How Do I Keep A Background On My Site

yordan

Jul 24 2006, 05:55 PM

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But how do I keep a background on my site if I can't host it somewhere?

You can upload this background on your site using the file manager upload facitility in your cpanel. then, this background will have an absolute address like "http://lonebyrd.astahost.com/myprivatefiles/mybackground.jpg". And then you can use this file as background on your web pages, this file wil stay there as long as you want to keep it there. I personnally have severall background files in my "myprivatefiles" folder, and I change from time to time.
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Yordan

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`Cunning Linguist´ ©®

Jul 24 2006, 06:59 PM

QUOTE(yordan @ Jul 24 2006, 09:55 AM)

You can upload this background on your site using the file manager upload facitility in your cpanel. then, this background will have an absolute address like "http://lonebyrd.astahost.com/myprivatefiles/mybackground.jpg". And then you can use this file as background on your web pages, this file wil stay there as long as you want to keep it there. I personnally have severall background files in my "myprivatefiles" folder, and I change from time to time.
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Yordan

I never knew about this method...
Thanks.

What I ususally do is upload them 2 a sever much like photobucket.
Heres the site I use most often.

CODE

http://www.imagehigh.com

I've never encountered any probs with this site.

Another method I use is FTP.

 

 

 

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`Cunning Linguist´ ©®

Jul 25 2006, 05:37 PM

QUOTE(yordan @ Jul 25 2006, 06:22 AM)

Astahost is very reliable, because it's your provider. So, they kepp your files as long as you have a valid account. Which is not the case for free hosting image sites, which advise you that your files could disappear with any advice.
Your adavantage at astahost is that you pay your hosting (with money or with your posts), and they engage themselves to keep your files.
Regards
yordan

Now thats what I call a plug.
That probably one of the best plugs/segway I've seen in a while.
I just can't belieeve no1 beat u to the punch.

Now I gotta get to posting so that I can get some hosting from Astahost.

BTW are there any types of files that u cannot host here???

Great plug yordan.

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`Cunning Linguist´ ©®

Jul 25 2006, 10:40 PM

QUOTE(yordan @ Jul 25 2006, 02:30 PM)

I had no problem till now. For background images or html files, no problem. I also used the Fantastico scripts which makes my life easy.
To be honest, my free web hosting plan allows me rather few disk space here, so in order to save space I put no avi movies nor zip backups.
Of course, you should also read the astahost rules, you may have a business site here, you may sell or buy, but everything has to be legal, no pornography, no forbidden things here.

Thanks for the reply yordan.
I have read the rules twice.
I was just intrested in find out what types of Music files are allowed or are not permitted here?
I know most of the common file are allowed but I was just wondering about the older style files.

Thanks again 4 the reply.

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demolaynyc

Oct 27 2006, 01:15 PM

QUOTE(lonebyrd @ Jul 24 2006, 01:17 PM)

I had a background on my site that i got on the internet. I don't remember the name of the site but from it I was able to save the background (which was a textured blue background) to photobucket.com. I've had it there for awhile, but now, all-of-the-sudden it disappeared. I guess you can only keep things on photobucket for so long. But how do I keep a background on my site if I can't host it somewhere? Is there a way to put the picture in cPanel and use it from there? If there is, I cant figure it out.

Images that are in your homepage should not be hosted anywhere else other than in your domain. The problem with hosting files in file hosting sites such as photobucket is that they can easily be deleted or its file name changed for whatever reason. Especially if you hotlink an image that is hosted by another domain is a bad action because the admin of that domain may delete it and you won't be able to see that image in your webpage.

So the best solution to this is to host your images under your domain, and if it's too big try uploading them to stable file hosting sites that do not delete your hosted files after 30 days (most file hosting companies delete your files after 30 days of inactivity for space conservation).

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`Cunning Linguist´ ©®

Jul 27 2006, 05:40 PM

QUOTE(yordan @ Jul 27 2006, 04:56 AM)

No problem. Don't be shy asking questions. Simply take care posting in the right place, you will faster receive mor accurate answers.

Thanks again yordan.
I know now that I can count on you for an accurate answer.

Just as long as I use better E-judgment.

Thanks.

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yordan

Jul 27 2006, 12:56 PM

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Sorry for getting carried away

No problem. Don't be shy asking questions. Simply take care posting in the right place, you will faster receive mor accurate answers.

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`Cunning Linguist´ ©®

Jul 26 2006, 06:21 PM

QUOTE(yordan @ Jul 26 2006, 05:37 AM)

If you are singing, you may feel free to record your voice and put the music on your site, in order to make ourself worldwide known.
If you bought a regular CD, you can put it on your site, provided that only the people who paid a regular copy of this CD (in a shop) are able to ear it.
Or if you find a music totally charge-free. Some music records, after more than thirty years, have no more legacy or patent rights, nobody owns them any more, so your may feel free to offer them on your site.
Unfortunately, most of the musics you could happen to ear today are strongly patented by the great recording companies, and you are not free to put them on your websites.
By the way,Cunning Linguist , the subject of this post concerned the way of keeping a background image. If you are really interested by the type of files allowed here, maybe it would be smarter to open a new thread on that subject.
Regards
Yordan

Yeah I noticed that after I posted it.
Sorry for getting carried away.
THanks 4 the info and not being a jerk about my slight hijack of this thread.

CL

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