Website questions

[dakata24]

Invision Board looks kinda cool. Is it easier/harder to install than phpbb? Easier/harder to configure?

just as easy to install/configure.

didnt notice the GPL thing. i still like it nontheless. 🙂

 

[cmdavid]

Originally posted by: Paulson

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: UDT89
to do it out of my house i would need a T1 connection right?

No that's not required you could do it like Adul and Rallispec do, through a web hosting provider (like I linked in step 2).

How much can you afford every month?

Hell I run my site outta my house on a 256kb connection, and not that many people bitch about it.. so it can be done.

well here's a complaint.. your forums are down...

 

[dakata24]

well here's a complaint.. your forums are down...

hehe. good observation.. 😛

paulson, do you have a static ip or dynamic and using a service like dyndns? and are you on cable or dsl? just curious... 🙂

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: dakata24

well here's a complaint.. your forums are down...

hehe. good observation.. 😛

paulson, do you have a static ip or dynamic and using a service like dyndns? and are you on cable or dsl? just curious... 🙂

Paulson just got owned again 😀

 

[Rallispec]

Originally posted by: dakata24

well here's a complaint.. your forums are down...

hehe. good observation.. 😛

paulson, do you have a static ip or dynamic and using a service like dyndns? and are you on cable or dsl? just curious... 🙂

he doestn have cable or DSL, he's actually on a wireless connection. They dont even offer that around here, but it sounds really cool. I believe he has a static IP.

when were his forums down, i've been on and off of them all day and never noticed them down.

 

[dakata24]

he doestn have cable or DSL, he's actually on a wireless connection. They dont even offer that around here, but it sounds really cool. I believe he has a static IP.

when were his forums down, i've been on and off of them all day and never noticed them down.

sweet.. wish i had a static ip and a provider that didnt care about servers.. that would be the ultimate webhost solution.. not having to worry about bandwidth or storage limits... though i doubt ill ever surpass my 400MB storage / 6GB bandwidth allotment at dixiesys..

his forums were down ~12pm when i posted.. looks good now though. 🙂

 

[Rallispec]

Originally posted by: dakata24

he doestn have cable or DSL, he's actually on a wireless connection. They dont even offer that around here, but it sounds really cool. I believe he has a static IP.

when were his forums down, i've been on and off of them all day and never noticed them down.

sweet.. wish i had a static ip and a provider that didnt care about servers.. that would be the ultimate webhost solution.. not having to worry about bandwidth or storage limits... though i doubt ill ever surpass my 400MB storage / 6GB bandwidth allotment at dixiesys..

his forums were down ~12pm when i posted.. looks good now though. 🙂

who is your ISP? i use verizon dsl and so far they've never yelled at me. (granted, i dont transfer very much over my home server... under 100mb/month)

and yeah, i cant imagine going over 6gig with dixiesys either.
(i have a funny story about that though)

 

[dakata24]

Originally posted by: Rallispec

Originally posted by: dakata24

he doestn have cable or DSL, he's actually on a wireless connection. They dont even offer that around here, but it sounds really cool. I believe he has a static IP.

when were his forums down, i've been on and off of them all day and never noticed them down.

sweet.. wish i had a static ip and a provider that didnt care about servers.. that would be the ultimate webhost solution.. not having to worry about bandwidth or storage limits... though i doubt ill ever surpass my 400MB storage / 6GB bandwidth allotment at dixiesys..

his forums were down ~12pm when i posted.. looks good now though. 🙂

who is your ISP? i use verizon dsl and so far they've never yelled at me. (granted, i dont transfer very much over my home server... under 100mb/month)

and yeah, i cant imagine going over 6gig with dixiesys either.
(i have a funny story about that though)

at&t broadband.. with tiered pricing starting to show up and rumors of charging more for "bandwidth hogs" (i download my fair share, but from what i read on dslreports, i'm small potatoes compared to others), i'm going to lay low and not risk losing my broadband. i dont think i can take going back to dialup a 2nd time.. 😱

 

[Rallispec]

at&t broadband.. with tiered pricing starting to show up and rumors of charging more for "bandwidth hogs" (i download my fair share, but from what i read on dslreports, i'm small potatoes compared to others), i'm going to lay low and not risk losing my broadband. i dont think i can take going back to dialup a 2nd time..

smart man.. better to not risk it. i hadrly use any bandwidth at all.. since this summer i havent downloaded anything big, except for redhat 7.3 and maybe 3-4 mp3's. i've really been slacking off.

 

[Paulson]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: dakata24

well here's a complaint.. your forums are down...

hehe. good observation.. 😛

paulson, do you have a static ip or dynamic and using a service like dyndns? and are you on cable or dsl? just curious... 🙂

Paulson just got owned again 😀

I just got owned? how the F am I supposed to help it if the admin of my isp is too lazy to restart the server when it goes down?

I have a static IP and use a wireless type of connection to access the net (it's comparable to dsl and cable only slower...

 

[UDT89]

can i play around with the forums software before i get the site bought? like can i configure the color and content before hand?


If so, im gonna download the software now.

 

[Rallispec]

Originally posted by: UDT89
can i play around with the forums software before i get the site bought? like can i configure the color and content before hand?


If so, im gonna download the software now.

not really.. thier isnt much you can do until you get online and connected to the database. If you're using PHPBB though, you can get it set up in no time, once you get it online.. Literally takes about 10-15 minutes to get it running. A little longer if you want to do a lot of customizing. either way, its easy.

 

[dakata24]

Originally posted by: Rallispec

Originally posted by: UDT89
can i play around with the forums software before i get the site bought? like can i configure the color and content before hand?


If so, im gonna download the software now.

not really.. thier isnt much you can do until you get online and connected to the database. If you're using PHPBB though, you can get it set up in no time, once you get it online.. Literally takes about 10-15 minutes to get it running. A little longer if you want to do a lot of customizing. either way, its easy.

actually. you can. i just did. i was fiddling around with Phpdev (credit goes to some soul over at Dixiesys forums for posting the link to this site 🙂). it's basically a all-in-one bundle of mysql4, apache, and phpmyadmin for Windows systems.

i was just able to install invision board! yeah! lol. thanks for asking the question udt89. forgot all about it. i couldnt figure out how to get it to work. but didnt realize i had to put the install files into /www directory.. go check it out.. . if you have any questions, ill try and help as much as i can.. im a n00b at this stuff as well.. 😱 this is so cool. now i can test out stuff locally before i install.. 😀

 

[Rallispec]

Originally posted by: dakata24

Originally posted by: Rallispec

Originally posted by: UDT89
can i play around with the forums software before i get the site bought? like can i configure the color and content before hand?


If so, im gonna download the software now.

not really.. thier isnt much you can do until you get online and connected to the database. If you're using PHPBB though, you can get it set up in no time, once you get it online.. Literally takes about 10-15 minutes to get it running. A little longer if you want to do a lot of customizing. either way, its easy.

actually. you can. i just did. i was fiddling around with Phpdev (credit goes to some soul over at Dixiesys forums for posting the link to this site 🙂). it's basically a all-in-one bundle of mysql4, apache, and phpmyadmin for Windows systems.

i was just able to install invision board! yeah! lol. thanks for asking the question udt89. forgot all about it. i couldnt figure out how to get it to work. but didnt realize i had to put the install files into /www directory.. go check it out.. . if you have any questions, ill try and help as much as i can.. im a n00b at this stuff as well.. 😱 this is so cool. now i can test out stuff locally before i install.. 😀

SWEET! that rocks. i need to check that out. I could get some serious use out of that.

thank dakata~

 

[dakata24]

SWEET! that rocks. i need to check that out. I could get some serious use out of that.

thank dakata~

no problem.. i'm psyched as well... 😀😀 lol. that program was just sitting there on my desktop for a week collecting dust.. i was probably going to delete in a few weeks if i didnt use it. thank god i wont have to do that now.. 🙂

lol. i think this means ill be spending even more time on my computer. i just installed yabbse along side invision.. hmm. what to install next.. 😛