Help with website

ok i have a feeling this is in the totally wrong section, but i have a problem.

i cant decide what web hosting to go with godaddy has 5gb disk space and 250gb transfer and 10 mysql databases. the second choice is compy and that has unlimiited databases but only 5gb transfer and 300mb disk space. those are the 2 im looking at.

now, i wanted to know if i was trying to make a site like myspace would i want more databases(compy) or more space(godaddy). unless one of you can find me a better site those are both in the range of 4 bucks a month.

sorry for posting in the wrong section but i couldnt really find a website general section

--moved to the Web Hosting forum.

MySpace, you say? well, they must have HUGE database to store
all the information, plus they must have huge transfer, as they got
millions of hits every single day.

so I fear you'll have to find some host providing both things.

basically, if your website is going to store lots of data, then having
more database support is important. if your website is going to have
many visitors, transfer is more important.

thanks ill see if i can find 1 with both...but while i search does anyone know of 1 right off the bat

look in the Sticky on this forum, there's list of ASP hosts..

i was going to post this in the web hosting section but what do u think of this deal
http://www.2mhost.com/personal-website-hosting.html
same as godaddy in transfer and space and beats godaddy and prices and databases

their rules sorta suck though....if i had forums and kids posted porn....i mean its a forum..would you really think they would shut me down?

also a quick question how much can 1 mysql database really hold? like if i made 1 just to store users and their passwords and maybe a little profile for them or something would it really eat up databases

looks cheap and nice, but note they have no ASP, only PHP.
if you planned to use ASP, forget about it.
and yes, if kids post porn in forum and the moderation team
don't remove it in reasonable time range, the host can ban
the account. sounds reasonable to me.

hm no asp, what exactly is asp used for? i didnt wanna ask that but i gotta figure out sooner or later

ASP is used for generating dynamic web sites.
PHP is also used for the same purpose, for example this whole
forum is built with PHP language.

ya iknew php was for the forums but ive seen php used for like homepages...and ive seen like a login page use .aspx

do you guys think you could help or point me in the direction of adding a login to my site?

search Google for "PHP login" to find over half billion pages.
I'm sure part of them contains what you want.

lol ooookkk google it is

if you bump into problems, we have good PHP forum at forums.devshed.com
which is the mother forum of aspfree forums.

Okay...I wouldn't worry about the number of MySql databases or space, to be honest. By the time you run out of either one it'll be time to move out of the $4/month hosting range anyway.

As for a login script, stop by Scripts.com, the script repository site for the entire Dev Shed network.

Also, several of us here are crossover users from several of the sites. While DevShed does have a dedicated PHP forum, don't hesitate to post questions here as well. We don't want to push you away. I, for one, develop my own sites in PHP since I don't have a Windows host.

See couple of things here that you should know. First of all you can choose either of the packages that you are thinking you want to buy. Both have more than enough space you will require in the next couple of years to come.

Next, you just need one database and not more than one. You use different tables to stores different contents in and not different databases, so one is enough.

You will never be able to make a website like myspace if you are hunting for a login script somewhere on the web. Websites like myspace are more than a login script and you should talk to a web developer company to consult the feasibility. Your choice of hosting environment and database will also depend on the programming language that your developer is going to use. So talk to him before you buy any hosting package.

I hope this helps and clears some of your doubts.