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Anyone know of some good servers?

Celtic_Emperor

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I'm in need of a good server from which I can upload my art. For the first time, Yahoo! has failed me. And this happens after a record of no problems what so ever, and right in the middle of an important update to top it off!

So if anyone can help me out, I'd appriciate it. I don't want geocities, because I've heard of the nightmares with that one, and I'd preferably want one that doesn't shrink the size of your pictures.

I appriciate any and all help you can provide. Thank you.


- Damien
 
Web1000.com, HostUltra.com, Boomspeed.com to name a few. I highly reccomend HostUltra since it has a free account with unlimited space, although you can only upload files smaller than 1MB, and unlimited bandwidth. I also recommens Web1000 highly since it has a free 50MB account. Boomspeed has one of the cheapest plans around, 100MB for six bucks a month.
 
Could you clarify? Are these all pay servers? Not that its a problem. I'd just rather get this done and over with soon so I can move on and forget this ever happened.


- Damien
 
Ok. So which would you choose between the first two? They both sound good. Do you know if one is more reliable over the other? And size won't be a problem, since all of my pictures are below 1MB anyway. The largest file I've ever had was something like 97,000 something or other. So I'm more in this for the reliability than room. Although room is important, since my update pictures would go there, every time I have an update.


- Damien
 
Hmmm, well both require you to get a certain number of hits a week in order to stay up. I would suggest HostUltra, but you will need to have a something to create the web page with, like frontpage or dreamweaver. Do you?
 
All this just for a server? This is BS too. And no, I don't. Are you telling me there isn't a reliable, free server that doesn't have any catches?

I used to use ranchoweb.com for my signature pictures on other forum sites, but then they turned into a pay site.


- Damien
 
Well, hmm.... You could use Tripod.com or Angelfire.com There just aren't many really good free servers out there. One thing about geocities though. I use it for my sig images and it works fine. You might want to give it a shot, even though it is a pain in the @$$ most of the time.
 
I don't have time for "pain in the asses", and it would be stupid to get into something I know is going to fail.

Ok, you said I had to get a certain number of hits for it to stay up. What do you mean by that? Its just a server. How are people going to "hit" it, so to speak? In fact, nobody will have known about it but me. So how can they expect someone to generate hits for something that isn't a website? I'm not following you here.


- Damien
 
Mr. Belvedere was a good server. So was Benson. 😀
 
HostUltra is a good place to store files and to create your own web pages. You will not be able to hotlink your images from hostultra to TMF but you will be able to hotlink your webpages. I do not know how many hits I got but I know my account is still there. I used the free account.
 
I KNOW what hits are!

Your not listening, and your not EXPLAINING. How exactly and why exactly would I need hits just to use this service? Could you explain to me how much they require?


@ rajee- I don't want to make webpages right now. I just want some place to store my pictures so I can post them here. Is that too much to ask? I'm doing this for you guys and for our convienience! Sheesh! 😛


- Damien
 
Sorry. Host Ultra requires that you have a certain number of hits as you know. This may mean that if people download your pictures, it counts as hits. They require ten per week. See this:

Limitations: The Service is subject to the following limitations:
File Size. Files larger than 1 Mb cannot be uploaded to the hostultra.com servers, such files will be deleted automatically without notice to User.
CPU Resources. User acknowledges that the Service is provided on a shared server and agrees not to engage in any activity that could overwhelm the server with heavy CPU usage or that requires a disproportionate amount of the resources of the hostultra.com server, including without limitation, use of highly active PHP scripts or MySQL processes.
Hits/Traffic. Your account must get at least 10 (ten) Unique Hits per Week.
Reselling. All features of your account are to be used by the account holder only and not redistributed to the internet community. You may not install any uploading scripts or file managers which store public uploaded files on your webspace. You may not give out your FTP or account login password to anyone who is not related to webmastering your web site, nor may you give out your password for the purpose of public uploads or download. You may not sub host/resell or run your own web hosting provider on our servers, this included providing an account or website to persons who were rejected by our account signup script or banned from creating accounts for any reason.
Language. All sites must be written entirely in English.
User shall not include content, or internet links to content on the Site that contain, promote or involve any of the following:
any infringement of copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or other intellectual property right;
hate propaganda;
racist, threatening, or otherwise abusive content;
child pornography;
the promotion or incitement of, or instruction for, the commission of illegal activities;
mail fraud, multi-level marketing (pyramid) schemes or any other fraudulent activities;
content promoted through the sending of unsolicited e-mail (also known as spamming);
sending of unsolicited e-mail (spam) from the hostultra.com server, or any other server that refers to content on the hostultra.com server, or sending such e-mail with a hostultra.com ’ hosted Web site listed as the contact address;
warez, cracks, hacks, spam software & their associated utilities;
information or other material that contains a virus, corrupted data or any other harmful or damaging component;
any use of space that does not allow, or interferes with, the display of advertising;
any files protected with "camouflage", "banana" or any other deceptive method to hide the true content of the file, or to hide a file inside another file;
any links from other providers’ web pages to user’s Site that do not first link to an html page on hostultra.com .
In addition to the above, User shall not upload onto their hostultra web space any of the following:
audio or video files of any type this includes but is not limited to .wma .wmv .wav .mp3 .avi .mpg .asf .mov (however flash and midi files are allowed);
spanned archives such as such as .z01 .rar .ace;
any binary files that are not linked to an html page on the Site;
sites which contain only (or mostly) downloadable files;
download sites of any kind, including but not limited to, shareware, freeware, trialware, demos, warez, appz, gamez, iso, cracks;
photo albums or TGPs;
Idem. User agrees that hostultra.com is not responsible for content on pages hosted on member sites and acknowledges that hostultra.com does not endorse or verify any such material.
Idem. User agrees to assume full responsibility for all files associated with the Site and acknowledges that User may be held legally for the contents of the Site.
Idem. Accounts, in our sole descretion, conciders to be storing only or mostly downloadable files are not allowed and will be terminated upon sight.
Backup and Monitoring. User is solely responsible for creating backups of any files associated with the Site and for monitoring the Site.
Notice to Officials. If hostultra.com determines that law enforcement officials should be notified regarding potentially illegal content on the Site, User agrees that hostultra.com may provide copies of User’s web pages to the appropriate officials without notice to user. hostultra.com will cooperate with all law enforcement efforts to locate persons who have posted content that is illegal or promotes illegal conduct.
Policies and Guidelines. User agrees to abide by all policies or guidelines, together with any amendments thereto, set out, from time to time, by hostultra.com anywhere on the site www.hostultra.com
 
Thank you, thats good enough for me. I can generate 10 hits a week, right?

I still don't understand one thing though. Do I have to make a site or something? It would seem that rajee and that legal mumbo jumbo were suggesting that I would have one or need one. The fact is, I DON'T want one. I just want storage space, dangnabit! LOL


- Damien
 
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I am not sure.... Probably not, as long as you get at least 10 hits a week. Buuuut, you could make a simple blank page and just post the links to all your pictures on it just to be sure.
 
Now why would I need to do that? And if I don't have a site, or need one, then how do I get hits? See what I mean?

I was under the impression that by using this service I'd be able to post the pictures here, and other places without problems. Thats why I want this anyways. Just to have a stable enough server that doesn't crap out. Thats all I want. I don't want to have to make a website I won't use just to be able to post pictures here. Thats nonsense! Nothing is simple anymore.


- Damien
 
Hey, give it a try, maybe it'll work. If not, well, you could always ask Prime what he uses, since he has always posted pictures the way you want to now. As a matter a fact, that might be the best option for you. Prime is sure to know.
 
Thank you for the help. All of you. Hopefully it will provide favorable results.


- Damien
 
I used Smart Groups to solve my red x problem. They seem to allow image hotlinking and are more stable than Yahoo Groups. They also have a list of affiliates who offer the same thing.
 
After consideration of a different plan, I may not now need a server. But again, thanks.


- Damien
 
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