Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Oregon. America.
Posts: 2076

Free web hosting questions...

Number one: where did geocities go? The one without yahoo.

2: is there any free hosting in existence that will support a .wav file? One that would allow me to link back onto the forum without refusing my HTML?

3: Where is the bathroom?

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 10178

try http://www.virtualave.net

ftp access only, no neat html page editing tools, and you have to either stick a banner or use popups, but hey its free.

full cgi access, SSI, unlimited email forwarding, and some other shit.


This is just one of many, stay away from the mainstream ones like xoom, geocities, angelfire, they are all crap and their restrictions are horrible.

check out http://www.freewebspace.net/ for a searchable guide to free webspace providers. I have about 15 free web space accounts, all of them found there, and i have no major complaints with any of them.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Oregon. America.
Posts: 2076

Thank you Mr. Dingle. Very helpful, however, I don't know how to FTP or if there is anything particularly special needed to do it. If you could provide that as well.

If not I am sure I can find it on the net somewhere

Thanks again.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Erehwon
Posts: 7537

to ftp you need an ftp client just a simple explorer like interface for uploading

Cute FTP

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Oregon. America.
Posts: 2076

Thank you aminal.

However, a new conundrum infects my purpose.

what in the fuck is the FTP host address? I went to that virtualave place but I cannot find an ftp address anywhere.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Oregon. America.
Posts: 2076

That question sucked, so nevermind.

What I need to know is how I compress a .wav file. I have a two minute .wav and it totals at 27 megs. Is there any way to shrink it down other than cutting its lenght?

Possibly save it in a diminished format? If so, which format?

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Oregon. America.
Posts: 2076

ssdf

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Upstate NY
Posts: 10121

<s>Another very good free provider is www.exit.de ... beware though, only some of the instructions are in English (iglo helped me get set up there a couple months ago). They allow almost anything to be uploaded. The nice thing about the bigger sites (geocities, etc.) is they provide a lot of tools and help for those with little experience, so they might be a good choice to start out with ...</s> out of business now ;(

compressing a wav file: look for a program called TsunamiPro32 ... it's fairly sophisticated, but it should be able to do what you've described.

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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Erehwon
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as for the ftp host address - you'd have to check with your providers support pages...

as for the wav file - that'll probably be better off as an MP3 - sould take that down to a more reasonable 23Mb Us a program Like CDex or audiograbber to convert it. or check out the cd-ripping thread

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