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Chris Franklin
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Posted: 28th Nov 2006 11:16 Edited at: 30th Nov 2006 10:08
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Hi everyone

After all that the community's given i haven't really gave much back (If anything really ) so i decided to setup a webhost for you all basiclly my friend gave me 5 domains for free (sunrise3d.co.uk , rct3rc.net , whiteknucklegame.com , 3drz.com , greatgames3d.com )

And well i've got unlimited diskspace and bandwidth so... i thought why not host i get it all for free and i'm allowed to do whatever i want with it , i'm already hosting batvink and he seems happy with it.

BOTH Plans are free it's if you have a domain or not that varys the plan a bit.

Basic plan:
Disk space Unlimited
MySQL databases quota Unlimited
Traffic Unlimited
Mailboxes 1
Redirects 1
Autoresponders 1
MySQL databases 1
FTP 2

Completely free

Pro Package:
Validity period Nov 28, 2006 Unlimited
Disk space Unlimited
MySQL databases quota Unlimited
Microsoft SQL databases quota Unlimited
Traffic Unlimited
Mailboxes Unlimited
Redirects Unlimited
Mail groups Unlimited
Autoresponders Unlimited
Mailing lists Unlimited
MySQL databases Unlimited
MS SQL databases Unlimited
Shared SSL links Unlimited

Completely free again

Screenshot of plesk:
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/xt/xt_apollo_pic.php?i=1058851

Sorry if this seems a bit "omg that's so unfair just coz i don't have a domain i don't get load's extra" well most of the pro package is only accessable via plesk and for each account i'll manually setup a blank db and mail box and ftp for everyone hence why it'd be to much to keep up with

What server does it run on?
this is a dedicated server a friend of mine gave me, he runs totalgamerz.net and said to me i could do hosting if i want

Post below if it's of any intrest to you and i'll get everything setup with the details you want.

Note: Horde webamil is broken at the moment so mailbox's are broke temporairly.

Statuslesk works at the moment but http and https have died

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BatVink
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Posted: 28th Nov 2006 11:58
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It's working well for me. I set up a site using Joomla CMS yesterday, complete with new domain name.



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Chris Franklin
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Posted: 28th Nov 2006 12:36
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See perfect Glad it's working fine batvink , that domain was online pretty snappy as well registered it ith the 2 ns servers had it online but the morning

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Kenjar
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Would you be interested in taking over www.darkbasichelp.co.uk and www.openmmo.co.uk?


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Chris Franklin
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Posted: 28th Nov 2006 13:17
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Quote: "Would you be interested in taking over www.darkbasichelp.co.uk and www.openmmo.co.uk?"

what you mean taking over? i'd be happy to hel run them and host them but like the domain(s) would still need to be payed for by someone (because i haven't got enough at the moment to pay for domains like i said i got those 5 for free and i doubt i can get anymore now :/ ) but yea sounds cool need a bit more info first though

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Posted: 28th Nov 2006 15:28
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Does we need an own server for "joomla"??

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Chris Franklin
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Posted: 28th Nov 2006 15:37
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Quote: "Does we need an own server for "joomla"??"


nah it'll run on the server i'm hosting via. (Windows )

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Kenjar
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Posted: 28th Nov 2006 15:41 Edited at: 28th Nov 2006 15:45
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Quote: "what you mean taking over? i'd be happy to hel run them and host them but like the domain(s) would still need to be payed for by someone (because i haven't got enough at the moment to pay for domains like i said i got those 5 for free and i doubt i can get anymore now :/ ) but yea sounds cool need a bit more info first though "


The domains are paid up for the next two years. But I'm starting to wonder, with the last years expenses, how I'm going to pay for the hosting account in march. I had hoped that a couple of people would by cheaper hosting from me (it's £45 a year with domain, for a single account with these people, I offered at £25 - £35 (depending if they wanted a .com)) Just two of these would have put me in the c lear. But free offers like this have removed any chance of my making enough to cover those other projects. Donation requests, never work on the general public. I'm able to keep paying for the SVN's that those projects (blackout and openmmo) are using, but the website hosting is definately looking shaky.


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Posted: 28th Nov 2006 15:59
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kenjar - are you selling the domain name or are you looking for somewhere to host it?

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Posted: 28th Nov 2006 16:39
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I got confused here too. Chris asked me earlier, I thought he was asking me to manage the sites

Kenjar, if you can change the nameservers for your domains, then Chris can host it.



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Posted: 28th Nov 2006 16:44
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Chris, where are these sites hosted, I assume you've got a reseller account somewhere?

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Posted: 28th Nov 2006 17:48
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I've found just one issue, but it may be fixable. I am assuming that PHP is running in safe mode, and it plays havok with component installations in Joomla. I don't think individual users can change this?



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Posted: 28th Nov 2006 17:55
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Going on what Kentaree said, I'd only ever have someone host my account if they had a reseller account with plesk access (or similar) - I'm sure this is the case with Chris's hosting however.

I've seen a number of sites go down because they've broken the usage policy by hosting external sites - perhaps most noticeably, Jimmy's site.

If you can pull it off, and it's stable enough, it sounds like Chris here has got a good deal.

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Chris Franklin
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Posted: 28th Nov 2006 19:44 Edited at: 28th Nov 2006 19:45
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Yea i'm allowed to host external sites as i've already asked when i last spoke to the server admin (guy i know) on msn he owns totalgamerz.net , i know the guy who hosts it to it's on a dedicated server as well so everything will be absolutely fine.
@kenjar
I'd be happy to host if you can keep the domains valid yourself then yea i'll be happy to host.

@Batvink

What's the error? because it's most likely permissions which you can access via Plesk alose there's 2 types of php on my server 1 is an "iss application" version iirc , does it need to be ran in that? i've never used joomla so....

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Posted: 28th Nov 2006 20:05
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Unlimited...? Nothing is unlimited....

even infinite integrals...

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@Batvink
ISAPI Extension sorry

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Well that's what the plesk status says to so....

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1 question, with a follow on;

windows or linux?

and then, if its windows, would i be able touse it to host for dbp-made games?
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Posted: 28th Nov 2006 20:40
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Window's yea sorry forgot to mention that

only thing not supported is coldfusion

i dunno if you canhost dbp games on it i'll look into that

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Ok thanks, I'll wait to see if you are still in the business of giving away free hosting in the latter half of Febuary, if you are I'll contact you privately about the hosting. Obviously I'd continue paying the domain bills and managing the site.


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I'm interested in hosting my site www.oddmind.net on this plan.

e-mail and MSN is krazyjimmy (at) gmail (dot) com

or aim at x oddmind x

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Posted: 28th Nov 2006 22:15
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Ok oddmind i'll drop you an e-mail asap

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My issue got sorted...I'm a Windows hosting noob.



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Chris Franklin
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Quote: "My issue got sorted...I'm a Windows hosting noob."


ahaha yea i just enabled something for you and got you to change the permissions

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Chris Franklin
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Posted: 29th Nov 2006 16:19 Edited at: 29th Nov 2006 16:20
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Bump anyone else?

Oddming i added you on aim i'd add you on aim but there's far to many people on there now

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Posted: 29th Nov 2006 16:43 Edited at: 29th Nov 2006 16:45
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so, if we don't have a domain name are we sunked?

and on the same note, anybody know of uber cheap domain names? (preferably free haha)

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I think you can configure the [free] subdomains from http://uni.cc to point to custom name servers, so that should work for Chris' hosting .

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Posted: 29th Nov 2006 16:52 Edited at: 29th Nov 2006 17:04
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Thanks!

Quote: "to point to custom name servers"

i'm sorry, but i don't quite understand this... how different of a link could i give people that would still forward them to my site?

[edit] i set up a account with the forwarding service at .uni.cc it has a field for "real address"

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I forgot to add my e-mail to the top post:

chris-franklin-2k6@hotmail.co.uk until horde is working

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123reg to .co.uk's for about £2.49 a year (plus VAT and 2 year min contract = about £6 I think... Utter bargain!)

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Quote: "123reg to .co.uk's for about £2.49 a year (plus VAT and 2 year min contract = about £6 I think... Utter bargain!)"


£4.98

yea bargin definately but don't most domain host's do it that cheap now?

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Posted: 29th Nov 2006 19:51 Edited at: 29th Nov 2006 19:53
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Quote: "£4.98"


That's without VAT

Off-Topic - Have you changed your msn addy or have you just not been on for a few days? Or have you blocked me.

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Quote: "That's without VAT"

Thanks for pointing it out for those who are quick to try to point out mistakes

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Quote: "Thanks for pointing it out for those who are quick to try to point out mistakes "


That sentence didn't have a full stop at the end.

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Would you be able to host a .tk domain?
[edit] bleh, actually it looks like they force an add before people go to your site...

so, if you're still up for it i would really appreciate some hosting for a .uni.cc account

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Quote: "Off-Topic - Have you changed your msn addy or have you just not been on for a few days? Or have you blocked me."


New msn addy

@PeterH

Yea i'd be willing to host Drop me an e-mail if you haven't already with ftp details and Control panel details you want and i'll send a reply when it's done

chris-franklin-2k6@hotmail.co.uk

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Some bad news looks like the server just died i know my host is moving to linux (Sure i mentioned this earlier) so well i can't set any accounts up yet should be online asap tho , i'll contact andrew (Guy who's allowing me to do this) and see what's going on he mentioned there might be a few error's while it switchs. wasn't supposed to happen for a few weeks yet tho

sorry bout the Delay to everyone waiting.

Edit:Looks like just http has died https works fine

Edit2: Anyone want an account setup for when it comes online again? my friends site (totalgamerz.net) where the dns and that is hosted is offline as well but https:// still work so i can update accounts still.

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sucks about the server... but you brought it on yourself by saying:
Quote: "i know the guy who hosts it to it's on a dedicated server as well so everything will be absolutely fine. "


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lol ouch. what service eh
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Yah--- a *real* webhost can cost a few bucks a month, but at least its uptime would be around 99%

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So your giving us free websites...would we get a real address or just a subdomain?? Anyway I just closed my website due to costs but I would be interested.

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Quote: "Yah--- a *real* webhost can cost a few bucks a month, but at least its uptime would be around 99% "


It has been for me up till now totalgamerz.net is down as well tho , like i mentioned (i swear in the first post if not i'll edit it in)
there was a mention of switching server's then it'd be back to normal just didn't expect it this early

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I kinda think its funny when hosts say "WE GUARANTEE 99.999% UPTIME" because that's technically impossible. What the CAN guarantee is that if they DO have downtime then they will refund you. And one of the metric's you judge your host on should be the SLA (Service Level Agreement).

Most hosts disclaim stuff like act of god, powercuts and hardware failure beyond their control... but some good hosts are pretty generous.

Another factor is that if a host is cheap then its likely they're using cheap hardware which, in turn, is likely to expire before its more expensive brothers and sisters.

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Posted: 30th Nov 2006 10:16 Edited at: 30th Nov 2006 12:45
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@Admiral
Sorry didn't see your post, if you've got a domain ready then i'll set it up as soon as the http starts working again and if you need a subdomain i can do that as well at the same time

Edit:
Typical, the time i try to give something back to the community it has to die on me (although only temporairly)

Edit 2:
Found the problem not as bad as first thought the iss just need's reseting because a bug in plesk triggered it if only i could reset it i've e-mailed Andrew about it though

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you really shouldnt be depending on your friend to be keeping the server up.. and then using his space to host other people. i think he wouldnt have minded if he hosted you, but not all the people you are trying to.

since you dont have direct access.. there isnt much service to offer.
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[edit] missed second page

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I'm going to have to say give Chris a break, don't complain about downtime if you're not willing to pay for professional hosting. He's just trying to give some people webspace, so stop having a go at him.

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Quote: "I'm going to have to say give Chris a break, don't complain about downtime if you're not willing to pay for professional hosting. He's just trying to give some people webspace, so stop having a go at him."


Well said. It is free after all!

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hook me up w/ my http://www.dragonground.net url.

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I dont have my own address but if you mean a name for a site I would like then email me at tadmiral@gmail.com.

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So many requests this WILL be setup as soon as the iss get's reset i can't even load plesk here now (dunno if anyone else can? ) and i need plesk to set them up, Jerico2day I'll set that up like i said above as soon as the iss get's reset or the server get's a reset but i'll need you to change the dns on the domain as i don't have access to your domain name

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