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I am so annoyed right now!
One of my websites is currently being hosted by Bravenet.com. Boy do they suck. First of all, when I purchased my domain name I didn't know that it was only an http, not a www. When I wrote them about this they said that either one would work. Anyways, I paid $8.95 for my domain (http://thefinancyfairy.com) and I have had nothing but trouble since I started using their service.

Let me tell you that I'm not the most web savvy person out there, but I'm also not new to this whole thing either.

If you use Bravenet's hosting service, keep in mind that your template options are pretty crappy. There aren't many options. All their pre-made templates have about five boxes on each page for text or whatever. If you don't put anything in these boxes they still show up on your page (empty) and make your site look incomplete. Now I advertise for Clickbank and have product ads to fill these boxes with. However, I have to add my HTML codes (for the products) to each page manually. There doesn't seem to be a way to add anything into all the boxes at the same time.

Another confusion, when I add a page it automatically goes into my site navigation. That's fine, except my site needs different categories for each page since I have a combination of articles, credit offers, and related products. I cannot find a way to turn my "pages" into categories on my navigation.

Then, I uploaded some PHP files for my site and even paid to use their PHP file service. Well, I don't know if it's because I use a MAC, or if it's Bravenet themselves, but I am unable to configure any of my files to use on my site.

Aside from all the hassles of trying to create a pretty basic site, I also subscribed to their so-called "traffic builder." Let me just tell you that whenever I type in my address (http://thefinancefairy.com) it redirects me to some stupid Bravenet page. If I click the back button it will take me to my site, though most people won't know to do this. What a mess!!!

Whenever I have a problem I contact customer service. When they respond, every word in their message is not only misspelled, but they never answer my question. When I asked why my PHP files weren't working, they said "What PHP files?" I know they uploaded properly, but the customer service guys don't even see them!

I am so aggravated. Sure my site is being hosted for free, but I can't believe how impossible it is to use their service.

The point is, if you need a web host, don't try Bravenet unless you have a degree in computers.

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