I don't think the free service supports streaming media but I may be wrong. I am just wondering how you were able to do mp3 with a file size limit of 250kb. Must be short clips. There are however a few free providers that allow for streaming media but from what I've seen you must remain active in their forums to get hosting. Not too many free services are going to have what you are looking for when it comes to that. You could always get a t35 paid account and I'm sure you could do whatever you desire  Of course you will need a domain name. godaddy.com is a good place to start for that. For under $7 and a $5 a month for hosting you can do all sorts of things as long as it's legal. (IE: no warez, hack, or illegal MP3s)

Thanks!
This may be a project I will work on this summer. What I'm thinking to minimize security issues and abusers is to manually create the database upon payment or request and monitor activity on the sites registered. And since I'll be charging a fee then perhaps not too many will sign up that would abuse this service. I want to find software other than PHPMyAdmin so that I can just let users modify their database and not have access to other users. I don't know if such software even exists. If not I may scratch the idea all together.  Thanks again for the reply

That's the best choice  

I forgot to mention that you could always use a remotely hosted board. There seems to be some really nice ones out there these past couple of years but yeah, paying is always the best option. $5.00 isn't gonna break anyone and domain names are so inexpensive now. I just registered three .biz and one .us name for a client for under $30 total cost. Go to godaddy.com to register a doman.  They seem to have the best prices and features of a registar.

You may want to use an alternative forum. Go to hotscripts.com and just search for flatfile forums.

A few to try:
SimpleBBS
NaVBoard
PBLang
Ultimate PHP Board

I've tested all of these with the free service and they all seem to work pretty well. However, PHP is run in safe mode on t35's free service so some features may not work on Ultimate and PBLang. I personally prefer SimpleBBS over Navboard but that's just me.

Jimmy

I was thinking of starting a service of offering mysql databases to those in need but I wanted to know if it is allowed even on paid service. It wouldn't be exactly free but far less than signing up for a paid provider. I was thinking around $20 yearly. If this isn't allowed them that's fine. It was just a thought


Thanks,
Jimmy

I also found another way around the no mysql issue. Sign up for another free host that does provide a database and use it for your php scripts running on t35. I've tried it out and it works pretty well. I'd still use t35 for hosting my site though. You can't beat the other options they offer over other servers. Do a search on google for free php hosts and you shouldn't have any problem finding one. Just put up a couple of "filler" pages on their service though...just use their DB for whatever lol....just a little cheat I use sometimes.  I'm not going to mention any free php host names...just look for them. I don't want to take away from what is offered here.

Just remember to replace "localhost" with "freeservername.com" (or whatever the actual server name is) when you set up your script. Works really well with phpbb, Xoops, Vbulletin, mybulletin, Mercuryboard and IPB...these are the ones I've actually tested this with

Jimmy

Just to pass time, I sometimes browse other members free pages on t35 and have had numerous ads come up but not once has it been reported as a virus on my system. I seriously don't think that t35 would associate with advertisers that would try to do harm or impose unwanted data on to your computer. Check the cookies of the other sites you have vistied. Just because something comes up at the time you are browsing a website doesn't mean it came from the website you are now on. You may want to check to see what file sharing apps you are running too. Programs such as Kazaa or Edonkey use adware to support their products and often downloads *.dll or *.exe files to your system which are read as a virus. I am assuming you are using MS Internet Explorer for browsing the net. Download Mozilla Suite or Mozilla Firefox and give it a try. IE is full of security holes and easily hijacked, making you more vunerable to unwanted things on your computer. I personally use Mozilla 1.7.5 and have had no trouble what so ever with viruses, spyware or adware from visiting websites for the last five years after I switched soley to using Mozilla.  Before that I used Netscape and early versions of other browsers since 1993...well before Internet Explorer reared it's ugly head  

Hope this helps

Jimmy

I guess if we want to get technical lol    It is html related. HAHA

Very nice, was finally able to delete a couple of old accounts. Cool!!!
Would be nice if you could install some flatfile scripts...if it can be done.

Jimmy

YaBB was the one I was really reffering to. I never have liked Invision. The whole layout just reeks. I was hoping to play with YaBB some but hadn't had the time until now but when I went to install, it was gone Oh Well, I can always download it and do it manually

Just wondering what was up with phpbb being the only board left standing in Fantastico. I thought there were two or three other choices.

Jimmy

I've done a complete redesign on this site. I'm basically finished with the template, now I just need to install a forum...probably will go with phpbb for something like this. Anyway, opinions on the new layout are welcome.

http://wormholex.jcatdesign.us New

http://wormholex.jcatdesign.us/old Original

Thanks,
Jimmy

Me again lol...I've added some content and working on modifying the forum theme. Soon as I do that I'll ad catagories and forums. Anyways, just thought I'd update. Still in the middle of working on it. Got a ways to go before I call it officially done.



Jimmy


http://wormholex.jcatdesign.us

I intend to make a textured background but haven't gotten around to it yet. Just making a "rough draft" so to speak. Thanks for the replies, I really appreciate it since this is just a personal site for myself I decided not to go with style sheets or flash. Just good ol' graphic work and tables...basically the hard way around.

Thanks,
Jimmy

***I've added more colors and textures

 at four in the morning you tend to forget the little details like that lol....
Here's the link
 http://www.jcatdesign.us/wormholex