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mikejeffs
January 15th, 2001, 16:13
Does the above exist?

I am on F2S but they are sooo slow that I am losing lots more visitors through the speed than I would lose through an ads based site.

My PHP needs aren't intensive - I could substitute the requirement for PHP with SSI - but that loses me a lot of flexibility.

BTW: I own a britney spears site (some hosts don't allow celeb sites)

thanks

MikeJeffs
Nick
January 15th, 2001, 16:18
I wouldn't have said anything until I saw the type of site you have. I HIGHLY suggest that you use SpacePorts. PHP/SSI/CGI/mySQL is on a seperate server (a bit slower than the main planet [website] servers), but the main reason I reccomend them is because you will get $.10 per banner click, you get 20MBs that's upgradable, and 40GBs of transfer per month.

They allow celeb sites... There's a ton on their highest bandwidth topsites.
mikejeffs
January 15th, 2001, 16:48
I am based in the UK. Do they pay webmasters from outside of the USA???

If not then are they still my best option???

thanks

Mike
laurie
January 15th, 2001, 16:55
Mike, I am too in the UK :)
Cold!

What I suggest you do is read the terms and conditions. Most companies will pay you in US Dollars for international cheques and will leave it up to you to pay in to your bank account - this is usually fine.
Nick
January 15th, 2001, 19:18
Originally posted by mikejeffs
I am based in the UK. Do they pay webmasters from outside of the USA???

If not then are they still my best option???


They're based in Canada and make USD payouts, I'm sure UK would work. Even if it doesn't, it's your best option for that kind of site.
mikejeffs
January 16th, 2001, 11:22
I signed up for a spaceports cgi accont but their ftp seems really naff. I've been trying to upload my site - that is only 1.4mb and an hour later I still can't get all of it up there.

What other hosts do people reccomend. being paid for the banners is of no interest to me... normaly banner schemes seem like a waste of time these days unless you get mega high visitor numbers.

All I need is.
1. Choose where the banner goes - this is at the top of my page, but on the right in a table.
2. SSI or PHP
3. Fast, allows celeb sites and allows my own affiliates.

thanks

Mike - http://www.britneybikini.co.uk
Nick
January 16th, 2001, 17:38
Originally posted by mikejeffs
I signed up for a spaceports cgi accont but their ftp seems really naff. I've been trying to upload my site - that is only 1.4mb and an hour later I still can't get all of it up there.


Simple problem... CGI Bin account can only be linked from the "planet servers" so you don't want to upload your site to the cgi bin account. It's a bit confusing, but once you're used to it, it's a lot easier. Try their forums, they have some great support.