I wanted to know if the hosting provided is covered........

AmbitiousOne · May 5th, 2007, 7:58 PM

Well, I was looking to make a gaming website within the next few weeks, so I'm looking for some decent hosting at a great price and I found surpasshosting, great rates and good prices.

Now, I recently came from godaddy/ hosting, horrible, never will I fall for such a trick, anywho, I'm looking to use a cms, titled customcms, can be found

www.customcms.net , and the requirements are:

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What server requirements need to be met to run the software

<A class=reg_text>A: The following need to be running on your server for the cms to function properly:

ionCube Loaders - Required for the cms to function
GD2 image library - Required for image thumbnails to function
Apache mod_rewrite - Required for SEO friendly url's
allow_url_fopen Enabled
PHP4 / PHP5 & MySQL 4.x or higher

I already know that PHP, MySQL is available, however I wanted to know if ioncube comes pre-installed or do I have to personally install it via the php.ini file?

I heard that either;

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You will need it installed by either your host, or if you get the right to edit the php.ini file, you'll be able to install it yourself.

Also, I wanted to know what hosting plan I should purchase, cause i'm looking for a website that can support a large community.

Thank you,

Allen

**Rick** · May 5th, 2007, 8:37 PM

GD2 Image Library and IonCube php Loaders are supported. However, allow_url_fopen is disabled as discussed in this thread.

**Edwin** · May 6th, 2007, 7:08 AM

I believe that if you are going for a game site that is going to be famous and gets loads of traffic, you should be looking at VPS or a DEDI.

Good luck with your site

**markscns** · May 6th, 2007, 10:08 AM

As Edwin mentioned, if you are planning on having a large community, you definitely want to go with a VPS or dedicated. MySQL connections are limited to 15 on a shared server. Anything over 50-100 members you might start running into MySQL connection issues.

As long as that larger community does not have that many active members all the time, you might be alright to start out with a shared though, and upgrade as the need comes up.

Welcome to Surpass!

**Geoff** · May 6th, 2007, 5:27 PM

thats 50-100 people online at any given time...

**Kayla** · May 6th, 2007, 5:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Rick

GD2 Image Library and IonCube php Loaders are supported. However, allow_url_fopen is disabled as discussed in this thread.

You should not be using any application that requires allow_url_fopen because they do not have security in mind and are really contributing to the mass problems on the net today.

I suggest to find another program.

You can always start out with a shared account and upgrade as needed.

Thanks to everyone for helping with these questions!

May 5th, 2007, 8:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
Rick Surpass Fan Comfy Contributor Joined in Sep 2004 Hosted on Pass42 278 posts Gave thanks: 4 Thanked 50 times	GD2 Image Library and IonCube php Loaders are supported. However, allow_url_fopen is disabled as discussed in this thread. __________________

May 6th, 2007, 7:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
Edwin Surpassing Dutch Super #1 Joined in Sep 2004 Hosted on SH98 2,551 posts Gave thanks: 188 Thanked 45 times	I believe that if you are going for a game site that is going to be famous and gets loads of traffic, you should be looking at VPS or a DEDI. Good luck with your site __________________ sh98

May 6th, 2007, 10:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
markscns 01101100 Super #1 Joined in Jan 2006 Lives in West Michigan Hosted on SH92 1,613 posts Gave thanks: 49 Thanked 114 times	As Edwin mentioned, if you are planning on having a large community, you definitely want to go with a VPS or dedicated. MySQL connections are limited to 15 on a shared server. Anything over 50-100 members you might start running into MySQL connection issues. As long as that larger community does not have that many active members all the time, you might be alright to start out with a shared though, and upgrade as the need comes up. Welcome to Surpass! __________________ twinlakeweather.us SH92

May 6th, 2007, 5:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
Geoff Yabadabadoo Super #1 Joined in Nov 2004 Lives in B.C., Canada Hosted on Dedicated 1,013 posts Gave thanks: 7 Thanked 28 times	thats 50-100 people online at any given time... __________________ Geoff Ellis - Surpass Dedicated Server Customer www.adepttechs.net

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