Zhosting.tk - 1000mb, unlimited b/w, php(v5), mysql (unlimited) , dns soon!!!

[canardpress]

You can linux off any computer that runs windows, and you can get linux for free.

Edit: Unix..lol

[MarkK]

yeah but it aint working... :( it's bad...

zpanel ain't bad, it's the person who uses it ;)

[blackarib]

What are you trying to imply with that, that I don't know how to use the Zpanel? I am one of the developers.

[blackarib]

Switching to linux sounds like a great idea, doesn't it. There would be several MAJOR problems if we switched to linux, we would have to redesign all of our systems around the different software packages we would be forced to use.

[bequackyhost]

Ya, but linux is so much better for hosting. Your server is about the speed of my dead gandmother crossing the street right now (which is why almost everybody gets frustraited and leaves your site), but with linux it could be three times as fast. I think that if you don't change something soon you might aswell not offer hosting. All the same though, nice try.

LINUX LINUX LINUX LINUX LINUX LINUX LINUX LINUX LINUX LINUX LINUX LINUX LINUX LINUX LINUX LINUX

[blackarib]

We are still not sure what our current problem is but we know that the server is not being overly stressed. If we were to get a new server we would definately get a linux server but it isn't quite within the budget at the moment!

[bequackyhost]

Arg blackbarb... Your server is fine. I know Windows servers, they suck. If you can't offer worthy hosting, why worry about it being offline for a while? After I switched my life got so much easier it isn't even funny.

[blackarib]

Like I say, we will try and sort out whatever our current problem is and then if we get a new server it will be a linux one.

[blackarib]

OK, I think the speed problem is solved. We have disabled sendfile and the server is running A LOT LOT faster. Please test it out and let us know if it really is fixed.

[TS_Death_Angel]

i can't access the site... in the status bar it says connecting and finally brings up an error message that it cannot connect... I have the same problem with ftp

[Manzi]

yes site wont load

[bluxscape]

approximately how long til you get the linux server? hehe. you've been beset by countless problems but you never give up. i'm quite impressed.

[persiansniper]

Just wondering. Is this dhost.info? If not where did they go?

[blackarib]

Sorry, connection kept crashing last night, should be fixed now. No, this is not dhost.info

[blackarib]

We would just like to wish everyone here at freewebspace.net a happy new year!

[015179]

it still isnt working 4 me :(

[Kyrosera.com]

And you dont even have a domain?! LMAO

[blackarib]

Our internet connection problem came back again but we hope (fingers crossed) that it is fixed now.

[015179]

Its still offline for me :(

[Manzi]

yep offline

[blackarib]

Sorry, online now.

[015179]

It was, and it was fast....now its offline again

[Gary13579]

yes, I have wanted to join for a while now, but it doesnt work :(

[blackarib]

Less of the language, sorry to correct you but Zhosting now no longer runs slowly, that issue has been fixed.

[Kyrosera.com]

It would probally be best to stay away from this host with all of the problems happening.... Its not always the space you provide, its the reliability of the service.

[blackarib]

Sorry to say it but you seem a bit biased, you appear to run a webhost yourself?

[Dini]

Sorry to say it but you seem a bit biased, you appear to run a webhost yourself?
yes he does pal... :shame:

[blackarib]

Then he should know that it is possible to have a week where everything that can go wrong does.

[Kyrosera.com]

Yes i do know, but you shouhld really be more prepared before entering the industry. Im not trying to bash anyones parade, its just if you want to make it you have to be ready for trouble :)

Good luck with your company :)

[blackarib]

We were prepared, we just had problems (mainly) out of our control.

[Kyrosera.com]

I wish you the best of luck with getting things going again :)

[jnvilo]

Just curious. How can you afford to provide free hosting? I can understand hosting providers giving free hosting in the hope that one will upgrade but you do not provide paid for hosting.

[blackarib]

We have plans in the future to provide a paid for hosting plan but at the moment we just accecpt donations - (not very many - i.e. 0)

[canardpress]

LOL, that is very sad... Maybe you could get some of your members to make templates and sell them or something. You could also make a google ad code available. My host for example is adless, but there are a lot of people that want to help out.

Oh yes, and it seems that the server is not working right now.

[blackarib]

We are considering many different options for making money but we are as yet undecided. The server is online again.

[blackarib]

Corrections-
1) We cannot turn off the ads because of the number of visitors we are getting (though we plan to get a domain name soon)
2) You are not viewing everything through a frame, only the first page.
3) The slow-loading problem has recently been fixed.

[canardpress]

Are you sure about that, because after looking at your site I noticed that the url bar does not change, the only way that is possible is via frames.. I had the same problem when I was on .tk, it's a simple code that you need to fix it though.

[blackarib]

Last time I looked the url changed. The .tk people have been making changes recently so maybe it no longer breaks out of the frame but it used to.

[blackarib]

I just checked again and it does break out of the frame and the url bar does change.

[Dini]

wow server is way to fast right now! congratulations

[blackarib]

Thanks, at least one person appreciates it!

[015179]

Am i the only one it is still offline for?

[blackarib]

It is online at themoment. Try exiting your browser and entering again.

[blackarib]

Good news, we have now implemented a system that means FTP accounts are activated within two minutes!

[015179]

Tried that :'(

[fangs]

its pretty fast when its up... but i've always had trouble accessing the site at it seems to go down pretty often :(

[015179]

Yeah i caught it up once recently and it was really fast...still down tho :(

[Renegade]

Is he hosting it off his computer or something?

[RangerOfFire]

Yes...

[blackarib]

We would like to apologise for our recent problems but we are online now.

[alex_blue]

It's extremely fast when the host is online, but only last for a couple of minutes, before it goes offline again. So basically the webhost keeps going on/off these couple of days. Maybe a hacker hits your host? Or is there other reasons for this? Thanks for your time! :-)

[blackarib]

We do not believe it to be a hacker, just a software problem that has only just appeared, we hope it is fixed now.

[alex_blue]

Oh thanks! It's online now, hope this time will last longer :)

[alex_blue]

Still no surprise, the host is down again after 3 minutes, sigh..

[015179]

*sob*

I missed it :(

[alex_blue]

It's up again! A warm greeting from the host, wishing zhosting staff a very happy and blessed new year too! Thanks a lot for the great free hosting!

[blackarib]

Good news, we think we have identified the problem - a software conflict causing our connection to become unuasable until a full system roboot. This issue should now be solved. Also please note that the service could go offline for up to 15 minutes on Saturday while we perform a software update, which should hopefully improve uptime.

[015179]

Still offline for me :(

[blackarib]

OK, we have updated the software already in an effort to resolve the problems, and we are now connecting to the internet in a different way, which will also hopefuly help reliability.

[MarkK]

Down for me 0:21CET

[015179]

Still downtime for me.....
6:49pm EST

[fangs]

still down :o

[Manzi]

same...in a earlier post you said you are one of the depelopers of zpanel as you do use this i ask is this just a major test of zpanel to get out all the flaws? by having tons of people use it and complain about this and that?

[blackarib]

No, this in no way a test of the Zpanel. I am only developing the new Zpanel v2.5, not the current v2.0 - on which there is no more development.

[Gamerx100]

Way Zhosting is not working ??

[015179]

Is it gone 4 good?

[blackarib]

Sorry about our current problems but Zhosting is not gone, just taking a break.

[015179]

Sorry about our current problems but Zhosting is not gone, just taking a break.
Do u know how long thje break is?

[blackarib]

We didn't mean a break literally, it is just that the problems have been keeping us offline. We don't want to make any more promises about the problem being fixed because we have said that a few times and it hasn't been.

[blackarib]

The server is currently online. We hope it will stay that way but we can't make any promises at this stage.

[blackarib]

We are currently experiencing problems with our domain name, as a temporary measure you can use the domain name http://zhosting.uni.cc , sorry for the inconvenience caused.

[blackarib]

Just to let you know the usual z.blogdns.com domain is up and running again.

[015179]

It says on the main page that yall are deleting the files friday....do u mean next week's friday?

Also, it is working great and fast!

[blackarib]

It means Friday the 14th of January 2005, probably at about 11:00pm GMT, though it will take several hours fot them all to be deleted. Please do not try to upload files again until we place a notice on our website to that effect.

[Yojance]

.tk are free right? how can they provide this kind of service then?

[MarkK]

Downdowndowndowndowndowndowndowndowndowndowndowndown, your wife turned the pc of again!

[015179]

Its offline again :(

[blackarib]

I find everyone here full of humour. It is online again.

[SaKSaNa]

is there is a dns and why don't you changged it for cpanel

[015179]

Its off again :'(

[blackarib]

No, we do not currently offer DNS hosting. We do not currently have a large enoug budget for cpanel as it costs thousands of pounds.

[andrewb]

Why don't you set up a support forum instead of using this thread?

[blackarib]

We do have a support forum, just no-one seems to use it!

[015179]

Its on again :)

[andrewb]

I can't find your forums

[blackarib]

Please remember to back-up ALL your files BEFORE Friday (of this week) or you will lose them and we won't be able to get them back for you.

[015179]

*runs to download files!*

[015179]

http://z.blogdns.com/zhosting/support/

Forums :)

[blackarib]

You can use the link given by 015179 or it is the help link on our website.

[blackarib]

Three more days till the big delete, we have now removed the FTP server download speed limit to ease you getting your files.

[thecrecarc]

i keep on getting a error here is a pic

http://img28.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img28&image=untitl4du.jpg

[blackarib]

Sorry, the image will not load, can you give the error in text form?

[edit] The image has now loaded, mozilla gives this error when it cannot connect to the server, either you were not conected to the internet at the time or our server was offline (which do you think was more likely?)

[MarkK]

either you were not conected to the internet at the time or our server was offline (which do you think was more likely?)

That your server was offline.

[blackarib]

Our uptime has improved slightly over the last week but it is still well below an accecptable level, we will keep working on it till it is fixed.

[Gamerx100]

Way teh site is still not working ??

[blackarib]

Online again now, sorry.

[blackarib]

Please remember it is only one more day until all files are being deleted, please make a backup of your files if you want to upload them again after. Please do not try to upload your files again until we post a notice here and on our website telling you that you can, the FTP server will be off for the duration of this process and the availabiltiy of the HTTP server is not guaranteed.

[blackarib]

Please remember: only a few hours left to back-up your files before they are deleted.

[blackarib]

OK, the big delete has started. The FTP server has been taken offline and all files are in the process of being deleted. It will be until an unknown time tomorrow until you can upload your files as the deleting will take a long time, maybe even until Sunday but we are not sure at this time, we will try to keep you informed.

[SaKSaNa]

do you accept adult forum ?

[blackarib]

No, we do not. We would now like to announce that the file delete is complete and you can now upload your files again. Sorry for the inconvenience this has caused you.

[Manzi]

wow very very fast...but how long will it last...

also i think its time you make your site look better get rid of that dul gray background with black text make it more user friendly who cares if you use a free template just make it look better... it will help you alot

[blackarib]

Like I said, we have a new website well into development, though it will not be ready for at least another month and it will not be used until we implement the new version of the Zpanel, which has not been released yet. We believe that our new website will be far more user-friendly and a better design. We may release screenshots in the near future.

[blackarib]

We have solved one of the major remaining issues with the new site, it may be operational sooner that expected. The site will have many new integrated support and errortracking systems. We are booting out the old forum (which no-one uses anyway) and replacing it with a purpose built trouble ticket system. Other features will include: user and admin sumitted tutorials, useful tools, FAQ's, fully integrated and instant signups, custom built live chat (when available), and new user-friendly, better design.

[015179]

Seems to be offline again

[blackarib]

It's online now (not just now, only just had time to read the post now..

[thecrecarc]

offline for me :(

[015179]

Offline for me too

[Salman88]

WOW 24 pages on this one!

[Dini]

online for me blackarib :p

[blackarib]

We now think (hopefully) we have found the issue with the connection and it has been corrected. Sorry for all the downtime recently.

[thecrecarc]

is it me or is it real slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[blackarib]

It seems the solution to our slowness problem was causing our downtime recently, we have reverted to our old settings but are trying to sort out the slowness once and for all.

[edit]We have been making a major effort on the new site lately but we have decided to switch our attention to fixing the server, until it is fixed all work on the new site is suspended.

[blackarib]

We now seem to have solved our speed and reliability problems, thankyou for your patience.

[azntg]

okay, please let us know if you're accepting new signups. I'm considering to sign up to your host

[blackarib]

We are accecpting new signups from the 29th of January onwards, sorry for the wait.

[015179]

Its working great!

[blackarib]

Most of the aesthetics of the new site has been finished, it is now mainly about writing the content for it and a few integration tasks. Hopefully this will not take too long, but we want to get it right before we start using it. Look out in the future for beta tester aplications, hopefully in the near future.

[Manzi]

beta tester for what?

[blackarib]

For the new website, just to make sure all the features are working correctly.

[blackarib]

Within the next couple of weeks we are planning to provide you with ads to put on your websites (non-forced), juust to keep us going (and free). And remember, inactive accounts are being deleted on the 29th, this Saturday.

[Ratty]

page isn't working i can't update it :( for a looong time

[blackarib]

Sorry, what exactly is your problem, give us more details and we will be happy to help you.

[blackarib]

Please note, there is some system maintainance underway, if you experience any problems that persist for more than the next hour then please report them to us, but not immediately, we know that some things will not work at the moment.

[blackarib]

OK, server maintainance complete, please let us know if you have any problems as a result.

[MarkK]

I must say your uptime has improved but images are still hard to load, text is pretty fast..

[alex_blue]

I can't login to Zpanel, it takes forever to load after I signed in with my username and password. Please help, thanks!! :)

[blackarib]

The problem seems to have sorted itself out now, but we will keep an eye on the problem.

[alex_blue]

Hi there, the speed was fast about 8 hours ago, but now it's extremely slow, especially when loading my forum. By the way I notice that direct loading of pictures is much much slower than loading the picture via dynamic url (...php?action=abc.jpg).

[blackarib]

OK, we will look into this.

[alex_blue]

Just to let you know that my forum loads up amazingly fast now. It seems that whatever changes you made within this 10-minute period is working. Thanks a lot!!

[blackarib]

Good news everybody, signups are now open again a day earlier than expected! Enjoy!

[Manzi]

new site desgin yet?

[blackarib]

Sorry, there have been some delays and we do not expect to have the new site ready for about another 1-2 months, hopefully it will be worth it when it is ready.

NOTICE: We have just recieved notification that our electricity supply will be going off on February the 11th from 09:00-16:00, this means that our server will be offline for the duration of this time, sorry for this inconvenience.

[alex_blue]

Just dropping by to ask, have you resolved the issue of direct loading of images? As it is still extremely slow when loading image directly. Thanks in advance!

[blackarib]

Sorry, we are still working on it.

[blackarib]

We have done some work on the server, let us know if it improves performance any as we have not been able to do much testing.

[blackarib]

Notice: We have taken some measures to increase security, please let us know if you have any problems as a result.

[alex_blue]

Sorry for the late reply. I must say that performance has increased a little since my last visit. 30% of my site (top frame as I'm using frames: top and bottom) is loaded in a jiffy, but the remaining 70% would only be loaded after about 2-minute time.

I would give zhosting's speed a 3.5 stars (currently) if you ask me. Keep up the good work! :)

[blackarib]

OK, we will keep trying out new things to fix the problem. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be any of the usual suspects.

[blackarib]

We have found the problem for the speed issue. It has been caused by a program using up most of the cpu, when we can find a viable replacement for this program this should solve the speed issues. We will keep you posted.

[a_ghost]

Wow It's working nquite fast now :biggrin2: :classic2:

[blackarib]

Keep us posted on the speed, see if it keeps up. There should be a final cure in the coming days hopefully.

[a_ghost]

It's now fast like hell :classic2:

[blackarib]

Good to hear, hope it stays that way.

[blackarib]

Any comments on the speed, is it staying fast?

[alex_blue]

My site couldn't even load up now, it stucks in the middle of loading... What happened? :confused:

[blackarib]

Is it better now?

[alex_blue]

Yes it's improved a little, but the problem of slow loading of pictures arise again! (I must say that it was really fast about 5 hours ago...)

[blackarib]

OK, we will see what we can do.

[blackarib]

How is the speed now?

[persiansniper]

I can't login to my zpanel?

Anyone else with this problem?

[Milan11]

I can't login to my zpanel?

Anyone else with this problem?
Me niether

[tpirfan83]

some how, I can't login to my file manager.

[blackarib]

Can you tell us why you can't log into the Zpanel? Will it not let you in?

[Decker]

Geez this started in November 9th, 2004, with an unlimited , and it's still here??

And don't you guys have your own support? Rather than post here.

[scotty2hotty1125]

yes, it may be because i just registered about 4 hours ago, but i can not install scripts or my forums or upload any files to my ftp server yet...

[blackarib]

We do have our own support, but nobody uses it. Hopefully your FTP should be working now.

[buildingmaster]

What's the catch?

You know those .tk email forwarders rarely work on the free accounts.

[blackarib]

We have tried to get away from using emails to communicate, it is much easier via our forum (click on the help link on our website).

[wnuczek]

how long does it usually take for a ftp account to become active?

[Decker]

What is your forum (and help link) address blackarib ?

Might be nice for those looking to know!

[a_ghost]

ehh click here:

http://z.blogdns.com/zhosting/support/

no need to register... you can post as guest

[Decker]

Yeh I know - a_ghost

Do you even realise where it all directs to ?? and you are related to them how ?

[wnuczek]

Do you even realise where it all directs to ?? and you are related to them how ?

where?

[a_ghost]

Yeh I know - a_ghost

Do you even realise where it all directs to ?? and you are related to them how ?

hee?

it redirecting to forum... support forum... I don't know what you want more :confused4

Yeah I'm releted... I have account there... :P

[blackarib]

The help links everywhere on our site redirect to our forum, and the address is as posted above, sorry for any confusion.

[wnuczek]

your service is unbelievably slooooooooow. i can't get it to work.

[blackarib]

There are some system tools running at the moment which are causing the problem at this time, these should complete in the coming hours. The final solution to the problems should be within the next week hopefully.

[blackarib]

The system tools have now finished running so you should notice an increase in speed.

[ak007]

server is down for about 5 hours

[blackarib]

At what point was the server down? Our network monitoring did not pick up on this.

[fskof]

At what point was the server down? Our network monitoring did not pick up on this.
You were down last night (EST), starting maybe around midnight. After I woke up this morning, you were still down (unless you were up in the middle and then went down again). I noticed you were back up around maybe 10:30 EST this morning. z.blogdns.com wasn't refusing connections, so maybe that's why the monitor didn't notice, but requests were all just sitting there without ever getting a reply.

[blackarib]

Hmm, then I think it must have been online but with some sort of error, sorry about that.

[alex_blue]

And the extremely slow loading issue returns... Now my forum doesn't even load up within 5 minutes, only the browser title bar is showing, other than that is just blank and plain loading (of nothing). How come? Thanks in advance!! :)

[ak007]

hez hosting on his own pc

[blackarib]

The speed issue is still due to the software problem, this will hopefully be sorted soon.

[mskprathap]

I am thankfull for the account on ur server but unfortunately am unable to move beyond zpanel page.I enter details and press login and it seems loading but never loads fully.So,I have to refresh after some time.

I think its due to problem already being mentioned above but incase its not,kindly take note of this.

mskprathap

[blackarib]

Yes, we are already aware of this problem and are trying to correct it.

[blackarib]

Please remember that we will be going offline soon because of a power outage.

[blackarib]

We are now back online after our power outage, sorry for the inconvenience caused.

[Manzi]

Could not select the database \`$db_name[counter]\` for the counter: Access denied for user: 'blackarib@127.0.0.1' to database 'zee1'

[blackarib]

Sorry about this, we do not know how it happened, anyone know when it started?

[Jan]

Please start a new thread when you are ready to roll again.