DEAD - Free webhosting for 3 years: 1and1.com [Archive]

bigredlemon

Sep 25th, 2003, 09:31 PM

FYI

looks like a one-guy company.

1and1.com Back-order this name

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domain: 1AND1.COM
created: 28-Sep-1997
last-changed: 19-Sep-2003
registration-expiration: 27-Sep-2003

nserver: ns27.1and1.com 217.160.224.3
nserver: ns28.1and1.com 217.160.228.3

registrant-firstname: Andreas
registrant-lastname: Gauger
registrant-organization: 1&1 Internet Inc.
registrant-street1: 1055 Westlakes Drive
registrant-street2: Suite 300
registrant-pcode: 19312
registrant-state: PA
registrant-city: Berwyn
registrant-ccode: US
registrant-phone: +1.8774612631
registrant-fax: +4.972191374215
registrant-email: hostmaster@1and1.com

admin-c-firstname: Andreas
admin-c-lastname: Gauger
admin-c-organization: 1&1 Internet Inc.
admin-c-street1: 1055 Westlakes Drive
admin-c-street2: Suite 300
admin-c-pcode: 19312
admin-c-state: PA
admin-c-city: Berwyn
admin-c-ccode: US
admin-c-phone: +1.8774612631
admin-c-fax: +4.972191374215
admin-c-email: hostmaster@1and1.com

tech-c-firstname: Andreas
tech-c-lastname: Gauger
tech-c-organization: 1&1 Internet Inc.
tech-c-street1: 1055 Westlakes Drive
tech-c-street2: Suite 300
tech-c-pcode: 19312
tech-c-state: PA
tech-c-city: Berwyn
tech-c-ccode: US
tech-c-phone: +1.8774612631
tech-c-fax: +4.972191374215
tech-c-email: hostmaster@1and1.com

bill-c-firstname: Andreas
bill-c-lastname: Gauger
bill-c-organization: 1&1 Internet Inc.
bill-c-street1: 1055 Westlakes Drive
bill-c-street2: Suite 300
bill-c-pcode: 19312
bill-c-state: PA
bill-c-city: Berwyn
bill-c-ccode: US
bill-c-phone: +1.8774612631
bill-c-fax: +4.972191374215
bill-c-email: hostmaster@1and1.com

% See http://registrar.schlund.info for information about Schlund+Partner AG

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bigredlemon

Sep 25th, 2003, 09:32 PM

note that the domain registration expires in *2 DAYS*!! What kind of company leaves their domain registration to within 2 days without renewing??

Free is still free, but i'd be cautious. (There is no free lunch.)

vicvic

Sep 25th, 2003, 09:44 PM

Originally posted by bigredlemon@Sep 25 2003, 10:32 PM
note that the domain registration expires in *2 DAYS*!! What kind of company leaves their domain registration to within 2 days without renewing??

Free is still free, but i'd be cautious. (There is no free lunch.)
true... oh well. is free...

:)

nothing to lose except for my information and phone number...
I put my phone# as my cell...

mrken

Sep 25th, 2003, 10:12 PM

Originally posted by vicvic+Sep 25 2003, 07:44 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (vicvic @ Sep 25 2003, 07:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--bigredlemon@Sep 25 2003, 10:32 PM
note that the domain registration expires in *2 DAYS*!! What kind of company leaves their domain registration to within 2 days without renewing??

Free is still free, but i'd be cautious. (There is no free lunch.)
true... oh well. is free...

:)

nothing to lose except for my information and phone number...
I put my phone# as my cell... [/b][/quote]
And they will steal your airtime in exchange for "free" service. :P

AdidasROXX

Sep 25th, 2003, 10:20 PM

if you take a look at the whois info, notice the "suite number" meaning it could possibly be an office. So I highly doubt it's an one-man operation, tho that suite number might be condo ;)

and expiration might not be accurate. but I'm pretty sure the "created" date is and 3 years ago. though not sure why it took them this long for their "grand opening."

ullyeus

Sep 25th, 2003, 10:52 PM

small or single person business's dont scare me.

Hugh Jass

Sep 25th, 2003, 10:56 PM

Originally posted by AdidasROXX@Sep 25 2003, 10:20 PM
if you take a look at the whois info, notice the "suite number" meaning it could possibly be an office.  So I highly doubt it's an one-man operation, tho that suite number might be condo ;)

May also be a 'Mail Boxes etc.' type place.

This does look too good to be true. We haven't seen free things like this since the dot com bubble burst. Interesting though, eh?

chillin

Sep 25th, 2003, 11:18 PM

they have a good idea though, if they provide good service for the next while they'll get alot of word of mouth advertising.

either they'd spend the money on real advertising or bite the bullet and cover costs for the accounts and get word of mouth advertising that would probably be more effective.

inf

Sep 25th, 2003, 11:19 PM

Thanks for the GREAT find! :D

You guys that are picking at this are fruitcakes :lol: :rolleyes:

chillin

Sep 25th, 2003, 11:20 PM

and just to be sure, i used my fido cell number that fido just reactivated for 20 mins airtime to lure me back. :P

chillin

Sep 26th, 2003, 12:07 AM

so... do you need a domain name? or do they give you a blahblah.1and1.com type adreess if you don't have one

afzan

Sep 26th, 2003, 12:10 AM

they give you a s1234567.onlinehome.us domain.. you can register a new one, transfer one from another registrar, or just update your domain from your current registrar with their dns info

chillin

Sep 26th, 2003, 12:35 AM

ya, i can't get ito it, though it is saying "Domain registration is being requested." figgured it was like "give me or buy me a domain sucker"

crazy, tried 5 mintues ago and the adress wouldn't resolve now it does. guess it just took time for telus to figgure it out.

lagos

Sep 26th, 2003, 12:42 AM

it may take between 24 hours to 3 days in order for your dns to resolve.

Rehan

Sep 26th, 2003, 12:54 AM

Originally posted by Hugh Jass+Sep 25 2003, 10:56 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Hugh Jass @ Sep 25 2003, 10:56 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--AdidasROXX@Sep 25 2003, 10:20 PM
if you take a look at the whois info, notice the "suite number" meaning it could possibly be an office.* So I highly doubt it's an one-man operation, tho that suite number might be condo ;)

May also be a 'Mail Boxes etc.' type place.

This does look too good to be true. We haven't seen free things like this since the dot com bubble burst. Interesting though, eh? [/b][/quote]
Actually, it's one of the largest hosting companies in the world! You can see a mention of 1&1 at http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2003/07/..._providers.html (http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2003/07/07/11_internet_and_rackshack_fastest_growing_hosting_ providers.html)

But comments about their service have been mostly negative...
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.p...threadid=177168 (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?threadid=177168)
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.p...threadid=178887 (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?threadid=178887)

There are some positive comments, too, though...like at http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.p...?threadid=76626 (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?threadid=76626)

It's worth checking out if it's a freebie. :)

bigredlemon

Sep 26th, 2003, 01:43 AM

i'm a pretty cautious person :)

being big in europe would explain why their domain was registered so long ago without being used until now. But big doesn't mean it's run well, as evident by the fact that their expiry date is so close. Although it's not accurate, they are updated within a few days at most, and often every few hours.

Most of the even smaller hosting companies prepay their domain for 10 years or so, so it's sad to see a big name company this poorly managed. Remember when microsoft forgot to renew the hotmail.com domain name? LOL... this could be a repeat! :D

*opens popcorn*

ghetto fobolous

Sep 26th, 2003, 03:51 AM

I'm a little iffy about giving them my phone number (even if it's my cell...) C'mon free webspace for 3 years??... something don't seem right <_<

chillin

Sep 26th, 2003, 04:26 AM

if the service ended up good and and the price was right would you not recommend it to friends? they're spending a chunk of their advertising budget on that instead of ads on sites.

if you think about it.. they have the infrastructer allready and have the income to handle the initial debt of increasing server space. I'd be pleased if more marketing schemes went this way.

bigredlemon

Sep 26th, 2003, 04:46 AM

yea it does seem legit. They had an automated lady call me. :wub:

ghetto fobolous

Sep 26th, 2003, 05:12 AM

alright thanks, i'll try it then. :)

Hugh Jass

Sep 26th, 2003, 08:01 AM

How's the speed?

Bunch

Sep 26th, 2003, 12:14 PM

I've been spending several hours getting my website setup with them (thanks for letting us know about this deal!) and so far so good.

The signup procedure is unlike any I've gone through before, it seems they have a database of valid streets and postal codes which they DO check, they also call you back at your tel. # to verify it's correct.

3 years of free hosting does sound mighty suspicious but if this is a scam it's been very well thought out and lots of time/money spent. Their control panel is the best I've seen, much more feature rich than Ensim or Plesk.

Still working on setting up my cgi and will report back with more comments.

AdidasROXX

Sep 26th, 2003, 12:32 PM

Originally posted by Bunch@Sep 26 2003, 09:14 AM
Their control panel is the best I've seen, much more feature rich than Ensim or Plesk.
Is it cPanel?
I've got a few cPanel accounts and want to try other control panels.

afzan

Sep 26th, 2003, 12:35 PM

Originally posted by AdidasROXX+Sep 26 2003, 12:32 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (AdidasROXX @ Sep 26 2003, 12:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Bunch@Sep 26 2003, 09:14 AM
Their control panel is the best I've seen, much more feature rich than Ensim or Plesk.
Is it cPanel?
I've got a few cPanel accounts and want to try other control panels. [/b][/quote]
looks like a custom job

gaijin

Sep 26th, 2003, 12:41 PM

Any word on how long this promotion will last? I like the 3 years of free hosting, but I'd like to wait and see how everyone else finds them...

Also, their 'privacy policy' seems a bit 'loose', as it were, but not really much worse than any other place, so I'm undecided as to whether there's any potential for abuse (telemarketers, excessive spam, etc)...

wintech

Sep 26th, 2003, 12:45 PM

Oh wow, keep us posted thx.

gon11

Sep 26th, 2003, 12:47 PM

Originally posted by AdidasROXX@Sep 25 2003, 07:20 PM
if you take a look at the whois info, notice the "suite number" meaning it could possibly be an office. So I highly doubt it's an one-man operation, tho that suite number might be condo ;)

"Suite" can be used by mailbox too.

Captin Howdy

Sep 26th, 2003, 12:58 PM

does anyone know any free domain name sites?

temporalillusion

Sep 26th, 2003, 01:21 PM

Wow, just noticed this. That's pretty good for being FREE. Sounds like just don't register a domain name with them ever and you're safe :D

Pete Jones

Sep 26th, 2003, 01:23 PM

This is cool.

For me, the whole 4-step sign-on process took about 20 minutes.

I'll be looking forward to playing with this when I have some time.

By the way, the promotion ends on December 31 of this year. (that is, you have to sign by then to get the free offer.)

I still wonder what the catch is, though. Mama always told me theres no such thing as a free lunch. (TNSSAAFL)

Cheers,
--Pete

mrken

Sep 26th, 2003, 01:47 PM

Do you have to buy a domain from them? Or can you buy one from another registrar, say GODADDY, and use their DNS information?

sully

Sep 26th, 2003, 01:59 PM

Originally posted by mrken@Sep 26 2003, 01:47 PM
Do you have to buy a domain from them? Or can you buy one from another registrar, say GODADDY, and use their DNS information?
You don't need to buy a domain from them - they'll give you an address like http://s86979244.onlinehome.us/ and you can choose to impose a domain name on top of that if you wish.

I signed up as well, took the automated call on my cell, now my account is created and ready - but my web, FTP and SSH accounts don't seem to be functional yet. I guess for free I can wait. :)

mrken

Sep 26th, 2003, 02:03 PM

Do they also give you:

Create your ideal website! We’re giving you $300 worth of free software to help you build yourself something special. The package includes everything you need to produce, enhance, promote and analyze your own website.

NetObjects FusionHello Engines!Wise FTPInternet ExplorerNetscapeOperaAdobe Acrobat ReaderOpenoffice.orgRealplayerMicrosoft MediaplayerInfran ViewApollon ComponentsCyberkitPuttyWinscp

when you use their "free plan"?

mrken

Sep 26th, 2003, 02:04 PM

Originally posted by sully+Sep 26 2003, 11:59 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (sully @ Sep 26 2003, 11:59 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--mrken@Sep 26 2003, 01:47 PM
Do you have to buy a domain from them? Or can you buy one from another registrar, say GODADDY, and use their DNS information?
You don't need to buy a domain from them - they'll give you an address like http://s86979244.onlinehome.us/ and you can choose to impose a domain name on top of that if you wish.

I signed up as well, took the automated call on my cell, now my account is created and ready - but my web, FTP and SSH accounts don't seem to be functional yet. I guess for free I can wait. :) [/b][/quote]
Do you need to forward the domain to the address (x.x.us)? Or are the pages linked like www.myowndomainfromsomewhereelse.com/mywebpage.html?

sully

Sep 26th, 2003, 02:16 PM

Originally posted by mrken@Sep 26 2003, 02:04 PM
Do you need to forward the domain to the address (x.x.us)? Or are the pages linked like www.myowndomainfromsomewhereelse.com/mywebpage.html?
When talking specifically using technical terms, you always have the option at domain name registrars like Namecheap.com to "forward" a domain name to the account you'd get at 1and1.com.

A much better option is to configure your domain name registar (again, let's use Namecheap.com as an example) and register 1and1.com's DNS servers (example, ns1.1and1.com and ns2.1and1.com) with them. Then whenever a request came into Namecheap.com looking for your domain, it would pass the request on to 1and1.com's DNS servers, which would then redirect the request to your 1and1.com account.

Uh. Long story short, you can use www.myowndomainfromsomewhereelse.com/mywebpage.html. :D

Edit: See 1and1.com's FAQ on "How do I use an external domain?" (http://faq.1and1.com//2_domain_names_getting_started_and_troubleshooting/using_and_setting_up_your_domain/9.html)

gmark2000

Sep 26th, 2003, 03:02 PM

Some hints for people unhappy about the assigned <http://s86979244.onlinehome.us/> domains:

1. Buy a domain for cheap at Godaddy.com

Go to Zoneedit.com to use their DNS servers for free and simply point to the url (use masking to hide the hideous URL).

Or

2. Go to no-ip.com and get an alternate domain name for free.

GQinfinity

Sep 26th, 2003, 03:52 PM

I got invision bb and coppermine gallery running so far(gqinfinity.com/forums and gqinfinity.com/gallery).

The ssh account is pretty nifty - not many places give you shell access these days!

Just FYI, you can get free .tk domains (http://my.dot.tk) that redirect to the http://s1234567.onlinehome.us too!

GQinfinity

Sep 26th, 2003, 03:55 PM

Originally posted by Godot+Sep 25 2003, 05:17 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Godot @ Sep 25 2003, 05:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--itsmypostoffice@Sep 25 2003, 05:03 PM
very useful indeed!

thank you for the heads up... time to do some investigating [free newserver and now free hosting?* will someone pay my mortgage for me?]
Free Newserver?

Did I miss something? Where can I find the free Newserver? (I'll take one of the free mortgages if they come available also.) [/b][/quote]
The only semi-decent free news server I know about is:
http://www.readfreenews.net/

biggulp.readfreenews.net
biggulp.readfreenews.net is a text and binaries server that accepts and displays all articles in all groups carried. The server does not receive cancel or supercede messages.
Retention: 5 days or so for bunnies
Retention: 30 days or so for text

biggulp.readfreenews.net FAQ available here: http://www.readfreenews.net/biggulp-faq.html

itsmypostoffice

Sep 26th, 2003, 04:00 PM

Originally posted by GQinfinity+Sep 26 2003, 03:55 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (GQinfinity @ Sep 26 2003, 03:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by -Godot@Sep 25 2003, 05:17 PM
<!--QuoteBegin--itsmypostoffice@Sep 25 2003, 05:03 PM
very useful indeed!

thank you for the heads up... time to do some investigating [free newserver and now free hosting?* will someone pay my mortgage for me?]
Free Newserver?

Did I miss something? Where can I find the free Newserver? (I'll take one of the free mortgages if they come available also.)
The only semi-decent free news server I know about is:
http://www.readfreenews.net/

biggulp.readfreenews.net
biggulp.readfreenews.net is a text and binaries server that accepts and displays all articles in all groups carried. The server does not receive cancel or supercede messages.
Retention: 5 days or so for bunnies
Retention: 30 days or so for text

biggulp.readfreenews.net FAQ available here: http://www.readfreenews.net/biggulp-faq.html [/b][/quote]
good to add readfreenews.net to my list; but for those who missed ichpen's post yesterday:

www.nntpworld.com offering free beta test (http://www.redflagdeals.net/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=12&t=43228&hl=free+news)

have fun guys -- don't forget, too much ProN will make you go blind.

smiloid

Sep 26th, 2003, 04:07 PM

This seems to be a great deal. virtually every service you could want free.

Some thoughs:

- First, their annoying street verifying form didn't recognize my street (and I've been living here for a long time so it isn't like it is new). I used a made up number on my street and it worked, go figure.

- The amount of bandwith provided isn't that high. Most of their freebie clients won't come near to using what they provide anyway, but you can't use this account and hope to post movie files or have a lot of traffic without paying.

- What happens if you do go over your limit? Do they just disable your account for the month, bill you for the overage (!!) or is this configurable in their control panel.

- They seem to be a very large company, thus I can see how they can provide this service for free. They are no doubt overselling accounts on these free servers banking on the fact that a lot of them will use the accounts minimally or not at all. I have been on highly oversold servers before and it wasn't pretty, so lets hope they don't oversell too much. It would be detremental to them anyway as they want these free customers either reccomend them or become paid customers.

- The phone number/address thing might be to discourage "resellers" and the like from taking advantage of this offer.

Anyway as long as they don't ever phone me or sell my number to anyone I'm happy :)

adrianhensler

Sep 26th, 2003, 04:15 PM

I was reading their FAQ and it says under 'Why is my email and website frozen:

...
2. You have gone over your 5GB per month traffic limit, so your website has been automatically frozen. If you wish to regain usage of it, you have the option of purchasing an additional traffic amount. You must supply a credit card and you will be billed at $.99/GB.

1&1's FAQ (http://faq.1and1.com//1_general_introduction_how_the_11_system_works_/10.html)

temporalillusion

Sep 26th, 2003, 04:17 PM

jeez, I hope the site I set up with this account is as slow as their control panel stuff..

If I had a calendar I could time this...

EDIT: How long did you have to wait before you could access your site? When I try to ftp to the address provided it can't resolve the IP...

GQinfinity

Sep 26th, 2003, 04:30 PM

Not too sure.. Friends and Wil & Grace premieres last night so I didn't do anything on the computer. ...then this morning I had class so I didn't get a chance to check until around noon - and everything worked by then... ...

gatecrasher

Sep 26th, 2003, 04:31 PM

I got an account setup, plus i've got a new domain registered them. It took about 4 hours to get the ugly homeonline.us domain to start working, e-mail took a while to start working as well.

My only complaint is in regards to the delays for actions to follow through, why are such delays needed?

I'm still waiting for my domain to trickle through the world, its registered but i can't access it.

I'm using phpAdmin for mysql database, and i can only get one database, which is all i need.

ITs funny because they've got a limit on the number of files for an account, its up in the hundred thoasand ... something like 180,000 files.

AdidasROXX

Sep 26th, 2003, 04:42 PM

Once you make changes with your domain name (like changing the nameservers), it takes 24-72 hours for the DNS servers around the world to fully propogate (or update). Now, your computer might work after 4 hours, but your friend 15 mins away might now. Thus, we say upto 72 hours to FULLY propogate. This is not the host problem nor really a problem at all. That's just the pace of our technology at the moment.

For example, people on Shaw in Vancouver will be slow updating the DNS because Shaw only has 2-3 DNS servers in Vancouver.

mrken

Sep 26th, 2003, 04:56 PM

I hate .tks, they pop up ads and they kill your service when nobody goes there for 30 days. After they cancelled my mrken.tk domain, they made it a "premium" overpriced account.

Bunch

Sep 27th, 2003, 01:08 PM

This deal is getting better every day...

They emailed me a Google Adwords promo code and I already had an account setup so I typed it in and Google gave me a US$25 credit! Thanks 1and1 !

I also downloaded a FULL version of Netobject Fusion (website design tool, been using it for years) with serial number. This normally sells for over US$120. THey've also got 2 other full versions of software but haven't tried them yet.

Only negative so far is the really slow speed of their website, probably because thousands of people are signing up.

Discomonkey

Sep 27th, 2003, 01:25 PM

Does anybody know how I would publish my FrontPage site to my 1and1 site? I registered a domain with them and downloaded the FTP software, but is there a way I can just click "publish to web" in Frontpage and have it go there? I don't know what address to put in, in the frontpage dialog box.

gatecrasher

Sep 27th, 2003, 04:57 PM

I think its called, "Enable Front Page Extensions" under the domain page

not sure, wouldn't touch fp with a 10 foot poll

Ryan

Sep 27th, 2003, 07:13 PM

Seems really interesting! Posted!

ryan

Discomonkey

Sep 27th, 2003, 07:54 PM

Has anybody successfully gotten into their webspace? I'm using WISE-FTP as well as Explorer to try to connect, but I can't. I'm trying to connect to the domain I registered yesterday... should I wait another day? I've tried emailing, but no response.

bigredlemon

Sep 27th, 2003, 07:55 PM

working fine for me... and fast too!

smiloid

Sep 27th, 2003, 07:56 PM

the DNS server changes take a while to propagate, give it 1-3 days.

DamonS

Sep 27th, 2003, 08:28 PM

You don't use your account ID to log in to the webspace, you have to go to your control panel, and then click the "webspace" thingy on the right side which will drop down and display the ftp account. Click that and you will have your FTP ID.

I hope this helps.

mrken

Sep 27th, 2003, 08:44 PM

Should I register a domain name through GoDaddy or through 1and1?

reload

Sep 27th, 2003, 08:45 PM

How do we receive the 25$ voucher?

Discomonkey

Sep 27th, 2003, 08:47 PM

Thanks,

Just got the email back from 1and1 - you're right, I need to wait a couple days for the DNS servers to propagate. Oh well...

Just in a hurry I guess.

noname

Sep 27th, 2003, 09:30 PM

is a smtp server included with this hosting? or do I have to use my isp's to send mail?

Bunch

Sep 27th, 2003, 09:45 PM

Originally posted by noname@Sep 27 2003, 09:30 PM
is a smtp server included with this hosting? or do I have to use my isp's to send mail?
Almost every technical question asked in this thread is answered in their FAQ.

They did a good job and have tons of information well categorized.

When you are in the Control Panel, click on Questions & Answers and ...
RTFM :rolleyes:

wintech

Sep 27th, 2003, 11:34 PM

Originally posted by GQinfinity@Sep 25 2003, 02:57 PM
NOTE: if you have trouble getting it to accept your address, add a space to your postal code (Z9Z 9Z9).

I ran into this problem and called them up (1877GO1AND1) and was surprised to get a live reply without even being put on hold!

Amazing service so far, I'm impressed!
Still doesn't work for me.

rudolph

Sep 28th, 2003, 01:21 AM

Originally posted by itsmypostoffice@Sep 25 2003, 05:03 PM
very useful indeed!

thank you for the heads up... time to do some investigating [free newserver and now free hosting?  will someone pay my mortgage for me?]
where's the free newserver?

lagos

Sep 28th, 2003, 01:48 AM

Originally posted by mrken@Sep 27 2003, 08:44 PM
Should I register a domain name through GoDaddy or through 1and1?
neither. try www.rackshack.net for domains. only $5 USD +tax.

chillin

Sep 28th, 2003, 06:15 AM

Originally posted by reload@Sep 27 2003, 05:45 PM
How do we receive the 25$ voucher?
yes, yes we do. it came a day or 2 later but it was emailed.

so now i have 25$ worth of google adwords to advertise and nothing to advertise...wee

WooMan

Sep 28th, 2003, 10:26 AM

Does anybody know how to remove a domain from their control panel? I could add one, but couldn't remove it.

eeee

Sep 28th, 2003, 12:04 PM

Good news for those guys who ordered. 1and1.com has been extended for 1 year till 27 Sep 2004.

Regards
eeee

johnyc

Sep 28th, 2003, 12:05 PM

what are all of you using your webspace for ?

slaman

Sep 28th, 2003, 12:13 PM

I can't get them to accept my address...

I put it in, and it changes it to another street - wtf?

CozmikDebris

Sep 28th, 2003, 12:53 PM

Stay away from these guys.

Unless you want a very bad experience.

Up to you.

afzan

Sep 28th, 2003, 01:06 PM

Originally posted by CozmikDebris@Sep 28 2003, 12:53 PM
Stay away from these guys.

Unless you want a very bad experience.

Up to you.
care to elaborate? :rolleyes:

Alberta...U.S.A.

Sep 28th, 2003, 01:14 PM

Originally posted by inf@Sep 25 2003, 11:19 PM
Thanks for the GREAT find! :D

You guys that are picking at this are fruitcakes :lol: :rolleyes:
Mmmmmmmm.......fruitcakes! :lol:

Mailliw

Sep 28th, 2003, 01:36 PM

Originally posted by CozmikDebris@Sep 28 2003, 05:53 PM
Stay away from these guys.

Unless you want a very bad experience.

Up to you.
right now I am having a very good experience hosting my domain for free, using this service and zoneedit...

pcguy99

Sep 28th, 2003, 01:38 PM

Originally posted by CozmikDebris@Sep 28 2003, 11:53 AM
Stay away from these guys.

Unless you want a very bad experience.

Up to you.
Thanks very much for the detail explaination.

:wacko:

sully

Sep 28th, 2003, 01:42 PM

Originally posted by johnyc@Sep 28 2003, 12:05 PM
what are all of you using your webspace for ?
I purchased the domain degenerates.org from Namecheap.com (http://www.namecheap.com/) for $8.88 USD. The plan is to start making use of my digital camera more often and set up Gallery (http://gallery.sourceforge.net/) (free, open-source) on the site to display the pictures online. :)

To the guy who warned of a "bad experience" - since we never paid anything, what could possibly be a problem? :wacko:

magicray

Sep 28th, 2003, 01:54 PM

When the automated phone system called me I got the pin and entered the code, while on the phone with the automated system I pressed *9 ("if this call is an error and no more calls will be made to this number")

The acount was created and it's working fine.

gerbear

Sep 28th, 2003, 03:34 PM

I've successfully setup my account and so far SSH, FTP access are available!!! Sweet deal for 3 years free!!!!

Un4GivN

Sep 28th, 2003, 06:36 PM

Am I missing something? I've waiting a couple days, everything says it's active and enabled but I still can't see my website. Do I have to enable a subdomain? Thanks!

chillin

Sep 28th, 2003, 06:58 PM

there should be a onlinehome.us address plastered everywhere around the admin control site. thats your address.

mrken

Sep 28th, 2003, 08:22 PM

Originally posted by magicray@Sep 28 2003, 11:54 AM
When the automated phone system called me I got the pin and entered the code, while on the phone with the automated system I pressed *9 ("if this call is an error and no more calls will be made to this number")

The acount was created and it's working fine.
Accidentally or on purpose?

mrken

Sep 28th, 2003, 08:22 PM

Can you get another subdomain other than the s123476599.onlinehome.us? I tried to create a subdomain but the server doesn't do anything when I submit it. Am I doing something wrong?

Un4GivN

Sep 28th, 2003, 08:33 PM

I am getting an error 404: File not found. Does this mean I havn't uploaded my files correctly or the site isn't ready yet?

sully

Sep 28th, 2003, 09:58 PM

Originally posted by mrken@Sep 28 2003, 08:22 PM
Can you get another subdomain other than the s123476599.onlinehome.us? I tried to create a subdomain but the server doesn't do anything when I submit it. Am I doing something wrong?
You have to register a real domain and give 1and1.com's nameservers control of it before it lets you assign up to 50 subdomains.

If/when you get that up, it's located under:

Configuration & Administration > Domains > Subdomains

marruda

Sep 28th, 2003, 10:23 PM

Site looks OK. Datagarage.net looks pretty cool. I'm hosting my site there now....no issues and support is cool.

http://www.32stewart.com

mrken

Sep 29th, 2003, 12:37 AM

Originally posted by sully+Sep 28 2003, 07:58 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (sully @ Sep 28 2003, 07:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--mrken@Sep 28 2003, 08:22 PM
Can you get another subdomain other than the s123476599.onlinehome.us? I tried to create a subdomain but the server doesn't do anything when I submit it. Am I doing something wrong?
You have to register a real domain and give 1and1.com's nameservers control of it before it lets you assign up to 50 subdomains.

If/when you get that up, it's located under:

Configuration & Administration > Domains > Subdomains [/b][/quote]
I thought you could get one like myname.onlinehome.us.

chillin

Sep 29th, 2003, 05:30 AM

nifty little 404 setup they have.

shows you the files with simular names in the directory. handy but could become a problem when your not wanting people to see such a thing... guess theres something in the controls to change that

AdidasROXX

Sep 29th, 2003, 11:49 AM

Originally posted by chillin@Sep 29 2003, 02:30 AM
nifty little 404 setup they have.

shows you the files with simular names in the directory. handy but could become a problem when your not wanting people to see such a thing... guess theres something in the controls to change that
you can do it with .htaccess (protecting directories).
do a search on the internet for tutorials. it's not hard to do. or maybe the controlpanel has an option for it

nubbie

Sep 30th, 2003, 10:40 AM

Thanks, will try it out.

eBuddy

Sep 30th, 2003, 01:50 PM

I tried to sign up, but it changes my address and postal code! It mistakenly thinks that my address and postal code are incorrect. Has anybody else experienced this and is there a workaround? Otherwise, I will have to use a relative's address.

ichpen

Sep 30th, 2003, 02:21 PM

Just being the annoying skeptic here I hope nobody's giving out their real address (even though a genuine phone number is unavoidable).

I'm a little concerned by the amount of trouble they're going through to ensure that you have a completely valid address and phone number. <_<

I'd hate to have my phone number/address plastered on every telemarketer's screen...

Aside from that the offer looks good.

ScooterBoy

Sep 30th, 2003, 02:35 PM

Originally posted by eBuddy@Sep 30 2003, 06:50 PM
I tried to sign up, but it changes my address and postal code!  It mistakenly thinks that my address and postal code are incorrect.  Has anybody else experienced this and is there a workaround?  Otherwise, I will have to use a relative's address.
Make sure that the postal code has a space as in "A1A 1A1"

chillin

Sep 30th, 2003, 06:09 PM

Originally posted by AdidasROXX+Sep 29 2003, 08:49 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (AdidasROXX @ Sep 29 2003, 08:49 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--chillin@Sep 29 2003, 02:30 AM
nifty little 404 setup they have.

shows you the files with simular names in the directory. handy but could become a problem when your not wanting people to see such a thing... guess theres something in the controls to change that
you can do it with .htaccess (protecting directories).
do a search on the internet for tutorials. it's not hard to do. or maybe the controlpanel has an option for it [/b][/quote]
i know how to use .htaccess.. just haven't bothered. rather see if theres a control panel for it.

cavuu

Sep 30th, 2003, 06:52 PM

Originally posted by ichpen@Sep 30 2003, 02:21 PM
Just being the annoying skeptic here I hope nobody's giving out their real address (even though a genuine phone number is unavoidable).

I'm a little concerned by the amount of trouble they're going through to ensure that you have a completely valid address and phone number. <_<

I'd hate to have my phone number/address plastered on every telemarketer's screen...

Aside from that the offer looks good.
I signed up last night and it took about 2 hours for the account to become active. Uploaded a test website and all went according to plan, no problems. Domain names are 5.99US but not .ca Netnation.ca at $14.95 Cdn is the best I have seen for .ca

Your phone number and address are already plastered on the telemarketer's screens so one more source (if they do that) is not going to make much difference. The telemarketers can cross reference names,addresses and phone numbers so unless you are unlisted it's all available anyway.
I don't think it is unreasonable to ask for a phone number and address if you are going to enter into a contract, especially considering they are giving you 3 years worth of hosting for free.

chillin

Sep 30th, 2003, 07:33 PM

"1&1 will not in any way share this information with a third party either for free or by selling it, unless you specifically authorize such disclosures."

straight from their privacy agreement

grant

Sep 30th, 2003, 07:48 PM

Originally posted by bigredlemon@Sep 25 2003, 06:32 PM
note that the domain registration expires in *2 DAYS*!! What kind of company leaves their domain registration to within 2 days without renewing??

Free is still free, but i'd be cautious. (There is no free lunch.)
I've heard of several big companies letting their domain expire by accident.

Archangel

Sep 30th, 2003, 08:45 PM

Can we renew existing domains over there. All I can find is "coming soon". I've got one about to expire in Dec, so if I'm happy I'll move it over and save the $140/yr from the current hosting.

Alberta...U.S.A.

Sep 30th, 2003, 11:33 PM

Originally posted by eBuddy@Sep 30 2003, 01:50 PM
I tried to sign up, but it changes my address and postal code! It mistakenly thinks that my address and postal code are incorrect. Has anybody else experienced this and is there a workaround? Otherwise, I will have to use a relative's address.
Had the same problem...

When they changed the address; instead of going back, I just changed / overwrote it in their new window and hit submit again.

Once your signed up (with the crappy address), just pay the $5.99 and buy a domain or transfer your existing one.

MtlWriterguy

Oct 1st, 2003, 12:31 AM

Hi all,

Was curious about this seemingly too-good-to-be-true deal and found an interesting section on the 1and1 website detailing their financial history. If you can believe this stuff, this sure ain't no fly-by-night one man show.

And, yes, several years ago Microsoft let one of their major customer service subdomains expire, and a customer had to send in a cheque to renew it, because nobody at MS seemed to know how to do it.

Details about 1and1.com follow, taken from http://order.1and1.com/xml/static/Facts;js...1b?__frame=_top (http://order.1and1.com/xml/static/Facts;jsessionid=0E732B5FFA0686D729939EA5C761FDBC. TC61b?__frame=_top)

About Us

* Mission
* Facts & Figures
* Data Center
* Connectivity
* History
* Strategic Partners

Are you thinking that a free test-drive for 3 full years sounds way too good to be true? How can we fund this when many hosting companies are closing their doors? Well, as the world’s largest web host, 1&1 is both profitable and completely focused on this business. We’ve been a driving force in the industry for more than a decade and are the most financially stable provider in our class. For your peace of mind we’re happy to provide the following insights - which other Web Hosts might not be prepared to disclose for good reasons:
Foundation: 1&1 was founded as a reseller of technology products, including an early online service, in 1992 by Ralph Dommermuth (now CEO of United Internet, the public parent company of 1&1, and CMO of 1&1).

Schlund + Partner, a leading Web Host and Registrar acquired in 1998, was co-founded in 1995 by Andreas Gauger (now CEO of 1&1) and Achim Weiss (now CTO of 1&1).
Mission: Providing innovative fully featured web solutions with the utmost value for Small and Medium Enterprises and sophisticated private users.
Employees: Over 1,100 at 1&1
Total of 3,500 at United Internet
Technicians: Over 150 Developers and Administrators
Data Centers: 4 operated by 1&1, 2 owned by 1&1
Servers installed: 19,000
Connectivity: 12,000 MBit external Carrier Class Connectivity
Our Own Backbone
Customers: 2.4 million customers on paid services
Domains: 3.5 million Domain Names are registered and handled by 1&1

Financial figures (United Internet as a group):

Revenues: $348 Million in 2002 ($158 Million in first half of 2002)
$451 Million expected for 2003 ($215 Million in first half of 2003)
EBITDA: $67.4 Million in 2002 ($29.7 Million in first half of 2002)
$89.1 Million expected for 2003 ($41.3 Million in first half of 2003)
Profit before taxes: $42.2 Million in 2002 ($19.0 Million in first half of 2002)
$62 Million expected for 2003 ($29.2 Million in first half of 2003)
Earning per share: 22 cent in first half of 2002
30 cent in first half of 2003
Public listing: IPO in 1998
Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Germany
Tec-Dax
Market cap: $1 Billion
share price gained 140% Year-to-Year
share price gained 330% since IPO in 1998
P/E ratio of 29 (based on expected figures for 2003)
Trading volume: $1.5 Million daily average in last 100 days
Shareholders: ca. 44% Founder
ca. 11% Strategic Investor
ca. 45% free float

wintech

Oct 1st, 2003, 01:16 AM

Ooh, very interesting. Thx.

chillin

Oct 1st, 2003, 01:25 AM

ya, i'm surprised that alot of skeptical people haven't tried to find information like that, its very easy to find on their site.

sunche

Oct 1st, 2003, 02:24 AM

Hey Guys,

I just register a domain from them...am I in trouble?

bigredlemon

Oct 1st, 2003, 03:02 AM

Just because it says so on their site doesn't make it true. People tend not to be forthcoming with negative informatoin about themselves. x100% for companies. You can take a look at their SEC filings or whatever they have in England online.

wintech

Oct 1st, 2003, 03:32 AM

Originally posted by sunche@Oct 1 2003, 12:24 AM
Hey Guys,

I just register a domain from them...am I in trouble?
Why? You didn't really give them any personal information.

ichpen

Oct 1st, 2003, 08:08 AM

Originally posted by chillin@Sep 30 2003, 07:33 PM
"1&1 will not in any way share this information with a third party either for free or by selling it, unless you specifically authorize such disclosures."

straight from their privacy agreement

1&1 may use the personally identifiable information collected by 1&1 to contact customers regarding products and services offered by 1&1 and, to the extent the User has agreed to it, by its trusted affiliates, independent contractors and business partners. We may also use this information for research purposes regarding the effectiveness of our Website services, marketing, advertising and sales efforts. 1&1 will not in any way share this information with a third party either for free or by selling it, unless you specifically authorize such disclosures.

Besides, there's almost no way of proving that your info has not been sold.

Anyway, I'm probably being paranoid.... :wacko:

nubbie

Oct 1st, 2003, 09:43 AM

Welp, thanks for the deal. Setup my site, took a day to do. Can't beat free web hosting.

sunche

Oct 1st, 2003, 11:25 AM

Originally posted by wintech+Oct 1 2003, 12:32 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (wintech @ Oct 1 2003, 12:32 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--sunche@Oct 1 2003, 12:24 AM
Hey Guys,

I just register a domain from them...am I in trouble?
Why? You didn't really give them any personal information. [/b][/quote]
Yeah I did...I bought a domain for 5.99.

so I gave them my credit cards...

shxt....

chillin

Oct 1st, 2003, 03:13 PM

well.. if they sell the info theres no real address... and its the first time i've used my cell # as a contact number for something.. not to mention all the email will be going to 1and1@cazool.ath.cx

slaman

Oct 1st, 2003, 04:39 PM

Wow registered a brand new domain two days ago... attached it to my webspace. Created a brand new email address in the 1and1 control panel and got TWO spam emails...

How? If noone knows my new address, since I JUST created it...

1And1 sells your email information to spammers unfortunately.

Rehan

Oct 1st, 2003, 04:48 PM

Originally posted by nubbie@Oct 1 2003, 09:43 AM
Can't beat free web hosting.
Good paid web hosting can often beat bad free web hosting. ;)

spdztr

Oct 1st, 2003, 04:51 PM

chillin

Oct 1st, 2003, 05:59 PM

i wouldn't register a domain with them but i'd use their free hosting thats for sure.

i'll go to a place thats been around for a while for the domain.

Godot

Oct 1st, 2003, 06:13 PM

Originally posted by slaman@Oct 1 2003, 04:39 PM
How?  If noone knows my new address, since I JUST created it...

1And1 sells your email information to spammers unfortunately.
I'm not saying that they are not selling your address, but this is no proof that they are. I have received spam at new addresses, even when I was assured (at a pay site) that my address was not sold. I believe, your address can be generated by some Spambot software in conjunction with your newly registered (or newly functioning) domain name. Let's see what happens to everyone else, before we condemn them.

Is there even any money to be made by selling email addresses to Spammers? What's the point, when endless addresses can be generated so easily?

chillin

Oct 1st, 2003, 06:23 PM

maybe you have it set up so that anything@yourdomain.com will be sent to you the admin... then some spam bot sees that your domain is new and spams it... dunno if theres a way to see newly registered domains...

ichpen

Oct 2nd, 2003, 08:33 AM

Originally posted by Godot+Oct 1 2003, 06:13 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Godot @ Oct 1 2003, 06:13 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--slaman@Oct 1 2003, 04:39 PM
How?* If noone knows my new address, since I JUST created it...

1And1 sells your email information to spammers unfortunately.
I'm not saying that they are not selling your address, but this is no proof that they are. I have received spam at new addresses, even when I was assured (at a pay site) that my address was not sold. I believe, your address can be generated by some Spambot software in conjunction with your newly registered (or newly functioning) domain name. Let's see what happens to everyone else, before we condemn them.

Is there even any money to be made by selling email addresses to Spammers? What's the point, when endless addresses can be generated so easily? [/b][/quote]
I don't know about this. I registered with a virgin email address with them (on my own domain hosted on my own server).

This morning I get 4 viagra ads (perhaps my wife had something to do with this :D ).

Thankfully I can switch off the email account at will.

They may not be intentionally selling emails but some spambot certainly got hold of it pretty quickly.... And no, the email address did not include a name (series of numbers/letters) that would've been hard to generate.

Wait and see, but I'll reserve judgment until later.

And yes there is money to be made in targetted advertising. Anyone can get hold of phone numbers from a phone book, but getting the right phone numbers is a different matter.

methyl

Oct 2nd, 2003, 02:10 PM

Had an account for over 4 days and no spam whatsoever. Do you think they would be selective?

gewain

Oct 2nd, 2003, 04:57 PM

Great service from 1&1. I got an account a couple of days ago. Set up a very basic site. It didn't come online. I emailed and got a reply within an hour or so. Emailed later in the evening and got a reply first thing in the morning suggesting I give them a call. Called got a reply immediately with helpful and pleasant person. Couldn't resolve the problem so got his supervisor to call me. Few minutes later he calls.
Explains that my domain is most probably not yet in the system yet but should be within about 6 hours or less. Couple of hours later - there it was. Better service than I've had with most companies I've paid.

akide

Oct 2nd, 2003, 05:20 PM

i've signed up for a week or so and i haven't gotten any spam..

gaijin

Oct 2nd, 2003, 06:19 PM

Been three or four days, I haven't seen any spam either...

johnyc

Oct 2nd, 2003, 06:31 PM

surfing through the control panel is pretty slow, what kind of speeds are your websites like ?

mrken

Oct 2nd, 2003, 07:45 PM

No spam yet, but will buy some at London Drugs. :D

When I had signed up for Telus' email, I received 7 spam emails before I had even logged in. They were CCed to many in the @telus.net alias.

chillin

Oct 2nd, 2003, 08:12 PM

i max out my dsl when downloading from my 1and1 site

so 170k/s

f00kie

Oct 2nd, 2003, 10:35 PM

Been using it for a few days. Set up a file there, tried to upload more than 500MB, no go. However, I don't think they monitor bandwidth. I have a file that is 31.3MB big, and the counter says the link has been clicked more than 600 times already. Assuming that maybe 75% of those links completed full downloads, that is over 10GB bandwidth, used within about 4 hours.

Not scamming, just gonna see what turns out.

ullyeus

Oct 2nd, 2003, 11:07 PM

Originally posted by slaman@Oct 1 2003, 04:39 PM
Wow registered a brand new domain two days ago... attached it to my webspace. Created a brand new email address in the 1and1 control panel and got TWO spam emails...

How? If noone knows my new address, since I JUST created it...

1And1 sells your email information to spammers unfortunately.
I remember some guy who created santaclause@themostpopularispintheworld.com and he was furious that he was getting spam.

He swore up and down that there was no one this could happen unless us (His isp) sold his personal information. He even had his lawyer on the line.

THis isnt an example to make fun of you, just that spammers have ways to get around things.

I find it highly unlikely that 1and1 had anything to do with you getting spam.

chillin

Oct 3rd, 2003, 01:07 AM

ya, it would be nice if there was a bandwidth meter. but hey.. if they're not monitoring it i cant complain

temporalillusion

Oct 3rd, 2003, 01:34 AM

The Control Panel is very slow, but the site I've setup is nice and quick, PHP and mySQL both being used.

chillin

Oct 3rd, 2003, 06:43 AM

neat found the traffic monitor:

Just go to: http://faq.1and1.com/utilities/5.html for the info.

85 megs used for me. yeeheee

f00kie

Oct 3rd, 2003, 07:53 AM

Used up 12GB yesterday.

Drainc

Oct 3rd, 2003, 12:13 PM

Let us know if you get billed. It is supposed to be $0.99 per gig over the alotment they give you.

Mailliw

Oct 3rd, 2003, 01:30 PM

Would it be silly to email and ask to have your hosting suspended once your bandwidth limit is reached?

f00kie

Oct 3rd, 2003, 02:58 PM

Originally posted by Drainc@Oct 3 2003, 09:13 AM
Let us know if you get billed. It is supposed to be $0.99 per gig over the alotment they give you.
I better not get billed. In their contract somewhere, it says my account is supposed to be suspended. It is now. I think I got about the same or even more bandwidth usage today as well. Obviously they know my address and phone number, but I will not pay for the usage extra, they should just have a better control panel that should suspend accounts.

temporalillusion

Oct 3rd, 2003, 03:13 PM

Originally posted by f00kie@Oct 3 2003, 12:58 PM
I better not get billed. In their contract somewhere, it says my account is supposed to be suspended. It is now. I think I got about the same or even more bandwidth usage today as well. Obviously they know my address and phone number, but I will not pay for the usage extra, they should just have a better control panel that should suspend accounts.
They probably run a process every so often to check and suspend, not all the time.

Lol.. "I intentionally went way over the usage I agreed to but I won't pay because your control panel doesn't do a good enough job of protecting me from my own behaviour". Classic. :rolleyes:

f00kie

Oct 3rd, 2003, 03:20 PM

Originally posted by temporalillusion+Oct 3 2003, 12:13 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (temporalillusion @ Oct 3 2003, 12:13 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--f00kie@Oct 3 2003, 12:58 PM
I better not get billed. In their contract somewhere, it says my account is supposed to be suspended. It is now. I think I got about the same or even more bandwidth usage today as well. Obviously they know my address and phone number, but I will not pay for the usage extra, they should just have a better control panel that should suspend accounts.
They probably run a process every so often to check and suspend, not all the time.

Lol.. "I intentionally went way over the usage I agreed to but I won't pay because your control panel doesn't do a good enough job of protecting me from my own behaviour". Classic. :rolleyes: [/b][/quote]
Yes, thank you. I am very well confident that they don't have a right to bill me, because that is not what is said in the contract. It states the site will get suspended, not stay up and take more hits.

methyl

Oct 3rd, 2003, 03:21 PM

Originally posted by temporalillusion@Oct 3 2003, 03:13 PM
Lol.. "I intentionally went way over the usage I agreed to but I won't pay because your control panel doesn't do a good enough job of protecting me from my own behaviour". Classic. :rolleyes:
Yeah, this guy is funny

noname

Oct 3rd, 2003, 03:28 PM

Great <_<

Intentially go over your preset limit, then claim that your not responsible for your own actions. Good way to ruin the promotion real quick.

temporalillusion

Oct 3rd, 2003, 03:33 PM

Originally posted by f00kie@Oct 3 2003, 01:20 PM
Yes, thank you. I am very well confident that they don't have a right to bill me, because that is not what is said in the contract. It states the site will get suspended, not stay up and take more hits.
Oh I agree, they don't have the right to bill you.

It was more an observation on your attitude. Which wasn't for your benefit anyway, but for others who didn't go in with the intention of abusing the hosting.

johnyc

Oct 3rd, 2003, 05:08 PM

Originally posted by noname@Oct 3 2003, 08:28 PM
Great <_<

Intentially go over your preset limit, then claim that your not responsible for your own actions. Good way to ruin the promotion real quick.
go cry

chillin

Oct 3rd, 2003, 05:52 PM

well.. using up more than 5 gigs is one thing to test it out but 12 is another..

reload

Oct 3rd, 2003, 07:20 PM

post your websites lets check it out

f00kie

Oct 3rd, 2003, 07:30 PM

Hah, gone already. They finally caught on. Oh well.

GQinfinity

Oct 3rd, 2003, 09:42 PM

Too bad f00kie.. wanted to grab that ??2_src.rar file from ya when I got home, hehe. Oh well.. BT it is.. :)

chillin

Oct 3rd, 2003, 10:21 PM

anyone know how to go about changing directory permissions. they don't let you chmod the dir and you have to go through their control panel.. can't find the fricken thing

f00kie

Oct 3rd, 2003, 11:43 PM

Originally posted by GQinfinity@Oct 3 2003, 06:42 PM
Too bad f00kie.. wanted to grab that ??2_src.rar file from ya when I got home, hehe. Oh well.. BT it is.. :)
I've got a cell phone number too :D

mrken

Oct 4th, 2003, 01:48 AM

I had set my maximum bill to $1. :)

chillin

Oct 4th, 2003, 03:41 AM

ya, me too

MMMMMike

Oct 4th, 2003, 06:28 AM

Originally posted by chillin@Oct 3 2003, 10:21 PM
anyone know how to go about changing directory permissions. they don't let you chmod the dir and you have to go through their control panel.. can't find the fricken thing
I just used the FTP program to change the permissions. Worked fine for me.

One thing I couldn't do was use my domain held at DomainPeople and do a CName change and point a subdomain to my new space. e.g. Lets say there is www.whatever.com and I'm trying to have yeah.whatever.com pointed my new space. It worked, but then something kicked in and now I get a 400 error screen come up.

Mike

f00kie

Oct 4th, 2003, 08:30 AM

1 And 1 purchased a big 2 page advertisement in the PC Magazine new issue. Their advertisement is not for their payed plans, but dedicated to their free plan. I can imaging this will rack up a lot of customers.

MMMMMike

Oct 4th, 2003, 09:01 AM

I see them investing in the future. Give away a few 100,000 free accounts and then afterwards, a fair bit of the people that have been usining it for the 3 years will just pay the coin to keep it running. It could work out really well for them.

Mike

InkMagic

Oct 4th, 2003, 05:45 PM

Everything worked fine this morning. Went out for 2 hours now I can't FTP or access site through explorer or netscape.
Servers went down maybe? Can still log onto the control panel though. Same for anyone else?

temporalillusion

Oct 4th, 2003, 06:00 PM

Hm, just tried my site and can see it fine.

ZenOps

Oct 4th, 2003, 06:37 PM

Working fine for me so far.

Uploaded my plainjane HTML tech site running since 1997 :)

No problems, actually quite fast... I am defintiely impressed.

I've even transferred over a .com address to it (needs a few days for the DNS to propogate)

Yeah, it is very possible for a free service to exist for a while. Some older people may remember the Original Geocities was ad-free, then they went to small ads, then they sold out to Yahoo for like a half a billion $ and charge $9/month now.

Free to start is a perfectly viable business model for webhosting (especially if you have fiberlines that are nowhere near full utilization, its doing no good empty)

chillin

Oct 4th, 2003, 10:11 PM

geocities is pay now? hah. ya, i remeber the day when they put up the little ad that stuck to the top left or right of the screen. there was a little script to break it so it wouldn't show up :)

runamuck

Oct 4th, 2003, 10:13 PM

mod's:
With this great deal being posted on the main page already for new site visitors....

may i suggest lock and move this thread to off topic...

cheers~

Mailliw

Oct 4th, 2003, 11:16 PM

Originally posted by runamuck@Oct 5 2003, 03:13 AM
mod's:
With this great deal being posted on the main page already for new site visitors....

may i suggest lock and move this thread to off topic...

cheers~
uhhh

gewain

Oct 7th, 2003, 10:42 AM

I just have to post again for those who think this is some gimmicky fly by night outfit. It is excellent. Not being a wesite pro, I've had to ask for help on quite a few occasions and every time got the help I needed. They even said they preferred to talk on the phone as opposed to email. There is no wait any time I've phoned and they've always resolved my problems.
I don't work for them. Don't know them but it really is a great outfit.

nubbie

Oct 7th, 2003, 01:02 PM

I'll bump for an awesome deal! Definatly worth a shot.

keston

Oct 7th, 2003, 01:44 PM

Do they have the right to "discontinue" this free service after any period of time they see fit within the 3 years? For all we know, they can discontinue the fee service in 6 months, leaving alot of people with the choice of paying up, or finding another hosting company, which they will be faced with paying for anyway. Remember hotmail and many other "free" online services? I bet many people decided to just sign/payup rather than the hassle of finding a new email provider, etc.

grant

Oct 7th, 2003, 02:09 PM

hey if they cancel it after only 1 month, so what, you still got 1 month free!

chillin

Oct 7th, 2003, 06:06 PM

all the stuff on my 1and1 site is all backedup somewhere else.. even if they don't do a full 3 years i still won't complain. I'll be sad but i won't complain

zonie

Oct 7th, 2003, 08:20 PM

Originally posted by InkMagic@Oct 4 2003, 05:45 PM
Everything worked fine this morning.* Went out for 2 hours now I can't FTP or access site through explorer or netscape.
Servers went down maybe?* Can still log onto the control panel though.* Same for anyone else?
Did you get yours working?

I'm having some FTP problems myself... I can log in with any FTP program, but I can only list directory contents using PuTTY's psftp program, which isn't exactly the fastest thing to work with. :mellow:

Edit: Nevermind, I finally got am easier to use FTP client to work - I had to use FileZilla with the Servertype set to "SFTP using SSH2" instead of regular "FTP".

lagos

Oct 7th, 2003, 10:37 PM

guys why do you say you will be ok even they stop offering free services after 1 month and all? what's wrong with you guys? they made a promise and I think they should keep it otherwise none of us will be continuing our business with them after 3 years...and they will also lose their reputation in their business...I would personally be so upset if they lose all my data and/or request monthly fees before 3 years term is ended...come on, don't let rich capitalist evil companies push you whenever they want to.!?!?!

MikeNet

Oct 7th, 2003, 11:37 PM

Man, this thread and the comments are sometimes hilarious.

Come on guys. Don't be paranoid. Take the deal as it is presented. If you don't trust them then don't sign up. Simple as that. Otherwise have fun. Even some "hosting" companies don't last for 3 years. Bandwidth is getting cheaper and cheaper as new fibre lines are getting installed and every device is now "connected". Some companies can fail and some will survive. Maybe it's the "dot.com" boom for hosting/bandwidth now :)

Also, most of us are signing up and putting up, how you say "personal" sites. Sites that are created, thought out, and coded by ourselves and are non-mission critical sites. If it is then you didn't do your research.

Also, for people in the know. It isn't hard to transfer to another hosting company should they fail. Your site may be down a day or two for the DNS entries to update but then again it ain't a mission critical site :)

As an aside: I signed up, registered a domain through them. Got an invoice/receipt today which also listed their banking information (account#, routing number and bank). If they were a "fly-by-night" operation as some of you may think they would not include this information as it can be easily verified.

chillin

Oct 8th, 2003, 12:00 AM

exactly wat mikenet says.

I have all reason to think they're going to go through to the end with this deals. Sounds like they're a large company thats been dealing with hosting for years. I'd think they'd know what they're doing.

Once in a while great freebies like this come around.. last great one i remeber was the logitech kb/mouse contest.

JLee

Oct 8th, 2003, 01:59 AM

wow i just regged leez0rs.com :P
lol

roboninja

Oct 8th, 2003, 02:10 PM

I just signed up; seems like there is no risk at all, so why not sign up?

urameatball

Oct 8th, 2003, 02:30 PM

I signed up a couple days ago and registered urameatball.com :).
a total cost of $5.41 USD to register the domain for 1year.

It's an awesome deal because now I can go buy a mySQL and PHP book and learn to create a website at a REALLY REALLY cheap price. :)

InkMagic

Oct 8th, 2003, 03:42 PM

In reply to Zonie ... once the FTP on my first account went down after password protecting a database directory, I signed up for a second account ... the price was right. It's still working, but I did not try to password protect any directories this time.

Now I find out that I can't run my shopping cart because 1and1 does not handle ASP (active server pages) files. Their tech support said it would be available in the New Year when they start selling the accounts. So, unfortunately I can't use the accounts except maybe for storage.

Heck, I'll sell my 2 accounts real cheap!!!!

zonie

Oct 8th, 2003, 03:52 PM

Originally posted by InkMagic@Oct 8 2003, 03:42 PM
In reply to Zonie ... once the FTP on my first account went down after password protecting a database directory
Ahhh, that's probably what happened to me too! The only thing is, I don't believe I even checked my FTP before password protecting the database directory, so I thought it just wasn't working at all.

But in case you ever do want to use your old account again, see my edited post above for one way how.

actyper

Oct 8th, 2003, 06:17 PM

Anybody have any problems with receiving email created from 1and1. I made an email address (I use a transferred domain name) and can't seem to receive email, but sending seems to be ok? anybody else, or just me? help!

chillin

Oct 10th, 2003, 04:38 AM

k, so, i just registered with rackshack.net, how do i get it to point to my 1and1.com site?

JLee

Oct 10th, 2003, 05:19 AM

WOW I have to say this hosting is amazing.

lagos

Oct 10th, 2003, 10:05 AM

Originally posted by chillin@Oct 10 2003, 04:38 AM
k, so, i just registered with rackshack.net, how do i get it to point to my 1and1.com site?
1-Go to your 1and1 admin panel and add on domain. They will ask for your domain name and when you write it, it will say it is taken but if you would like to transfer, you can do it two ways. select the one that says DNS transfer.

2- Write down the DNS server settings for 1and1. (for example mine was ns27.1and1.com and ns28.1and1.com

3-Go to https://domains.ev1servers.net/cgi-bin/manage.cgi and log in to manage your domains.

4-From the left menu, select Name servers and change them to the one provided by 1and1.com

5-Wait 1-2 days and your new site should be up. Actually, 1and1 sends an email when it is actually working..neat, huh?

roboninja

Oct 10th, 2003, 10:36 AM

Signed up the other day, and everything seems fine, although I have only used it for storage so far :) At least I can host some pics there.

chillin

Oct 10th, 2003, 03:14 PM

thanks lagos, i get a:

Domain name Domain temporary not available.

error when i try to add on the domain.

gunna do the strange thing and fire off an email to support.. crazy i know.. but i figgure i'll be differnt

actyper

Oct 10th, 2003, 05:34 PM

Originally posted by chillin@Oct 10 2003, 03:14 PM
thanks lagos, i get a:

Domain name Domain temporary not available.

error when i try to add on the domain.

gunna do the strange thing and fire off an email to support.. crazy i know.. but i figgure i'll be differnt
Did you just register that domain name?

If so, usually takes at least 24hrs to the domain to "settle in"

f00kie

Oct 10th, 2003, 08:55 PM

I've found another cool host, for files/pics/data only.

http://www.downloadhosting.com

Basically, you can host as many files as you want, as big as you want them to be, for free, with a monthly 5GB transfer cap. The files can be uploaded from the browser, from the FTP, or from another site, which is a really cool feature if you want to upload a big file in minutes.

Oh, and btw, this is for files only, you cannot do any php/mysql/html or anything.

KorruptioN

Oct 11th, 2003, 08:23 AM

Originally posted by f00kie@Oct 10 2003, 08:55 PM
I've found another cool host, for files/pics/data only.

http://www.downloadhosting.com

Basically, you can host as many files as you want, as big as you want them to be, for free, with a monthly 5GB transfer cap. The files can be uploaded from the browser, from the FTP, or from another site, which is a really cool feature if you want to upload a big file in minutes.

Oh, and btw, this is for files only, you cannot do any php/mysql/html or anything.
This actually seems more convincing than the 1and1 deal to me. They also take quite a bit of info on the signup page. I'd like to sign up, but I also would like to read a quick review from a board member who's already signed up... my pay hosting isn't accessible in my school. 5GB is more than plenty for a month's use.

f00kie

Oct 11th, 2003, 09:32 AM

Originally posted by KorruptioN+Oct 11 2003, 05:23 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (KorruptioN @ Oct 11 2003, 05:23 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--f00kie@Oct 10 2003, 08:55 PM
I've found another cool host, for files/pics/data only.

http://www.downloadhosting.com

Basically, you can host as many files as you want, as big as you want them to be, for free, with a monthly 5GB transfer cap. The files can be uploaded from the browser, from the FTP, or from another site, which is a really cool feature if you want to upload a big file in minutes.

Oh, and btw, this is for files only, you cannot do any php/mysql/html or anything.
This actually seems more convincing than the 1and1 deal to me. They also take quite a bit of info on the signup page. I'd like to sign up, but I also would like to read a quick review from a board member who's already signed up... my pay hosting isn't accessible in my school. 5GB is more than plenty for a month's use. [/b][/quote]
However, as I posted before, it is for files only, you cannot run a site. There is no diskspace limit, just the 5GB per month transfer, which is for the free package. So I don't know why you can't sign up...

GQinfinity

Oct 11th, 2003, 10:08 AM

http://www.downloadhosting.com

I signed up.. worth a try, right? Thanks f00kie! :)

chillin

Oct 11th, 2003, 05:31 PM

Originally posted by KorruptioN@Oct 11 2003, 05:23 AM
This actually seems more convincing than the 1and1 deal to me. They also take quite a bit of info on the signup page. I'd like to sign up, but I also would like to read a quick review from a board member who's already signed up... my pay hosting isn't accessible in my school. 5GB is more than plenty for a month's use.
I think your the first person i've ever heard with that logic. Most people are glad when a site doesn't ask for too much info.

chillin

Oct 11th, 2003, 05:58 PM

woo, so free hosting and 500 mb w/ 5 gigs per month

and now free file hosting w/ 5 gigs per month.

thats 10 gigs of good useage a month :D

chillin

Oct 12th, 2003, 06:42 AM

wow 1and1.com is fast.. transfered a 72mb file from my site to the downloadhosting.com and took about a minute.

ullyeus

Oct 12th, 2003, 09:50 AM

Originally posted by chillin@Oct 12 2003, 06:42 AM
wow 1and1.com is fast.. transfered a 72mb file from my site to the downloadhosting.com and took about a minute.
Is it in the same room as you? Thats like over a 1mb a second.

GQinfinity

Oct 12th, 2003, 09:52 AM

FXP, I assume.. since he said from 1and1.com to downloadhosting.com ...

Chemical2001

Oct 12th, 2003, 09:55 AM

I installed a gallery program on to 1&1's server and for some reason it's deleted all the files but left two folders empty for me. All the pics I uploaded are still alive. Its very weird.

ullyeus

Oct 12th, 2003, 10:09 AM

quick question: Do they pay to register your domain? or does that cost you?

If so, what company do you guys use?

lagos

Oct 12th, 2003, 02:16 PM

Originally posted by ullyeus@Oct 12 2003, 10:09 AM
quick question: Do they pay to register your domain? or does that cost you?

If so, what company do you guys use?
you pay $5.99

btw,if you read the thread similar question was answered 3-4 times already.

chillin

Oct 12th, 2003, 04:52 PM

Originally posted by GQinfinity@Oct 12 2003, 06:52 AM
FXP, I assume.. since he said from 1and1.com to downloadhosting.com ...
theres an option on the webcontrol panel for downloadhosting to grab files from a http:// address. I used that since i figgured i'd like to see how fast it can go.

mrken

Oct 12th, 2003, 08:22 PM

Their speed is fast, but their control panel is painfully slow.

Their website creator is surprising well worked out, although they have some German. :unsure:

Now I have to try using their MySQL.

chillin

Oct 12th, 2003, 09:14 PM

control panel has sped up back to what it first was for me. as for mysql it was a super easy setup.

myphpadmin or whatever the program is called is also a snap to setup for easier database management (though.. i've used it before)

andre3000

Oct 13th, 2003, 04:21 AM

I think this site is great if you always wanted to have a website up but never got the chance to start. It gives you all the tools you need to test out powerful stuff and run a professional website. I am thinking of getting something up and running when I get a chance to. Just way to busy with school/work right now though!

mrken

Oct 13th, 2003, 03:43 PM

I've heard that you need to configure a .htaccess file to access files in the subfolders. How do I do this? I want to access the index.php file in the phpMyAdmin... folder.

mrken

Oct 13th, 2003, 05:47 PM

When I use FTP, I see a text file, not what should be intepreted as php.

AdidasROXX

Oct 13th, 2003, 07:58 PM

.htaccess is a hidden file. you will need a FTP that will display hidden files to access it and make changes to it.

mrken

Oct 13th, 2003, 09:58 PM

May you explain a little more? I have uploaded my own .htaccess file with the following parameters, but now I get a 403 error, instead of a 404 error.

Options Includes ExecCGI
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php index.cgi

Is there anything I have done wrong?

cavuu

Oct 15th, 2003, 02:10 PM

Thanks to all for the info on this thread, especially GQinfinity.
My website is all up and running with a new domain name, all for $5.99US :)

Cavuu
www.pilor.com

pressenda1844

Oct 15th, 2003, 04:00 PM

Hi guys. I just figured out how to transfer my domain previously with mydomain.com. But now it's only working if I don't type the www. in front of it. Do I just need to wait for the domain to propagate?

chillin

Oct 15th, 2003, 05:14 PM

yep, just wait up to 48 hours and all should work good

hao3388

Oct 25th, 2003, 03:54 PM

Anybody check the availability and stability of their web servers? :o

adrianhensler

Oct 25th, 2003, 05:56 PM

Not enough info fora graph, but there might be at the end of the week or so:

http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph?site=www.1and1.com

I have been using their site as well, and registered a domain through them too SQL seems snappy enough for what I have:

www.ihateyousomuch.com/opendb

edit: user guest pass guest and the list is not complete.

hempopotamus

Oct 25th, 2003, 06:23 PM

Originally posted by hao3388@Oct 25 2003, 06:54 PM
Anybody check the availability and stability of their web servers? :o
:o

I just did my own install of PHPmyAdmin as I didn't see it there and I forgot about checking the hidden files. Anyhow I decided to use my Shell Access and low and behold it let me go down to the root level and I was able to access all user folders. Guess I don't want to be putting anything important on their servers. Please someone else test this and tell me that I'm wrong

See below (my User Name ********)

u********:~ > cd /
u********:/ > l
total 232
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Mar 21 2003 ./
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Mar 21 2003 ../
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 21 2002 CHR
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 26 11:09 bin/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 2002 boot/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 17 2002 cdrom/
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 24576 Sep 23 09:32 dev/
drwxr-xr-x 49 root root 4096 Oct 25 18:15 etc/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 52 Nov 18 2002 exclude
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 17 2002 floppy/
drwxr-xr-x 56 root root 4096 Oct 20 02:56 homepages/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 17 2002 initrd/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Jul 10 14:01 kunden -> //
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 24 04:35 lib/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 3 1999 lost+found/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 2002 mnt/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 17 2002 opt/
dr-xr-xr-x 201 root root 0 Sep 16 08:58 proc/
drwx------ 6 root root 4096 Oct 24 20:41 root/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 14 2003 sbin/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 135168 Oct 25 18:15 tmp/
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 Sep 16 08:38 usr/
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Nov 22 2002 var/
u********:/ > cd homepages
u********:/homepages > l
total 456
drwxr-xr-x 56 root root 4096 Oct 20 02:56 ./
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Mar 21 2003 ../
drwxr-xr-x 77 root root 4096 Oct 25 08:20 0/
drwxr-xr-x 73 root root 4096 Oct 25 12:32 1/
drwxr-xr-x 73 root root 4096 Oct 25 11:08 10/
drwxr-xr-x 70 root root 4096 Oct 25 14:20 11/
drwxr-xr-x 81 root root 4096 Oct 25 16:17 12/
drwxr-xr-x 83 root root 4096 Oct 25 17:09 13/
drwxr-xr-x 82 root root 4096 Oct 25 10:05 14/
drwxr-xr-x 67 root root 4096 Oct 25 11:29 15/
drwxr-xr-x 73 root root 4096 Oct 24 17:02 16/
drwxr-xr-x 76 root root 4096 Oct 25 14:41 17/
drwxr-xr-x 79 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:39 18/
drwxr-xr-x 71 root root 4096 Oct 25 11:19 19/
drwxr-xr-x 69 root root 4096 Oct 25 16:48 2/
drwxr-xr-x 89 root root 4096 Oct 25 17:30 20/
drwxr-xr-x 80 root root 4096 Oct 24 23:17 21/
drwxr-xr-x 75 root root 4096 Oct 25 16:58 22/
drwxr-xr-x 87 root root 4096 Oct 23 23:19 23/
drwxr-xr-x 104 root root 4096 Oct 25 14:41 24/
drwxr-xr-x 69 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:18 25/
drwxr-xr-x 64 root root 4096 Oct 24 12:55 26/
drwxr-xr-x 71 root root 4096 Oct 25 10:26 27/
drwxr-xr-x 94 root root 4096 Oct 25 13:48 28/
drwxr-xr-x 83 root root 4096 Oct 25 10:06 29/
drwxr-xr-x 85 root root 4096 Oct 25 09:34 3/
drwxr-xr-x 83 root root 4096 Oct 25 14:30 30/
drwxr-xr-x 84 root root 4096 Oct 25 13:48 31/
drwxr-xr-x 83 root root 4096 Oct 25 17:51 32/
drwxr-xr-x 78 root root 4096 Oct 24 15:38 33/
drwxr-xr-x 89 root root 4096 Oct 24 17:55 34/
drwxr-xr-x 75 root root 4096 Oct 24 23:47 35/
drwxr-xr-x 85 root root 4096 Oct 25 14:20 36/
drwxr-xr-x 79 root root 4096 Oct 25 18:12 37/
drwxr-xr-x 87 root root 4096 Oct 25 14:52 38/
drwxr-xr-x 80 root root 4096 Oct 25 17:40 39/
drwxr-xr-x 90 root root 4096 Oct 25 06:47 4/
drwxr-xr-x 68 root root 4096 Oct 25 15:13 40/
drwxr-xr-x 102 root root 4096 Oct 25 12:53 41/
drwxr-xr-x 75 root root 4096 Oct 25 16:17 42/
drwxr-xr-x 93 root root 4096 Oct 25 16:17 43/
drwxr-xr-x 81 root root 4096 Oct 25 02:51 44/
drwxr-xr-x 75 root root 4096 Oct 24 21:24 45/
drwxr-xr-x 78 root root 4096 Oct 25 17:19 46/
drwxr-xr-x 87 root root 4096 Oct 25 15:34 5/
drwxr-xr-x 89 root root 4096 Oct 25 12:01 6/
drwxr-xr-x 83 root root 4096 Oct 25 17:19 7/
drwxr-xr-x 91 root root 4096 Oct 25 15:13 8/
drwxr-xr-x 88 root root 4096 Oct 25 10:06 9/
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Oct 20 20:23 backup/
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Aug 23 18:07 config/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 3 11:46 db/
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Aug 20 04:04 dump/
drwxr-x--- 2 www www 4096 Jul 10 13:54 logs/
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Aug 21 12:44 lost+found/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 218368 Oct 25 18:12 quota.user
drwxrwx--x 2 root 102 4096 Oct 22 11:59 rclient/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Aug 21 12:45 tmp -> /kunden/tmp/
u********:/homepages > cd 45
u********:/homepages/45 > l
total 300
drwxr-xr-x 75 root root 4096 Oct 24 21:24 ./
drwxr-xr-x 56 root root 4096 Oct 20 02:56 ../
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87199615/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87203046/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87217381/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87276084/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87304942/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87337983/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87340239/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87355232/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87363457/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87365666/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87387380/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87395511/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87459807/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87515784/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87537733/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87544783/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87571009/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87597423/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87603016/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87612228/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87613262/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87683339/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87707826/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87747823/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87771323/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87799523/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87877684/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87879658/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87892442/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87910678/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87939207/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87950252/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87951662/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87959934/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87978029/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d87993915/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88003033/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88004161/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88015864/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88080724/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88101639/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88105681/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88136889/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88142388/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88145396/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88146242/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88148874/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88165982/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88178390/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88205603/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88229620/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88235354/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88236623/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88283576/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88284469/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88285503/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 10:18 d88310084/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88310742/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88317181/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88318450/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88334430/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88337062/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88338002/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88338989/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88372453/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88377858/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88382981/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88387164/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88451695/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88453011/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88453340/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88470354/
drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 Oct 25 00:06 d88509740/
u********:/homepages/45 > cd d88387164
u********:/homepages/45/d88387164 > exit
logout
Connection to sxxxxxxxx.onlinehome.us closed.
[imac:~] matt%

Rehan

Oct 25th, 2003, 06:38 PM

Originally posted by hempopotamus@Oct 25 2003, 06:23 PM
:o

I just did my own install of PHPmyAdmin as I didn't see it there and I forgot about checking the hidden files. Anyhow I decided to use my Shell Access and low and behold it let me go down to the root level and I was able to access all user folders. Guess I don't want to be putting anything important on their servers. Please someone else test this and tell me that I'm wrong

That's a very common problem with shell access when users aren't "jailed" into their own directory structures. The homepages folder and its subfolders have to be made readable because they need to be accessed by the apache user...but then that leaves them readable by pretty much everyone else with access to the system.

Sometimes you can prevent directory listings in your main folder ( d88xxxxxx for example), but since root is the owner in this case it may not be possible for you.

hempopotamus

Oct 25th, 2003, 06:42 PM

Being relatively new to this, is this a security problem to be worried about. Seems not too safe to me. At least the SQL databases are held offsite on another server.

Rehan

Oct 25th, 2003, 07:19 PM

Originally posted by hempopotamus@Oct 25 2003, 06:42 PM
Being relatively new to this, is this a security problem to be worried about. Seems not too safe to me. At least the SQL databases are held offsite on another server.
You're right, it's not very safe...and this is primarily the reason why so many web hosting providers don't provide shell access. Not putting any important stuff on the server would be a good choice.

Also, if you have any scripts that access databases then your password is probably embedded in those scripts. The source code of your scripts is probably readable by other users...which means that they may be able to see your database password, too.

hempopotamus

Oct 25th, 2003, 07:33 PM

Thanks for the info rehan, I was thinking about using this service to host and osCommerce enabled site. I think I will look elsewhere. Any reccomendations for a Canadian UNIX host w. MySQL, PHP etc. at least 5GB transer

dealtaker

Oct 25th, 2003, 08:37 PM

I just did my own install of PHPmyAdmin as I didn't see it there and I forgot about checking the hidden files. Anyhow I decided to use my Shell Access and low and behold it let me go down to the root level and I was able to access all user folders. Guess I don't want to be putting anything important on their servers. Please someone else test this and tell me that I'm wrong

It doesn't look like you could see any files just the folders so no real harm.

Rehan

Oct 25th, 2003, 09:02 PM

Originally posted by hempopotamus@Oct 25 2003, 07:33 PM
Thanks for the info rehan, I was thinking about using this service to host and osCommerce enabled site. I think I will look elsewhere. Any reccomendations for a Canadian UNIX host w. MySQL, PHP etc. at least 5GB transer
I have my own server for hosting, so I haven't looked around at other web hosting providers too much. But http://www.virtualhosting.ca/ was previously advertised at RFD, and their offering seems decent.

hempopotamus

Oct 25th, 2003, 11:17 PM

Originally posted by dealtaker@Oct 25 2003, 11:37 PM
It doesn't look like you could see any files just the folders so no real harm.
I could go into any folder I wanted and lit the contents. That's the problem. What I showed was just a listing of all the directories in the root and then the ones in the homepages folder just to show an example of where I could go. I could of kept going. Heck I probably could have done a sudo rm -r from the root and wiped it out.

gimmegimme

Oct 26th, 2003, 12:08 AM

The htdocs folder doesn't seem to be accessible except for the directory owner.

mrken

Oct 26th, 2003, 12:29 AM

Their FTP access seem to be very slow (10kB up/down), but HTTP is much faster. Or it could me my router. ;)

This was my first time setting up MySQL. It took me sometime to install PhpMyAdmin because I couldn't access the folder. Then I found out that the wscxxxxxxx folder was the "root" folder, so I have place everything there. I had tried its CM4all Website Creator, so that was why. Once that was set up, installing phpBB took just 5 minutes!

I think you can protect your directories in the Admin control panel by clicking protected directories.

chillin

Oct 26th, 2003, 02:57 AM

the ftp is nice and fast for me

MtX

Oct 26th, 2003, 12:04 PM

laptop-tech

Oct 26th, 2003, 04:16 PM

for me, pretty cool so far...

Damm rogers cut my webspace for "exceding the "huge" 300 mb/month limit"..my auctions on Ebay all got screwed.

Signed up for this deal, got my onlinehome.us and my pics are all there...solved my problem, botton line.

I might later on register my domain and see how it goes...

Thanks for this find.

chillin

Oct 26th, 2003, 04:37 PM

Originally posted by MtX@Oct 26 2003, 10:04 AM
whats the url to download the files that i just uploaded!?
first you have to activate them (click on manage files and then click on the name of the file if it has a star beside it scroll to bottom). then click on the magnifying glass for the file and there should be an url to it that you can use.

pretty much http://dl.downloadhosting.com/download/use...ername/filename (http://dl.downloadhosting.com/download/username/filename)

MtX

Oct 26th, 2003, 06:36 PM

ahh isee.. so much work just to get a file loaded.. is it unlimited space?

mrken

Oct 26th, 2003, 06:47 PM

Originally posted by chillin@Oct 26 2003, 01:57 AM
the ftp is nice and fast for me
Then could it me my router?

Damn I can't find the UPC of the $0.99 router!!
It should be somewhere..... <_<

chillin

Oct 26th, 2003, 07:24 PM

Originally posted by MtX@Oct 26 2003, 04:36 PM
ahh isee.. so much work just to get a file loaded.. is it unlimited space?
yep, unlimited space, only restriction is 5 gigs transfer a month for free then you start paying for extra bandwidth

mrken

Oct 26th, 2003, 08:32 PM

Originally posted by chillin+Oct 26 2003, 06:24 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (chillin @ Oct 26 2003, 06:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--MtX@Oct 26 2003, 04:36 PM
ahh isee.. so much work just to get a file loaded.. is it unlimited space?
yep, unlimited space, only restriction is 5 gigs transfer a month for free then you start paying for extra bandwidth [/b][/quote]
are you refering to DownloadHosting.com?

Isn't it 500MB?

MtX

Oct 27th, 2003, 06:05 PM

the 1and1 thing is good.. i just hope they dont do something bad with our phone numbers..

should i change it in my acct info to a fake number since im successfully using it now!?

ullyeus

Oct 27th, 2003, 06:50 PM

Originally posted by MtX@Oct 27 2003, 07:05 PM
the 1and1 thing is good.. i just hope they dont do something bad with our phone numbers..

should i change it in my acct info to a fake number since im successfully using it now!?
what is the worst thing they could do with your phone number?

seriously

eliteblaze

Oct 27th, 2003, 07:22 PM

Originally posted by ullyeus+Oct 27 2003, 04:50 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ullyeus @ Oct 27 2003, 04:50 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--MtX@Oct 27 2003, 07:05 PM
the 1and1 thing is good.. i just hope they dont do something bad with our phone numbers..

should i change it in my acct info to a fake number since im successfully using it now!?
what is the worst thing they could do with your phone number?

seriously [/b][/quote]
look up your adress and spam you like crazy

mrken

Oct 27th, 2003, 11:26 PM

I saw this advertised in the Computer World. A full 2-page colour ad! Even the $25 voucher! Doesn't seem to fishy to me...

MtX

Oct 28th, 2003, 07:19 PM

they can take that phone number and find your address? i thought yellow pages couldnt do that no more... not likely that they work with government so how can they get out info..

jus change your account info to bs !

monkey-boy

Oct 28th, 2003, 07:21 PM

its gimped, for my phone number, I put in my cell phone... so it calls, it tells me to hit 1 after the tone... and when I do, about 5 seconds later it hangs up. Kinda whack :o And they keep on calling it too!

laptop-tech

Oct 29th, 2003, 03:25 PM

hummmmmmm..

I've been trying to redirect my newly registered domain to another url...did not work... it shows there the new settings but they have not taken effect yet.

Also, I've been unable to log in to the admin tool...anyone on the same boat ???

By the way, about the phone number and the address, it's SO EASY to get that info...

chillin

Oct 29th, 2003, 03:42 PM

takes a good 24-48 hours to get a new domain and everything set up with them. just gotta be patient

laptop-tech

Oct 29th, 2003, 05:23 PM

Originally posted by chillin@Oct 29 2003, 04:42 PM
takes a good 24-48 hours to get a new domain and everything set up with them. just gotta be patient
domain has been setup 5 days ago....

I just chose to redirect it to a diff url, and it was showing everything ok, but would not redirect. Since yesterday I was logging on the admin page, but could not change the destination url, nor would it redirect to the right one. I ended up not redirecting and just upload a script to redirect..

Oh my god..what happened to me ? It's free hosting and I'm still complaining...!! :D

baboo

Oct 30th, 2003, 01:02 AM

Is it just me? The connection for the admin tool seems a lot slower these days. Also the processing time for ANY changes made now are a lot longer than couple weeks ago.

I remembered the first couple weeks I signed up, the change for redirecting URL took place in the matter of MINUTES.

well, maybe I am complaining too much.

BTW, anyone knows any free DNS hosting? :D

mrken

Oct 30th, 2003, 01:35 AM

Originally posted by baboo@Oct 30 2003, 12:02 AM
Is it just me? The connection for the admin tool seems a lot slower these days. Also the processing time for ANY changes made now are a lot longer than couple weeks ago.

I remembered the first couple weeks I signed up, the change for redirecting URL took place in the matter of MINUTES.

well, maybe I am complaining too much.

BTW, anyone knows any free DNS hosting? :D
The admin tool was slow for me to begin with. Probably oversubscribed. I wonder how their corporate customers feel about the decreasing speeds. :lol:

bigredlemon

Oct 30th, 2003, 01:37 AM

Originally posted by mrken+Oct 30 2003, 02:35 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mrken @ Oct 30 2003, 02:35 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--baboo@Oct 30 2003, 12:02 AM
Is it just me?  The connection for the admin tool seems a lot slower these days.  Also the processing time for ANY changes made now are a lot longer than couple weeks ago. 

I remembered the first couple weeks I signed up, the change for redirecting URL took place in the matter of MINUTES.

well, maybe I am complaining too much.

BTW, anyone knows any free DNS hosting? :D
The admin tool was slow for me to begin with. Probably oversubscribed. I wonder how their corporate customers feel about the decreasing speeds. :lol: [/b][/quote]
i doubt they have ANY corporate customers.
they just started the north american operation and it's been free since remember

Metal Inc

Oct 30th, 2003, 01:44 AM

did you guys give them your real phone number? Is this for real???

azaro

Oct 30th, 2003, 09:51 AM

did you guys give them your real phone number? Is this for real???
You have to give a real phone number so they can phone you the code to register.

BTW, anyone knows any free DNS hosting?

Not free but very cheap, as mentioned earlier in this thread:
http://www.netnation.ca/
Only $14.95 CAN per year, even for a .ca

or get a free redirect from http://www.no-ip.com. (like _http://beam.to/yourwebsite)

temporalillusion

Oct 30th, 2003, 10:13 AM

Yeah, the admin tool is slow (it was when I signed up), but fortunately none of the sites I've got running on there now are slow.

chillin

Oct 30th, 2003, 03:48 PM

http://www.zoneedit.com/
^ free dns servers

but then again if you use 1and1 you can use their servers for sites on their servers for free aswell .

Rakshas

Nov 19th, 2003, 03:14 PM

Anyone else finding the admin site to be down or is it just me?

etam

Nov 19th, 2003, 03:18 PM

I can ssh to my account but not ftp for last 2 days..

gimmegimme

Nov 19th, 2003, 03:18 PM

Originally posted by Rakshas@Nov 19 2003, 04:14 PM
Anyone else finding the admin site to be down or is it just me?
It was up when I just checked a minute ago.

Rakshas

Nov 19th, 2003, 09:07 PM

Not sure how you guys are doing it but I'm having a really tough time getting php gallery to work on 1and1 servers.

mrken

Nov 19th, 2003, 10:54 PM

My phpBB forum (http://s87001594.onlinehome.us/phpBB/) is working properly. I had set it up in less than 10 minutes.

Now I just need some people. :) But I already have 10000 posts. :lol:

I will add more zeros later. :lol:

etam

Nov 19th, 2003, 11:39 PM

Originally posted by mrken@Nov 20 2003, 12:54 AM
My phpBB forum (http://s87001594.onlinehome.us/phpBB/) is working properly. I had set it up in less than 10 minutes.

Now I just need some people. :) But I already have 10000 posts. :lol:

I will add more zeros later. :lol:
cool... that's free board by 1and1 or I need license for the board? go check now...

jcube

Nov 20th, 2003, 12:10 PM

It's a free board from www.phpbb.com (http://www.phpbb.com).

Download the tar.gz and unzip it to your 1and1 server. Setting it up isn't too hard with the instructions provided.

etam

Nov 20th, 2003, 07:17 PM

not bad.. once I figure out how to setup MySQL database... let me clone R F D then :D

mrken

Nov 20th, 2003, 09:05 PM

Originally posted by etam@Nov 20 2003, 06:17 PM
not bad.. once I figure out how to setup MySQL database... let me clone R F D then :D
Try that and 1and1 will be at your door. :lol:

Diane

Nov 20th, 2003, 09:54 PM

Originally posted by mrken@Nov 19 2003, 08:54 PM
My phpBB forum (http://s87001594.onlinehome.us/phpBB/) is working properly. I had set it up in less than 10 minutes.

Now I just need some people. :) But I already have 10000 posts. :lol:

I will add more zeros later. :lol:
Funny, I used to go to that high school. :P I'm surprised to see that some of the teachers there that taught me when I started high school 12 years ago are still there.

mrken

Nov 20th, 2003, 11:23 PM

Originally posted by Diane+Nov 20 2003, 08:54 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Diane @ Nov 20 2003, 08:54 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--mrken@Nov 19 2003, 08:54 PM
My phpBB forum (http://s87001594.onlinehome.us/phpBB/) is working properly. I had set it up in less than 10 minutes.

Now I just need some people. :) But I already have 10000 posts. :lol:

I will add more zeros later. :lol:
Funny, I used to go to that high school. :P I'm surprised to see that some of the teachers there that taught me when I started high school 12 years ago are still there. [/b][/quote]
Churchill? Really?

I just went there this semester/year. I was from the infamous Killarney last year. :lol:

Anyway, who were the teachers you know?

justlam_

Nov 20th, 2003, 11:47 PM

sweet. thanks

etam

Nov 21st, 2003, 11:21 AM

Originally posted by mrken+Nov 20 2003, 11:05 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mrken @ Nov 20 2003, 11:05 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--etam@Nov 20 2003, 06:17 PM
not bad.. once I figure out how to setup MySQL database... let me clone R F D then :D
Try that and 1and1 will be at your door. :lol: [/b][/quote]
If I can generate all the traffic, I don't mind to pay 1and1 for bandwidth.

Rehan

Nov 21st, 2003, 11:25 AM

Originally posted by mrken+Nov 21 2003, 12:23 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mrken @ Nov 21 2003, 12:23 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by -Diane@Nov 20 2003, 08:54 PM
<!--QuoteBegin--mrken@Nov 19 2003, 08:54 PM
My phpBB forum (http://s87001594.onlinehome.us/phpBB/) is working properly. I had set it up in less than 10 minutes.

Now I just need some people. :) But I already have 10000 posts. :lol:

I will add more zeros later. :lol:
Funny, I used to go to that high school. :P I'm surprised to see that some of the teachers there that taught me when I started high school 12 years ago are still there.
Churchill? Really?

I just went there this semester/year. I was from the infamous Killarney last year. :lol:

Anyway, who were the teachers you know? [/b][/quote]
Ack! I'm not the only IB geek around here?? :ph34r:

thebigbea

Nov 21st, 2003, 12:40 PM

can u really trust this site???

mrken

Nov 21st, 2003, 09:06 PM

Originally posted by Rehan+Nov 21 2003, 10:25 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Rehan @ Nov 21 2003, 10:25 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by -mrken@Nov 21 2003, 12:23 AM

Originally posted by -Diane@Nov 20 2003, 08:54 PM
<!--QuoteBegin--mrken@Nov 19 2003, 08:54 PM
My phpBB forum (http://s87001594.onlinehome.us/phpBB/) is working properly. I had set it up in less than 10 minutes.

Now I just need some people. :) But I already have 10000 posts. :lol:

I will add more zeros later. :lol:
Funny, I used to go to that high school. :P I'm surprised to see that some of the teachers there that taught me when I started high school 12 years ago are still there.
Churchill? Really?

I just went there this semester/year. I was from the infamous Killarney last year. :lol:

Anyway, who were the teachers you know?
Ack! I'm not the only IB geek around here?? :ph34r: [/b][/quote]
:o

Somebody admits their "geek" status! :lol:

Zero

Nov 22nd, 2003, 12:13 AM

All I have to say is this webhosting offer is wicked!
Finally can try out some free forums like phpBB (http://www.gleny99.vze.com/forum/), and Invision (http://www.gleny99.vze.com/forum2/), which I just setup today.

Definitely the best free webhosting available right now, and beats anything I ever tried. Great opportunity to dive into some web page experimentation. Sure beats my Sympatico webspace. It's FREE you can't go wrong!

mrken

Nov 22nd, 2003, 09:40 PM

When I tried to sign up for another account ("my" 1st one is with my father's name) with my cell phone, it doesn't call it! I have tried it several times! Can it be caused by the new 778 area code of the cell phone?

gmark2000

Nov 23rd, 2003, 11:45 AM

Originally posted by Zero@Nov 22 2003, 01:13 AM
It's FREE you can't go wrong!
That's FREE for three years only.

By then, you'll be hooked like crack and will have to pay US$30/month just to keep the level of service you expect.

Nevertheless, it's good to fart around with in the meantime.

Rixel

Nov 23rd, 2003, 01:51 PM

Originally posted by mrken@Nov 22 2003, 10:40 PM
When I tried to sign up for another account ("my" 1st one is with my father's name) with my cell phone, it doesn't call it! I have tried it several times! Can it be caused by the new 778 area code of the cell phone?
Most likely this is because they track this offer by cell phone number. That seems to be the only valid qualifier, since you don't need a credit card humber.

azaro

Nov 25th, 2003, 02:57 PM

Originally posted by gmark2000+Nov 23 2003, 12:45 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (gmark2000 @ Nov 23 2003, 12:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--Zero@Nov 22 2003, 01:13 AM
It's FREE you can't go wrong!
That's FREE for three years only.

By then, you'll be hooked like crack and will have to pay US$30/month just to keep the level of service you expect.

Nevertheless, it's good to fart around with in the meantime.[/b][/quote]
I'm already hooked. I wonder how big my new weblog will be in 3 years :B

And all my upcoming photo galleries.

chillin

Nov 25th, 2003, 05:17 PM

Originally posted by azaro@Nov 25 2003, 12:57 PM
I'm already hooked. I wonder how big my new weblog will be in 3 years :B

And all my upcoming photo galleries.
heh. I've had my blog for more than 4+ years now tis fun to look back at it lots of changes.

just put up a photo section less than a year ago and i'm up to 2000 pics.

d.lu

Dec 15th, 2003, 06:42 PM

Originally posted by chillin@Oct 30 2003, 03:48 PM
http://www.zoneedit.com/
^ free dns servers

but then again if you use 1and1 you can use their servers for sites on their servers for free aswell .
can someone plz tell me how does it work? thanks!

RudeDoggy

Dec 15th, 2003, 11:41 PM

Here's another free DNS service:

granitecanyon.com (http://granitecanyon.com)

mrken

Dec 15th, 2003, 11:58 PM

Originally posted by Rixel+Nov 23 2003, 10:51 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Rixel @ Nov 23 2003, 10:51 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--mrken@Nov 22 2003, 10:40 PM
When I tried to sign up for another account ("my" 1st one is with my father's name) with my cell phone, it doesn't call it! I have tried it several times! Can it be caused by the new 778 area code of the cell phone?
Most likely this is because they track this offer by cell phone number. That seems to be the only valid qualifier, since you don't need a credit card humber. [/b][/quote]
The cellphone number hasn't been registered yet. So I don't know why it doesn't want to call it. It doesn't say anything about it being already registered. I might as well phone them.

And I am already hooked. :(
I like their free MySQL. :rolleyes:

RudeDoggy

Dec 16th, 2003, 09:43 AM

Originally posted by mrken+Dec 15 2003, 11:58 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mrken @ Dec 15 2003, 11:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by -Rixel@Nov 23 2003, 10:51 AM
<!--QuoteBegin--mrken@Nov 22 2003, 10:40 PM
When I tried to sign up for another account ("my" 1st one is with my father's name) with my cell phone, it doesn't call it! I have tried it several times! Can it be caused by the new 778 area code of the cell phone?
Most likely this is because they track this offer by cell phone number. That seems to be the only valid qualifier, since you don't need a credit card humber.
The cellphone number hasn't been registered yet. So I don't know why it doesn't want to call it. It doesn't say anything about it being already registered. I might as well phone them.

And I am already hooked. :(
I like their free MySQL. :rolleyes: [/b][/quote]
My guess is their autodialer does not recognize the new GVA area code of 778, because I used my cell phone without any problems to complete the registration (area code 416). It's funny though, when I used my cell phone, my caller ID said that call was from +49xxxxx so it must have came from a UK number (isn't that UK's country code?), but when they called my landline, the phone number was 1-201-021-1234 (yes, it was 021). Weird.

RudeDoggy

Dec 16th, 2003, 04:13 PM

I have a newbie question (puts on flame retardant suit). I signed up with 1and1.com and I also signed up with domainsatcost.ca for a domain. I now have 1and1.com hosting my domain and whatnot. Since 1and1.com allows for subdomains, is there a way I could have a subdomain just point to an IP rather than have it forwarded to a website as the 1and1.com control panel seems to insist upon? Basically what I want is a subdomain pointed to my home computer IP. Is this possible with 1and1.com? Or can I use some other service where I could use the subdomain, of a domain that I won, to point to an IP rather than a URL?

Rehan

Dec 16th, 2003, 04:17 PM

Originally posted by RudeDoggy@Dec 16 2003, 04:13 PM
I have a newbie question (puts on flame retardant suit). I signed up with 1and1.com and I also signed up with domainsatcost.ca for a domain. I now have 1and1.com hosting my domain and whatnot. Since 1and1.com allows for subdomains, is there a way I could have a subdomain just point to an IP rather than have it forwarded to a website as the 1and1.com control panel seems to insist upon? Basically what I want is a subdomain pointed to my home computer IP. Is this possible with 1and1.com? Or can I use some other service where I could use the subdomain, of a domain that I won, to point to an IP rather than a URL?
What you need is to be able to update the DNS entry for your domain. You should add a new "A" record for the subdomain to point to your home IP address. 1and1.com doesn't need to be involved, unless that's where your DNS server is.

ichpen

Dec 16th, 2003, 04:24 PM

Originally posted by Rehan+Dec 16 2003, 04:17 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Rehan @ Dec 16 2003, 04:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--RudeDoggy@Dec 16 2003, 04:13 PM
I have a newbie question (puts on flame retardant suit). I signed up with 1and1.com and I also signed up with domainsatcost.ca for a domain. I now have 1and1.com hosting my domain and whatnot. Since 1and1.com allows for subdomains, is there a way I could have a subdomain just point to an IP rather than have it forwarded to a website as the 1and1.com control panel seems to insist upon? Basically what I want is a subdomain pointed to my home computer IP. Is this possible with 1and1.com? Or can I use some other service where I could use the subdomain, of a domain that I won, to point to an IP rather than a URL?
What you need is to be able to update the DNS entry for your domain. You should add a new "A" record for the subdomain to point to your home IP address. 1and1.com doesn't need to be involved, unless that's where your DNS server is. [/b][/quote]
What he said... :D

RudeDoggy

Dec 16th, 2003, 06:02 PM

Originally posted by Rehan@Dec 16 2003, 04:17 PM
What you need is to be able to update the DNS entry for your domain. You should add a new "A" record for the subdomain to point to your home IP address. 1and1.com doesn't need to be involved, unless that's where your DNS server is.
I am using 1and1.com's DNS servers. So I'm thinking if I'm using their servers, this is not possible?

mrken

Dec 16th, 2003, 08:14 PM

Originally posted by RudeDoggy+Dec 16 2003, 03:02 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (RudeDoggy @ Dec 16 2003, 03:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>  Domains --> Subdomains and create a new one. Then go to Domain Overview and click on the respective domain name. Then just click setup or whatever near the bottom of the page for external forwarding/redifection.

I guess I will call them to get my account activated.

The UK phone number is probably because they are based in Europe.

RudeDoggy

Dec 17th, 2003, 05:17 PM

Originally posted by mrken+Dec 16 2003, 08:14 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mrken @ Dec 16 2003, 08:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by -RudeDoggy@Dec 16 2003, 03:02 PM
 Domains --> Subdomains and create a new one. Then go to Domain Overview and click on the respective domain name. Then just click setup or whatever near the bottom of the page for external forwarding/redifection.

I guess I will call them to get my account activated.

The UK phone number is probably because they are based in Europe. [/b][/quote]
When you click on the forward part, they want a URL (notice the example with http://domain-of-your-choice.com). I tried just entering an IP (without the http, since I don't have a webserver on my computer) and it wouldn't accept it.

mrken

Dec 17th, 2003, 08:36 PM

Originally posted by RudeDoggy+Dec 17 2003, 02:17 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (RudeDoggy @ Dec 17 2003, 02:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by -mrken@Dec 16 2003, 08:14 PM

Originally posted by -RudeDoggy@Dec 16 2003, 03:02 PM
 Domains --> Subdomains and create a new one. Then go to Domain Overview and click on the respective domain name. Then just click setup or whatever near the bottom of the page for external forwarding/redifection.

I guess I will call them to get my account activated.

The UK phone number is probably because they are based in Europe.
When you click on the forward part, they want a URL (notice the example with http://domain-of-your-choice.com). I tried just entering an IP (without the http, since I don't have a webserver on my computer) and it wouldn't accept it. [/b][/quote]
What will you be using it for?
It should work for RealVNC, if you are using that.
Just add http:// before the IP.
Or you can point it to No-IP which will redirect it to an IP.

Canucklehead

Dec 17th, 2003, 08:39 PM

Originally posted by mrken+Nov 20 2003, 09:05 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mrken @ Nov 20 2003, 09:05 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--etam@Nov 20 2003, 06:17 PM
not bad.. once I figure out how to setup MySQL database... let me clone R F D then :D
Try that and 1and1 will be at your door. :lol: [/b][/quote]
The MySql setup under 1and1.com is not difficult. It's in the same section as the FTP setup.

Canucklehead

Dec 17th, 2003, 08:48 PM

Originally posted by Rehan+Nov 21 2003, 11:25 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Rehan @ Nov 21 2003, 11:25 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by -mrken@Nov 21 2003, 12:23 AM

Originally posted by -Diane@Nov 20 2003, 08:54 PM
<!--QuoteBegin--mrken@Nov 19 2003, 08:54 PM
My phpBB forum (http://s87001594.onlinehome.us/phpBB/) is working properly. I had set it up in less than 10 minutes.

Now I just need some people. :) But I already have 10000 posts. :lol:

I will add more zeros later. :lol:
Funny, I used to go to that high school. :P I'm surprised to see that some of the teachers there that taught me when I started high school 12 years ago are still there.
Churchill? Really?

I just went there this semester/year. I was from the infamous Killarney last year. :lol:

Anyway, who were the teachers you know?
Ack! I'm not the only IB geek around here?? :ph34r: [/b][/quote]
Nope :D

I've set up two forums using IBF:

added mods: livestream radio, tell a friend, and multiple answer polls!

struggling to get the "sponsored by" mod to work

mrken

Dec 17th, 2003, 10:33 PM

Originally posted by Canucklehead+Dec 17 2003, 05:48 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Canucklehead @ Dec 17 2003, 05:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by -Rehan@Nov 21 2003, 11:25 AM

Originally posted by -mrken@Nov 21 2003, 12:23 AM

Originally posted by -Diane@Nov 20 2003, 08:54 PM
<!--QuoteBegin--mrken@Nov 19 2003, 08:54 PM
My phpBB forum (http://s87001594.onlinehome.us/phpBB/) is working properly. I had set it up in less than 10 minutes.

Now I just need some people. :) But I already have 10000 posts. :lol:

I will add more zeros later. :lol:
Funny, I used to go to that high school. :P I'm surprised to see that some of the teachers there that taught me when I started high school 12 years ago are still there.
Churchill? Really?

I just went there this semester/year. I was from the infamous Killarney last year. :lol:

Anyway, who were the teachers you know?
Ack! I'm not the only IB geek around here?? :ph34r:
Nope :D

I've set up two forums using IBF:

added mods: livestream radio, tell a friend, and multiple answer polls!

struggling to get the "sponsored by" mod to work [/b][/quote]
:o

I have 4. :D

mithridate_child

Jan 5th, 2004, 02:45 AM

phone number?
i have added in mines. cell phone as well =)
is a 778 area code ok?

mrken

Jan 6th, 2004, 06:25 PM

Originally posted by mithridate_child@Jan 4 2004, 11:45 PM

is a 778 area code ok?
That's the problem. I can't get it to call it. :(

Mgz

Jan 6th, 2004, 10:36 PM

What will happen if I use more than 5GB ? My website will be shut down until next month or i will be charged @ 99c/GB and bill to my house. :huh:

mrken

Jan 6th, 2004, 11:05 PM

Originally posted by Mgz@Jan 6 2004, 07:36 PM
What will happen if I use more than 5GB ? My website will be shut down until next month or i will be charged @ 99c/GB and bill to my house. :huh:
you can set the maximum charge in the control panel.

Is everybody else's webpage working properly?
I can't access my website nor FTP. :(

mrken

Jan 6th, 2004, 11:07 PM

Or a better question, can anybody see my avator? I can't see it. :( Maybe they don't like me because I am accessing their server once every several seconds. (I am trying the Creative webcam software. :))

Does anybody find it weird that 1and1 keeps extending the free trial deadlilne? I was 12/31 and then 1/15 and now 1/21. :wacko:

Mgz

Jan 7th, 2004, 11:13 PM

Originally posted by mrken@Jan 6 2004, 09:07 PM
Or a better question, can anybody see my avator? I can't see it. :( Maybe they don't like me because I am accessing their server once every several seconds. (I am trying the Creative webcam software. :))

Does anybody find it weird that 1and1 keeps extending the free trial deadlilne? I was 12/31 and then 1/15 and now 1/21. :wacko:
Is it Billy with the stupid hat -_- :rolleyes: ?

And a bump for this free server :D

p/s: I thinks this should be posted in Freebies, not Hot Deals B)

amorak

Jan 8th, 2004, 12:53 AM

Can anyone help me? I've got a 1and1 account, but it tells me it cannot add a .ca address - Any way to make this work?

Thanks!

Qube

Jan 8th, 2004, 01:27 AM

Originally posted by amorak@Jan 8 2004, 12:53 AM
Can anyone help me? I've got a 1and1 account, but it tells me it cannot add a .ca address - Any way to make this work?

Thanks!
See post in FREEBIES

Canucklehead

Jan 8th, 2004, 08:39 AM

Originally posted by amorak@Jan 8 2004, 12:53 AM
Can anyone help me? I've got a 1and1 account, but it tells me it cannot add a .ca address - Any way to make this work?

Thanks!
You cannot purchase a .ca domain from 1and1.com. You CAN use 1and1.com to host your .ca domain by pointing the DNS to their site.

amorak

Jan 8th, 2004, 12:33 PM

Canucklehead - I am unable to see how I can point 1and1 to my .CA DNS Whenever I go to the add a domain and type in the .ca address, it gives me an error - I cannot even get to the point where you can add the DNS - Am I in teh wrong area? Help please :)

amorak

Jan 8th, 2004, 01:11 PM

Okay, I registered the domain I wanted, but I still don't understand how I register it with/point it to 1and1

amorak

Jan 8th, 2004, 01:24 PM

I have purchased the .ca domain through domainsatcost.ca, and I have logged into my control area @ domainsatcost.ca and pointed the DNS for the domain to the 1and1 DNS servers, but when I go to Add On a DOmain" at my 1and1 COntrol Panel, I get the following error:

http://www3.telus.net/jdebay/domain_error.gif

Can anyone help me? Do I have to wait 24-48hrs for the domain registration to go through, what ?

amorak

Jan 8th, 2004, 03:09 PM

Okay, after emailing 1and1 I have got ducs.ca in my domains - but it's status is "No 1&1 name servers set yet" - I have logged into domainsatcost.ca and set the DNS there to the 1and1 DNS's - is that what I should have done?

Do I just need to wait, or is there something I am not doing?

temporalillusion

Jan 8th, 2004, 03:11 PM

At this point you just need to wait. Once they detect that the domain's DNS's are set to 1and1's, they'll enable the domain. Both times I've done it it took a few hours at least.

Plus since you've changed the DNS record on your domain, that change will have to propagate over the Internet, which can take a few days.

eBuddy

Jan 9th, 2004, 11:09 PM

I have used Korax.net to host my website for years, but unlike everywhere else where hosting prices are dropping, their price has remained high at $320.36/year. :( I was thinking of switching to 1and1.com, but I think their traffic limit is 5 GB/month. For those that managed to hit the traffic limit at 1and1, was your site suspended or were you charged additional fees?

Are you allowed to host more than one domain with 1and1? Can anybody recommend a decent hosting service with the following minimum criteria:
- 15 MB space
- 6 GB traffic
- 99% uptime
- fast connectivity
- cheap as possible
- ideally located in Canada.

mrken

Jan 10th, 2004, 12:26 AM

Originally posted by eBuddy@Jan 9 2004, 08:09 PM
I have used Korax.net to host my website for years, but unlike everywhere else where hosting prices are dropping, their price has remained high at $320.36/year. :( I was thinking of switching to 1and1.com, but I think their traffic limit is 5 GB/month. For those that managed to hit the traffic limit at 1and1, was your site suspended or were you charged additional fees?

Are you allowed to host more than one domain with 1and1? Can anybody recommend a decent hosting service with the following minimum criteria:
- 15 MB space
- 6 GB traffic
- 99% uptime
- fast connectivity
- cheap as possible
- ideally located in Canada.
Wow! What website do you have?!

You can just pay for additional bandwidth. I think it is $1/10 for each GB. So, probably better than >$300/a. :)

hempopotamus

Jan 10th, 2004, 08:32 AM

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ZenOps

Jan 10th, 2004, 01:28 PM

" How about (excessive) bandwidth?
If the data traffic generated by visitors to your Website exceeds the free 5 GB in a given month, the additional bandwidth is charged at an industry-leading $0.99 per GB. The free traffic allowance is typically sufficient for a high 5-digit number of visitors."

An extra US buck per Gigabyte isn't too bad. It kicks in right away.. As soon as you go over 5Gigs, your website will no longer be available if you do not have a credit card to back it up. If you have a credit card linked to the account, it will start racking up the extra GB charges up to a set maximum you set for the account in the configuration.

I have been using 1and1.com to startup some "seed" websites. What makes it great for me is that they have a half decent speed PHP and SQL server setup (SQL through pefora.net)

BTW, in case anyone is curious as to the speed of the SQL and PHP I'm starting up 3 "seed" websites on 1and1 (two use SQL and PHP) www.rawoil.com www.dellwork.com and www.dellworks.com

eBuddy

Jan 10th, 2004, 03:24 PM

Originally posted by ZenOps@Jan 10 2004, 01:28 PM
I'm starting up 3 "seed" websites on 1and1 (two use SQL and PHP) www.rawoil.com www.dellwork.com and www.dellworks.com
Thanks for the replies. I thought you can only have one unique domain name for one 1and1 account. Did you make up additional accounts, or is there a way to add multiple websites for one account?

Is there a way to change 1and1's default HTML page to be index.htm instead of index.htmL? For example, if one types in "http://www.redflagdeals.com/deals/", RFD's server automatically looks for a deals/index.HTM file, instead of .html).

ZenOps

Jan 10th, 2004, 04:11 PM

So far I have 3 .com's linked to one free 1and1 account. (not exactly the best idea, but if they grow I plan to move it to a more permanent account anyways)

You just need to create and redirect to a subdirectory. So like after you have plugged in the DNS in your registrar (I still pay a price premium for Network solutions) Create a directory in your webspace. Then have it point to like http://s123456789.onlinehome.us/nameofdire...tory/index.html (http://s123456789.onlinehome.us/nameofdirectory/index.html)

You can specify things other than index.html

EG: on the rawoil.com page I have its pointing to a php http://s89930274.onlinehome.us/phpBB2/index.php

mrken

Jan 10th, 2004, 04:42 PM

Originally posted by eBuddy@Jan 10 2004, 12:24 PM
Is there a way to change 1and1's default HTML page to be index.htm instead of index.htmL? For example, if one types in "http://www.redflagdeals.com/deals/", RFD's server automatically looks for a deals/index.HTM file, instead of .html).
Change yoru .htaccess files.

eBuddy

Jan 12th, 2004, 01:57 AM

My 1and1 site initially didn't recognize index.htm as a default page, but 1and1 seems to have fixed the server configuration.

r2traps

Jan 12th, 2004, 11:12 AM

Hey all,

Thanks for posting this. I have wanted to have my own personal web site, is this something I should sign up for? I'm a newbie at this so any guidance would be aprreciated. Other than registering with 1and1 what else do I need to do? I'm guessing I have to register a .ca or .com address and then sign up with 1and1 and that's it?

vancitydude

Jan 12th, 2004, 03:02 PM

Originally posted by r2traps@Jan 12 2004, 11:12 AM
Hey all,

Thanks for posting this. I have wanted to have my own personal web site, is this something I should sign up for? I'm a newbie at this so any guidance would be aprreciated. Other than registering with 1and1 what else do I need to do? I'm guessing I have to register a .ca or .com address and then sign up with 1and1 and that's it?
Yes go ahead and sign up. This is an amazing deal.
You don't 'need' a domain (.com or .ca) use this hosting service. But you probably should cause they will give you a crappy address at 1and1. I register my domains with namecheap.com.

monkey8

Jan 12th, 2004, 05:56 PM

I just registered, and I'm waiting for 1&1.com to register it's default domain so I can use to test out the speed.. Does anyone know how long this takes?

thx, good deal/freebie!

Dave114

Jan 12th, 2004, 08:03 PM

Does the 1and1 package support subdomains and/or something similar to CPanel's addon domains (ie. a domain pointer to a subdomain)?

hisoka

Jan 13th, 2004, 12:51 PM

Does 1and1 support ASP.NET?

jakemtl

Jan 13th, 2004, 01:47 PM

Most of the technical questions in this thread are easily answered by visiting the 1and1 site...

goobadoofa

Jan 19th, 2004, 05:18 PM

just signed up... so far so good, didn't ask for a ccn, just ur phone number, i gave them my cell, thinking maybe they could charge it to my home... but still worked... thanks for the heads up... (i know the deal has been up for months :P)

ftp works well, their webcreator is hard too use.. just gonna update site via ftp

www.wasteofmytime.com... i also registered this domain... sweeet
only $6US/yr

CoinSaver

Jan 19th, 2004, 08:43 PM

I signed up too. Haven't read the documentations, I guess I should.

I didn't get FTP working. What address do you use?

mrken

Jan 19th, 2004, 11:29 PM

Originally posted by CoinSaver@Jan 19 2004, 05:43 PM
I signed up too. Haven't read the documentations, I guess I should.

I didn't get FTP working. What address do you use?
Look in your control panel.

Different randomly generated usernames and passwords for everybody.

mrken

Jan 19th, 2004, 11:30 PM

Originally posted by goobadoofa@Jan 19 2004, 02:18 PM
just signed up... so far so good, didn't ask for a ccn, just ur phone number, i gave them my cell, thinking maybe they could charge it to my home... but still worked... thanks for the heads up... (i know the deal has been up for months :P)

ftp works well, their webcreator is hard too use.. just gonna update site via ftp

www.wasteofmytime.com... i also registered this domain... sweeet
only $6US/yr
Such a waste of 500MB of space and 5GB of bandwidth! :lol:

Shaf

Jan 20th, 2004, 09:13 AM

I have a few questions:

1 I'd like to register a .ca domain. What's the cheapest solution?
2 I have registered with 1 and 1, how will i forward my .ca address to them? I was unable to register a .ca domain with them.
3 What about email addresses with my .ca domain? Would these be provided by 1 and 1?

Thanks!

cipher

Jan 20th, 2004, 10:19 AM

Originally posted by lagos+Sep 27 2003, 11:48 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (lagos @ Sep 27 2003, 11:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--mrken@Sep 27 2003, 08:44 PM
Should I register a domain name through GoDaddy or through 1and1?
neither. try www.rackshack.net for domains. only $5 USD +tax. [/b][/quote]
It's $6.49 + taxes and they're now known as http://www.ev1servers.net

lagos

Jan 20th, 2004, 11:38 AM

Originally posted by cipher+Jan 20 2004, 10:19 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (cipher @ Jan 20 2004, 10:19 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by -lagos@Sep 27 2003, 11:48 PM
<!--QuoteBegin--mrken@Sep 27 2003, 08:44 PM
Should I register a domain name through GoDaddy or through 1and1?
neither. try www.rackshack.net for domains. only $5 USD +tax.
It's $6.49 + taxes and they're now known as http://www.ev1servers.net [/b][/quote]
dude it was $5 US when I wrote that on SEPTEMBER 27, 2003. I don't know why you quote such a post after all this time.

I think 1and1.com seems best way to register and host your site at the moment.

websavvy

Jan 20th, 2004, 11:49 AM

Originally posted by lagos@Jan 20 2004, 08:38 AM
dude it was $5 US when I wrote that on SEPTEMBER 27, 2003. I don't know why you quote such a post after all this time.

I think 1and1.com seems best way to register and host your site at the moment.
Well, dude, maybe there are more people who might want to register domains, but wouldn't be able to if they went to the site name that was originally provided. So someone decided to help them out, and give the newer information, dude.

However, it may just be a conspiracy to make you look bad, dude. :rolleyes:

ragin_pyro

Jan 20th, 2004, 02:36 PM

Any1 really get telemarketers calls? I havnt bothered puttin time in my pay-as-u-go, so might use my home #.

CoinSaver

Jan 20th, 2004, 02:40 PM

Originally posted by ragin_pyro@Jan 20 2004, 01:36 PM
Any1 really get telemarketers calls? I havnt bothered puttin time in my pay-as-u-go, so might use my home #.
Not here

Digiital

Jan 20th, 2004, 05:06 PM

I got a call on the cell(which I used to register) about a day after I registered. The phone number is brandnew, less then 3 weeks old when I got the call. Told them I was driving and to busy to answer questions :)

lagos

Jan 20th, 2004, 10:03 PM

Originally posted by websavvy+Jan 20 2004, 11:49 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (websavvy @ Jan 20 2004, 11:49 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--lagos@Jan 20 2004, 08:38 AM
dude it was $5 US when I wrote that on SEPTEMBER 27, 2003. I don't know why you quote such a post after all this time.

I think 1and1.com seems best way to register and host your site at the moment.
Well, dude, maybe there are more people who might want to register domains, but wouldn't be able to if they went to the site name that was originally provided. So someone decided to help them out, and give the newer information, dude.

However, it may just be a conspiracy to make you look bad, dude. :rolleyes: [/b][/quote]
haha I like how you used my "dude" thing...:D

anyhow www.rackshack.net site still forwards to the right page so no problems there.

I think cipher just likes to "correct" people and let everyone know that he knows better than everyone else but that's his problem.

btw,I am only responding to this thread to bump it up so other people can still take advantage of this great offer which will expire very soon. I have 3 accounts and its working great.

malaca

Jan 20th, 2004, 11:43 PM

Originally posted by ragin_pyro@Jan 20 2004, 02:36 PM
Any1 really get telemarketers calls? I havnt bothered puttin time in my pay-as-u-go, so might use my home #.
Use a free J2 voice mailbox.

Canucklehead

Jan 21st, 2004, 01:34 AM

Originally posted by Shaf@Jan 20 2004, 09:13 AM
I have a few questions:

1 I'd like to register a .ca domain. What's the cheapest solution?
2 I have registered with 1 and 1, how will i forward my .ca address to them? I was unable to register a .ca domain with them.
3 What about email addresses with my .ca domain? Would these be provided by 1 and 1?

Thanks!
1 Don't look for cheapest - look for one that gives you control over your domain name.

2 You will have to change the info. with the site that provided you with the .ca domain. Then, follow instructions on the 1and1.com site.

3 You can have one secure email address (free virus checker) and I believe 49 other addys tied to your .ca domain if you need.

Jan 21st, 2004, 04:15 AM

Originally posted by chillin+Oct 27 2003, 12:24 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (chillin @ Oct 27 2003, 12:24 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--MtX@Oct 26 2003, 04:36 PM
ahh isee.. so much work just to get a file loaded.. is it unlimited space?
yep, unlimited space, only restriction is 5 gigs transfer a month for free then you start paying for extra bandwidth [/b][/quote]
Is it automatic you pay? Or will they just stop account access to the page till the following month? I might as well grab it if it's free to host some public domain videos but don't want to get a bill in the mail.

malaca

Jan 21st, 2004, 01:41 PM

Darn!
When the answering machine picks up they hang up without leaving the PIN number. :(

mrken

Jan 21st, 2004, 09:22 PM

Originally posted by malaca+Jan 20 2004, 08:43 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (malaca @ Jan 20 2004, 08:43 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--ragin_pyro@Jan 20 2004, 02:36 PM
Any1 really get telemarketers calls? I havnt bothered puttin time in my pay-as-u-go, so might use my home #.
Use a free J2 voice mailbox. [/b][/quote]
You can't. :( You need to press 1.

MUSKAMIKE

Jan 22nd, 2004, 05:01 PM

This is a lame question, but I can't seem to find it. What is the ftp host address so I can connect and put my user/pass into stupid cuteftp...

mumble, mumble, can't beleive I haven't found it.

1and1 rocks, stoked to set up a .com with them for so cheap.

anyways, thanks. :)

lagos

Jan 22nd, 2004, 05:12 PM

can a mod please add "DEAD" to the topic name?

icsfstar

Jan 23rd, 2004, 02:28 PM

i registered an account with them yesterday and used there domain registration service. Now im trying to publish my content but it wont connect to the ftp server for the domain i chose. it will connect to the subdomain they give you at the start. can someone help me out, how do i connect to my domain ??

malaca

Jan 23rd, 2004, 03:17 PM

Originally posted by mrken+Jan 21 2004, 09:22 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mrken @ Jan 21 2004, 09:22 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by -malaca@Jan 20 2004, 08:43 PM
<!--QuoteBegin--ragin_pyro@Jan 20 2004, 02:36 PM
Any1 really get telemarketers calls? I havnt bothered puttin time in my pay-as-u-go, so might use my home #.
Use a free J2 voice mailbox.
You can't. :( You need to press 1. [/b][/quote]
I'll try to add a '1' tone to the message.
Haven't changed my J2 message in a while, I don't know if I can still do it for free.

icsfstar

Jan 23rd, 2004, 04:08 PM

and this deal isnt dead so remove it from the topic please

chillin

Jan 23rd, 2004, 05:35 PM

Originally posted by Digiital@Jan 20 2004, 02:06 PM
I got a call on the cell(which I used to register) about a day after I registered. The phone number is brandnew, less then 3 weeks old when I got the call. Told them I was driving and to busy to answer questions :)
All the cell providers recycle #'s after someone leaves them. Some have a less waiting time than others. When i got my phone with rogers i ended up taking calls for a month from people asking for a drug dealer.. so its probably from that.

I've been using them since september and used a second phone number to get one later on and i've never had any marketing calls from them. nor any marketing emails from them.

ProfessorChaos

Jan 23rd, 2004, 06:10 PM

i tried twice and never received the calls that confirm the account with the pin number.

dande

Jan 23rd, 2004, 06:42 PM

Originally posted by icsfstar@Jan 23 2004, 04:08 PM
and this deal isnt dead so remove it from the topic please

I just went to that site but didn't see any mention about the free deal. Is this deal daed or it isn't? I guess it is.

Wiseguy

Jan 23rd, 2004, 07:29 PM

Originally posted by dande@Jan 23 2004, 06:42 PM
Is this deal daed or it isn't? I guess it is.
Yup... stick a fork in it.... it's done.

MUSKAMIKE

Jan 24th, 2004, 02:37 PM

I've been trying to register a .com with them but I keep getting an error. It tells me *after a bit of searching* that I have an invalid postal code. I put a space in it, tried a couple other ones, just doesn't want to do it.

and what the hell is the host for the FTP?????

eBuddy

Jan 24th, 2004, 04:58 PM

Originally posted by MUSKAMIKE@Jan 24 2004, 02:37 PM
I've been trying to register a .com with them but I keep getting an error. It tells me *after a bit of searching* that I have an invalid postal code. I put a space in it, tried a couple other ones, just doesn't want to do it.

and what the hell is the host for the FTP?????
If you read the early posts, you can tweak your address and postal code until you find a combination that is accepted by 1and1's imperfect checker. The host for the FTP is whatever your assigned domain is, e.g., s########.onlinehome.us, and user ID is u########.

Corel

Jan 24th, 2004, 11:42 PM

Question for 1and1 FTP users...

You know that you can transfer files to your privite FTP and make them public in the HTML format right, well how can you make the ftp files into a html list? Anyone know any programs that can do this?

Un4GivN

Jan 25th, 2004, 12:23 AM

Originally posted by Corel@Jan 25 2004, 12:42 AM
Question for 1and1 FTP users...

You know that you can transfer files to your privite FTP and make them public in the HTML format right, well how can you make the ftp files into a html list? Anyone know any programs that can do this?
I've been trying to find a program do create an index.html file to do exactly what you want and havn't found one! I think some hosting sites will do it automatically under a folder called html_public or something, but it doesn't seem to work with 1and1! Looking forward to replies on this! :)

chriswest

Jan 25th, 2004, 02:39 AM

i got in on this deal and have less then the slightest clue on how ot get started.

Corel

Jan 25th, 2004, 03:26 AM

Originally posted by Un4GivN+Jan 25 2004, 01:23 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Un4GivN @ Jan 25 2004, 01:23 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Corel@Jan 25 2004, 12:42 AM
Question for 1and1 FTP users...

You know that you can transfer files to your privite FTP and make them public in the HTML format right, well how can you make the ftp files into a html list? Anyone know any programs that can do this?
I've been trying to find a program do create an index.html file to do exactly what you want and havn't found one! I think some hosting sites will do it automatically under a folder called html_public or something, but it doesn't seem to work with 1and1! Looking forward to replies on this! :) [/b][/quote]
Correct. Many ftp hosts don't allow html browsing of the ftps directories as a security precaution. People can just browse around your whole archive and download what ever they want. (Too bad they don't realise people can individually password protect a folder of their choice.)

Corel

Jan 25th, 2004, 03:29 AM

1and1 FAQ (http://faq.1and1.com/advanced_functions_php_mysql_perl_ssh_/htaccess/1.html)

Didn't get it to work properly though.

Serveza

Jan 25th, 2004, 12:25 PM

2 I have registered with 1 and 1, how will i forward my .ca address to them? I was unable to register a .ca domain with them.

2 You will have to change the info. with the site that provided you with the .ca domain. Then, follow instructions on the 1and1.com site.

Has anyone else successfully set up their registered .ca domain name to point to their 1and1 account?

I have set up the nameservers and such, however whenever I try to enter the .ca domain I registered at Domainsatcost.ca, I get an error message saying "Domainname is free, but tld is not supported."

I don't understand what's going on - don't you go to Domains -> Add on a Domain and then enter the one you registered into the Domain name field in order to point it to their servers?

I mean, I've already pointed the domain through the registrar to the nameservers given in the Domains -> DNS Settings -> DNS Check portion of my account...

Ugh, I'm so confused. My client needs this site running tomrorow. Argh!

ZenOps

Jan 25th, 2004, 12:39 PM

TLD stands for Top Level Domain.

.com .net and .org are top level domains.

I'm pretty sure .ca is not a top level, IE: along with .co.uk (which most of europe uses) or .jp (Japan) etc...

Although it *should* work, they may only do a free redirect on a TLD (haven't tried a .ca yet)

Un4GivN

Jan 25th, 2004, 01:16 PM

Originally posted by Corel@Jan 25 2004, 04:29 AM
1and1 FAQ (http://faq.1and1.com/advanced_functions_php_mysql_perl_ssh_/htaccess/1.html)

Didn't get it to work properly though.
Oh man, I had the toughest time trying to get the .htaccess file working. It has to be in the root directory ON THE SERVER! Meaning you have to use a different program than your FTP client. They recommend using a program called "Putty" to access this. I emailed their support and I still couldn't figure it out! Oh well. :)

Corel

Jan 25th, 2004, 02:30 PM

NOOOOOO don't give up. Gota find a soloution!

mrken

Jan 25th, 2004, 05:38 PM

Originally posted by Un4GivN+Jan 25 2004, 10:16 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Un4GivN @ Jan 25 2004, 10:16 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Corel@Jan 25 2004, 04:29 AM
1and1 FAQ (http://faq.1and1.com/advanced_functions_php_mysql_perl_ssh_/htaccess/1.html)

Didn't get it to work properly though.
Oh man, I had the toughest time trying to get the .htaccess file working. It has to be in the root directory ON THE SERVER! Meaning you have to use a different program than your FTP client. They recommend using a program called "Putty" to access this. I emailed their support and I still couldn't figure it out! Oh well. :) [/b][/quote]
I used Internet Explorer and it works well.

The htaccess file applies the the current directory and all subdirectories. When a subdirective has a different .htaccess file, it overrides the root one. (or the one above it) so you can have different permissions for different folders.

And you don't need a program to convert files to text. Just mod the .htaccess file.
Putty is good. But I just download it to my computer, edit it with notepad, and upload it back.

RudeDoggy

Jan 25th, 2004, 09:10 PM

Originally posted by Serveza@Jan 25 2004, 12:25 PM

2 I have registered with 1 and 1, how will i forward my .ca address to them? I was unable to register a .ca domain with them.

2 You will have to change the info. with the site that provided you with the .ca domain. Then, follow instructions on the 1and1.com site.

Has anyone else successfully set up their registered .ca domain name to point to their 1and1 account?

I have set up the nameservers and such, however whenever I try to enter the .ca domain I registered at Domainsatcost.ca, I get an error message saying "Domainname is free, but tld is not supported."

I don't understand what's going on - don't you go to Domains -> Add on a Domain and then enter the one you registered into the Domain name field in order to point it to their servers?

I mean, I've already pointed the domain through the registrar to the nameservers given in the Domains -> DNS Settings -> DNS Check portion of my account...

Ugh, I'm so confused. My client needs this site running tomrorow. Argh!
I have my .ca domain hosted with 1and1. I remember when I was trying to register it, it said something about some kind of TLD error. I just ignored it and continued. Anyway, I can't remember exactly what I did, but it's up and running so I know that it's possible....

And I don't know what the issue is with the .htaccess file and difficulties people are having. I just tried it out right now and it works perfectly for me <shrug>.

mrken

Jan 25th, 2004, 09:18 PM

Originally posted by RudeDoggy+Jan 25 2004, 06:10 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (RudeDoggy @ Jan 25 2004, 06:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Serveza@Jan 25 2004, 12:25 PM

2 I have registered with 1 and 1, how will i forward my .ca address to them? I was unable to register a .ca domain with them.

2 You will have to change the info. with the site that provided you with the .ca domain. Then, follow instructions on the 1and1.com site.

Has anyone else successfully set up their registered .ca domain name to point to their 1and1 account?

I have set up the nameservers and such, however whenever I try to enter the .ca domain I registered at Domainsatcost.ca, I get an error message saying "Domainname is free, but tld is not supported."

I don't understand what's going on - don't you go to Domains -> Add on a Domain and then enter the one you registered into the Domain name field in order to point it to their servers?

I mean, I've already pointed the domain through the registrar to the nameservers given in the Domains -> DNS Settings -> DNS Check portion of my account...

Ugh, I'm so confused. My client needs this site running tomrorow. Argh!
I have my .ca domain hosted with 1and1. I remember when I was trying to register it, it said something about some kind of TLD error. I just ignored it and continued. Anyway, I can't remember exactly what I did, but it's up and running so I know that it's possible....

And I don't know what the issue is with the .htaccess file and difficulties people are having. I just tried it out right now and it works perfectly for me <shrug>. [/b][/quote]
For $5 USD?! :blink:

RudeDoggy

Jan 25th, 2004, 10:25 PM

Sorry, I should have been more clear. I got my .ca domain registered at domainsatcost.ca for $14 taxes in. Then I got 1and1.com to host my domain for me. (Is that the correct terminology? I'm new to this whole web/domain business.)

eBuddy

Jan 26th, 2004, 01:38 PM

Has anybody managed to hit the 5 GB monthly bandwidth limit yet? Did 1and1 contact you first before locking your site? Did you have any problems with automatically charging the additional U$0.99/GB to a credit card? It looks like I will hit my limit today, as I am headed for over 10 GB per full month!

Serveza

Jan 26th, 2004, 10:14 PM

Originally posted by RudeDoggy@Jan 25 2004, 11:25 PM
Sorry, I should have been more clear. I got my .ca domain registered at domainsatcost.ca for $14 taxes in. Then I got 1and1.com to host my domain for me. (Is that the correct terminology? I'm new to this whole web/domain business.)
Ooh, I have to ask - how did you point the domain to the 1and1 servers?

I went to:
Domains -> DNS Settings -> DNS Check, logged into the DAC account and edited my domain settings so that for the Primary DNS Name I used Name Server 1, Secondary DNS Name I used Name Server 2, and for the PrimaryDNS IP and SecondaryDNS IP I used the IP Address.

Is that correct? I don't know because, obviously, it takes a while for the domain to propogate. Any help is appreciated!

mrken

Jan 26th, 2004, 10:44 PM

Originally posted by RudeDoggy@Jan 25 2004, 07:25 PM
Sorry, I should have been more clear. I got my .ca domain registered at domainsatcost.ca for $14 taxes in. Then I got 1and1.com to host my domain for me. (Is that the correct terminology? I'm new to this whole web/domain business.)
I see. Was excited for the moment. :)

eBuddy, what website do you have?! :blink: :wacko:

Icetron

Jan 26th, 2004, 10:48 PM

I signed up for 1and1, and since I don't really have a credit card to use to buy a domain I just used a free domain. I got mine from www.freedomain.co.nr and it works fine, except they want you to link to their site or something so you can keep your account. :D

mrken

Jan 27th, 2004, 12:25 AM

Originally posted by Icetron@Jan 26 2004, 07:48 PM
I signed up for 1and1, and since I don't really have a credit card to use to buy a domain I just used a free domain. I got mine from www.freedomain.co.nr and it works fine, except they want you to link to their site or something so you can keep your account. :D
Hmm, interesting!

Better than .tk?

Do they hassle you with advertising?

They say they will check each individual request!
How long will that take?

I wonder what would happen if several hundred RFDers scramble for this. :lol:

MUSKAMIKE

Jan 27th, 2004, 01:42 PM

Originally posted by mrken+Jan 27 2004, 12:25 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mrken @ Jan 27 2004, 12:25 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Icetron@Jan 26 2004, 07:48 PM
I signed up for 1and1, and since I don't really have a credit card to use to buy a domain I just used a free domain.  I got mine from www.freedomain.co.nr and it works fine, except they want you to link to their site or something so you can keep your account.  :D
Hmm, interesting!

Better than .tk?

Do they hassle you with advertising?

They say they will check each individual request!
How long will that take?

I wonder what would happen if several hundred RFDers scramble for this. :lol: [/b][/quote]
Hey, I've seen you post about disliking .tk because of their "banner" ads, etc...

you do know you can disable the pop up and everything from them in options. I've had a .tk for the longest time and never had a problem with them at all. Only problem I've ever had with Websites is the host, in this case www.web1000.com They are so sketchy. Which is why I went for the 1and1.com 3 year deal.

Too bad when I went to register a .com with 1and1 it messed up with those address errors and crap. Oh well, godaddy.com is just as good.

Anyways. peace.

RudeDoggy

Jan 27th, 2004, 02:48 PM

Originally posted by Serveza@Jan 26 2004, 10:14 PM
Ooh, I have to ask - how did you point the domain to the 1and1 servers?

I went to:
Domains -> DNS Settings -> DNS Check, logged into the DAC account and edited my domain settings so that for the Primary DNS Name I used Name Server 1, Secondary DNS Name I used Name Server 2, and for the PrimaryDNS IP and SecondaryDNS IP I used the IP Address.

Is that correct? I don't know because, obviously, it takes a while for the domain to propogate. Any help is appreciated!
Like I said, I'm new to this and I was just kinda trying anything and everything to get it to work. They appeared to change the administration page (now it seems it's more user-friendly). Anyway, to be honest with you, I can't remember exactly what I did, but I do recall seeing some type of error (something like "not a valid TLD" or something to that effect). Anyway, needless to say, after a day or so, it transferred over ok. Make sure to use 1and1's name servers (the addresses are in the FAQ somewhere, hidden) and just wait and see what happens. I do recall seeing something on domainsatcost.ca about something about email or something or another with the domain and how it didn't support something or another. As you can tell, I don't know a whole lot about this stuff, but it worked for me, that's all I can say... :wacko:

eBuddy

Jan 27th, 2004, 05:40 PM

Originally posted by eBuddy@Jan 26 2004, 01:38 PM
Has anybody managed to hit the 5 GB monthly bandwidth limit yet?  Did 1and1 contact you first before locking your site?  Did you have any problems with automatically charging the additional U$0.99/GB to a credit card?
1and1 just emailed me to do a customer service survey. Since I still haven't gotten a reply to any of my support requests, I had to give them the worst rankings. I ended up having to figure things out through trial and error. By the way, 1and1 includes FTP uploads in the bandwidth limit.

seanster

Jan 27th, 2004, 06:53 PM

Can anyone tell me the drill for getting a domain name attached to the website?

my normal url is sxxxxxxxx.onlinehome.us but I want it to be www.fred.com or whatever.

Is there any way to point a domain name at it without transferring to their registry service? I run my own name servers too, so I'd rather not use their dns servers either. The web interface gives me the impression that they will initiate a registrar transfer.

tlamm

Jan 27th, 2004, 07:00 PM

Originally posted by seanster@Jan 27 2004, 06:53 PM
Can anyone tell me the drill for getting a domain name attached to the website?

my normal url is sxxxxxxxx.onlinehome.us but I want it to be www.fred.com or whatever.

Is there any way to point a domain name at it without transferring to their registry service? I run my own name servers too, so I'd rather not use their dns servers either. The web interface gives me the impression that they will initiate a registrar transfer.
As far as I know you have to use their Dns server.. I just told godaddy the dns info for 1and1, and told 1and 1 the domain I registered.. No transfering required..

mrken

Jan 28th, 2004, 12:29 AM

Originally posted by MUSKAMIKE+Jan 27 2004, 10:42 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (MUSKAMIKE @ Jan 27 2004, 10:42 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by -mrken@Jan 27 2004, 12:25 AM
<!--QuoteBegin--Icetron@Jan 26 2004, 07:48 PM
I signed up for 1and1, and since I don't really have a credit card to use to buy a domain I just used a free domain.* I got mine from www.freedomain.co.nr and it works fine, except they want you to link to their site or something so you can keep your account.* :D
Hmm, interesting!

Better than .tk?

Do they hassle you with advertising?

They say they will check each individual request!
How long will that take?

I wonder what would happen if several hundred RFDers scramble for this. :lol:
Hey, I've seen you post about disliking .tk because of their "banner" ads, etc...

you do know you can disable the pop up and everything from them in options. I've had a .tk for the longest time and never had a problem with them at all. Only problem I've ever had with Websites is the host, in this case www.web1000.com They are so sketchy. Which is why I went for the 1and1.com 3 year deal.

Too bad when I went to register a .com with 1and1 it messed up with those address errors and crap. Oh well, godaddy.com is just as good.

Anyways. peace. [/b][/quote]
Really? Do you do that in the control panel?

If I don't have the pop-up banner, will the ad be placed on my webpage? All the .tk domains that I have seen has the pop-ups. :(

MUSKAMIKE

Jan 28th, 2004, 02:07 AM

Originally posted by mrken+Jan 28 2004, 12:29 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mrken @ Jan 28 2004, 12:29 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by -MUSKAMIKE@Jan 27 2004, 10:42 AM

Originally posted by -mrken@Jan 27 2004, 12:25 AM
<!--QuoteBegin--Icetron@Jan 26 2004, 07:48 PM
I signed up for 1and1, and since I don't really have a credit card to use to buy a domain I just used a free domain.* I got mine from www.freedomain.co.nr and it works fine, except they want you to link to their site or something so you can keep your account.* :D
Hmm, interesting!

Better than .tk?

Do they hassle you with advertising?

They say they will check each individual request!
How long will that take?

I wonder what would happen if several hundred RFDers scramble for this. :lol:
Hey, I've seen you post about disliking .tk because of their "banner" ads, etc...

you do know you can disable the pop up and everything from them in options. I've had a .tk for the longest time and never had a problem with them at all. Only problem I've ever had with Websites is the host, in this case www.web1000.com They are so sketchy. Which is why I went for the 1and1.com 3 year deal.

Too bad when I went to register a .com with 1and1 it messed up with those address errors and crap. Oh well, godaddy.com is just as good.

Anyways. peace.
Really? Do you do that in the control panel?

If I don't have the pop-up banner, will the ad be placed on my webpage? All the .tk domains that I have seen has the pop-ups. :( [/b][/quote]
If you can't find it, I'll take a look for it tommorow night. I know it is in there though, it's a check box I remember. something such as "enable pop-up banner". I remember it took me 20 mins to find though, pain in the ass...

and I have another question for someone who posted a couple msg's back...referring to godaddy.com and pointing the .com to 1and1 host.

I have that exact same thing. I bought a .com (www.muskamike.com) pointed it to 1and1's dns in the options and in 1and1 made it forward to my .com and it's been 4 days plus.

did I do something wrong? can you tell me the dns so I am sure. anyone? thanks.

Icetron

Jan 28th, 2004, 02:20 AM

Originally posted by mrken+Jan 26 2004, 09:25 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (mrken @ Jan 26 2004, 09:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Icetron@Jan 26 2004, 07:48 PM
I signed up for 1and1, and since I don't really have a credit card to use to buy a domain I just used a free domain.* I got mine from www.freedomain.co.nr and it works fine, except they want you to link to their site or something so you can keep your account.* :D
Hmm, interesting!

Better than .tk?

Do they hassle you with advertising?

They say they will check each individual request!
How long will that take?

I wonder what would happen if several hundred RFDers scramble for this. :lol: [/b][/quote]
There are no ads, and I would prefer this over .tk. If several hundred RFDers sign up, I bet they'll just close registrations for 2 months again. :D

EDIT: Just noticed, it's my 50th post. ^_^ ^_^

mrken

Jan 28th, 2004, 02:28 AM

Originally posted by MUSKAMIKE+Jan 27 2004, 11:07 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (MUSKAMIKE @ Jan 27 2004, 11:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by -mrken@Jan 28 2004, 12:29 AM

Originally posted by -MUSKAMIKE@Jan 27 2004, 10:42 AM

Originally posted by -mrken@Jan 27 2004, 12:25 AM
<!--QuoteBegin--Icetron@Jan 26 2004, 07:48 PM
I signed up for 1and1, and since I don't really have a credit card to use to buy a domain I just used a free domain.* I got mine from www.freedomain.co.nr and it works fine, except they want you to link to their site or something so you can keep your account.* :D
Hmm, interesting!

Better than .tk?

Do they hassle you with advertising?

They say they will check each individual request!
How long will that take?

I wonder what would happen if several hundred RFDers scramble for this. :lol:
Hey, I've seen you post about disliking .tk because of their "banner" ads, etc...

you do know you can disable the pop up and everything from them in options. I've had a .tk for the longest time and never had a problem with them at all. Only problem I've ever had with Websites is the host, in this case www.web1000.com They are so sketchy. Which is why I went for the 1and1.com 3 year deal.

Too bad when I went to register a .com with 1and1 it messed up with those address errors and crap. Oh well, godaddy.com is just as good.

Anyways. peace.
Really? Do you do that in the control panel?

If I don't have the pop-up banner, will the ad be placed on my webpage? All the .tk domains that I have seen has the pop-ups. :(
If you can't find it, I'll take a look for it tommorow night. I know it is in there though, it's a check box I remember. something such as "enable pop-up banner". I remember it took me 20 mins to find though, pain in the ass...

and I have another question for someone who posted a couple msg's back...referring to godaddy.com and pointing the .com to 1and1 host.

I have that exact same thing. I bought a .com (www.muskamike.com) pointed it to 1and1's dns in the options and in 1and1 made it forward to my .com and it's been 4 days plus.

did I do something wrong? can you tell me the dns so I am sure. anyone? thanks. [/b][/quote]
Hmm, my old .tk domain is gone. Have to register a new one now. :(

I think the DNS transfer is dependent on GoDaddy. The DNS something like NS27.1AND1.COM and NS28.1AND1.COM ? Don't know how long it should take.

Can .tk domains be DNS transferred here? Or is .tk just a forwarding service?