hervens48

Hello, everyone!

About a year and a half ago, i published a website called www.programminglessons.net, wich was basically a set of lessons on the c++ programming language. However, this was a complete failure. It was filled with bugs, spelling errors, innacurate information, eccetera eccetera. So i finished by removing it.
Check it out:
http://www.programmingforums.org/thread11127.html

About 1 year ago, i wiped my tears, and started learning the asp.net 2.0, and the .NET framework. As a part time web project, i decided to create a file sharing website. www.thefilegarage.com, and see how that'll do.

Well, today, the 31st january of 2008, i am celebrating the official launch of www.thefilegarage.com !! This website represents over 3 months of development ( 10 hours/week ), and im hoping it'll be a success.

Now, building and coding this website, was just one thing. After i finished making this website about 2 months ago, i was having huge unexpected problems with hosting it., mainly because all of the uploaded files are stored on a MySQL database, for easiger manatement. Initially, this is the feeatures i wanted to give to the users

200mb of web space for free users, and 1gb for premium (3.75$ monthly)
unlimitted brandwidth, no limit to maximum file size, no limit to nuumber of files that can be uploaded.

- Ability to upload and share text, videos, music, files and pictures

So i signed up with easycgi.com, however big surprise
I cant upload files bigger than 1mb to their mysql database and mysql database cant be bigger than 300 mb. So, what do i do?

Well, I decided to host all of my web files on easycgi.com, and run the mysql database server, on my personnal computer at home. Since i didnt want to bust my computer, by letting users upload 500mb movies, I had no choice but to remove some features.

Unlimitted storage ( Hard drives are cheaper and cheaper )
Unlimitted Brandwidth ( Ill let my mom handle the bills )
10mb file size limit, for free users, and 20 for premium users.
removed upload video feature.

I am counting on you guy's support as i am entering new ground.

Any help, suggestions, comments or questions are greatly appreciated.

Thank You very much!

http://Thefilegarage.com - The world's ultimate file sharing website.

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