any free blog host that allows blocking IP's via .htaccess or something similar?

[Valhalla1]

I have a buddy who wants to put up a private blog for internal company updates, but he doesn't want to pay anything (typical)

I told him its easy to setup a free blog on wordpress or blogger, but they don't let you lock it down to only certain ip addresses via .htaccess which is what he wants.

I googled around for free webhosts that have wordpress and found 'dreamhosters' which has free apps including wordpress, but there was no file manager or ftp/shell access to setup a .htaccess file

there is a wordpress plugin I saw which lets you configure .htaccess but I had no permissions on dreamhosters to install plugins.

so, anyone have any ideas? other free webhosts with wordpress that allow .htaccess, or other ways he can block access except to a whitelist of ip's besides .htaccess?

 

[Nik]

http://www.webhostingtalk.com

 

[Malak]

If it is for a company, why don't you just host it on the company's website?

 

[Valhalla1]

long story, but they dont conduct business online or have a website, they just want an internal blog thats able to be locked down to only a whitelist of ips

I'll signup at that forum and ask there Nik, thanks

 

[Crusty]

long story, but they dont conduct business online or have a website, they just want an internal blog thats able to be locked down to only a whitelist of ips

Then why not host it internally at their office?

 

[xanis]

I would find a free web host where you can set up Wordpress. Once you do that, you can manage IPs via a plugin like WP-Ban.

EDIT: I know that you can get a free hosted WP blog at wordpress.com, but I don't know if they allow you to add plugins beyond the default. Might be something to look into though.

 

[speg]

Why can't he just get a shared host somewhere for $10?

 

[Patranus]

Just run it from a machine on the LAN.
Really not the hard to setup.
No need for external hosting.

 

[bhanson]

http://www.webhostingtalk.com

*http://www.freewebhostingtalk.com/

Although the other suggestions are better.

 

[blinblue]

Just saw this on slickdeals earlier today
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?sduid=222104&t=2759075
Can't go wrong for 99 cents for 3 years of hosting.