Hey all,

I own a successful css showcase site ( http://csslove.net ).
We are currently re-desiging and coding the whole site, and plan on implimenting a system where when a site is submitted, an ASP script is called to automatically take a screenshot of that site.

The one problem is, our server is linux based, and therefore cant run the ASP script we require.

If you own a windows server with ASP, and would like to help us out, we would really appreciate it.
In return for this, we can make some sort of advertising deal with you (we get about 4,000 uniques per week).

Why not just switch to a Windows host? There's loads of them out there.

Originally Posted by Minaki

Why not just switch to a Windows host? There's loads of them out there.

Well, I've already paid the money for 2 years of hosting, and I prefer Linux to Windows, it's much more widley used for web servers and is more supported.

(Linux? Support? lol.)
The fact that something is more widely used doesn't make it any better for a particular purpose. Currently you have an ASP script, and there's currently 2 things (that I know of) that you can run it on. A Windows platform (Which I think you will find IS supported by Microsoft) or Sun's ChilliSoft ASP for Linux (Which has some fundamental differences in it's ASP implementation, and you'll probably find it a lot harder to get support for)

Originally Posted by Minaki

(Linux? Support? lol.)

When I said Linux was more "supported", I was referring to the fact that most of the scripts, and server technologies that I use are designed for Linux, some of which aren't compatable with IIS, or even Apache on the win32 platform.

Anyway, the predominant reason for not switching to windows is because as I previously stated, I've already fronted up a few hundred bucks for 2 years of hosting, and I'm not about to pay more just to support one single script.

Originally Posted by rebeccamcdonald

I LOVE THIS SITE

lol, thanks mate

lol, thanks mate

don't take it personally or as a compliment

They are just spammers trying to get clickthroughs for their affiliate links in the signature.

They must sign up for a crappy one page turnkey site and get a list of forums to go and spam. Unfortunately WT is one of them.

Originally Posted by chrishirst

don't take it personally or as a compliment

They are just spammers trying to get clickthroughs for their affiliate links in the signature.

They must sign up for a crappy one page turnkey site and get a list of forums to go and spam. Unfortunately WT is one of them.

- That just sux! (what ever happened to integrity?)

Originally Posted by chrishirst

don't take it personally or as a compliment

They are just spammers trying to get clickthroughs for their affiliate links in the signature.

They must sign up for a crappy one page turnkey site and get a list of forums to go and spam. Unfortunately WT is one of them.

Ahh, right.
I've seen a lot of spam in forums recently, in the past few weeks almost every forum I frequent has had threads of 20-30 links, posts such as the one above and others.

It's really sad, some people will do anything to make a buck...

Originally Posted by mgraphic

- That just sux! (what ever happened to integrity?)

It got bought out by Wal-Mart, along with decency and self-respect. You'll find all three next to crappy knockoff brand name jeans such as Leavis and Ranglur.

Anyway, as far as finding support for Linux vs. Windows I've found that it really depends on what you're doing. It's a ***** either way sometimes, but I can usually find what I want for the IIS environment.

If you're going to code in ASP, switch now. If you've spend a few hundred bucks (which implies at least $300) on 2 years of hosting, you could easily get a prorated refund and apply that toward a half-decent ASP plan (since $300/24 = $12.50/0.85--this factors in a 15% prepaid discount--=$14.71/month). An IIS plan is well within your budget at that point.

Any host worth their salt will give you a pro-rated refund. If they give you a hard time, threaten to post about your negative hosting experience on discussion boards. You'll have your $300 less what you used up so fast it'll make your head spin. So this way, you're really not spending any more.

Can't find any good NT hosts? Here you go. Best host in the world, over here.. And I know for a fact that they support ASP because that's all I work with, and I've been with them over 4 years.

As far as server technologies go, most if not all are. Which ones are you using?

PHP? Supported.
Perl? Supported.
CGI? Supported.

If there are things that aren't supported (and I'm sure there are), do you really need them in the first place? One of the things a good Windows host will be able to offer you is a lot of ASP components that will cover the vast majority of your needs. The host above, for example, offers ASPUpload (kickass component for uploading, especially with the Progress Bar), ASPTear, and a few others I never got around to playing with before I got my dedicated box.

It doesn't look like your site really uses any of these types of things, other than the screen cap tool.

In other words, Minaki is bang on. Switch to an NT host. (Oh, and never prepay for hosting...you never know when you'll outgrow a host or a good one will go bad.)

Originally Posted by ADAM Web Design

It got bought out by Wal-Mart, along with decency and self-respect. You'll find all three next to crappy knockoff brand name jeans such as Leavis and Ranglur.

I believe it... I used to work at the home office for Wal-Mart... When I was there, there was a running joke that they owned the government.