djbob
05-04-2005, 08:41 PM
I would really LOVE LOVE LOVE FWHT to review free hosts and place the reviews on the website. The other reviews sites suck.
Clickherefree is the best in response, but one time I came to look at my sites rating and it dissapeared. I emailed the owner, he responsed, and I responsded, and then he just forgot about it. I had to re-register my website... ergh, lose all my votes... and I STILL don't have it up. :angry:
freeweb-hosts is the worst in response. I sent them 10 emails, they replied once, and they haven't replied since. I still haven't been added :angry: (again)
and freewebspace.net hasn't replied at all, but I only sent them one request.
I am desperate for a popular guide that actually is ACTIVE and UPDATED, and looks at submissions and actually REVIEWS them and ADDS them ASAP.
If you guys don't have the time, if you want, I can do the reviews and manage that part for you (don't worry, no need to give me FTP, just I'll write the reviews, give them to you, and you can put them up). I am good at organizing and crap, and I think the net really needs something like this. Or you guys can run it, I'm fine with that too, as long as SOMEONE keeps a good guide up.
EDIT
PLAN
As a plan, you could place a tab "reviews" where there are home, profile, rules, etc. Then (in your really cool skin :)) you could have a nice database with different free hosts, with features ratings and user reviews ratings, a short description, and complete features overview. We could have everything indexed, so you could search the DB for features you want, etc. I could do the reviews, and even the DB script, just as long as you guys could host it on your site :). Or you can do it yourself, either works for me. I'm not trying to become famous here, I am just really desperate for a good ratings site.
Here's two good rubrics for reviews:
FEATURES (175 pos. pts. total, 100 pos. prcnt. total):
SPACE (20 pts total):
1000mb+ = 20 pts
500mb+ = 15 pts
100mb+ = 10 pts
50mb+ = 5 pts
1mb+ = 0 pts
BANDWIDTH (10 pts total):
10gb+ = 10 pts
5gb+ = 7 pts
1gb+ = 5 pts
.5gb+ = 2 pts
.1gb+ = 0 pts
URL (10 pts total):
Subdomain AND domain = 10 pts
Subdomain ONLY = 5 pts
Domain ONLY = 3 pts
Other ONLY = 0 pts
UPLOAD METHODS (10 pts total):
FTP AND File Manager = 10 pts
FTP ONLY = 7 pts
File Manager ONLY = 3 pts
Other ONLY = 0 pts
SCRIPTING (20 pts total):
PHP = +10 pts
CGI = +5 pts
ASP = +3 pts
FPE = +2 pts
SUBDOMAINS (5 pts total):
Unlimited = 5 pts
5+ = 3 pts
1+ = 2 pts
0 = 0 pts
ADDITIONAL DOMAINS (5 pts total):
Parked Domains = +3 pts
Addon Domains = +2 pts
EMAIL (20 pts total):
POP3 support: +10 pts
Web Access: +5 pts
Custom MX Records: +3 pts
Auto Forwarding: +2 pts
CONTROL PANEL (20 pts total):
CPanel: +15 pts
(Others control panels to be added later upon research)
Fantastico: +5 pts
DATABASES (10 pts total):
MySQL unlimited: +8 pts
MySQL 5+: +5 pts
MySQL 1+: +2 pts
PostgreSQL: +2 pts
Other DB: +2 pts
SUPPORT (20 pts total):
Forums: +15 pts
Email: +3 pts
Other: +2 pts
OTHER (5 pts total):
Cron: +2 pts
Statistics: +3 pts
SSL: +1 pts
REQUIREMENTS (20 pts total):
Banner Ads: +5 pts
Popup Ads: +0 pts
Forum Posting Required: +10 pts
NONE: +20 pts
FINAL PERCENT CALCULATED BY:
100(pts/pos), where "pts" is the total points, and "pos" is 175, or the total possible points.
USER RATINGS (Varying pos. pts. total, 100 pos. prcnt. total):
SINGLE RATINGS:
One 5/5 rating: +2 pts
One 4/5 rating: +1 pts
One 3/5 rating: +0 pts
One 2/5 rating: -1 pts
One 1/5 raings: -2 pts
BONUSES:
100+ 5/5 ratings: +100 pts
50+ 5/5 ratings: +50 pts
25+ 5/5 ratings: +25 pts
10+ 5/5 ratings: +10 pts
100+ 4/5 ratings: +50 pts
50+ 4/5 ratings: +25 pts
25+ 4/5 ratings: +12 pts
10+ 4/5 ratings +5 pts
REASON FOR BONUSES:
To enhance rating of refutable companies by giving companies with more ratings and good ratings higher than companies that, for instance, just have one positive rating.
FINAL PERCENT CALCULATED BY:
100(pts/(2(rtgs))), where "pts" is the total points, and "rtgs" is the total amount of ratings. Ratings can be between -100% and 100%, any higher or lower result calculated by equation will just result in -100% or 100% rating.
Clickherefree is the best in response, but one time I came to look at my sites rating and it dissapeared. I emailed the owner, he responsed, and I responsded, and then he just forgot about it. I had to re-register my website... ergh, lose all my votes... and I STILL don't have it up. :angry:
freeweb-hosts is the worst in response. I sent them 10 emails, they replied once, and they haven't replied since. I still haven't been added :angry: (again)
and freewebspace.net hasn't replied at all, but I only sent them one request.
I am desperate for a popular guide that actually is ACTIVE and UPDATED, and looks at submissions and actually REVIEWS them and ADDS them ASAP.
If you guys don't have the time, if you want, I can do the reviews and manage that part for you (don't worry, no need to give me FTP, just I'll write the reviews, give them to you, and you can put them up). I am good at organizing and crap, and I think the net really needs something like this. Or you guys can run it, I'm fine with that too, as long as SOMEONE keeps a good guide up.
EDIT
PLAN
As a plan, you could place a tab "reviews" where there are home, profile, rules, etc. Then (in your really cool skin :)) you could have a nice database with different free hosts, with features ratings and user reviews ratings, a short description, and complete features overview. We could have everything indexed, so you could search the DB for features you want, etc. I could do the reviews, and even the DB script, just as long as you guys could host it on your site :). Or you can do it yourself, either works for me. I'm not trying to become famous here, I am just really desperate for a good ratings site.
Here's two good rubrics for reviews:
FEATURES (175 pos. pts. total, 100 pos. prcnt. total):
SPACE (20 pts total):
1000mb+ = 20 pts
500mb+ = 15 pts
100mb+ = 10 pts
50mb+ = 5 pts
1mb+ = 0 pts
BANDWIDTH (10 pts total):
10gb+ = 10 pts
5gb+ = 7 pts
1gb+ = 5 pts
.5gb+ = 2 pts
.1gb+ = 0 pts
URL (10 pts total):
Subdomain AND domain = 10 pts
Subdomain ONLY = 5 pts
Domain ONLY = 3 pts
Other ONLY = 0 pts
UPLOAD METHODS (10 pts total):
FTP AND File Manager = 10 pts
FTP ONLY = 7 pts
File Manager ONLY = 3 pts
Other ONLY = 0 pts
SCRIPTING (20 pts total):
PHP = +10 pts
CGI = +5 pts
ASP = +3 pts
FPE = +2 pts
SUBDOMAINS (5 pts total):
Unlimited = 5 pts
5+ = 3 pts
1+ = 2 pts
0 = 0 pts
ADDITIONAL DOMAINS (5 pts total):
Parked Domains = +3 pts
Addon Domains = +2 pts
EMAIL (20 pts total):
POP3 support: +10 pts
Web Access: +5 pts
Custom MX Records: +3 pts
Auto Forwarding: +2 pts
CONTROL PANEL (20 pts total):
CPanel: +15 pts
(Others control panels to be added later upon research)
Fantastico: +5 pts
DATABASES (10 pts total):
MySQL unlimited: +8 pts
MySQL 5+: +5 pts
MySQL 1+: +2 pts
PostgreSQL: +2 pts
Other DB: +2 pts
SUPPORT (20 pts total):
Forums: +15 pts
Email: +3 pts
Other: +2 pts
OTHER (5 pts total):
Cron: +2 pts
Statistics: +3 pts
SSL: +1 pts
REQUIREMENTS (20 pts total):
Banner Ads: +5 pts
Popup Ads: +0 pts
Forum Posting Required: +10 pts
NONE: +20 pts
FINAL PERCENT CALCULATED BY:
100(pts/pos), where "pts" is the total points, and "pos" is 175, or the total possible points.
USER RATINGS (Varying pos. pts. total, 100 pos. prcnt. total):
SINGLE RATINGS:
One 5/5 rating: +2 pts
One 4/5 rating: +1 pts
One 3/5 rating: +0 pts
One 2/5 rating: -1 pts
One 1/5 raings: -2 pts
BONUSES:
100+ 5/5 ratings: +100 pts
50+ 5/5 ratings: +50 pts
25+ 5/5 ratings: +25 pts
10+ 5/5 ratings: +10 pts
100+ 4/5 ratings: +50 pts
50+ 4/5 ratings: +25 pts
25+ 4/5 ratings: +12 pts
10+ 4/5 ratings +5 pts
REASON FOR BONUSES:
To enhance rating of refutable companies by giving companies with more ratings and good ratings higher than companies that, for instance, just have one positive rating.
FINAL PERCENT CALCULATED BY:
100(pts/(2(rtgs))), where "pts" is the total points, and "rtgs" is the total amount of ratings. Ratings can be between -100% and 100%, any higher or lower result calculated by equation will just result in -100% or 100% rating.