i've designed a website using html and css by hand.
i want to get hosted somewhere & i have all the ftp stuff.
how do i do this?

do i have to pay at a site like freewebs and then get hosted
or what?

depends, do you want a domain or a sub-domain?

try looking here if you want a sub-domain. [ie http://you.sitename.com or http://www.sitename.com/you]

if you want a freewebs account that is ; http://www.freewebs.com/you

it's free

if you want your own domain name like http://yourchoiceofsitename.com

you have to buy the domain name and look for hosts.

depending on your host, you'll either get ftp service or cpanel.

i want a subdomain.
i'm saying freewebs and other sites like that make you pay to use ftp services.
is there a way i can do this without paying?

for freewebs, they have a html editor , you don't even have to do ftp.

once again, go through the hostsees looking for hosts page; see what they've got to offer. most subdomains give free ftp service

I seriously doubt Freewebs is going to charge you to upload stuff. Most free hosting servers just have a kind of built-in FTP that you can log on to and transfer files through.

But if you're looking for a subdomain, you can check out the Hosts Looking for Hostees page or post on the Hostees Looking for Hosts topic.

I don't think Freewebs has FTP (I'm not sure) but it does allow you to upload from your computer though it takes a while if you have a lot of things.

I would suggest you browse through some sites that are hosting. You can usually find hosts through other people's affiliates.

Here's one http://chanlu.org/hosting/

freewebs does charge but i'll just use the regular version instead.
it seemed quicker when i used to use microsoft frontpage and i figured ftp worked the same.
i need to use ftp so i could use a blog service like cutephp.

but thanks anyways.