Quick vBulletin question: Hosting

Discussion in 'vBulletin' started by MCJim, May 3, 2008.

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    Do all web hosts that allow mySQL also allow vBulletin on their servers? If I got vBulletin, would I upload it to the server myself or do some web hosts provide it?

    In particular, I'm looking at dreamhost: http://www.dreamhost.com/

    Thanks :)
     
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  2. viperxx

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    Yes you can host vBulletin with dreamhost.
    However once your website gets big enough they should email you telling you that you are taking too much resources (CPU resources) then you will have to move to a VPS or dedicated.
     
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    Joomla Dude Banned

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    Hello..
    yes you can host vBulletin in all of the hosts (mostly).
    And yes,i wont recommend you to go for Dreamhost,as the support is very bad and the services are not upto mark..
    it would be better for you,if you go for Hostgator.
    Check PM.
     
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    mobilebuzz Banned

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    yes most of the hosts allow mysql
    but not all
    check server spec
    dreamhost allows it
    but you can go with some cheaper plans also
    if you are looking for some other very cheap hosting
    than check my signature
     
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    BlueEew Well-Known Member

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    I can refer you to an host here at DP who I am with. It's really cheap and I have never had any problems with it.

    I host my vBulletin forum there. :D
     
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    AmpedHosts Active Member

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    Most allow forums such as vBulletin, IPB etc.. most hosts actually have Fantastico or some other auto script installer with a few free forum or CMS scripts to use. The only thing with vBulletin is the fact that it gets pirated and nulled a lot. The only way to find out if a vBulletin or IPB is nulled is to contact Jelsoft or IPB to see if it is registered to that domain name. Some hosts don't allow it simply because of abuse in their previous experiences.

    AmpedHosts allows it, and From what I've heard DreamHosts does have bad support (sorry). And yes, once you get a forum with to large of a community (SQL files, storage space, bandwidth etc..) they might kick you off or they'll ask you to upgrade to a different package or server so your not basically hogging the hosting from the other people on the server :)

    I wish you the best of Luck,
    Alex
     
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