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Sofie 'Melle' Werkers ([personal profile] bubosquared) wrote2004-03-26 03:05 pm

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So my web host, having fired my contact there, has now truly succumbed to Cranio-Rectal Inversion Syndrome, and both femgeeks and IS are down for the time being. At least my e-mail still works, for now. Feh.

In that light, and since the renewal would be coming up right about now, I'm looking for a new web host, so if anyone has any reccomendations, I'd like to hear them.

Things that are non-negotiable:

  • TOS that allows (written) adult content, obviously;
  • No banners;
  • At least 8GB/mo bandwith;
  • At least 500MB space;
  • FTP access;
  • E-mail addresses;
  • PHP;
  • CGI;
  • PERL;
  • MySQL;
  • Decent tech support.

Things that would make me very, very happy:

  • Unlimited e-mail addresses;
  • Subdomain possibilities;
  • Multiple FTP logins;
  • Webmail;
  • File manager web interface;
  • Server-side spam block;
  • Having lots of control over the above, myself.

Anyone? Bueller?

[identity profile] mmn.livejournal.com 2004-03-26 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
Try either Gradwell (http://www.gradwell.com) or LFC Hosting (http://www.lfchosting.com) I haven't had problems with them at all.

[identity profile] bubosquared.livejournal.com 2004-03-26 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, thanks, mysterious stranger! :D

[identity profile] mmn.livejournal.com 2004-03-26 06:40 am (UTC)(link)
Don't thank me, thank the Friend of a Friend Feature™ ;o)

[identity profile] bubosquared.livejournal.com 2004-03-26 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, that explains it. :) Still, thanks for the help. ^_^
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[identity profile] katemonkey.livejournal.com 2004-03-26 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
I know Ventures Online's policy on adult content is good, because I got them to write it when I moved dymphna.net over. They don't have a problem with fanfiction at all.

[identity profile] bubosquared.livejournal.com 2004-03-26 06:40 am (UTC)(link)
Oho! Thank you! *shuffles over* Let's have us a look, then ...

[identity profile] bubosquared.livejournal.com 2004-03-26 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
BTw, I'm guessing they're good about transferring existing domains, then?
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[identity profile] katemonkey.livejournal.com 2004-03-26 07:03 am (UTC)(link)
As far as I know, yeah -- they didn't have a problem moving d.net over. But that was nearly four years ago, so I don't know...
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[personal profile] rsadelle 2004-03-26 08:30 am (UTC)(link)
I think I'm going to go with hostforweb.com. Major selling point to me: one of their tech guys suggested them in a slashdot discussion. Their pre-sales question forum has a question about adult fanfic, and their support people said legal adult content is allowed.

[identity profile] bubosquared.livejournal.com 2004-03-26 08:38 am (UTC)(link)
Hm, the only question I would have would be if underaged slash (or het) is allowed, but it does look good. :)

[identity profile] bubosquared.livejournal.com 2004-03-26 12:48 pm (UTC)(link)
FYI, I'm probably going to go with them, especially if I can, as I hope/think, pay by (international) bank transfer. Now that is a major selling point for me. :D

[identity profile] wimmeke.livejournal.com 2004-03-26 11:03 am (UTC)(link)
www.warped.com has always been recommended to me. I think [livejournal.com profile] eris slept with them or something ;-) (Don't tell her that, but she knows the people)

I haven't checked them out recently but your list of prime requests looks quite familiar, as in I've seen it before.

This banner answers some of your questions it seems:

Image (http://www.warped.com/ihosting.cgi)

[identity profile] bubosquared.livejournal.com 2004-03-26 11:41 am (UTC)(link)
Hm, bit too expensive for my end of things, I'm afraid--I really do need that web space and bandwith, and that makes the price skyrocket like you wouldn't believe. But thanks for the reccomendation, anyway!

[identity profile] starbrow.livejournal.com 2004-03-26 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Give me a chance to talk to my husband, and we'll see what we can do. We were hoping to move /tolkien over eventually -- maybe we can do a fundraiser and speed that up, if he needs more space on the hard drive for femgeeks.

[identity profile] bubosquared.livejournal.com 2004-03-27 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
I have a good host for now--TOS that allows adult content (and their presales people have explicitly said that fanfic is okay!), unlimited subdomains, seperate FTP logins, etc., and on top of all that, I can pay by bank transfer, which means I no longer have to beg my dad to use his credit card. :)

Would this be an actual private server? Cause that'd be cool!

[identity profile] bubosquared.livejournal.com 2004-03-27 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
Also, the tolkienslash domain, what extension is that? .net?