per month
http://www.nameroute.co.uk/ Domain Names with free hosting and email
http://www.myqth.co.uk/ 3000MB of web space for £29 per year

[L.] wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I was wondering if I can have some advice on a hosting solution.
> 
> I was tasked by an impecunious  volunteer group to create and put on
> line a basic newsletter.
> 
> This newsletter would contain some photos of events, a calendar,
> articles, comments, etc. and is to be updated weekly, if not more
> often, but will attract a limited number of visits, and therefore its
> bandwidth needs will be limited.
> 
> For this reason I was thinking of some sort of basic CMS especially
> because I wanted to separate the layout from the contents (i.e. I'd be
> happy to teach our computerophobic secretary how to enter the new text
> in some sort of database, but not how to create or modify pages).
> 
> The advice I need is actually on two fronts.
> 
> 1) All the open source CMS I found require PHP and MySQL
> 2) All the cheaper hosting solutions do not offer PHP and/or MySQL

http://www.jamroll.co.uk/  was mentioned in another group many months
ago.  They only ask that you have your own domain name (you can get a
..org.uk for a few pounds, or a .info for as little as US$ 2.99 so it
should not break the bank), and they add a few text link adverts as
their way of covering costs.   I've not used them but you could look
on some site like www.webhostingtalk.com for comments by other users.

They offer 350 MB web space, 5 GB/month traffic, and 2x MySQL db:

- PHP / CGI / PERL / FTP
- 30 Email Address's
- Addon CGI Scripts
- PhpMyAdmin
- Fantastico

Looks like this is not UK-based hosting, and support is via forum.
But could otherwise provide all you want... or try search tools!

On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:12:09 +0000, anon 
wrote:

>[L.] wrote:
>

>> 
>> 1) All the open source CMS I found require PHP and MySQL
>> 2) All the cheaper hosting solutions do not offer PHP and/or MySQL
>
>http://www.jamroll.co.uk/  was mentioned in another group many months
>ago.  They only ask that you have your own domain name (you can get a
>.org.uk for a few pounds, or a .info for as little as US$ 2.99 so it
>should not break the bank), and they add a few text link adverts as
>their way of covering costs.   I've not used them but you could look
>on some site like www.webhostingtalk.com for comments by other users.


Thanks a lot to all for the comments and the suggestions. Armed with
this I will now go the treasurer and tell him that 30 quid a year is
actually cheaper than postage...

Lorenz

[L.]

"[L.]"  wrote in message 
news:l86su1l62crstlmo2le0db3kb52ismnqos@4ax.com...
: Hi,
:
: I was wondering if I can have some advice on a hosting solution.
:
: I was tasked by an impecunious  volunteer group to create and put on
: line a basic newsletter.
:
: This newsletter would contain some photos of events, a calendar,
: articles, comments, etc. and is to be updated weekly, if not more
: often, but will attract a limited number of visits, and therefore its
: bandwidth needs will be limited.
:
: For this reason I was thinking of some sort of basic CMS especially
: because I wanted to separate the layout from the contents (i.e. I'd be
: happy to teach our computerophobic secretary how to enter the new text
: in some sort of database, but not how to create or modify pages).
:
: The advice I need is actually on two fronts.
:
: 1) All the open source CMS I found require PHP and MySQL
: 2) All the cheaper hosting solutions do not offer PHP and/or MySQL
:
: Do you have any idea on how I can reconcile the two needs? Such as for
: instance, do you know of some CMS system (or equally suitable system)
: which doesn't require PHP? or do you know of some basic hosting that
: offers it?
:
: TIA
:
: Lorenz
:
: [L.]

I have used 99p host (http://www.99phost.co.uk/)for some time now no 
problems.

Chris

-- 
Cheap As Chips Broadband http://yeah.kick-butt.co.uk

"[L.]"  wrote in message 
news:l86su1l62crstlmo2le0db3kb52ismnqos@4ax.com...
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if I can have some advice on a hosting solution.
>
> I was tasked by an impecunious  volunteer group to create and put on
> line a basic newsletter.
>
> This newsletter would contain some photos of events, a calendar,
> articles, comments, etc. and is to be updated weekly, if not more
> often, but will attract a limited number of visits, and therefore its
> bandwidth needs will be limited.
>
> For this reason I was thinking of some sort of basic CMS especially
> because I wanted to separate the layout from the contents (i.e. I'd be
> happy to teach our computerophobic secretary how to enter the new text
> in some sort of database, but not how to create or modify pages).
>
> The advice I need is actually on two fronts.
>
> 1) All the open source CMS I found require PHP and MySQL
> 2) All the cheaper hosting solutions do not offer PHP and/or MySQL
>
> Do you have any idea on how I can reconcile the two needs? Such as for
> instance, do you know of some CMS system (or equally suitable system)
> which doesn't require PHP? or do you know of some basic hosting that
> offers it?
>
> TIA
>
> Lorenz
>
> [L.]

Hi,

In a few weeks time we will offer UK based hosting.

www.csnewmedia.com

Regards,

Carl Shepherdson, General Manager
CS New Media
www.csnewmedia.com

On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 17:06:00 +0000, "[L.]"  wrote:
>I was wondering if I can have some advice on a hosting solution.
>
>I was tasked by an impecunious  volunteer group to create and put on
>line a basic newsletter.
>1) All the open source CMS I found require PHP and MySQL
>2) All the cheaper hosting solutions do not offer PHP and/or MySQL

I have been using www.me2uweb.com for a few years, their £30 per year
(+VAT) deal offers PHP and MySQL, and easy setup of forums with phpBB
and a CMS phpNuke which may suit your needs.

I've used them for a variety of sites for volunteer type groups, and
they seem to offer a reasonable balance between cheap and reliable.

Steve