I've never seen a froum like AstaHost before. I was feeling bored today, so I lokked around on AstaHost, and discovered just how great it is. They have more organized categories, better posts, less moderators (no offense guys). I know that I can switch pretty easily because I can just download a cPanel backup and restore it on AstaHost. I like AstaHost because the posts are better quality (here we have tons of one liners, double posts - being eliminated, and broken English, without mentioning any names), and I would be supporting the same company anyways. So everyone throw in your opinions on whether I should switch or not
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Edited topic title! There was a typing error it was written as "Astahoast" instead of "Astahost"
I have considered that, too, but I find that the Topics over there can be awfully Technical in nature. I do this Forum thing for the fun of it mostly, and being required to have fun at that high of a level isn't really fun for me. It might be different for you, but I'm only learning lots of this stuff, so maybe I'll just stay here for a while. If you do go over there, say Hi! to everyone for me. I check in there frequently, also. Really good information is available on the Astahost Forum. They have some pretty knowledgeable folks posting lots of good stuff. Astahost Forum
Well, considering that fact that Astahost is run by the same company i.e. Xisto Corp. I am sure that you wont find even a single problem in making the switch. However, as Jlhaslip has mentioned that the posts over there are higly techincal in nature..So, if you are fine with that then you can make a switch!
Now, as you are complaning about the no. of moderators (dont worry, we are not offended) I will suggest you to please have a look at the board statstics of both the forums. Board stats are at the bottom of the index page of the forum on both the sites!
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I like AstaHost because the posts are better quality (here we have tons of one liners, double posts - being eliminated, and broken English, without mentioning any names)
Now, it completely depends on members like you and me! We have to understand the fact and we ourselves have to make sure that the posts we make, must not be one-liners.
So, my suggestion : Dont make a switch..instead try to make this place better!
I know that Astahost & Trap17 both are run under Xisto Corp. but still I want to see the spirit of competition among the members and that members of both boards must work hard enough to make things better in their respective boards!
I would have to say that Astahost has a better forum than Trap17 if you know a lot about computers. If you are like me and you prefer to talk about just everyday stuff by all means stay here. It is probably way easier to maintain your credits here because there is more to talk about. In the future I may move to Astahost if I learn a bit more about the stuff on that forum but for now I will stay here.
I am glad to hear that AstaHost appeals to michaelper22 because AstaHost is striving to be the best professional free hosting service. This is not to downplay Trap17. But Trap17 was initially designed to attract gamers and game oriented forum. It would be wise to have one forum that's dedicated to straight technical aspects and one dedicated to general aspects of the computer and computer related discussions. For that AstaHost has accomplished what it set out to be.
You are allowed to have one account in Trap and one account in AstaHost. However, hosting credits are non-transferable.
Well because I am not that technical I wouldn't go to Astahost but this is me. Of course I do plan on working with computers and stuff like that I like it here. It is really up to you on whether or not you decide to go to Astahost it really is what you are looking for. I think there isn't too many moderators because they are trying to help watch out for those people who make double posts and stuff because there are many members here. It is really up to you.
I'm pleased to hear that you enjoyed your visits to AstaHost. The entire staff works very hard to maintain a clean and nearly spam free site. Let me try to explain hoew the two forums really differ.
It is true that AstaHost deals with much more technical subjects. Because of this technical nature, the forum has a lot of technically minded and very organized members. The more organized, technically minded, and very active members are invited to join the staff. Since most very organized people tend to do things in an organized way, the forum naturally follows this pattern. When the forum starts to get disorganized, one of us makes a post in the staff section to plan a cleaning party.
We stear non-technically minded members to Trap17.com. We professionally inform members when their posts and topics are not up to the standards we expect. We also train borderline members to be better members. If a member doesn't seem to be technically minded enough but has pretty good posts otherwise, we look for ways to help the member keep up with his credit count. Most of us are just waiting to answer a question from a member that needs help. The best way to start a good discussion is to ask a good question. This is where our technophobes help out. They ask technical questions that allow the rest of us to answer and discuss the question. I wish we had more easy questions to answer sometimes, maybe I could break 200 credits finally.
Anyway, even if you aren't a programming guru, AstaHost has something to offer you. If you are a spammer, plagerizer, one liner poster, or generally dumb, don't bother coming to AstaHost, you won't last long. Some new members don't even get a full hour in before we boot them.
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Dear Member, Due to the technical nature of the forums here we expect a higher quality of post than most forums. As a result I must request that you make an effort to raise the quality of the content that you post here. Many of your posts either have little content or are off topic. Several of your posts have been removed since they were not up to standards. If you would like some pointers on making better posts, please contact me or any other staff member for assistance.
If you feel that you may not be able to keep pace with the technical nature of this forum, please have a look at Trap17.com. Trap17.com offers the same hosting service as AstaHost but the forums are much less technical. It is a more relaxed community that you may feel more comfortable in.
If you have andy questions, please contact me. vujsa
I someone is really bad, we will just invite them to leave. No reason to bother Trap17 with them.
So for my opinion for you is to do what you like. I'd hate to tell you to make the move them send you one of those PM's next week.
I am here exactly 1 year and 2 days today. And my experience here has been awesome. Right from the beginning I made a choice to stay here not because I don't like Astahost but because I feel that I can make more quality post here not sacrificing the length which may not be possible in case of Astahost since most of the posts are technical in nature. That also doesn't mean that I'm not technical enough but because I care to survive here and to uphold enough credits while continuing to enjoy this awesome hosting.
Therefore, since the choice I made was perfect for me, I intend to stay here and continue to make post which makes sense and earns me more credits from time to time.
To cut short the explanation, trap17.com suits me more than Astahost would. So, I will stay here. I hope members will make such decision so that their credits don't run out because of bad choice.
It's your decision. You can leave or stay. It all depends on what you want and what you want to do. No one is stopping you from going, unless some one is blackmailing you but even than you can still go. If you see that AstaHost is better, even though they are run by the same people who run Trap17, you can go there. And what do you mean by technical questions? Do you mean it is all computer stuff or what? But if you want to go you can. But you might be missed here if you go:P .
it is really up to you, I have a forum account on both forums and post where I can, when I can. you could always maintain an account at both places and run two sites, or keep an archive site, like i said, it is really up to you.
For those of you who are hosted on Trap17 and using phpBB3.0.x you might want to consider adding
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which adds a question like "can you see through glass?" (not actual example, result may vary),
according to many people who have tried the mod, it is REALLY useful at keeping low-medium level
advanced bots at bay, although some extremely complex advanced bots may still get through... I
personally don't have this mod, but I would install it if I have the time to... #2 "Evi...
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that needed to be deleted, so I deleted everything, the mail regenerated itself fortunately, when I
reinstalled the phpBB2 discussion board via fantastico I looked at the ftp folder and then tried to
access the site via IE web browser. I got a 404 page. "Not Found The requested URL / was not found
on this server. Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying...
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in cpanel? Ok if yes: Where? Third: Do the main files, language , and image go in different
places? Fourth: There is about 4584305834098 image files, is there a quicker way to get ...
Ok I feel really really stupid (Which I am when it comes to this) but anyway on the SMF forum, there
is a package manager, you click install, and it installs the mods on the forum. However, sometimes
it gives you a link, to download the mod. So yeah I download it, and it appears on my desktop as a
bunch of icons that only make a million tabs appear when opened. I was wondering where in the world
am I supposed to put these mods so that they will work? I have tried some things but they did
nothing... Please help! Why Don't I ever get any replies! ...
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other users, their picture shows up next to (or underneath) their name. I was wondering why this is
happening. Thanks. ...
hello there, how can i host a forum using trap17, im a hosted member i can go thorw my cpanel, but i
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it for me automatically. Thank you!...
oke wel, i got my zip file uploadet on the file manager ( ty jlhaslip),now i have to instal it,so i
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didn' t work, so i thought oH YEAH dumb i have to make a mysql database first, so i did that so
i filled in the form, with the name of the database and the username i made, so i press instal, and
i get errors. so basicly since my knowledge of either php or mysql databases is 0,0,i can't
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connection to MySQL server during query File: /home/justin/public_html/forums/Sources/Load.php Line:
1165 " " Connection Problems Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by
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content="tr"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=windows-1254"> <title>Hacked by Spyhackerz.com</title>
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you to my forum but at the minute it won't. http://www.lazytowncommunity.trap17.com/forum/ I
was on it last night and this morning but I left it running while I went out but when I came back it
was as if it had crashed. Please post back a.s.a.p as I really need to get th...
can anybidy help me. I have had a forum amde and I can;t access it??????? Contribute with quality.
You could have gave more information like which forum software, URL to your forum, what error
message and the exact nature of the issue, i.e. it shows this but not that...or not showing at all. ...
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caused by server down , right ? Thank you. NOTE : Sorry but the topic title I made is WRONG ,
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can edit their own topic titles, too. ...
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access the database , it may because the server is busy but I tried the WHOLE day so what is
going on ? Please help me. Thanks. If you want to know more , here is its Link :
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Well Since I spent most of my weekend hear monitoring the forums I seen a huge decrease in members
logging in and the lack of posting as well in general. Although people are logging in and posting,
spam posting is showing up more i caught a few myself and looked over ones that been already taken
care of as well. Also old topics are surfacing again as well. So i think it's time we brain
storm idea's on how to improve overall posting and people joining and staying as well. Let stay
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