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Post October 28th, 2003, 2:54 pm

Do free hosts allow you to have flash sites? i don't know if this is the wright board but it can always be moved :/
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Post October 28th, 2003, 2:54 pm

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Post October 28th, 2003, 3:29 pm

Flash is embedded client-side so there is nothing they can do (unless they go through some drastic measures) to stop you.
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Post October 28th, 2003, 5:36 pm

No host disables the ability to use Flash on your site.

As b_heyer stated, if they do, they must of went through some incredibly drastic measures to do so and are probably too strict of a host to even bother with.

Also as b_heyer stated, Flash is client side, so as long as the viewer has the plugin installed they can see it, the server has to do nothing but contain the .swf file needed to be seen.
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Post October 28th, 2003, 5:54 pm

*gapes* I was right on both accounts?! Whoohoo!
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Post October 28th, 2003, 5:58 pm

*coughgeekcough* :wink:
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Post October 28th, 2003, 6:02 pm

Hey I don't know flash all that well ;)

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Post October 31st, 2003, 12:40 pm

Yes, most free webhosts will allow flash! (well we do :roll: )
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Post October 31st, 2003, 10:27 pm

So do you think i should make my site in flash?
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Post October 31st, 2003, 10:29 pm

That's a decision only you can make.
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Post October 31st, 2003, 10:57 pm

Ah, the zen of web design. :-D
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Post November 1st, 2003, 12:21 pm

Do what ever you want lostsoul. It's your choice.
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Post November 5th, 2003, 11:35 pm

how about free web hosting support ASP or PHP? :roll:
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Post November 5th, 2003, 11:44 pm

2toopye wrote:
how about free web hosting support ASP or PHP? :roll:


http://www.tripod.lycos.co.uk/ supports PHP and gives you 1 mySQL databse ;)

But most free hosts don't do that, for a couple of reasons, but you'd have to ask them to find out why :wink:
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Post November 6th, 2003, 1:19 pm

I've always wondered that, is it because the extra use the servers get, since normally they don't allow any server side scripting?
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Post November 6th, 2003, 2:00 pm

Most likely the reason is because.... why give away so much power for free. Even pay hosts sometimes charge extra for PHP or a mySQL database, which I think it stupid since PHP and mySQL are both free, the only thing the host has to do is have it installed on the server :roll:

Also since free hosts use shared servers, so if you have a whole bunch of sites using PHP the server load might go up.
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