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Is there a generic way to see what is a website running on ?

Maybe like whoishostingthis.com can tell you who is the ISP of a website. Is there a way to find-out what is a website running on ? (so like I can see that stackoverflow.com is running on Rails v9.3.2.1 and digg.com is running mostly drupal but with many customizations ) Thanks. ...

How do I choose web hosting?

I have a couple of personal web-based projects in the pipeline, and am unable to chose how to host them. I have questions in the area of domain names and actual file hosting (which I believe are separate topics, though many companies provide both). Domain Names I have a domain name registered with Freeparking.co.uk, but they don't off...

Should I use internal or external hosting for a PHP+MySQL company intranet?

I am developing intranet system for large company (5000-10000 employs) and i would like to hear any comments or advices from the community. The system consists of 2 parts: Main Intranet system: Based on Company local server and all access will be within company local network. Web site for company members: Company members can access fr...

Is it possible to rent CPU cycles?

I have an application that takes days to process data. Is there a service that would let me run my application on powerful computers? I'm not running a website or a web service. This is taking lots and lots of data files, running them through a big custom application, and outputting a result. It takes days on my PC and it's something ...

PHP/MySQL simple connection won't work.

I'm hosting a website on Zymic (free host) that utilizes MySQL. I opened an account, and wrote the SIMPLEST function to connect to the DB. It looks like this: <?php $conn = mysql_connect("uuuq.com","paulasplace_sudo","mypassword"); if(!$con) { die("Could not connect: " . mysql_error()); } else { e...

Hosting company recommendation for remote vs.net desktop development

Hi, Are there any hosting companies that specialize in hosting a remote development environment? I am looking to have vs.net, sqlserver, subversion (and install my other development tools) so I can access my environment remotely from anywhere. ...

What Mercurial DVCS hosting would you recommend for a small open source project?

I'm looking around for free Mercurial hosting for a small-scale open-source project. If you've ever used such a service, who is doing the hosting, and would you recommend them? I know SF.net can be set up to host HG repos, but it looks like a lot of trouble (for the benefit of having a big, known, service that's unlikely to go down anyt...

IIS7: View resources used by specific website

Is there a way to view the resources (RAM, CPU, etc) used by specific websites hosted in IIS? Something like task manager, but specifically for IIS. ...

How and where to host applications after getting domain?

I got domain name from google apps. I am using it for some personal stuff. I need a good host provider and that should support linux shell installations, with perl, python, php, My SQL support. ...

Moved hosts, how do I view the site?

Hi, I recently moved hosts with my blog and I have waited 72 hours for it t propergate properly. I just checked the site there and it's showing it on the old host. When i use a proxy, I can see the site perfectly on the new host. The problem seems to becoming from my PC. EDIT: Tried to flush the dns and it's the same story, it's quite ...

Is there a hosted SVN provider that offers discussion tools on par with GitHub's?

We use SVN at work (ie. this is not an open-source project) and have an off-shore team working in our code. I'd love to be able to communicate better with them and the commenting system provided by GitHub would be perfect. With GitHub's system I can start a discussion on any line of code in a commit. So, my question: does anyone know ...

free online repository for small team project

Duplicate: Free Online SVN repositories Free version control services Is there a free version control server provider for non-public projects? Are there free online repositories suitable for university team projects? better if it's hidden from public at least 5 users of course, free! As it's a school project, it's n...

Can't browse a website hosted at home on local machine

I have an ASP.NET website hosted at home on IIS. Outside my home network i can see the website, but inside the network it gives me a 404 error. I can browse the site as localhost. It seems like a DNS problem, just not sure how to fix it. ...

Multiple Domains to One Virtual Host | Wildcard Host (shared hosting)?

I have the following task: Create one website which is accessible with 20 different domains names. Same files, same folder, same ip. Question (shared hosting): Can this be accomplish with a bare cname's pointing to the same common subdomain or do we need one static ip for all? The problem is sure shared hosting and I'm trying to avoid...

Why do some websites require "www"?

Why do some websites require the "www" before the rest of the address, while others seem to resolve just as well with the "www" as without it? Is there some compelling reason why you would set up your domain name to work like this? ...

Risks of hosting public web site right on my network?

I want to set up IIS on an old XP box that I have on our our LAN at work so that I can host some Silverlight stuff on it that I am plying with so I show it to others on the internet. I have a public IP set up already that shoots straight through my firewall and straight to that machine, and I sometimes use Remote Desktop to log into that...

silverlight streaming hosting

Hello everyone, Microsoft provides service at silverlight.live.com to provide hosting service, I am wondering whether there are some products which enables us to host silverlight streaming locally, e.g. hosting in IIS or in some file server? thanks in advance, George ...

Is any source code available that has an Active X control hosted in WPF?

I am looking for some source code and a project to download and look at that has an Active X control hosting WPF. I can not find any source code anywhere on the net. I can not add a WPF resource the usual way in an Active X control. I have to add it manually to the reference section. ...

Does anyone know of any good (and cheap) domain registration companies who all access to SPF/TXT records

I use 1and1 mainly - through legacy/lethargy reasons as I would not recommend them. Unfortunately, they do not allow access to the SPF/TXT records of domains, and I need this. At the moment I do not need a new host (as there are too many client systems to move over), but just someone to register the domain and give me access to the DN...

IOC dependency injection deployment (bin ? GAC ?)

Are there any deployment requirements for the most popular IOC containers (example: Windsor, Ninject, Unity, StructureMap, Autofac) ? Do they all deploy the same? If you're on a shared host, what challenges will that present (ex. medium trust, etc...) Can they be bin deployed? GAC deployed? Any web-hosters that come "IOC-ready"? ...