http://officelive.microsoft.com/

CharlieDeLong · 06-08-2006, 08:31 AM

So... has anyone tried this whole beta test for Microsoft Office Live? Basically it's a (from what I can see - limited) web host. I listed my PROS and CONS below... Feel free to add your own to the list...

PROS:
It's FREE (basic option free before and after beta).
Includes hosting and free top level domain.

CONS:
Microsoft advertisement on YOUR finished site.
No html code support.
Can't add blog/message board/anything web2.0ish
Virtually no support

CharlieDeLong · 06-08-2006, 08:41 AM

UPDATE:
I just came across this site:
https://boards.live.com/officeliveboards/
Which is full of info on the details... Check it out. I just wish that Google would have thought of this...

andrew247 · 06-08-2006, 08:54 AM

I think the disadvantages outweight the advantages on this free offer.

Platypus · 06-08-2006, 10:21 AM

I agree. And web hosting is cheap enough now anyway. It would be cool though, if there was free web hosting with NO advertisements. Not gonna happen though....

CharlieDeLong · 06-08-2006, 09:04 PM

I just wanted to add that the web based site designer sucks really bad.

I had the crazy thought of putting some (minor) html code into it to see what it does and it just displays it like I pasted it...

Also, I am still unsuccessful at getting the SPAN id=highlight_tag style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #ee6600; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow; EE6600: "image[/color] SPAN id=highlight_tag style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: blue; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ccffff; blue: "uploader[/color] to work...

One "hack" type thing I did learn, though... You have the ability to upload almost any file to the "documents" folder... So in my case I uploaded my entire site there (www.magandchar.com/documents), then if you add the html file to the equasion you end up with this address: http://magandchar.com/documents/index.htmwhich loads just like it did with my old host... This gives it a little more potential... My site is basically a home page anyway with links to the password protected info (which, from what I was told, is required by Quixtar, my business...) so I think I can make it work...

The only thing that won't work at all is pulling the feed from my weblog, but I just did that to see if it would work...

Has anyone else on here signed up? i would love to hear more feedback...

cruocitae · 06-09-2006, 11:56 AM

Bleh, I highly doubt MS runs php on their server, and I'm far from Asp.net.. bah, I hate these awful offers.. just fulling the net.. domains for nothing.

06-08-2006, 08:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
CharlieDeLong Junior Googler Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Central NY Posts: 47 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	http://officelive.microsoft.com/ So... has anyone tried this whole beta test for Microsoft Office Live? Basically it's a (from what I can see - limited) web host. I listed my PROS and CONS below... Feel free to add your own to the list... PROS: It's FREE (basic option free before and after beta). Includes hosting and free top level domain. CONS: Microsoft advertisement on YOUR finished site. No html code support. Can't add blog/message board/anything web2.0ish Virtually no support

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CharlieDeLong Junior Googler Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Central NY Posts: 47 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	UPDATE: I just came across this site: https://boards.live.com/officeliveboards/ Which is full of info on the details... Check it out. I just wish that Google would have thought of this...

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Platypus Senior Googler Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 126 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I agree. And web hosting is cheap enough now anyway. It would be cool though, if there was free web hosting with NO advertisements. Not gonna happen though....

06-08-2006, 09:04 PM	#5 (permalink)
CharlieDeLong Junior Googler Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Central NY Posts: 47 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I just wanted to add that the web based site designer sucks really bad. I had the crazy thought of putting some (minor) html code into it to see what it does and it just displays it like I pasted it... Also, I am still unsuccessful at getting the SPAN id=highlight_tag style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #ee6600; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow; EE6600: "image[/color] SPAN id=highlight_tag style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: blue; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ccffff; blue: "uploader[/color] to work... One "hack" type thing I did learn, though... You have the ability to upload almost any file to the "documents" folder... So in my case I uploaded my entire site there (www.magandchar.com/documents), then if you add the html file to the equasion you end up with this address: http://magandchar.com/documents/index.htmwhich loads just like it did with my old host... This gives it a little more potential... My site is basically a home page anyway with links to the password protected info (which, from what I was told, is required by Quixtar, my business...) so I think I can make it work... The only thing that won't work at all is pulling the feed from my weblog, but I just did that to see if it would work... Has anyone else on here signed up? i would love to hear more feedback...

06-09-2006, 11:56 AM	#6 (permalink)
cruocitae Master Googler Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Terminus Posts: 531 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Bleh, I highly doubt MS runs php on their server, and I'm far from Asp.net.. bah, I hate these awful offers.. just fulling the net.. domains for nothing.

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