(OT) Thechy advice regarding FTP sites please.

8 May 2006

Hello peeps.
Not been a good day today :cry: have spent the entire day building myself a little web site where I can flog my wares :shock: â€¦â€¦â€¦.. smackbottom

ya mucky buggers, nuffin like that rolleyes

Anyway, my isp is rather generous with the amount of free webspace they supply with our broadband package, so I thought, I know, Iâ€™ll compliment my auction trading with a little online shop, as you do. Spent the last 8 hours or so putting it all together in my WYSIWYG editor, clicked publish, only to discover that the buggers donâ€™t support ftp. You have to upload all the pages and files manually, which is a about as much use as a condom in a convent to me as all the links will be useless, and Iâ€™m damned if Iâ€™m going to spend another 8 hours reconfiguring the links manually online :roll:
Does anyone know of any cheap (preferably free) hosting sites that allow commercial content? Or maybe someone knows of a quick way of manually fixing links?
All and any assistance would be gratefully received .
wave

From a very unhappy bunny lol

8 May 2006

We host our own..
You need a reliable pc though... Tony built a pc just the host the site on and nothing else
He has a web server, ftp server and email server running on it and it works fine... unless we get a powercut or we forget to buy electric cards lol

The domain name was also free that you can set
a program called no-ip duct keeps the ip in line
If you want to host your own and need help, pm us
Shaz x

8 May 2006

Quote by Pete_sw
Or maybe someone knows of a quick way of manually fixing links?

Numpty comment here.... couldn't you just open the files in Notepad/Wordpad and do a find/replace from FTP to HTTP? dunno

Quote by Shaz_n_Tony
We host our own..
You need a reliable pc though... Tony built a pc just the host the site on and nothing else
He has a web server, ftp server and email server running on it and it works fine... unless we get a powercut or we forget to buy electric cards
The domain name was also free that you can set
a program called no-ip duct keeps the ip in line
If you want to host your own and need help, pm us
Shaz x

Don't forget that some ISPs block web and mail server ports (mine does :cry smile

so check before you invest in any new kit wink

8 May 2006

Quote by cu3b4ll
We host our own..
You need a reliable pc though... Tony built a pc just the host the site on and nothing else
He has a web server, ftp server and email server running on it and it works fine... unless we get a powercut or we forget to buy electric cards
The domain name was also free that you can set
a program called no-ip duct keeps the ip in line
If you want to host your own and need help, pm us
Shaz x

Don't forget that some ISPs block web and mail server ports (mine does :cry smile

so check before you invest in any new kit wink

Quite simple way round that, you can change the ports
or
has a port diversion thing now for people who have got certain ports blocked :wink:
Shaz x

8 May 2006

Hmmm... intriguing wink

8 May 2006

I take it your a fan of I'm thinking of switching my connection to one of the much cheaper offerings around, one of the downsides is losing my block of 16 static IP addresses, so some sort of dynamic dns service is important to me.

8 May 2006

I'm not sure why you have to change the links just because you are uploading them via a browser interface but you could just use relative links instead of absolute.

8 May 2006

Quote by laybysex
I take it your a fan of I'm thinking of switching my connection to one of the much cheaper offerings around, one of the downsides is losing my block of 16 static IP addresses, so some sort of dynamic dns service is important to me.

Yeah he is a big fan of , he's been using it for a few years now with no problems for all sorts of servers, if you need 16 static ip addresses and your changing isp's then you will become a fan of also as not many isp's offer you that unless you pay them big bucks sad

were on b.t here yet the ip address ain't changed in about 6 months and its should be a dynamic ip :shock:
Shaz x

8 May 2006

Quote by Pete_sw
Does anyone know of any cheap (preferably free) hosting sites that allow commercial content? Or maybe someone knows of a quick way of manually fixing links?
All and any assistance would be gratefully received .

From a very unhappy bunny

You could possibly try ... that's free ... though issue I had with them myself was the pop-up on each page which I found a bit annoying.

Quote by sussexguy
I'm not sure why you have to change the links just because you are uploading them via a browser interface but you could just use relative links instead of absolute.

Now you're just showing off ... wink

8 May 2006

I think the issue is that Pete can't upload his site by ftp, its not an html coding problem.
So maybe the question should be, are there any free hosting providers out there giving ftp access that won't plaster your website with adds.

8 May 2006

Quote by st3v3
I think the issue is that Pete can't upload his site by ftp, its not an html coding problem.
So maybe the question should be, are there any free hosting providers out there giving ftp access that won't plaster your website with adds.

Thats the trouble with free host's, they make there money on the adverts sad

Thats why Tony hosted his own, its free, no adds or popups, unlimited space, just a case of copying files to his server rather than having to upload them..
Only problem is it sucks up your bandwidth and makes my browsing SH slow :(
Shaz x

8 May 2006

Pete, you do this a lot ...............
What does ............(OT) .......... in your thread titles mean ?
As for your problem/questions ..........
dunno

8 May 2006

Quote by dambuster
Pete, you do this a lot ...............
What does ............(OT) .......... in your thread titles mean ?
As for your problem/questions ..........

This the (OT) means off topic.... Nothing to do with swinging ?
Not sure though
Shaz x

8 May 2006

:doh:
Thanks
redface

8 May 2006

Quote by dambuster
:doh:

Think someone needs a kip hehehehe
Shaz x

8 May 2006

Quote by Shaz_n_Tony
:doh:

Think someone needs a kip hehehehe
Shaz x
Ah - that's the problem ................
I claimed old fart privileges this afternoon, succumbed to the dolphins and had a couple of hours, so can't sleep now rolleyes

8 May 2006

Quote by Shaz_n_Tony
Pete, you do this a lot ...............
What does ............(OT) .......... in your thread titles mean ?
As for your problem/questions ..........

This the (OT) means off topic.... Nothing to do with swinging ?
Not sure though
Shaz x
:thumbup:
Problem solved I think biggrin

Sound advice from St3v3 via PM and by this time tomorrow I could be up and running :bounce:
st3v3, if you were a bird I'd passionkiss

ya, as it is, a manly handshake and a couple of :cheers: will have to suffice lol

8 May 2006

Well done St3v3 biggrin

Shaz x

8 May 2006

Thanks to everyone else for all the good suggestions. :cheers:
I don't have the facilities to host my own anymore :cry: and My ISP takes a very dim view of home hosting rolleyes

Can cetainly see the benefits though.
This site never ceases to amaze me, what a totally clued up, freindly and helpful bunch you are. wave

8 May 2006

Quote by Pete_sw
Thanks to everyone else for all the good suggestions. :cheers:
I don't have the facilities to host my own anymore :cry: and My ISP takes a very dim view of home hosting Can cetainly see the benefits though.
This site never ceases to amaze me, what a totally clued up, freindly and helpful bunch you are.

Well we try lol
I'm not really that clued up on pc's, i just keep asking Tony, he said earlier when i asked him about his server and no-ip "what the hell do i wanna know that for, i am only on a swinging forum" hehehehe
I think its funny lol

Shaz x

9 May 2006

On behalf of myself, and it seems, Dammie......
Speak feckin' English please! :giveup: :confused2: