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Well I have to say, that although this idea has been out here a while....looks like it was made in october of last year,I must say that it would be nice for a little change to the post/credit system. I don't think I agree with the idea posted here, as people would simply keep adding to their post, just for the points, not necessarily because they are trying to get out what they have to say.What I am thinking, is that it would be nice if when you made the post, it told you on a screen (like I know IPB has) "Your post has been made. You will now be redirected" Just have that screen, and on it have a thing so it is like:"Your post has been made.You earned 2.03 credits for your post"That way we know how many credits that we earned after we made the post.

I know that Xisto has its custom theme for cpanel and everything, but after having a number of other hosts with cpanel, I have grown used to the default cpanel theme.Is there any way that we can have in the options for themes, the default cpanel theme? Thanks for taking the time to look at my suggestion,Brian

I believe that the answer to this question is yes. As BuffaloHELP said: He said, all past and future accounts will be at this, so I am guessing that means that when you get the "Regular" package that you will as well get these.

Well, after having been a member of a number of different free hosting companies (as well as an admin on one, and a support person on another), I have found a number of things. First of all, the way that Xisto does the request process, isn't as professional as some of the other hosting companies. For example, the hosting company I had before Xisto, used to use something called the HCP ( http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ ). Account creation, upgrades, and requests were done through this, and it worked really well. It seems a lot more professional that the traditional hosting requests forum. Also, it protects user's privacy a little more. Right now, everybodies e-mail address is on the forums....that makes it really easy for spam bots to grab them. So what I am trying to get at, is that it would be nice if the hosting requests were done somehow differently where other members, spam bots, ect....didn't get to see them. I mean Xisto already has a great credits system set up, so isn't there a way that it could be expanded just a little bit, to have a new type of hosting request system? Well, anyhow I hope that you guys can take this into consideration. And in any respect, Xisto as of so far seems like an excellent place to have my site hosted. Thank you for all you do, Brian

Well I have to say, thank you for taking the time to write this tutorial. For somebody who knows php fairly well, it is easy to follow.However, this doesn't seem like a very secure way to go about content management, as any old person could come along and edit or add pages.Also, it might be a little more helpful if you went into further detail with your explanations of the code....it is mainly code and little explanation, that means if I don't know much in the way of php or how to connect to a mysql database already....the code may not be very helpful to me.

Wow, i like the idea of this. I have often wanted to put some strange font on my site for some reason or another (usually a heading of some sort), and I can't stand when I have to use images for that sort of thing. The idea of being able to use this for displaying the stuff is nice. Also, after looking at the page, they do have an example page: https://mikeindustries.com/blog/files/sifr/2.0/ So you may want to have a look at it (it looks really nice). I am not sure if I want to use this or not though, just because I have gotten my site set up, and it looks perfectly fine with standard fonts. But maybe the next time my site gets re-designed? Or maybe some other website?

Although you may not be able to create deployable products, in a sense that you cannot create a deployment application through the express edition of VB .NET you can always use other products for doing so. Some examples of such are things like the NullSoft Installer.....http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page

Wow, thanks again for the upgrade....even though I'll probably never need any of the extra space and/or bandwidth....seeing as i was barely using any noticeable amount of the previous plans....

I would have to say that maybe the filename that you are giving it is incorrect.... You said.... I think that would indicate that the file is something like backup.gz right? If that is the case...I think the correct stuff at the prompt would be something along the lines of mysql -u root -p backup.gz > testDBNotice that i changed the .sql to .gz.... Hopefully that helps, and if you were already doing that...i'm not exactly sure what is wrong....other than maybe it isn't liking the blank root password... Well anyhow, Good luck, and hopefully something somebody said here helps, Brian

Well I didn't see anything on here about how to get started with vb .net, so I figured that I would write a small tutorial on how to get started with programming in VB .Net. If I get a lot of positive responses, I'll continue, if not I won't. Step 1: Obtaining Visual Basic .NET Microsoft in recent years has made a giant step in allowing hobbyists to learn program without having the burden of buying expensive software. This is a great business idea on their part, because it allows more people to become interested in their software, therefore, increasing the number of potential purchasers. With the introduction of Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft released the express edition of Visual Basic. What is the express edition? The express edition of Visual Basic .Net is a version of Visual Basic that Microsoft designed for students and hobbyists. The express edition simply lacks some of the features that are provided in the other editions of Visual Studio. The features it lacks however, are usually not needed by Students, or hobbyist developers. As per the FAQ, you can even use the programs you create with the Express edition for commercial use: You can compare the express edition to the other edition by looking at Microsoft's comparison chart, which can be found here. Obtaining the express edition Since the express edition of Visual Basic .net is free, that is what this tutorial is going to use. This is because the express edition is available to the widest number of people. The express edition can be downloaded from Microsoft's website. There are a few methods that you can choose to use for this. You can either use the standard download method, or you can use an alternative installation method. The standard installation method requires internet access to install, as program files are downloaded during the installation process. This is probably the easiest way for most people to install, however if you would like to install on a computer without internet access, or on multiple computers, you should consider one of the alternative installation methods. Both methods are gone through in detail in this tutorial, so simply choose the one that you would like. Installing with the standard installation method - if you would like to perform an alternative installation method scroll down Simply go to: https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/visual-studio-express/ On the page, under step 2, there is a link that says download. Click on it, and save the file somewhere on your computer where you will be able to later find it. (Your desktop may be a good location). The download is around 2.8MB so it may take a while on a slower connection. Once the download is completed, locate the file and double click on it. This will start the setup process, which may take several minutes to load, depending on the speed of your computer. Once setup is done, you'll be presented with a welcome screen (as is shown in figure 1 below). Simply click the next button. figure 1 - The setup welcome screen The next setup screen asks you to accept the license agreement. Simply read through it, make sure that you aren't opposed to any of it. Then click on the checkbox that says "I accept the terms of this license Agreement". Then click on the next button. The next screen is very important. It lists optional components to install. If you have the connection, and the download speed in order to download all of the optional components, I would highly recommend it. I have explained the optional components below: Microsoft MSDN 2005 Express Edition - this is a helpful tool, as it provides you with documentation while you are programming. If you need help with anything, MSDN is the backbone of it. I would recommend this, however of the optional components, if you were to leave one out, this is what you should choose to leave out. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - This allows you to have your applications write to databases. I would recommend it, as later tutorials will draw off using this to store application data. Once you have chosen which of the optional components that you would like to install, click on the next button. You will then be presented with a screen that shows a summary of what is to be installed (as is shown in figure 2 below). If you are satisfied with what is shown on the screen click on the Install button. If you are not, click on the back button and change the options. figure 2 - installation summary After you click on the install button, the installation process begins. This process can take a very long time to complete as lots of files need to be downloaded (Visual Basic can require around 340MB to be downloaded). So I would recommend doing something else while the process is completing. Once the installation process is complete you may scroll down to starting visual basic for the first time. Installing with the alternative installation method - if you would like to perform the standard installation method scroll up This installation method requires a CD burner on the computer in which you are downloading the files from initially. The computer you are installing Visual Basic on, simply needs a CD-ROM drive. First go to: https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/visual-studio-express/ You will see on the page a link to Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 express edition. (Be sure you click on the correct one, or you will download the wrong file). You will most likely be wanting to use the .ISO file, as that is recognized by most cd-burning software. However Microsoft also provides a .img file in case that is what you need. I am not going to go into the specifics of burning this file to a CD here (You must be sure to burn an image to the CD, and not simply write the file), however if you need help doing so just post with what kind of burning software you have (if any), and you'll get some help. Once you have burned the file to the CD, insert it in the computer, and then open the cd up and double click on the setup.exe file. You can then follow similar steps as are shown above, to complete the installation process. (The only difference is that files are taken from the CD instead of being downloaded during the installation). Step 2: Starting Visual Basic .NET & Creating your first application Starting Visual Basic .NET is just like starting any other application. You simply go to start --> programs --> Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition. At this time, if you did not register during the installation, you will need to register now. All you need is a .net passport (which is free of course). Simply follow the registration links for information about registering. The first time you start Visual Basic .NET it will take longer than the other times. This is because it must prepare the environment. This should only happen once, and subsequent times that Visual Basic .NET is started it should be faster. Microsoft has made it so that you are shown a welcome screen when you first start Visual Basic. This welcome screen is very useful. It shows you information such as some of the recent projects you have been working on, as well as recent news related to visual basic. You will also notice a link to create a new application. Click on this to open the new project window. (You can also do this by going to the file menu and clicking on new project... You can fool around with the different templates that they have, just about any of them will work. Also give your project a meaningful name ('test' will work for a name for now, but later you want to make sure to give them names that are relevant). It may take some time for visual basic to create the project as it needs to create several files on your computer. Once this process is complete you have a basic application that you can run right away. To run the application, look on the toolbar. There is a button that looks like a play button (on a VCR or DVD player). Click on that button. And your application will run. Thats it! You have now created and run your first application. If there is interest, i'll continue making some tutorials on Visual Basic, if not I wont. So please leave any comments or suggestions, etc.

So, i am just curious....what members will be getting this upgrade?I created my account a couple days ago, however due to some issues, i had to contact support and get it deleted and recreated....will i still get this upgrade? (Yes i have the 150MB plan)?Or is this something for members who have been part of Xisto for a long period of time?

HiddenKenshin, for accessing cpanel from where you cannot access https sites you should be able to access cpanel by using the following url format. http://ww38.yoursite.com/ You should be able to log into cpanel that way, however keep in mind that it isn't https, so that it will not necessarily be as secure as accessing your site by going to http://ww38.yoursite.com/cpanel/ Hope that works, as I am not as of yet hosted at Xisto, so I can't check and see if it works, however that did work for my old host.

Thanks for these.They look nice, but a little big to me....it would be nicer if they were standard banner sizes instead of whatever size they are.They are a little on the dark side too, but I guess that is ok....Also thanks for including the svg file so that we can edit the file as we like.

Well although this works, i don't really care for the method.For one, I found that doing this makes my computer really slow....(Detecting proxy settings....) takes forever for the first time I start up Internet explorer every time I turn on my computer.Second, getting rid of ads really isn't all that fair to the owners of the web sites. This is because they no longer earn as much income, also it makes it so that advertisers themselves don't get their ads shown as much.I prefer to browse the internet with ads, you never know when you can find something useful through an ad.

Well I personally didn't mind seeing the ads in the forums, and I wouldn't mind keeping them here if it meant that it would help Xisto out.What about making an option to still display the ads, so that members who would like to help Xisto out by having ads displayed, can. (Just an idea, that might end up helping Xisto become yet a better host, as I have heard so much about how great Xisto is, even though I am not hosted by Xisto as of yet)As for promoting the other service, i'll do that.

Alright, thank you for that.I may just have to give ReactOS a try on the computer.And yes, it is ancient....that is why I am looking for a lightweight OS that will run nicely on it, and yet have the computer still be useful for something other than just being a glorified typewriter.

I have used game maker, and I can say that it is a great program. It allows you to easily make games with little to no programming experience required....you can even make 3D games!!!The downsides to using game maker are that the games have a tendency to take up a ton of space (several megabytes each) as the graphics, sounds, etc... are typically stored inside the game file itself, instead of on separate files.But if you want to make games quickly and easily, without much in the way of experience, game maker is definitely the way to go.

This is not real, however the link that was linked to, is in fact a valid url....it is simply done through a url shortener...9hz, gives you a nice shortened url....so no they were not trying to steal your password there....however i can say that all it is is a link to a thing that shows you many warnings you have for your account.

It looks like an interesting operating system....Can anybody tell me what the requirements are for it? I have looked around the site and didn't come up with much of anything...I was wondering if it would run ok on a pentium 75mhz computer, or if i shouldn't even bother wasting my time trying.

I believe that you might have to do a little more than what bluefish mentioned in order to access a mysql DB....But that depends on what you are trying to do....Are you trying to just access the database yourself. As in you want to see what is in it, edit it, delete it, etc? If that is the case, simply login to cpanel, and click on mysql databases. From there you can create users and databases. Then if you would like to see what is in a database, or modify its contents. Click on the phpmyadmin link from that page.If you have a web based application that is on another server that you would like to access your mysql database on the Xisto server, you can simply go into cPanel, again click on the mysql databases button. Then go to the area that says "Access Hosts:". From there enter in the name or IP address of the server/computer that is trying has the application that is trying to access the database. For example, say you have some sort of database management software on your computer that you like to use, that can connect to mysql databases. You would simply enter your IP addess into textbox and click the add host button. (you can get your ip address by going to https://www.whatismyip.com/ ) If you have another website that you would like to access your database on the Xisto server, you can simply add that domain name to the host textbox, and click on the add host button. (for example: microsoft.com) Then on your program that needs to access the server, you set your database host, to your Xisto domain name (much like bluefish said)Hope this helps,Brian

Well really, the easiest way to get people to do something is to pay them money....You could offer to pay people money based on the number of people they help, and based off of the satisfaction that those people rate the support person at, as well as based on how long they are on. (Find some sort of payment system that works).That would be the easiest way, in my opinion, to get support staff....However if you don't have the resources to hire somebody for the job, as you have already stated, I would continue offering some of the offers you currently offer, as well as come up with some other ones...I don't know exactly what they would be (maybe a domain name with the hosting? or advertising space somewhere?)Also, if you put something in your sig on forums that you are an active member on, advertising that you need help, you are bound to find support staff sooner or later. Have almost some sort of a catchy advertisement type thing, like a job offer (only instead of $__/hr, you say what you are giving them in return for their services).Another thing, this is a little off topic, but in order to get the best support I would recommend getting people in different time zones, all over the world. That way, you always have somebody on, when you need them.Hope this helps,Brian

At namepros you can get a free domain name by getting points on their site. It works much like things one where you can get credit for posting on their site. You can also get points by purchasing them, or by getting them from other members (they have an area in their forums just for that). There are also other ways you can get points, like through their credit for clicks program, where you visit other members sites for a certain number of $np, likewise you can put your site in this program and pay other members to visit your site. They also offer many other services such as domain name auctions, appraisals, etc. I have tried the site and gotten several free domain names from them. So it really works! The best part, you actually own the domain name, your information shows up in the database, not theirs...Also you can renew your domain name for as many years as you want (simply by getting the number of points for another name and using them to renew an old domain). They allow you to have as many domain names at once as you want through them, you just need to get the required number of points. I would appreciate it if you used my referral link here:Click here If you would prefer to just go to their site instead you can just go to https://www.namepros.com/

I have used netbeans for an IDE before, but I can't decide if i like it or not.I have found it to be a little too featured, and confusing to use. Instead I prefer the IDE's where it simply keeps your files for your project together in a folder of some sort, and has code completion...basic simple debugging...but not much more...You add to much more and it gets harder to use.I found myself confused by all the options and everything with netbeans. Another thing is that it seems to be very resource intensive. Maybe if I spent a little more time with it I would learn how to better use it, and come to like it more.

I think that if google made an OS, it would be very different from anything we see currently today.For one, google is primarily an internet web based company, so they would probably make their OS web based (and free of course).You would boot up your computer, and it is basically an operating system devoted only to the web (kind of a full screen browser). Everything on it you need to be connected to the internet...kind of like their current web applications such as the spreadsheets and documents ones they have.Basically what i am getting at is I think it would be more like a remote desktop kind of connection, where you can access "your" computer from anywhere. They would of course provide some sort of installable (or maybe bootable cd medium) that allows you to easily access this system without the regular desktop clutter...That is sort of my theory on what a google os would be like, oh and of course there would be relevant text ads on your desktop.