I'm building a website targeted for US visitors; and this question came up while shopping around for reliable web hosting there. Since I'm located in the UK, a simple "ping" wouldn't represent the average access time from a US visitor's point of view -which is critical, since a new visitor spends around 3 seconds to evaluate a website. ...
I am using Windows Server 2003 to host a few websites. I have the Windows Firewall enabled along with Remote Desktop and FTP. I am considering installing AVG Free for basic protection. Is this enough? Should i install anti virus on my production server? Can anyone give any tips on bare minimum standard security setup? ...
I am a keen follower in news related to Amazon S3. It seems to be reliable, scalable and a cheap service. However, web hosts do not seem to be overly scared. I have not noticed any major drops in prices since Amazon and Google released their 'Cloud' based platforms. Is there a reason for this? Or are web developers simply not aware of ...
hi there all, I have my website currently hosted on paid server, but i want to transfer it on GAE. How can i do it? Can anyone please help me in this case.I'd appreciate your help. Thanks:) ...
In the excellent Secret Geek’s Building a Micro-ISV series, Leon Bambrick admits that he prefers to host his sites in the US because of the prices and proximity to his target market. For Australian companies and start-ups, what’s the best ASP.NET web hosting in the country? Should a company consider hosting its website overseas even if ...
I'm trying to figure out how to best implement a public data hosting service. How do websites that let users upload pictures enforce their terms of service regarding obscene pictures? Do they use image processing algorithms to flag potential violations (too many skin-colored pixels)? I think Imageshack looks at the websites that their...
I have a windows shared web hosting, and i want to create there a file watcher which will monitor my images folder and resize the new images. I thought to make it as a separate component because i may sell to others later. Any ideas? ...
In my website which is hosted by GoDaddy, I'm seeing slightly different behavior in how my URLs are being generated. In my development environment, the page loads just fine, but on the GoDaddy servers, a page cannot be found message is appearing. Rather than http://www.rsolberg.com/PhotoAlbums/ I am getting http://www.rsolberg.com/rsol...
Pretty simple question. Looking for recommendations for setting up a free website and having the best answer voted up. All platforms and programming languages included. I value a powerful programming environment over everything else Thanks Note: I'm asking this question for somebody else, I'd personally just pay dreamhost or l...
Hi .. i am looking for a free Webhost for JSF sites.. unfortunately i didn't find any by Google. It is just for testing .. i know .. i could test it with localhost. but i do want to have real time conditions. ...
Is there a service that will identify where a site is hosted (presumably by IP)? ...
using RewriteCond or similar mechanism on apache, can i change how fast content is served to users in different parts of the world? because it seems like this: I am hosting a site on netfirms.com, which is based in Toronto, and hosting another site on dreamhost.com, which is based in California. Both sites are almost empty. So I just...
Our Foobar University is currently in the planning stages of moving their web hosting services to an enterprise hosting automation panel system like Plesk or cPanel. Is anyone out there in a University environment that has gone down this path and has a roadmap with resource requirements, pitfalls, and issues? Is there another product on ...
I registered a domain www.xyz.com I hosted my files at xxx.hosting.com Now i made a redirect at www.xyz.com pointing to xxx.hosting.com Question: Now when i load xyz.com the hosted index.php is loaded. When i click on page2.php the page gets loaded but the url www.xyz.com remians same. But it should be like xyz.com/page2.php. How...
I am planning for my own startup and I am kind of skeptical towards hosting and cloud. I always wonder what if my app becomes popular and valuable. The server owner will have access to my database and at least the binary of my app. I am exposed to a risk that the owner have a copy of my asset. ...
Hello, I am running shared hosting server for asp.net application. I want to support for crystal report on my server. So that users web application use crystal report. Can any one know what is the procedure to support crystal report on the server. Thanks ...
I have a system where a website needs to be hosted on a Linux machine while a backend application that the site talks to needs to reside on Windows. Is there any "common practice" for such hosting? Note - both of the systems are mine so there is the dilemma of whether to have the machines physically located together to avoid delay for c...
When you are developing at home and need to cooperate with others, do you open up your homenetwork, or do you rent a virtual server somewhere? Where are good places to look? Can you get around Microsoft license costs with trial versions and SQL Express editions the way you can at home? I think requirements are a bit different than a l...
i want to test my web hosts asp.net capabilities - equivalent to a 'phpinfo' page - is there a standalone aspx page I can upload to test that asp.net is correctly running and what version etc it is running. Thanks, Josh ...
Hello, What is the best place to go for free Ruby on Rails web hosting? I'm starting my project and I don't need a really good package for hosting, but if my project begins to grow then I'll pay for the best! Thanks. ...