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Topic: need to change forum hosts?
Posted By: THETOOLMAM
Subject: need to change forum hosts?
Date Posted: 19 November 2004 at 11:49am
I have a hunting forum. It has gotten so I need more than the server  offers . I must be able to offer rooms that can offer products for sale- mine dose not allow inis!. I must have rooms for swap & sell! I must have outfitters rooms to sell hunts ECT!. my provider does not .. how much does this out fit charge? and just what restrictions do they have? please feel free to pm me with  info . and post any help Thanks !!



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Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 19 November 2004 at 1:10pm
  1. Are you saying that your web hosts terms of service don't allow you to offer ecommerce services or is it an issue with the credit card companies?
  2. How is the exchange of money supposed to work? Are you geting brokerage fee's? Is the financial transacrion something the two parties have to work out and you just provide the mechanism for them to meet?


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Posted By: THETOOLMAM
Date Posted: 19 November 2004 at 2:20pm
I'm sorry , My forum provider allows NO private selling! they post there own ads! I need a new one so on my forum I can sell stuff - calls, hunts ect. a verry small smt. of traffic will be selling. mainly a hunting forum. the link to the forum is in my profile !

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Posted By: dj air
Date Posted: 19 November 2004 at 2:56pm
im not sure what you want.

i think what you want is a host, free hosts ussually wont allow it , but oif you pay for it , you can almost do what you want, within the limatations of your hosting plan.


Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 19 November 2004 at 3:03pm

Virtually any paid host will allow financial transactions. You can get a host that supports ms access for around $5/month - mssql might be a couple of bucks more - about the cost of a Big Mac, Fries, and a Coke.

http://www.webhostingtalk.com - www.webhostingtalk.com is a good place to get a feel for hosts. You'll need to understand how you want to deal with financial transactions as that may affect your criteria for a web host.

You'll need to:

  1. Find and sign-up with a web host that meets your criteria.
  2. Register a domain name at godaddy/registerfly/whoever you want and using their services, point it to whatever nameservers your host tells you to use.
  3. Copy your current site to the new one and tweak it for differences between the two hosts. Typically the tweaks will be things like data base location, email components used, special forms that your old host supplied, etc.

    If you're using ms sql db, you'll have to create a new mssql db at the new host and import data to it. You're new host will be able to tell you what you need to do.
    For an access db, you just copy the .mdb file with the rest of the files. Check the WWF docs for how to set it up.
  4. Somewhere along this process, you'll have to lock your old forum and put notices all over the site directing people to your new url. You can use meta tags on the pages to automatically redirect people if it's ok with your old host.

EDIT: Expect to pay more for cc processing capabilities. Also, some cc processors charge more for intangible items. Trips might fall into that category.



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