Hosting/Disk Storage Questions

[S_Michael]

Hi,

I have several websites and never got any attacks on one of them :-)

I hope my luck keeps going as I know it may be possible to get hacker attacks on websites...

But how many persons who come to your site and could hack it on anyway will make it at start
like 1% of those persons I think...

So is the chance getting your site hacked same as get hit by a thunder?

[M Major]

This information can be located on your hosting site.  For example:  http://www.website.ws/USERID/hosting

This is the information you may be looking for!

GDI Premium Web Hosting is the ideal home for your site if you want full creative control. Our Fully managed shared web hosting accounts include all of the folowing:

 Ultra Fast Dual 3.6 GHz CPU Pentium 4 Servers
 Fully managed 24/7 site monitoring
 1 GIGAbit, multi-homed tier-1 carriers
 100 meg disk storage per account
 10 gigs of monthly bandwidth

Hope this information helps you!

Frank

10 gigs of monthy bandwidth??? Wow, that IS good! I know I won't be using nearly that much, but it's great to know how much bandwidth we can use. That's more than my Cable ISP allows me to use per month. 

[JamesC1]

This page has helped a lot. My question was also whether or not you could change your domain name after creating it. I just signed up a few days ago and just made a domain name without much thought and am relieved that I can change it!

James

[Matthew Green]

Hello All,

I am seeking some Technical info.

I want to Host a database with my GDI Domain...  Having done some research I have hit a brick wall.. I do not know what is compatible with the GDI Server.

Is there anyone who Hosts a Database with GDI?   I want to create a self replicating website and I was initially thinking I could use Microsoft Access for the Database, but I can't figure out how to get a Database on my PC to work on my GDI Domain...

I could use some help because I have spent lots of time looking into php and the language is starting to make sense, just not sure how everything pulls together...

Please help me;

[Matthew Green]

Hello ALL,

Is there any way of Hosting a Database with GDI that can be updated using Forms and also give reports...

I want to be able to do the same stuff I can with Microsoft Access, but with a Website,, Log In details, personalised Pages etc... I know the consept but I can not find any info to tell me which system is compatible with GDI Server.

Is there an option available to me that will allow me to do this with GDI??
I have the stuff working on my PC but can't figure out how to do the same online with GDI.

I have spent an incredible amount of time on this and just need pointing in the right direction..

Please help,

[RodB]

I have never tried but with an .htaccess file you could probably get a cgi script to run with a comma seperated DB. Perhaps support will answer. As I recall .htaccess is supported.

[Kevin Napier]

Is there a way to get a potential customer directly to the page where they can check a domain name availability?

[NickAttwell]

Hi,
Does anyone know the local root directeries for our site?
For example, /usr/local/www/sitename here or whatever?
I need this so i can use htaccess ..

Any help will be greatly appreciated?
Thankyou
Nick

[E Armando]

Hi,
Does anyone know the local root directeries for our site?
For example, /usr/local/www/sitename here or whatever?
I need this so i can use htaccess ..

Any help will be greatly appreciated?
Thankyou
Nick

Hi Nick,

if you have ftp access to your site, write this using your preferred text editor:

<?
  phpinfo();
?>

save it as phpinfo.php and upload it to your site

I have a sample here of what it does:

http://plainandsimple.ws/phpinfo.php

look for SCRIPT_FILENAME, it wil show the path of phpinfo.php where you can infer the location of your other files.

 

[Keith_C]

Well, I'm kind of sad now. I was getting into all this .ws hosting stuff, what with the "everyone can have a web page now" take on things. But it seems, you can have web pages if you 1) want a fairly simple and static site, or 2) are willing to take the time to figure out how to either force things or find workarounds.

I admit I was lulled into this by a friend of mine, but the first thing I found was the name I wanted was already taken...  Then I find out I have to provide my SSN. Then I find there's no MySQL (a BIG requirement for me). What PHP modules are availble (I noticed it appears to be running 4.4)? There is or isn't support for a CGI-driven script? Then there are aspects of the very few pre-built features don't work (feedback plug-in, for one).

It just seems the bells and whistles and selling/marketing aspects of a real hosting service just aren't there. The focus is on the business side, and I'd just really prefer to be a hosting reseller, allowing those that want to pursue the business side to do so.

Perhaps I'm a minority in here, and most everyone else here is also present for the business aspects. Perhaps the percentage of those looking to do full-fledged web sites are in the minority here. It just seems the more I read, the more I'm finding this may not be ready for serious web developers/programmers. It was built and is being marketed around its network marketing business aspects, and I'm more of a web developer than a business-person...

I guess my hopes of this being for everyone were a bit short lived... I mean, aside from the business aspect, what makes .ws hosting better than say, hostasaurus, where, although you get half the bandwidth, you get twice the storage, a mysql database, and all for only $6.50 per month?

Could someone please let me know if I'm off track here?

Thanks.

[mack88]

Well, I'm kind of sad now. I was getting into all this .ws hosting stuff, what with the "everyone can have a web page now" take on things. But it seems, you can have web pages if you 1) want a fairly simple and static site, or 2) are willing to take the time to figure out how to either force things or find workarounds.

I admit I was lulled into this by a friend of mine, but the first thing I found was the name I wanted was already taken...  Then I find out I have to provide my SSN. Then I find there's no MySQL (a BIG requirement for me). What PHP modules are availble (I noticed it appears to be running 4.4)? There is or isn't support for a CGI-driven script? Then there are aspects of the very few pre-built features don't work (feedback plug-in, for one).

It just seems the bells and whistles and selling/marketing aspects of a real hosting service just aren't there. The focus is on the business side, and I'd just really prefer to be a hosting reseller, allowing those that want to pursue the business side to do so.

Perhaps I'm a minority in here, and most everyone else here is also present for the business aspects. Perhaps the percentage of those looking to do full-fledged web sites are in the minority here. It just seems the more I read, the more I'm finding this may not be ready for serious web developers/programmers. It was built and is being marketed around its network marketing business aspects, and I'm more of a web developer than a business-person...

I guess my hopes of this being for everyone were a bit short lived... I mean, aside from the business aspect, what makes .ws hosting better than say, hostasaurus, where, although you get half the bandwidth, you get twice the storage, a mysql database, and all for only $6.50 per month?

Could someone please let me know if I'm off track here?

Thanks.

Hello Keith,

I just read your post in regards to php, plug-ins, cgi scripts and all the other bells and whistles.  When I first signed up for GDI a year ago, I was looking for a few more of the bells and whilstles as well.  I am not a seasoned web developer as you are, but there were a few more things I were looking for when I began creating my websites.  Once I figured out that there were not cgi-bins, ect., I settled for what the product offers....an opportunity and used other tools and resources in order to be somethat creative.

What I have found is, for the majority here, this is an excellent money maker.  GDI offers an individual the opportunity to have an inexpensive home-based business and a decent product to market to the average individual. 

Personally, I market both the business aspects and the hosting.  It all depends on what the individual is searching for or what their needs may be.  Other hosts may offer this and may offer that.  GDI offers a little of this and that along with a home based business where one can truly earn a handsome residual income over time.  I personally believe that GDI is the perfect home-based business for the product and monies invested.

Frank

[Keith_C]

Hello Keith,

I just read your post in regards to php, plug-ins, cgi scripts and all the other bells and whistles.  When I first signed up for GDI a year ago, I was looking for a few more of the bells and whilstles as well.  I am not a seasoned web developer as you are, but there were a few more things I were looking for when I began creating my websites.  Once I figured out that there were not cgi-bins, ect., I settled for what the product offers....an opportunity and used other tools and resources in order to be somethat creative.

What I have found is, for the majority here, this is an excellent money maker.  GDI offers an individual the opportunity to have an inexpensive home-based business and a decent product to market to the average individual. 

Personally, I market both the business aspects and the hosting.  It all depends on what the individual is searching for or what their needs may be.  Other hosts may offer this and may offer that.  GDI offers a little of this and that along with a home based business where one can truly earn a handsome residual income over time.  I personally believe that GDI is the perfect home-based business for the product and monies invested.

Frank

Thanks Frank. That's what I was kind of figuring as I was running it through my mind from different angles. But your comments help me to know I'm thinking of it correctly. I'll run it through its paces for the next 6 months to a year, and see what comes of it. I'll create the pages, optimize them and promote them, and treat it like I would any other site I'd like to make sales on, and see how it goes.

In the meantime, I'll pray that GDI beefs up their web hosting arsenal a bit. And I'll read up on what their history has been with adding features (perhaps I could get a job with them and develop some PHP utilities, or at least integrate some others ).

I'll also need to find out more about what exactly their hosting services are... There's quite a bit that's not on the /hosting page.

Thanks again.

[VictoriaW]

What is the DNS used for?

[Nicole Taylor]

What is the DNS used for?

Hello,

Domain Name System (DNS) is used to convert domain names into IP addresses.

To learn more, type "what is DNS" in your search engine.

Nicole

[TodMcBride]

this Forum is a blessing and a curse. I come looking for an answer to something and find answers to questions that I didn't know I had.
Now for my question. I have a non profit that I am try to use GDI for a fund raiser. they are a womans shelter, what is GDI stand on porn on members sites    javascript:void(0);
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