Posted July 9, 200420 yr Hi everybody, I'm making a forum for my school and as it turns out, the school's ISP does not allow for any databasing. The only option for me is to find a free host that will support it, and then set up a redirection page on the school ISP's webpage to the new host. I was just wondering if any of you knew of any hosts on the internet that will provide some free space and allow for basic databases? Thanks in advance Edit: Oh yea, forgot to mention this before- is there any free foruming software that only uses php or cgi scripts? that'll make my life a lot more convenient. :) Have you ever realised that anyone driving faster than you is an idiot and anyone driving slower than you is a loser?
July 9, 200420 yr I'm not aware of any free hosts that support databases; its a fairly large service to supply for free. Prohosting and Netfirms both offer Perl/CGI support with their free packages, though (unsure about PHP). As for software, YaBB is free, written in Perl, and uses a flatfile (no need for a database, good for super-budget hosting). phpBB is also free, but requires mySQL and PHP support on the server, which usually means you're paying for space or running the server. -The Gavster Three students died that year at the academy; one was executed, one was killed in a training accident, and one died of natural causes, for a knife to back will naturally kill anyone. -RA Salvatore Like to IRC? Try http://irc.randomirc.com
July 10, 200420 yr FPCH Admin Here you go. http://www.freesql.org/ I knew I had seen this site before and once you posted I found it on an old floppy of favorites I had lying arround. Another Forum - Unlike the Rest
July 11, 200420 yr Author Great! Thanks to both of you! Have you ever realised that anyone driving faster than you is an idiot and anyone driving slower than you is a loser?
July 11, 200420 yr Author Great! Thanks to both of you! With the YaBB forum software, I was wondering how much space it would take up if there was large amounts of posts? The school ISP only offers 8MB and that's not a lot. If it uses a lot more than that in practice, I'll probably go with Bob's recommended freesql and set up PHPBB2. Have you ever realised that anyone driving faster than you is an idiot and anyone driving slower than you is a loser?
July 11, 200420 yr FPCH Admin The data that will be inserted after install will be very little. 8megs isn't a whole lot. You would only be able to handle a few users and a couple thousand posts. Another Forum - Unlike the Rest
July 11, 200420 yr Author OK, i might have to opt for the SQL option then. Thanks for your advice! Have you ever realised that anyone driving faster than you is an idiot and anyone driving slower than you is a loser?
July 11, 200420 yr If you're anticipating high volume, you definately want a database-based solution. YaBB's flatfiles are fine for small stuff, but for any large volume you're going to run into serious speed and corruption issues. -The Gavster Three students died that year at the academy; one was executed, one was killed in a training accident, and one died of natural causes, for a knife to back will naturally kill anyone. -RA Salvatore Like to IRC? Try http://irc.randomirc.com
July 12, 200420 yr Author Well, unfortunately, I found that freesql.org is no solution. firstly, it forbids forum databases on there. even if I ignored that rule, there's also a problem with the database access, as the number of accesses allowed in a 1 hour block is no more than 100 times. Since each user accesses the database around 70 times in less than 10 mins, the forum'll be pretty empty by my estimates. :( I might have to revert to YaBB after all... Also, just wondering, if I have only around 10-15 users online at any one time, is it likely for the file corruption issue to be too bad? Have you ever realised that anyone driving faster than you is an idiot and anyone driving slower than you is a loser?
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