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Craigy B
05-23-2002, 11:55 AM
Hi!

All these web host search tools are great, if you can specify your current situation OK. They'll throw up a plan to suit.

But I'm confused how to do a decent host search given my concerns about where I am now compared to where I want to be in say 6-12 months time.

I just ain't figured out a way to say,

"Well this is me now but I want this later".

And if I search for now or later separately I just end up with huge lists ... too many to check.

I need a strategy to narrow this process down and am a bit stuck as to how ...

So here's my situation:

The site will begin life static.

It will grow to include PHP databases

May need limited ASP.

May desire some kind of multi media in a year (but can live without)

Bandwidth (not quite sure how to calclate this yet) but for first 3 mths will be virtually non-existent.

How do calculate for PHP? I've never done any ... it's a skill I'm yet to learn.

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Also I've no idea how much webspace PHP code takes as I've never wirtten any, how does this work, how do I specify future rqt's?

Budget inc PHP (likely we'll have a 8 sets of team statistics needing to feed into a 2 master sets)

I've no idea how to go about defining my rqt's to a host

For the purpose of this exercise let's discount multimedia it's not likely to happen


Budget inc expanded service is likely to be around £10 per month and with host to be UK based. Can this be done?

What pointers can people give.

I hope this request is within bounds ... still finding my feet ... and little clue what I'm doing at present LOL.


Craigy B