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jvolpe30
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 Posted - 06 April 2004 : 23:04:26
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| Hello, I hope this is the right forum im a bit confused here with all this tech talk. I startd a website a few weeks ago, and I use the current version of snitz, I have custom avatars, animated smilies, and just less than 400 members. I checked my web host main interface page and to my suprise my bandwidth is 82% used up. This is a brand new board and I expected no problems like this yet. I do not know what bandwidth is, can I get bandwidth back or once its gone.....its gone... i am completly lost here. I do not know how to conserve it, All I know is i have 6000 mb bandwidth limit and im at 5180 mb used. can someone please school me. if looking at my site would help you determine my problem its www.OHfishing.com maybe you can give me some advice on saving bandwidth. Thank you to anyone who replys |
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sr_erick
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Posted - 06 April 2004 : 23:15:56
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| Bandwidth is not something you can get back. It's a monthly amount you get to use. When someone accesses your site, they use bandwidth. Images take up the most bandwidth. I doubt the forum is the main cause, although if you did grow 400 members in a few weeks, it does sound like your site is quite busy. You may want to try and upgrade your hosting package to one that allows more bandwidth usage. Reducing images, or resizing them to be as small as you can is probably the best tip I can give to you for reducing bandwidth consumption. |
Erick
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jvolpe30
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Posted - 06 April 2004 : 23:19:05
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| does this mean that on the monthly anniversry of my website the bandwidth will start over at 0 ? |
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sr_erick
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 06 April 2004 : 23:27:51
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| Yes, do you know when it resets? If it's end of this month, I'd say your in trouble. |
Erick
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jvolpe30
Starting Member
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Posted - 06 April 2004 : 23:32:21
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| i started the website on march 11th |
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jvolpe30
Starting Member
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Posted - 06 April 2004 : 23:35:12
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| Signup Date: 3/11/2004 Bandwidth [in MB] 6000 mb 5166.03 used (86.1% |
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sr_erick
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 06 April 2004 : 23:37:27
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| Sounds like a few more days before it resets. If I were you I'd get in contact with your host and see how much it would cost to upgrade the amount of bandwidth in your hosting package. |
Erick
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jvolpe30
Starting Member
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Posted - 06 April 2004 : 23:41:32
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| i got the premium package.... is there anything i could do to make it last a few extra days by eliminating something? |
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TestMagic
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jvolpe30
Starting Member
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Posted - 07 April 2004 : 00:18:44
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| jeez ... so i take it there is no way i can run the site on diet, no matter what im going to need more right? as the site grows , and more fish pictures come in, and the forums run on, im going to need more... thats just GREAT! |
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jvolpe30
Starting Member
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Posted - 07 April 2004 : 00:19:44
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| any reccommended web hosts that offer a better premium plan? |
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sr_erick
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 07 April 2004 : 00:21:38
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This isn't really allowed for discussion on the forum here. E-Mail me with what your are currently paying and I can probably find you a good host. There are some good ones here at the forum. Having a popular and busy website creates side effects, which are good or bad depending on how you look at it. The last few months my forum and site has been using a combined 100 gigabytes a month or so, that's about 102,400 megabytes a month. It's all worth it in the end.  |
Erick
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jvolpe30
Starting Member
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Posted - 07 April 2004 : 00:32:44
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jvolpe30
Starting Member
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Posted - 07 April 2004 : 00:48:11
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| please start a post on my forum we can talk about it there thank you so much |
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TestMagic
Senior Member
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Posted - 07 April 2004 : 02:25:53
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Originally posted by jvolpe30
jeez ... so i take it there is no way i can run the site on diet, no matter what im going to need more right? as the site grows , and more fish pictures come in, and the forums run on, im going to need more... thats just GREAT!
So you're saying you don't want to grow? You don't want more people visiting you? If not, just password-protect your site.
But most people do want to grow. If you want to minimize your bandwidth, you'll need to learn a bit about how to reduce it.
Or, you could try to find sponsors for your site. Google's AdSense is one of the best and easiest advertising programs, and they're pretty easy to get into. Check 'em out!  |
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jvolpe30
Starting Member
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Posted - 07 April 2004 : 02:55:58
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| is there any other advertising places like that one? how big are the ads and will my members get irritated by pop ups and half a page of stuff for sale? |
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