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[GizmoPhreak]

Hello friends..
I wanted to give free hosting to people..Like i will host everything and anything present in Fantastico for them..I will give ftp access on request only. So plz tell me tht how to put a banner on top of all the pages like which i can edit anytime i want to!
Like is there any script which can help me to put a banner on top of each and every page hosted at the server...

Second, How to block the upload of exe files from ftp.....

Third, is there anyways I can make money from it other thn placing google ads..?

Fourth, I want to start hosting it on shared hosting first so any good host tht u knw can provide unmetered or large data transfer and a nice space at cheapest possible price...?

thts all for now! plz help me guys..
THNKZ in advance..



Edit: Plz dont forget to tell me like how much sapce or bandwidth it will take! RND bt......

[LSChosting]

First off, dont even bother trying to host this on a shared plan... it just wont work (theres a good chance most hosts wouldnt be too impressed finding this on a shared plan either).

At the minimum get a cheap reseller.

The only way to block exe uploads (as far as i know) is to use a HTTP upload page, and block the extension there. Apart from deleting them manually, i dont think theres a way to block them from being uploaded.

Apart from ads? i don't think so...

The only way to force ads, is to either use a mod_layout hack in apache (which would require at least a VPS), or a .htaccess file, which could be easily removed...

One thing though, if you dont plan on giving FTP access, and people have to ask you to install anything, etc etc... why would people want to sign up with you instead of one of the other 200,000,000 free hosts out there? (Not bagging you or anything, just giving you something to think about)

[djbob]

If you are trying to be serious about this, then... do what LSCHosting said to do above. However, if you're just trying to host for a few of your friends, go ahead and do whatever you want ;)

EDIT
First off, dont even bother trying to host this on a shared plan... it just wont work (theres a good chance most hosts wouldnt be too impressed finding this on a shared plan either).

At the minimum get a cheap reseller.

The only way to block exe uploads (as far as i know) is to use a HTTP upload page, and block the extension there. Apart from deleting them manually, i dont think theres a way to block them from being uploaded.
Apart from ads? i don't think so...

The only way to force ads, is to either use a mod_layout hack in apache (which would require at least a VPS), or a .htaccess file, which could be easily removed...

One thing though, if you dont plan on giving FTP access, and people have to ask you to install anything, etc etc... why would people want to sign up with you instead of one of the other 200,000,000 free hosts out there? (Not bagging you or anything, just giving you something to think about)
You can block files extensions using .htaccess. Oh, and PLZ TELL ME HOW TO FORCE ADS THROUGH .HTACCESS!!! Even if it could be easily removed.

[GizmoPhreak]

Oh please tell mehow to block files from htaccess and do tell me how to put advertisments using them!

And if possible please tell me any good control panel which i could give them well an open source..I dun wanna pay for it!!!!!

How to do this in a reseller hosting?

[LSChosting]

If you are trying to be serious about this, then... do what LSCHosting said to do above. However, if you're just trying to host for a few of your friends, go ahead and do whatever you want ;)

EDIT

You can block files extensions using .htaccess. Oh, and PLZ TELL ME HOW TO FORCE ADS THROUGH .HTACCESS!!! Even if it could be easily removed.
I havent setup ads through htaccess myself, but i've read about it.... somewhere...

[djbob]

:( I've been searching for months on how to do this.

[salpyilmaz]

hahahhaha

[djbob]

Yeh well, I found out how :P

[salpyilmaz]

congratulations:)

[djbob]

Thank you :). Actually, I posted how in the Running a free webhosting business forum.

[salpyilmaz]

ok:)

dj, do you know how can i find freehosting123.com invitation?

if you know please tell me. thank you:)

[djbob]

If you're asking me, you could've just made a PM. No, I do not know were you can find such an invitation, but I would suggest you search the 'net for one. It is just gmail invites, just less common.