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Miscellaneous Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: Qhimm on 2001-12-03 18:42:00
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...this time it's a bit more serious, though. I have grown tired of constant switches between servers, with an unsure existence of this forum. I also really need to shape up my web site (it's not been updated for a year or two, damn it).
Therefore, I'm placing considerable thought into signing up for professional web hosting myself, instead of "leeching" off others. This will, however, place additional strain on my already poor economy, so I will still have ads to help finance the project. I might think of more ways to get money in later on.
Comments? I really need your opinions ^^
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getdotted.com - seem to offer a lot of stuff. Make of it what you will.
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Just a note: I will not need any further tips for web hosting. I gladly accept tips on financing, though ^^. Ads, voluntary donations, involuntary donations... :naughty:
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Expect a quick and painless transfer to the new board location real soon.
Also, I'm still working on the new design. The new board will have a couple of new, more or less hidden features. Both the kind of stuff that makes you go "well yeah that's useful", and the stuff that makes you go "hehe, nice touch", and of course the stuff that makes you go "why on earth would anyone make such a thing?".
School's tough this time of year, so I can't work on it as much as I want to. I would've wanted the new design up and running before Christmas, and I hope I'll have at least *something* up by then...
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Hey Qhimm... take as long as you need... I know how busy I am at college now... I don't have the time to do much in my "free time" anymore. And I know what you mean about trying to find somewhere to host sites for free. My website at Freedom To Surf has been down for about 3 weeks now :mad: but I don't have the money to pay for a domain name and it's hard to find a server that a) has no ads, b) no bandwidth limit, c) cgi support which is free.
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remember to update forums.qhimm.com =)
jedimark: host it yourself, if you have cable/dsl. Quick and Easy.
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If I had DSL I'd be hosting Sephiroth3D.com from home, and Ohh... how sweet that would be. I'd even make room for the forums...
Again, if I had DSL... *sigh...*
Sephiroth 3D
"I don't understand..." "You don't have to understand." - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Sephiroth 3D.com (http://www.sephiroth3d.com)
[email protected]
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hehe i know how you feel.
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I pity the fool who don't got broadband!
Oh, and make sure you know what you're doing when setting up a server with a Cable/DSL connection. Make it so your ISP will have a hard time detecting it (such as putting it on a strange port number for HTTP instead of the standard 80), or else you'll probably get in shit for violating the ToS (most highspeed ISPs say you can't run a server as part of the ToS agreement).
[edited] 269 2001-12-04 00:45
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Not ,of course, that any of us are doing that (he says while running the Remake web server on port 9880....)
Edit: D'oh! Can't type...
[edited] 68 2001-12-04 00:53
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wow.... it all makes sense now...... :grin:
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I used to be able to enter qhimm.3dsream.com through FTP......:rolleyes:
I won't do it again and I won't and didin't touch anything.....
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I thought that everybody in the western world can afford to have his own server running in livingroom. Looks like life is not like i imagined it. :smile:
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Well, I can't affort to run my own server - I even can't afford a simple 56K flatrate ('till now :grin: )
- Alhexx
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As for the original topic: I've got nothing against banners - but please: NO POPUPs ...
[edited] 169 2001-12-04 15:38
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Yeah, popups suck. I'd be happy to click away at the banners though to earn you some money. Oh and hey, take as much time as you like, I'm only in year 9 (13) and I already seem to have no spare time (pleeeaassee dont start with all that 'You wait till you get to college' crap).
I dont really know how to make money on the internet so I'm not much use here, but I'm sure you'll find something.
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You wait till you get to college Vic! heh heh
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Heh-I'm working on one of my finals while reading this topic... :weep:
Try college and a mortgage.
I know that polykarbon's (http://pub25.ezboard.com/bpolykarbonbbs) BBS has a way for those that want to contribute monitarily can do so-though that may just be a feature of ezboard. I wouldn't mind contributing financially-maybe through paypal or some other means?
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Paypal or the like is good (from my point of view, because I can *use* Paypal...)
Remembering that any donation system would have to be accessible from quite a number of countries of course ... I'm *very* strapped for cash at the moment (end of term...) but I'd be willing to contribute a quid here or there after Xmas :wink: I'm sure we could get quite a few people to do that.
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Well, if it's for the best then the forum move won't be a problem for me. It seems that almost everyone here including me are occupied with college. I could donate money, money is not such an issue to me when it comes to donate a few dollars. Besides I'm expecting my financial aid check soon.
-vvalentine
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woah.... im working on my Civics term paper.
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hehe i visited the PK message board until about a month ago. they have like 250 dollars or something....
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considering the member count (4800) you'd think it be a lot higher. (currently $22 :???: )
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actually theres only about 1000, some people have looked and left. Damn i remember when that board was tiny!
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I think....I'm not certain....but I think I heard that Crucial.com has a pretty good return on their banner links.
http://www.crucial.com/link/index.asp
Yup, that's were I saw it....just remembered....Looks pretty good, but everything looks good when it comes to money, question is....will it actually work?
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Alhexx: you know, there is a popup on your own page too. Couldnt you remove it somehow? It is really anoying (fullscreen)
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Really? I don't get any popups. You should run ad filters, then you're never bothered by such things :wink:
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Do those pop-up filters work against programs like Morpheus too? Their pop-ups really annoy me, I always get the message where you can only click retry, and it often crashes Morpheus. :mad:
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mirex & Fice: Yes, there is a popup on my server, but it's not mine - it's my hosts one.
But I'm gonna change the server soon (hm, seems to match this topic :grin: ), and on the new server, there will be no popups
- Alhexx
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Seems to, I've never had Morpheus popups on my own PC. Filters out just about all popups and most banner ads, which is good going by any standards ... I've used a few, but I'm currently using Webwasher (free for personal use).
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Hmm... I think I'll look into advertising on Sephiroth3D.com... I need the money...
Qhimm... if you could find a place that gives you a decent rate for just DISPLAYING their ad... add it to every page at the bottom of the page. You'll make a TON of money just from us reading the board and replying! :grin:
Sephiroth 3D
"I don't understand..." "You don't have to understand." - Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Sephiroth 3D.com (http://www.sephiroth3d.com)
[email protected]
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i never get popups from morpheus. i get an error from ads.musiccity.com every hour or so.
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Popups is only in the freebie world.
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who would pay to make them go away? not me......
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Scrooge.......but I won't either......guess we are both scrooges. :grin:
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hehe scrooge and proud of it. :grin:
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me 2. :naughty: :grin:
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Well, finally an update. Good job Qhimm. If you need any help, I DO have unlimited web space I would be willing to lend to you. But you must compile Garden for me since I have no programming knowledge whatsoever and won't until next summer. I will give you the FTP information if you decide to accept my offer. E-mail me at [email protected] if you decide anytime soon. Thanks.
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Heh, that seems to be kinda good business. Well, Qhimm, if I were you, I would think 'bout it...
- Alhexx
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Intel-Itanium that sounds like a bribe..... im not sure if Qhimm will go in for that!!!
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yeah, i was gonna say something like that. if you want to you can possibly host it on my isp's server for free.
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Thanks for any offers, but I already fixed new hosting. Keep your generosity fresh in mind until I can get the donation system up and running, though :naughty:
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hehe after i posted i thought: wait a minute.... hes already moving his site, meaning he must already have a server! guess i kinda spaced on that one :grin:
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:weep: I really wanted that Garden... -_-
Could you PLEASE compile it anyway?
I think that Garden would be really cool...............................
Oh, excuse me. I am playing with cosmo by Ficedula. Umm, be right back...................................... Ok, I am back. This program rocks. BUT I WANT TO DO THIS KIND OF STUFF WITH FF8!
PPPPPPPPPPPPLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!??????????
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Hmmm ... off topic, in the wrong forum, and Qhimm's already decided not too distribute compiled versions. What do you think the chances are he'll change his mind due to your post?
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Well, that is his choice. I guess if he wants to do that, it's fine with me. I think his site would be a lot better if he had that. I have about 30 people that I know that would like your site more if that was up... But that is not my business...
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from what i can tell (and correct me if im wrong, ive never seen qhimm's page updated) the programs at qhimm.com are more of a reference to develop or improve on the program's specific function.
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why, hello there new web site!
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Itanium-> im in a relatively good mood tonight, so you can find garden, compiled at
http://www.geocities.com/mystical_domain/Garden.zip
Please note that I have no way of testing this program, so therefore i cannot guarantee its stability. IT IS OFFERED AS IS WITH NO GUARANTEE OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES THAT MAY ARISE FROM TH USE OF THIS PROGRAM. :grin: But hey, it loaded for me.
Happy Holidays :smile:
[edited] 249 2001-12-12 01:32
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Darkness, there is such a thing as the 'Edit' option, y'know... :rolleyes:
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woah. isnt it like 3 in the morning over there? sorry about that, im just really bad at editing my posts.
BTW: You need to copy that url into your URL bar.
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Since I'm in the UK which runs on GMT, it was in fact the time on my post; 1.41, which isn't *that* late.
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Talking about hosting, Jedimark and I have run into a real big piece of sh*t. F2s are closing down their free service, which really sucks. No more free server with php, cgi, no ads and 20MB. :sad:
I just set up a phpBB for my band's site too. Where are we gonna go? :???:
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It realy sucks doesnt it...... I guess nothing will be free on the net soon. I just reached 10,000 hits on my site too and now im having to look else where :mad:
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yup, hard to find free servers
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Just go to freeservers.net (http://www.freeservers.net) to look for free servers. I found mine and I'm uploading my FFX site.