Geocities Shiting Me

[shoutman]

hey,
for some reason geocities has taken my website down????? it gives me this message:
Sorry, this site is temporarily unavailable!
The web site you are trying to access has exceeded its allocated data transfer. Visit our help area for more information.
Access to this site will be restored within an hour. Please try again later.
http://www.geocities.com/shoutman2004/

and many hours have pasted since? I dont have any files online for download so wtf!!!?????

[CoolMac]

Originally posted by shoutman@17 January 2004 - 06:29
hey,
for some reason geocities has taken my website down????? it gives me this message:
Sorry, this site is temporarily unavailable!
The web site you are trying to access has exceeded its allocated data transfer. Visit our help area for more information.
Access to this site will be restored within an hour. Please try again later.
http://www.geocities.com/shoutman2004/

and many hours have pasted since? I dont have any files online for download so wtf!!!?????
u exceeded the maximum amount of bandwidth

[4th gen]

is it a popular site?

[shoutman]

hardy its only been up for 3 days? and how did i exceed the bandwidth? And how do i measure it?

[4th gen]

Originally posted by shoutman@17 January 2004 - 05:46
hardy its only been up for 3 days? and how did i exceed the bandwidth? And how do i measure it?
i've never used geocities so i don't know how...

have you emailed their support to ask?

[shoutman]

yeh i found out that i get 4mg an hour. that aint good right? is it caused by to many people comin in or images or sumthin?

[4th gen]

Originally posted by shoutman@17 January 2004 - 06:02
yeh i found out that i get 4mg an hour. that aint good right? is it caused by to many people comin in or images or sumthin?
yeah, exceeding the alloted bandwidth just means that too many people are viewing your site, viewing your images or downloading any files that might be there

[Rip The Jacker]

Forget Geoshitties and look for a better free host. ;)

[Project E-01]

yeah, i wouldn't use geocities anyway. The ad's there are too bloody annoying for my tastes.

'Bandwidth' refers to how much infomation was sent. Say you have a page with an image on it - the page is 5kb, and the image is 30kb. Everytime someone views that page, you use 30+5=35 kb.
But - if you have 2 pages with that same image on, and both pages are 5kb, you could use anything between 40kb and 70kb. Why? Because some people with have their cache enabled, which means that their browser will see that it already downloaded the image recently, so it won't ask for it a second time. Other people have their cache disabled, which means that the browser asks for the image every time and doesn't bother holding on to it.

The best advice for keeping bandwidth down is to re-use as much as possible. Having a different title pic on each page may look cool - but is it worth the tradeoff? Similarly, if you can have that menu on the side load just once instead of every time the page loads (frames), it's probably a good idea if its a big menu.

Edit - just checked the page. You had movie files available on a geocities account? no wonder mate. You won't find a free service that gives you enough bandwidth for that - might be time to fish the wallet outta the toilet, mate. :P

[shoutman]

the video's werent actually online just pics were. do ya know any other host better than geocities?

[TRshady]

You have kinda missed out but ashst.com do free hosting. You need to be a member of the forum and sign ups only take place on a Fridays ... though a forum section for sign ups is open from time to time .... check specially on Wednesdays.

Good luck :)

[h1]

Try www.1and1.com or www.flatface.net.

You get 500MB space and 5GB bandwidth with 1&1 and 100MB space and unlimited bandwidth with FlatFace.

[shoutman]

but are they free?

[muchspl2]

yes
I recommend 1&1 also

[shoutman]

it says 3 years free. then u have to pay?

[h1]

1&1 is free until January 19th UK time... wait, that's tomorrow...

After that it is closed to the public.

FlatFace is free, but the signup form is really an IQ test, so their acceptance rate is less than 5%.

[sparsely]

doesn't make sense, as their hosting sucks anyway. :rolleyes:

[shoutman]

how do u upload zip files on geocities? or mp3 files?

[h1]

Originally posted by Sparsely@18 January 2004 - 08:14
doesn't make sense, as their hosting sucks anyway. :rolleyes:
1&1 or FF.net?

[sparsely]

flatface.
sparsely has 1&1 hosting right now :P

[h1]

Originally posted by shoutman@18 January 2004 - 08:44
how do u upload zip files on geocities? or mp3 files?
You're not allowed to. Upload it as .html or something and when you link it, specify the MIME type. Or you could download it in binary.

[h1]

Originally posted by Sparsely@18 January 2004 - 08:51
flatface.
sparsely has 1&1 hosting right now :P
Why does it suck, though? I was using it from 2000 up until now, and it was excellent for me.

[sparsely]

I don't know...my friend's site was hosted by them...and it was always going down.
but maybe he just sucks.
:D

[h1]

They went down for two weeks in December because their DNS expired. Before that they were down once, and that was for two hours. :D

[shoutman]

Originally posted by haxor41789+18 January 2004 - 07:51--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (haxor41789 @ 18 January 2004 - 07:51)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-shoutman@18 January 2004 - 08:44
how do u upload zip files on geocities? or mp3 files?
You&#39;re not allowed to. Upload it as .html or something and when you link it, specify the MIME type. Or you could download it in binary. [/b][/quote]
what is MIME?

[h1]

EDIT: removed because it fucked the layout terribly. Also, several hundred KB of RFC isn&#39;t cool.

RFC 2045 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2045.txt)

[shoutman]

Originally posted by haxor41789@18 January 2004 - 08:53


RFC 2045 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2045.txt)
wtf???

[h1]

Read it and you&#39;ll know everything there is to know about MIME.

[shoutman]

does anyone know a real free host that i can actually upload some files. i mean damn geocities suck. 1&1&#39;s no good i put in my "aplication" for FF.net but anyone got some where just so i can link to for my files?

[Triadcool]

Your site is working now. ;)

[ooo]

Originally posted by haxor41789+18 January 2004 - 08:51--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (haxor41789 @ 18 January 2004 - 08:51)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-shoutman@18 January 2004 - 08:44
how do u upload zip files on geocities? or mp3 files?
You&#39;re not allowed to. Upload it as .html or something and when you link it, specify the MIME type. Or you could download it in binary. [/b][/quote]
eh u sure? wen i was using geocities i uploaded mp3s and zip files... they dont allow that anymore?

--- anywayz i say use 1asphost.com

100mbs
free
unlimited bandwidth
no adz

--- they dont allow a few extensions like .zip,.mov,.mp3

but you can rename then using cmd to something like .jpg and upload em...

[shoutman]

how do i rename them? but will they still work when people upload them?

[h1]

Just change the file extension. :) They will not work if you are embedding them in documents. Also, try ASPFreeServer.com.

I might have the answer to all your problems though... UUEncoding&#33;

UU was made a long while back as a system for posting binary files on BBS&#39;s. UU converts the binary to postable text, which can be read in standard ANSI format. For zip files in WinZip, just go to Actions -> UUEncode and you can post this up as text.

[ooo]

for instance you want to upload a testing.mp3 file...

open notepad
save file as watever.bat


rename testing.mp3 testing.mid


umm well if you do this for the sound it will play the mp3...
if your uploading a .zip for somone to download they will have to change back the extensions

[shoutman]

i found another way o do it. I used WinAce. 1asphost accept it so i just make my files ace files.

[ooo]

or that :)... heh i guess it worked out for you then

[shoutman]

yeh well thanks for all your help u guys rule

[h1]

NP.