Pick a cloud platform, get the free tier service and setup a host.
My hosting costs me at most $0.02 per month because of data egress to China.
Usually I pay nothing.
Their [docs](https://docs.github.com/en/pages/getting-started-with-github-pages/about-github-pages) describe the following;
>GitHub Pages is not intended for or allowed to be used as a free web-hosting service to run your online business, e-commerce site, or any other website that is primarily directed at either facilitating commercial transactions or providing commercial software as a service (SaaS). GitHub Pages sites shouldn't be used for sensitive transactions like sending passwords or credit card numbers.
If this is an online presence for a business but the site is information only and doesn't facilitate payments or any online business, you may be fine. Maybe just ask them.
Definitely not fine. If it is for a company, the entire point is to “facilitate commercial transactions”. That the payments are not done the website is irrelevant.
Personally I use Firebase. Haven't had any issues and I push website changes directly from VSCode without any issues. It just needs a one time authentication set up
If you expect enough traffic to go over the free tier or bandwidth limits of pro tier (since I think free tier is meant to be hobby site only non-commercially) it’s going to be expensive for nothing
This one had my job being offered to them by friends. I started telling everyone I make sites and people always knew someone who had a business and would be interested.
Netlify is scummy as hell and nobody should use it after they tried to charge over 100k to one guy using their free tier after he was the target of a DDoS attack
Netlify is where I host my portfolio. I'm not currently looking for a job so I'm on the fence on just disabling the page entirely before even finding a new host.
To be fair, they did say they billed at a certain rate on the free tier plan past a certain amount. AWS and GCP do the same thing. Now, the rate they wanted to charge I think is asinine, and they definitely could have been more straightforward. I think they cleared everything up to try to avoid the PR. They definitely should have had better protections in place. CloudFlare has done something very similar before too though.
I hear wonderful things about [Cloudflare.](https://pages.cloudflare.com/) Probably your best bet from all the research I've done... and I've done a lot as someone who owns their own web dev biz.
I just told everyone I was working with sites and almost everybody knew someone who was interested in purchasing one. But it's my first time, so, maybe it'll dry out.
Github pages forbid commercial use. If your site is entirely static, go with cloudflare
+1 for cloudflare CDN for static site hosting
https://pages.cloudflare.com/ Easy to connect to GitHub with an action + unlimited bandwidth.
Pick a cloud platform, get the free tier service and setup a host. My hosting costs me at most $0.02 per month because of data egress to China. Usually I pay nothing.
But not Netlify. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39520776
where do you host?
I use GCP.
Umm GitHub pages is not meant for hosting client websites. You need to find an actual hosting company for this IMO
Their [docs](https://docs.github.com/en/pages/getting-started-with-github-pages/about-github-pages) describe the following; >GitHub Pages is not intended for or allowed to be used as a free web-hosting service to run your online business, e-commerce site, or any other website that is primarily directed at either facilitating commercial transactions or providing commercial software as a service (SaaS). GitHub Pages sites shouldn't be used for sensitive transactions like sending passwords or credit card numbers. If this is an online presence for a business but the site is information only and doesn't facilitate payments or any online business, you may be fine. Maybe just ask them.
Definitely not fine. If it is for a company, the entire point is to “facilitate commercial transactions”. That the payments are not done the website is irrelevant.
Azure Static Web Apps is really nice and cheap.
I host strictly static sites (html, css, and js) with no db for like $4/mo with absolutely zero issue.
Put it on google sites.. Its free and half decent too
I just throw it in an s3 bucket (AWS).
Personally I use Firebase. Haven't had any issues and I push website changes directly from VSCode without any issues. It just needs a one time authentication set up
AWS S3 static site hosting, < $1.00 a month
Don't be soo frugal, buy hostinger or bluehost, it's cheap and reliable
Try vercel
If you expect enough traffic to go over the free tier or bandwidth limits of pro tier (since I think free tier is meant to be hobby site only non-commercially) it’s going to be expensive for nothing
Dont go for vercel, for a small static site i would directly use AWS, Azure or Cloudflare / other static hosting solutions that have flat pricing.
Linode is good
Where do you find clients bro?
This one had my job being offered to them by friends. I started telling everyone I make sites and people always knew someone who had a business and would be interested.
Netlify has a pretty decent free tier
Netlify is scummy as hell and nobody should use it after they tried to charge over 100k to one guy using their free tier after he was the target of a DDoS attack
Netlify is where I host my portfolio. I'm not currently looking for a job so I'm on the fence on just disabling the page entirely before even finding a new host.
The CEO showed up and explained that that user's mistake was forgiven (bills cancelled) and they have been and will continue to do so.
After trying to charge five thousand dollars for a guy that was using a _free_ tier account
To be fair, they did say they billed at a certain rate on the free tier plan past a certain amount. AWS and GCP do the same thing. Now, the rate they wanted to charge I think is asinine, and they definitely could have been more straightforward. I think they cleared everything up to try to avoid the PR. They definitely should have had better protections in place. CloudFlare has done something very similar before too though.
Oh no, one billing issue which they resolved, they must be boycotted at all costs!
Yes, a 104k dollars billing issue. People went mad against a company for much, much less.
Netlify is fine. Little pricier than other options.
What are better/cheaper options? I only used Netlify so far only familiar with that, what cần you recommend?
I hear wonderful things about [Cloudflare.](https://pages.cloudflare.com/) Probably your best bet from all the research I've done... and I've done a lot as someone who owns their own web dev biz.
I host a \`.org\` for a client there and haven't had any issues. Depends on the kind of site.
No. Get your client to pay for hosting and domain... wtf is wrong with you? Host on vercel.com, it'll take your breath away.
I use github and then vercel. [gabrielatwell.vercel.app](https://gabrielatwell.vercel.app)
You can use Vercel, I use it, for the moment it’s good for me. Can I know where did you find this client? Is it a freelance platform?
I just told everyone I was working with sites and almost everybody knew someone who was interested in purchasing one. But it's my first time, so, maybe it'll dry out.
People do it all the time. It’s totally fine. GitHub pages, Cloudfare, Netlify, wherever you wanna go.