I haven't done anything with webhosting for ages, my advice is read the Terms of Service, the User Policies, and the service details that they provide about what types of platforms/scripting codes that they support. Most will definitely support the basic stuff like microsoft, linux, and the scripting programs asp.net, javascript, and php but they can vary.
Plus you'll need to be aware of any of the hosting limits that they provide free and or for charge in various packages. It's been a while since I've checked out any potential webhosts, so their free-webhosting limits may have increased from 50 or sixty megabytes to a couple gigabytes now. I wouldn't know, been out of the loop but it will effect the overall size of your entire website if your have embedded images, a database structure, and everything else. Namely the more stuff you have in there the more storage space you'll need. Big websites notably have to pay for the extra hosting space.
Bare in mind the backup services too, if there are any provided for free webhosting, probably depends on the webhost. I remember ages ago that some webhosts would host your site but not provide a backup mechanism to recover the website if something went wrong, again, that may have changed for some I can't be certain.
Further more you should really check out what the webhost will and will not host, especially, if your posting fanfic, fanart, corporate stuff, copyrighted materials, and or adult content. I've seen websites get pulled down for being in breach of ToS rules, so read those very carefully, that and take a look through the FAQ sections of their help menus.
Beware the popups and advertising stints too, some free webhosts will plunk advertisements in your hosting space, especially, if its free.
~ Pyre
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