Dreamhost Review

Dreamhost is an affordable and convenient shared hosting service. Users can build websites with ease and an active community in the forums and Dreamhost wiki bring crowd-sourced support for almost any kind of question.

Website Software Installations - Dreamhost's "One-click Installs" allow anyone to build a website just by clicking on its picture. The advanced installation mode is a little bit more complicated (basically, you have to name the database) it is also fully customizable. Click here to see software available and the guide to installing in advanced mode.

Low Price - With a Dreamhost coupon, you can pay as little as $5.95 a month for the first year or get a lot of free domains and other extras added on to the account. For the amount of resources and access to software that you get, few web hosts offer such a great deal on the monetary side of things.

Unlimited Domains - You don't have to stop with one website! Any Dreamhost account can host as many domains as you have pointed at it. Why stop with one website when new ones can be registered for just $10 a year?

Shared hosting CPU Process Limits - Like all shared website hosts, the shared account has a limit on the amount of time it can consume from the server's CPU. Inefficient server software or heavy users loads on dynamic websites like forums can occasionally create a problem. There is no hard and fast limit, but if a website isn't coded right or the traffic just gets too big, you'll need something more powerful (and unfortunately more expensive) than a shared host. Virtual Private Servers are also available at an additional price, so even if your site does grow beyond the limits of a Dreamhost shared account you don't necessarily have to move all of the data.

Dreamhost provides a variety of different coupons and discount codes so that the customer can always pick the best deal for their individual website building plans.

Once signup is complete, the discount code cannot be changed. Cash discounts are a one-time deal, but any account service upgrades like extra bandwidth or free domains are good for the lifetime of the hosting account.

(click on the link to sign up at Dreamhost with the corresponding deal)

Saves50 - This code gives you $50 any first-time account signup, regardless of the duration of the contract.

3Free4Life - This code gives you three extra domain name registrations with a Dreamhost account. The best part? Each year you renew your hosting account, they'll pick up the tab for the domain renewals too! In the long run, this is one of the biggest coupons available.

For a full list of Dreamhost discounts and coupons, check out the link!

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Want to build a website but have little to no experience actually developing them? Don't worry! Many free and popular website software systems are available - and they can make building a domain practically as easy as interacting with a web page or email interface.

Of course, after a while, you'll probably want to learn more about the nitty-gritty details of HTML and scripting languages so you can fully customize your sites, but those skills won't be necessary to get started!

Choose from popular software installations like:

Wordpress
Gallery
ZenCart
OpenX
Pligg
Moodle
phpBB
Joomla!
MediaWiki
WebCalendar
...and even more!