Not free, but not expensive either.
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underscores@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
how did people in the 2000s afford web servers and domains ?
it seemed like everyone had their own site, my idiot child mind thought that it must be free
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 1 day ago
they cost like 10-20 bucks a month to run
llii@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
It wasn’t that expensive if you used shared hosting.
Im_old@lemmy.world 1 day ago
it was free. Geocities was free. Domains were (still are mostly) cheap. For simple web hostings there were (and still are) lots of free options
HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
Now you could host a website on a pi zero if you wanted to. Well, you could if you make a proper website and don’t just download every JS library you can find to add a button.
Im_old@lemmy.world 1 day ago
if I ever make a website again, it will still static with manually coded html. I don’t know js, I can only remember some css. Maybe I’ll put some spinning 3d buttons gifs for fun.
HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
I have used PHP as well for some but mostly stuff like display all the PNGs in this folder on this page. So that changing images in future if they provide updated ones is really easy. They usually loved that idea but most would rarely provided any. But for me it was fun to learn some PHP.
kolmaskommentoija@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
And having some web space is not that expensive either. I am not even close to using the cheapest options, but it costs me about 80€/year to run the space I use for my small hobby forum (I will not doxx myself), and some other things. Depending on what your income, and other hobbies are, that is peanuts.
NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Domains are cheap but I swear they have the most fuck-ass interpretation of inflation out of any product. My $3CAD .live domain is now nearly $50CAD/yr. Still cheap but why
bigkahuna1986@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
My .house was 35usd first two years, now is like 60usd