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Hi there, I'm interested in getting some hosting here for a couple of specific reasons, and wanted to make sure they would all work out before commiting cash.

First, one I'm not worried too much about: while hosting here is cheap, the registrar service is several times as much as elsewhere. How trivial is it to connect a domain name I purchase elsewhere with sevice I buy here? (Also, are there any discount registrar's I should look out for?)

Ok: One of the things I want to do is make a useful utility for an online game I play. Every day, the creators publish a log file of the state of the game universe in a .tgz file. How hard is it to write a script that copies the file to my stuff, untgzs it, and runs some simple database stuff on it? Should I use PHP for that? (I haven't learned it yet, but its high on my to do).

Last question: does anyone happen to know the protocal games like runescape use? They are flash games, played in a browser, that communicate live with the server. I assume they are getting and putting XML files, would I need something faster than a shared server for that?

Anyway. Thanks for the help.