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Welcome to x10 richm8026! My experience with x10 has been great from the start. If your account was suspended, it's either for no ads or high resource usage. For no ads, just put ads on the site and you're all set. High resource usage will go away quickly, but you just need to fix up the site. Using up your bandwidth isn't the issue, it's usually large amounts of PHP/MySQL/Cron/CGI processing.
Thanks, it said it was Suspended from Inactivity, I don't have any PHP up as of yet, I'm having a hard time understanding if I actually need a MySQL Database to create a Forums, if so, then that would answer my question from a couple weeks ago when I asked.. Once I know that for sure, I really don't know how to run a MySQL Database, any suggestions?? :happysad:
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Well yeah, pretty much every forum out there relies on MySQL to store data. So yes, you need MySQL databases to run a forum. If anything, all you have to do is go into cPanel, go to MySQL databases, and tell it to create a database with a name of your picking. After, you can upload your choosen forum software such as SMF or phpBB, and enter in the information like your server's MySQL settings, like Localhost for the database server, and your MySQL username and password (your cPanel name and password if you didn't set up a MySQL user and pass), and your database name (as shown in cPanel). After, you're good to go.
Or, if you want to save the hassle of doing all of this, Fantastico, after you pick what software you want to install, will create the database for you and will install everything (even put the files on your account) for you or at least guide you though it. It may not have the latest version of the software, but it is a convenience offered here, and of course you can always upgrade the software manually from the maker's website, which is recommended.
As for PHP, just make sure that at http://www.x10hosting.com/account you have requested Intermediate PHP and you're all set to go! As for keeping your account alive, all you need to do is log into the forums briefly before the two week period expires, and you're good to go for another 2 weeks. You don't need to post a thing, but you can post if you'd like, and I'm sure you will. Besides, posting after a while not only allows you to enjoy what x10 can offer, but you can learn some new things here, have fun with other people, and see the credits below my post count? Whenever you post, you get credits, which can go towards things such as money via PayPal, and even a free domain name of your choice for one year.
As for that inactivity suspension, if you haven't done so already, request an Unsuspension in the Free Hosting forum and the staff will take care of you
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Hope I helped.
Or, if you want to save the hassle of doing all of this, Fantastico, after you pick what software you want to install, will create the database for you and will install everything (even put the files on your account) for you or at least guide you though it. It may not have the latest version of the software, but it is a convenience offered here, and of course you can always upgrade the software manually from the maker's website, which is recommended.
As for PHP, just make sure that at http://www.x10hosting.com/account you have requested Intermediate PHP and you're all set to go! As for keeping your account alive, all you need to do is log into the forums briefly before the two week period expires, and you're good to go for another 2 weeks. You don't need to post a thing, but you can post if you'd like, and I'm sure you will. Besides, posting after a while not only allows you to enjoy what x10 can offer, but you can learn some new things here, have fun with other people, and see the credits below my post count? Whenever you post, you get credits, which can go towards things such as money via PayPal, and even a free domain name of your choice for one year.
As for that inactivity suspension, if you haven't done so already, request an Unsuspension in the Free Hosting forum and the staff will take care of you
.Hope I helped.
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No. It's already on the server and is ready for you to use as soon as you're ready to use it. The localhost thing is just telling the script where to look for the database. Since x10 uses localhost, the script will access MySQL on your server, which is where your database will be. So nothing locally or on your computer. Everything is done server side.
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Welcome to x10Hosting, rich8026!
Well, I'm gonna write my "own" Forums using PHP, if that makes things easier, LOL, it's just I'm the only one on there so far, I forget the username, but I can't get it until my account is off suspension, I'm hoping that I can get tons of people to "Register" using it, unless I can't do that... I didn't see anything in the rules and regulations saying I can't
LOL, I have book here on PHP, I just want some sort of program/whatever to store the peoples names on there when they register so that way they can return and post more replies and more topics and all that good stuff..
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here's another question, how do I access information on these Databases???
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here's another question, how do I access information on these Databases???
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Well then, my guess is you'd need to know a bit of MySQL as well, since I think that if anything, it's almost impossible if anything to store realtime data in a PHP file without screwing things up, but I may be wrong, though SQL is pretty much the most efficient means of data storage out there. I'm only an HTML/CSS person lol.
As for accessing the information, there's usually information found in the PHP script file(s) that when executed, will look at the source of the database for a particular set of data. If it returns good, then the database menthod used will send the data to PHP, which in return, outputs the database information and the page as a readable format for browsers such as HTML. If it comes up bad though, it will load up either a set of codes from the PHP file telling users that the data does not exist, or will be called from the database.
Again, this is only me guessing how it works from messing around with things. Past HTML/CSS and computer building/troubleshooting and repair, I know nothing about PHP or MySQL. If you need help, there is a forum here with experienced web coders who should surely be able to help you
As for accessing the information, there's usually information found in the PHP script file(s) that when executed, will look at the source of the database for a particular set of data. If it returns good, then the database menthod used will send the data to PHP, which in return, outputs the database information and the page as a readable format for browsers such as HTML. If it comes up bad though, it will load up either a set of codes from the PHP file telling users that the data does not exist, or will be called from the database.
Again, this is only me guessing how it works from messing around with things. Past HTML/CSS and computer building/troubleshooting and repair, I know nothing about PHP or MySQL. If you need help, there is a forum here with experienced web coders who should surely be able to help you
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Oooh, now I see, so there is nothing really readable by the human eye then??? So, must be people can sign in then, and then come back, I guess there is no way for somebody to view Username Information, So, everything should be good to go then, I already know the PHP codes to Add people, it's just I had no idea that MySQL isn't readable, hmm well, that explains why you can't see any table data either...