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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 56772 Gender:	Re: Web hosting provider Reply #15 - Jan 25^th, 2024 at 3:29pm No. You all come across even slower than before.
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 120156 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Web hosting provider Reply #16 - Jan 25^th, 2024 at 3:43pm freediver wrote on Jan 25^th, 2024 at 3:25pm: Unfortunately I don't really have records of how fast it was before. Does anyone else notice a speed improvement? It seems faster now but maybe they give you honeymoon speeds?
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Reply #17 - Jan 25^th, 2024 at 4:06pm

freediver wrote on Jan 18^th, 2024 at 7:01am:

Can anyone recommend a cheap web hosting provider suitable for this site? I need cpanel and it currently runs on a linux server. I need a full service, including setting up the site from a backup.

The last full website backup was 18GB. I think the number of files (inodes) may be an issue with the yabb forum, but I am still trying to figure out how many there are.

I am currently with hostgator on a VPS with 4 cores, 8GB of RAM, 240 GB SSD. I could probably scale that back a bit, but not much.

The advertising has not been covering the cost of hosting for a long time, so I am paying for most of this myself. I am also looking into alternative advertising options, but they are not easy to assess.

Why are you scunging around for cheapies, Effendi? Pay for a decent host, get decent software like the Yank Forum has....and hold you hand out for financial assistance (like the Yank Forum does.)

Yep, you can bet if anyone coughs money, they'll want a quid pro quo, but why not at least give it a go?

There is no need for this crappy IT here.

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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 120156 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Web hosting provider Reply #18 - Jan 25^th, 2024 at 4:46pm Aussie, in all fairness - you're not the one paying the bill. he who pays the piper calls the tune.
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Reply #19 - Jan 25^th, 2024 at 4:50pm

Aussie wrote on Jan 25^th, 2024 at 4:06pm:

freediver wrote on Jan 18^th, 2024 at 7:01am:

Can anyone recommend a cheap web hosting provider suitable for this site? I need cpanel and it currently runs on a linux server. I need a full service, including setting up the site from a backup.

The last full website backup was 18GB. I think the number of files (inodes) may be an issue with the yabb forum, but I am still trying to figure out how many there are.

I am currently with hostgator on a VPS with 4 cores, 8GB of RAM, 240 GB SSD. I could probably scale that back a bit, but not much.

The advertising has not been covering the cost of hosting for a long time, so I am paying for most of this myself. I am also looking into alternative advertising options, but they are not easy to assess.

Why are you scunging around for cheapies, Effendi? Pay for a decent host, get decent software like the Yank Forum has....and hold you hand out for financial assistance (like the Yank Forum does.)

Yep, you can bet if anyone coughs money, they'll want a quid pro quo, but why not at least give it a go?

There is no need for this crappy IT here.

I was paying a lot more for hostgator. They look like a far more professional service. But the website was slower and the technical support was terrible, even when it was something on their end that went wrong.

What American forum?

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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 56772 Gender:	Re: Web hosting provider Reply #20 - Jan 25^th, 2024 at 5:15pm I can pay you in Cake FD.
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 120156 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Web hosting provider Reply #21 - Jan 25^th, 2024 at 5:46pm Jasin wrote on Jan 25^th, 2024 at 5:15pm: I can pay you in Cake FD. Only Monk pays with cakes.
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 53184 At my desk.	Re: Web hosting provider Reply #22 - Jan 25^th, 2024 at 5:59pm Jasin wrote on Jan 25^th, 2024 at 5:15pm: I can pay you in Cake FD. Have you seen the peanut butter falcon?
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: Web hosting provider Reply #23 - Jan 25^th, 2024 at 6:29pm Current host seems faster than Hostgator. I was with Hostgator for a while but not all that happy with them. Be nice if we can move to a more modern BBS tho, phpBB3 or XenForo or {whatever} But let this migration settle down.
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Reply #24 - Jan 25^th, 2024 at 6:48pm

freediver wrote on Jan 25^th, 2024 at 4:50pm:

Aussie wrote on Jan 25^th, 2024 at 4:06pm:

freediver wrote on Jan 18^th, 2024 at 7:01am:

Can anyone recommend a cheap web hosting provider suitable for this site? I need cpanel and it currently runs on a linux server. I need a full service, including setting up the site from a backup.

The last full website backup was 18GB. I think the number of files (inodes) may be an issue with the yabb forum, but I am still trying to figure out how many there are.

I am currently with hostgator on a VPS with 4 cores, 8GB of RAM, 240 GB SSD. I could probably scale that back a bit, but not much.

The advertising has not been covering the cost of hosting for a long time, so I am paying for most of this myself. I am also looking into alternative advertising options, but they are not easy to assess.

Why are you scunging around for cheapies, Effendi? Pay for a decent host, get decent software like the Yank Forum has....and hold you hand out for financial assistance (like the Yank Forum does.)

Yep, you can bet if anyone coughs money, they'll want a quid pro quo, but why not at least give it a go?

There is no need for this crappy IT here.

I was paying a lot more for hostgator. They look like a far more professional service. But the website was slower and the technical support was terrible, even when it was something on their end that went wrong.

What American forum?

This bastard.

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Reply #25 - Jan 25^th, 2024 at 6:58pm

YankForum is Visually all over the place it's an eyesore.
This Forum style you can see a lot in just a glance, without having to flick your iris's to all four corners of the screen.

You have title of Topic far to the left and then you have to look to the far right for those who post, etc.

Here, everything is more centralised and easier to read and take in at a quick glance, rather than having to 'look all around'.

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Reply #26 - Jan 25^th, 2024 at 7:03pm

Jasin wrote on Jan 25^th, 2024 at 6:58pm:

YankForum is Visually all over the place it's an eyesore.
This Forum style you can see a lot in just a glance, without having to flick your iris's to all four corners of the screen.

You have title of Topic far to the left and then you have to look to the far right for those who post, etc.

Here, everything is more centralised and easier to read and take in at a quick glance, rather than having to 'look all around'.

It's the software, numpty. You can do all sorts of cool stuff with it.

Posting links and photos is a breeze, for example. And there is lots more.

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Reply #27 - Jan 25^th, 2024 at 7:04pm

Aussie wrote on Jan 25^th, 2024 at 7:03pm:

Jasin wrote on Jan 25^th, 2024 at 6:58pm:

YankForum is Visually all over the place it's an eyesore.
This Forum style you can see a lot in just a glance, without having to flick your iris's to all four corners of the screen.

You have title of Topic far to the left and then you have to look to the far right for those who post, etc.

Here, everything is more centralised and easier to read and take in at a quick glance, rather than having to 'look all around'.

It's the software, numpty. You can do all sorts of cool stuff with it.

Posting links and photos is a breeze, for example. And there is lots more.

Look Aussie. I hate change. Angry

If the world stuck with Tsars and Caesars - it would be a better place.

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AIMLESS EXTENTION OF KNOWLEDGE HOWEVER, WHICH IS WHAT I THINK YOU REALLY MEAN BY THE TERM 'CURIOSITY', IS MERELY INEFFICIENCY. I AM DESIGNED TO AVOID INEFFICIENCY.

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: Web hosting provider Reply #28 - Jan 26^th, 2024 at 6:18am Yank forum needs to do something about robots—update its robots.txt file. Good robots follow the instructions in that file—HM time it can spend on the site. 108 robots there now! 1600 guests—HM of them are spambots? Layout sucks. No security certificate.
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Captain Nemo Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 15562 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Web hosting provider Reply #29 - Jan 26^th, 2024 at 7:26am I reckon just start a new board on ProBoards. Totally free. Easy to post visuals from X (formerly Twitter) and the best bit? No more crazy fiefdoms with member run boards driven by egotistical warlords fighting each other all the time. All equal under the one roof.
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