Free forum provider

mzltest

Hmm...I am not sure whether this is the appropriate place for it but when I am surfing the Internet I saw a website providing free forum service.

The website is https://tribe.so and I'd like to share the experiences.

I.General limits
- The free plan limits the forum member to be no more than 500 members,good to startup as you know this forum has only ~2200 members.

- As always in free service,you forum will have a "Powered by tribe." backlink(but as you can customize the css you might come up ideas about hiding it)

- Some plugins like facebook messanger are premium and not available in free plan.But PM is a free plugin.

II.Personal Experience

a.General look
You know there are many resellers of "createaforum" or something that provides a forum however its quality isn't that good.But this one seems to be an independent service and it looks good.

[Image: Screenshot-20210414-112408-mark-via.jpg]

- Admin panel -

[Image: Screenshot-20210414-112612-mark-via.jpg]

- Admin panel 2 -

[Image: Screenshot-20210414-113023-mark-via.jpg]

- Admin panel 3 (CSS and html<head>/<body> additions.Sorry for showing Chinese as I forgot to change language)

It allows many message types like post(like the status in social networks),question/poll,discussion and blog article and it has a beautiful editor.

[Image: Screenshot-20210414-112851-mark-via.jpg]

- Editor -

The post looks like as we are in a blog and the reply level is limited to 2 (you can only reply to two level of posts,so you might want your members to make good use of the quote function)

[Image: Screenshot-20210414-113755-mark-via.jpg]

- Replies -

Notifications are builtin while PM is a free plugin.

[Image: Screenshot-20210414-114208-mark-via.jpg]

[Image: Screenshot-20210414-114238-mark-via.jpg]

- All plugins -

You can also upload files and currently it seems they have no quota limit.

III.Conclusion
Looks interesting and modern.The only painful point is the 500 member limit.Guest posting is not available so it's not somehow bypassable.If you have a small (somehow,you can set the registration mode for invite-only)private community this one is for you.A large community?Try self-hosting.

Lampard · Posted by: Lampard - 04-12-2021, 09:27 PM - Forum: Others - Replies (4)

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mzltest · Posted by: mzltest - 04-12-2021, 01:33 AM - Forum: VPS Reviews - Replies (6)

A.Prologue

Since I am amateur to vps,I am glad to get one to experiment on.However seems this forum lacks review of vps3 so would like to make one.

B.Server info

Please note:All these tests are not running on a bare system.It has a LNMP+aapanel running on background.
System Info

Code:
-----------

Processor       : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2690 0 @ 2.90GHz

CPU Cores       : 1 @ 2899.996 MHz

Memory          : 810 MiB

Swap            : 1023 MiB

Uptime          : 15:36,

OS              : CentOS Linux 8

Arch            : x86_64 (64 Bit)

Kernel          : 4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3.x86_64

Hostname        : sponsoredvps.1

Speedtest.py

Code:
[root@sponsoredvps ~]# python3 speedtest.py

Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...

Testing from Multacom Corporation (***.***.***.***)...

Retrieving speedtest.net server list...

Selecting best server based on ping...

Hosted by Cox - Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV) [1546.07 km]: 7.222 ms

Testing download speed................................................................................

Download: 475.86 Mbit/s

Testing upload speed......................................................................................................

Upload: 755.70 Mbit/s

Multi-node speedtest

Quote:Modified from @sohamb03 's script for some node speed is low which lags the benchmark speed.

Code:
Location                Provider        Speed

--------                --------        -----

CDN                     Cachefly        91.6MB/s

Atlanta, GA, US         @sohamb03       33.2MB/s

Dallas, TX, US          Softlayer       7.97MB/s

San Jose, CA, US        Softlayer       69.4MB/s

Washington, DC, US      Leaseweb        4.28MB/s

Singapore               Softlayer       5.81MB/s

Taiwan                  Hinet           18.1MB/s

Tokyo, Japan            Linode          3.12MB/s

Nuremberg, Germany      Hetzner         3.13MB/s

Rotterdam, Netherlands  id3.net         90.0MB/s

Haarlem, Netherlands    Leaseweb        4.75MB/s

Milan, Italy            Softlayer       1.64MB/s

A-1.additional results

Code:
[root@sponsoredvps ~]# wget http://speedtest.sao01.softlayer.com/downloads/test100.zip

--2021-04-11 23:17:02--  http://speedtest.sao01.softlayer.com/downloads/test100.zip

Resolving speedtest.sao01.softlayer.com (speedtest.sao01.softlayer.com)... 2607:f0d0:1d01:12::4, 169.57.128.148

Connecting to speedtest.sao01.softlayer.com (speedtest.sao01.softlayer.com)|2607:f0d0:1d01:12::4|:80... failed: No route to host.

Connecting to speedtest.sao01.softlayer.com (speedtest.sao01.softlayer.com)|169.57.128.148|:80... connected.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK

Length: 104874307 (100M) [application/zip]

Saving to: ‘test100.zip’

test100.zip          25%[===>             ]  25.03M  1.47MB/s    eta

(Worst times can be 30KB/s)

[root@sponsoredvps ~]# wget http://87.76.16.10/test100.zip

--2021-04-11 21:03:19--  http://87.76.16.10/test100.zip

Connecting to 87.76.16.10:80... connected.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK

Length: 104874307 (100M) [application/zip]

Saving to: ‘test100.zip.1’

test100.zip.1         7%[>                ]   7.38M   433KB/s    eta 3m 36s ^C

[root@sponsoredvps ~]#

Quote:If you are aiming to make business to South America and Australia,you might want to seek another provider as the speed is not much reliable(maybe related to data transfer peaks) however the overall speed is good.

Buffered Sequential Write Speed
------------------------------
I/O (1st run) : 226 MB/s
I/O (2nd run) : 274 MB/s
I/O (3rd run) : 238 MB/s
Average I/O : 246 MB/s

Geekbench 4(4.3.3)
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/16129262

At that time,the background processes are:https://ibb.co/gvL6kMh .I stopped aapanel and LNMP to try to make the result fair.

C.Usage review

China-specific connection speed 3.5/5
Since this provider provides a looking glass I chose the provider.And I have to say that despite the GFW my download speed can still achieve 2MB/s using multi-thread download utility,the same as upload.I noticed that some vps customers of them here (as this brand is somehow known to Chines vps holders for the low price) say Recknerd is using CN2(Chinatelecom Next Carrier Network) networks but at least for me they are using traditional network(Chinanet Backbone).Understandable as using CN2 is another part of cost.

Website hosting 4/5
If you decide to host a blog that's enough for you and you can expect it to run at good speed.(at least not considering the server to be another delay for your website load speed)
See

single run as it takes time)
https://report.wpbenchmark.io/wDqZefxg1C/
But if you use heavy scripts like nextcloud,you may want to consider disable some plugins.

RDP Usage 2/5
Get a better one.Usable but not recommended.

D.Conclusion
Having not experience much in the vps world I really can't give too much thoughts.But anyway I can say it worth your posts - definitely you can apply for a better one,but consider your use case and leave more powerful one for advanced members.I know euserv provides free vps that looked almost identical to this from the specs,but you can easily hike the vcpu to 100% while not installing/benchmarking when using euserv while here you can only expect 100% usage when benchmarking or installing applications.That's the difference.

hopphim95 · Posted by: hopphim95 - 04-10-2021, 04:07 PM - Forum: Software - Replies (2)

This article has been taken from another Website and some of the wording in the intro slightly modified. Please note that copy pasting from another Website is not allowed as we see this as plagiarism. It is against our Forum rules.

Thank you to the member who submitted a report on this and provided us with the source of the plagiarized content. I've gone ahead to put the material below in quotation marks and provided the source at the bottom of the post.

Please also note that topics like these aren't really suitable for discussion in our Forum as not all of our members are suitably experienced to understand the contents and this could be to their detriment. Tests that are not done properly can crash servers, expose sensitive data, corrupt crucial production data, or cause a host of other adverse effects associated with mimicking a criminal hack. @deanhills

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deanhills · Posted by: deanhills - 04-09-2021, 08:07 PM - Forum: VPS Downtimes - Replies (1)

@VPS 8 ( @tbelldesignco ) and VPS 15 Holders please note that @cubedata has switched Firewall settings that may result in connection issues. If you cannot connect to Cubedata server, can you please open a Private VPS Support request as soon as you can.

sagher · Posted by: sagher - 04-08-2021, 06:08 AM - Forum: VPS Support - Replies (16)

Moved from VPS Control Panel Comparisons Discussion. @sagherLEASE open a new support topic instead of gatecrashing an existing discussion with support questions. For support please submit support request in support forums.

May I also suggest that @sagher looks at the myvestacp.com support forum, as it is dedicated to Debian OS users of the script:
https://forum.myvestacp.com/

@deanhills

(04-06-2021, 09:20 PM)deanhills Wrote: @xdude can advise as he's been trying to install CyberPanel on VPS 9, and has been unsuccessful so far.

I've been using VestaCP since the day I started with VPS 9 in 2018. It's still working great, but I can't recommend it as the original script has not been updated since January of last year. Why I like VestaCP is because of how light and fast it is. You need very few specs to run the panel.

@sohamb03 who also has VPS 9 has been using a fork of VestaCP (from Belgium) very successfully but with CentOS 7. So if you are interested to use his fork of VestaCP, you will have to change to CentOS 7.

If you want to try VestaCP for Debian specifically, there is another VestaCP fork that is fully up to date that has been created for specific use with Debian. You can check it out here:

https://myvestacp.com/

How to install
Download the installation script:

Code:
curl -O http://c.myvestacp.com/vst-install-debian.sh
Then run it:

Code:
bash vst-install-debian.sh

Source: https://myvestacp.com/#details

I got following error while installing package.

Code:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:

 exim4-daemon-heavy : Depends: libmariadbclient18 (>= 10.1.44-0+deb9u1) but it is not going to be installed

E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Error: apt-get install failed

Pacific Spirit

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debjit · Posted by: debjit - 04-03-2021, 06:35 AM - Forum: Software - Replies (3)

New thread created from old thread dated 2018. Moved to Geek World/Software Forum:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/

WSL 2 is an update of WSL1 for virtualization of Linux OS in Windows 10.
@deanhills

Wsl2 is now released. MS says it is fast and more reliable. I am currently using ubuntu 20 for test dev. I am currently thinking of using docker with my wsl2 installation. Do you have any other option? Or I just use docker with Virtualbox or install Linux on my laptop? I am very confused with this wsl2 installation.
I am currently using laragon on my pc. But I have to install every database that I am testing, which is a pain, and multi-database is also very confusing here. I hope to find a solution for my dev needs soon. I will upload more here.

debjit · Posted by: debjit - 04-03-2021, 06:04 AM - Forum: Web Development - Replies (1)

I am working on a project on a Blood Donation Diary app. After completing the project I needed to deploy my project to see its behaviour in the live environment. I have limited free option. Here I am sharing how I managed to deploy to vercel with MySQL database support. Vercel is a pass provider. You can deploy non-commercial projects for free here with up to 100GB bandwidth and no storage.

To start you need the following things-

1 . Git account
1.a. How to add the remote repo to a local dev environment
2. Vercel Account
3. Remote enabled MySQL database access.

Here I am demonstrating how to make work with the laravel app.

Create a laravel app using composer

Code:
composer create-project laravel/laravel laravelapp

Make Updates to or customise to it.

create these files in your root directory

Create this file

Code:
api/index.php

.vercelignore

vercel.json

Please note there is a dot file.

Now add these codes to their files

api/index.php

PHP Code:
<?php

// Forward Vercel requests to normal index.php
require __DIR__ . '/../public/index.php'; 

.vercelignore

PHP Code:
/vendor 

[font=Monaco, Consolas, Courier, monospace]vercel.json[/font]

PHP Code:

{
    "version": 2,
    "functions": {
        "api/index.php": { "runtime": "[email protected]" }
    },
    "routes": [{
        "src": "/(.*)",
        "dest": "/api/index.php"
    }],
    "env": {
        "APP_ENV": "production",
        "APP_DEBUG": "true",
        "APP_URL": "https://yourproductionurl.com",

        "APP_CONFIG_CACHE": "/tmp/config.php",
        "APP_EVENTS_CACHE": "/tmp/events.php",
        "APP_PACKAGES_CACHE": "/tmp/packages.php",
        "APP_ROUTES_CACHE": "/tmp/routes.php",
        "APP_SERVICES_CACHE": "/tmp/services.php",
        "VIEW_COMPILED_PATH": "/tmp",

        "CACHE_DRIVER": "array",
        "LOG_CHANNEL": "stderr",
        "SESSION_DRIVER": "cookie"
    }
}

Note: you can get all kind of info on the supported framework using this vercel PHP here

https://github.com/juicyfx/vercel-php

Now create and push to your git. (I am assuming you know how to do that. Google if you can't.)

Now you need to create a project into vercel and add a GitHub account with vercel.

Now add GitHub repository to your project here

Code:
project > settings > git > Connected Git Repository

Now with every push, your site will auto-deploy.

Now you need to add apps environment variables

Code:
project > settings > git > Environment Variables

From your command line inside the local dev app run

Code:
php artisan key:generate --show

This will create a key,(and display) for your app and add these lines as env in vercel

Code:
APP_KEY = *****

You can add your MySQL details here or just hardcoded to the app, I have found env not so reliable. So I have to hard code it. Please note hard coding to GitHub repo is not recommended and it is exposed. you can do that inside your config/database.php file.

Code:
DB_CONNECTION=mysql

DB_HOST=**

DB_PORT=3306

DB_DATABASE=****

DB_USERNAME=**

DB_PASSWORD=**

Replace ** with their values.

You have to migrate your MySQL database ahead of time because vercel does not provide a terminal.

So here is how I did use vercel to check on my development in a production environment.

I am using vercel for 2 days now. I will update as I learn more.

Have you used this tutorial to get a free hosted website for yourself? please share. I will update with another free PostgreSQL service.

deanhills

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