I'm totally new to this hosting field., I've got my v.Bulletin 3.6 and I want to host it on a FREE WEBHOST site and then run my FORUM with few mods and hire an ADMIN. Before starting all this. I need to first upload this files ( donno wat files though ) Somebody plz assist me through out the process. Please reply so that i can pm you and talk to you instantly. I can't pay any but I can provide you something that you may wish for. Thanks in advance, Solutions4All
If you are really looking for your forum to do well, do not opt for free webhost. At some stage your traffic would grow and server performance would be a major irritant for your forum users - thus my humble suggestion is to go for a paid hosting - which is more reliable. Next step would be to go through ReadMe that comes with the installation package, it gives you information on where to copy what files and how to set up the software. Cheers
@pubdomainshost.com Thank you very much for ya advice., but as am in starting stage., I want to host it on FREE HOST PROVIDER. @All as am in starting stage., I want to host it on FREE HOST PROVIDER. After it turns into some medium large forum., I'd move it to the PREMIUM WEB HOSTING PROVIDER. So., As Of now., I want some FREE HOST PROVIDER for my v.Bulletin 3.6.8. Please guide me through the process. thanks, Solutions4All
Most of those host do not allow you to install your own forum software. Most of the time they want you to use phpbb or the free version of invision power board. There are many reasons for this, such as ease of upgrading the software and security. From my experience, most of those free host do not allow you to upload files to the server. I have looked into free hosting, but never used them. Mainly because I was not able to install modifications, or upload files to the server. There may be a free hosting provider out there that will allow you to upload files to the server. But I do not know of one. Its too much of a security risk for free hosting providers to allow people to upload files to their server. People would be uploading denial of service scripts, and no way to track the person down. It is a very large liability for the hosting company to let just anyone to get a free account, then upload and execute files. And one more thing, if you bought a license for VBulletin, why are you trying to get off so cheap? Just just spent almost $180 for an owned version of VBulletin, or $100 for the leased version. But you do not want to lease a server? Something sounds fishy there. If you have high speed internet, set up your own server. Download something like ubuntu linux, install it and you will have your very own free server. From what you describe, that might be the best thing for you to do.
Thanks for ya valuable time to spend in replying to my thread. can u plz elaborate some info regarding the above quoted msg from you. SETUP MY OWN SERVER ? yeah.. i own HIGH SPEED INTERNET ( 1 mbps ).. but i've got no info regarding wat you've suggested. thanks. i'll reach you on PM.
I don't believe you paid more than $180 for vBulletin and want to use free hosting. Check the Web Hosting Section for more hosts.
1mbps is not that high speed anymore btw, I think a T3 would be best Also, peter_anderson, maybe he used up his funds, so he wants to start up small.
Depending on what you are doing, 1 mbps is plenty. Unless you get into streaming audio or video. Take a look at the Ubuntu forums here - http://ubuntuforums.org/index.php Other flavors of linux include: Debian Fedora Mandriva Gentoo Slackware Suse Fedora core is another popular version of linux. http://fedoraproject.org/ The fedora forums - http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/ If you want to set up your own server, head on over to the server administration section here on digital point and ask a few questions.