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Question

Hosting Help

by Feb 13, 2015 4:40PM PST

I have a new and great idea/topic for creating a website, I will do all the coding for that. My question is should I prefer online registrars like GoDaddy etc. to host my website or I opt a personal web server? My website will be very interactive. Please help me

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Clarification Request
About you doing all the coding.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Feb 14, 2015 1:36AM PST

PHPBB was well past 100,000 lines of code in 2007. ( https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=539237 )

OK, let's give you the average best of 1,000 lines of code a day ( http://cboard.cprogramming.com/tech-board/119611-how-many-lines-code-shall-one-write-per-day-maximum.html )

So that means your new website given the average or some size today will be ready in about a year.

Why would you want to write all that? Why not get it working with PHPBB and find a host with a matching front page of WordPress or the like?
Bob

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And yes, it's been meme'd
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Feb 14, 2015 1:40AM PST
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by Grey_Collar Feb 14, 2015 10:25PM PST

Sir, what is phpbb3 and I will be coding in django.

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Ouch.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Feb 14, 2015 11:43PM PST

Programmers tend to hit the web for the basic questions so I fear that you may be from the old school of where all answers came from classrooms and books. I'd like you to prove me wrong here.
Bob

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Ouch
by Grey_Collar Feb 15, 2015 3:30PM PST

Sir can you please elaborate what you want to say. And I am a teen of 17 years and not a professional

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In short
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Feb 16, 2015 2:12AM PST

You claim you are going to write all the code. So that was my first OUCH, this is going to hurt and take a very long time.

Second, one of the first things you learn is to "hit the web" or use a search engine. I've written too much code over the years and in the past we used books and classes to get the needed answers. Today, so much different.
Bob

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Re: website
by Forum moderator Feb 13, 2015 5:37PM PST

I'd start using a hosting company to host your website. Juat use their shared hosting until your website is such a great success that dedicated hosting (your own server managed by them) is preferable.

Kees

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by Grey_Collar Feb 14, 2015 1:28AM PST

Sir my website will allow anyone to sign up and post on the site and a lot of functionality. So do you think I can achieve this from a shared web server?

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Re: shared webserver
by Kees_B Forum moderator Feb 15, 2015 4:14PM PST

In the start-up phase, surely. And a good host can upscale very fast (once you paid for it).

Kees

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Hosting
by Feb 17, 2015 1:26PM PST

In your initial phase you can go for any of the hosting service. Then look how much response you are getting on the web and then decide whether to go for same hosting or a dedicated one.

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Website Hosting
by Sep 18, 2015 5:09AM PDT

You can prefer online register. Check plans for Website Hosting. The benefit of choosing online hosting registrars is that it makes all the steps easy and convenient for you. The platform dependability also matters.

Or if you want your personal web server, this would give you control over your hosting. Also this will cost you more you will need extra storage space too. Check you web server hosting plans.

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