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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=39719.0&return_msg=39719.4"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39719.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39719.11">11–20</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39719.21">21</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=39719.4">Teh Podcast - Hosting ?</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="39719_4_21_10"> <a name="a39719_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_39719_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Matt<span class="message_time">16 Jul 2012 18:39</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Dr Nick (FOZZA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 16 Jul 2012 18:53"></span></span> <span class="message_count">4 of 21</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39719.4">39719.4</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39719.1">39719.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> What Pete said.<br /> <br /> Bandwidth wouldn't be an issue, we're barely tickling our allowance, but is it wise to start hosting large files (publicly) on Teh and for us to have to suddenly start paying fees if we going over?<br /> <br /> Could maybe set up a private torrent tracker on here or some other decentralised distribution platform that we can use. Might even be able to tie it into the Beehive user authentication.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=39719.4&return_msg=39719.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="39719.4"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a39719_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_39719_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">16 Jul 2012 18:41</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Dr Nick (FOZZA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 16 Jul 2012 18:53"></span></span> <span class="message_count">5 of 21</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39719.5">39719.5</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39719.3">39719.3</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <a href="http://podcast.tehforum.co.uk"><i></i>podcast.tehforum.co.uk</a> would be it - no need for extra letters.<br /> <br /> Using www is a convention - it has never been required to be at the start of a URL.<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 16 Jul 2012 18:44 by BOUGHTONP</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=39719.5&return_msg=39719.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="39719.5"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a39719_6"></a><div class="message" id="message_39719_6"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Dr Nick (FOZZA)<span class="message_time">16 Jul 2012 18:56</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 16 Jul 2012 18:56"></span></span> <span class="message_count">6 of 21</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39719.6">39719.6</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39719.4#a39719_5" target="_self">39719.5</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <div class="quotetext" id="quote"><b>quote: </b></div><div class="quote">Using www is a convention - it has never been required to be at the start of a URL.<br /> <br /> </div><br /> <br /> Bullshit!!!!<br /> <br /> Seriously!?<br /> <br /> (goes off to try..)<br /> <br /> I really did not know that.<br /> Firefox still adds it in, is it browser dependent? Would older browser not work without www?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=39719.6&return_msg=39719.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="39719.6"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a39719_7"></a><div class="message" id="message_39719_7"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Dr Nick (FOZZA)<span class="message_time">16 Jul 2012 18:57</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Matt <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 16 Jul 2012 19:06"></span></span> <span class="message_count">7 of 21</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39719.7">39719.7</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39719.4#a39719_4" target="_self">39719.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Files size are currently about 70 - 100 mb per 1hr - 1.20min episodes</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=39719.7&return_msg=39719.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="39719.7"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a39719_8"></a><div class="message" id="message_39719_8"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">16 Jul 2012 19:07</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Dr Nick (FOZZA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 16 Jul 2012 19:08"></span></span> <span class="message_count">8 of 21</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39719.8">39719.8</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39719.4#a39719_6" target="_self">39719.6</a></div> <div class="message_body"> It has nothing to do with the browser* - it is up to the server to handle.<br /> <br /> Some servers, if you type domain.com will redirect you to <a href="http://www.domain.com">www.domain.com</a> (e.g. <a href="http://google.com">http://google.com</a> adds the www )<br /> Others, if you type <a href="http://www.domain.com">www.domain.com</a> will redirect you to domain.com (e.g. <a href="http://www.stackoverflow.com">http://www.stackoverflow.com</a> removes the www )<br /> <br /> You may sometimes come across badly configured servers which do fail if they receive the non-www version, but I can't recall any examples of that (it did happen once to me recently, on some site that should have known better, but I forget the specifics.)<br /> <br /> *Of course, because it is a convention, some browsers may well sometimes do stuff that involves adding www, but almost certainly what you're referring to is not browser-driven, but the server sending the redirect request. (You can use Firebug's Net panel to see this occur.)</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=39719.8&return_msg=39719.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="39719.8"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a39719_9"></a><div class="message" id="message_39719_9"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Matt<span class="message_time">16 Jul 2012 19:08</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Dr Nick (FOZZA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 16 Jul 2012 19:08"></span></span> <span class="message_count">9 of 21</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39719.9">39719.9</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39719.4#a39719_6" target="_self">39719.6</a></div> <div class="message_body"> It's server dependent.<br /> <br /> Teh redirects you to www because it can, but it doesn't have to.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=39719.9&return_msg=39719.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="39719.9"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a39719_10"></a><div class="message" id="message_39719_10"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">16 Jul 2012 19:14</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Dr Nick (FOZZA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 16 Jul 2012 19:15"></span></span> <span class="message_count">10 of 21</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39719.10">39719.10</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39719.4#a39719_7" target="_self">39719.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> 100mb downloaded 100 times is ~10GB of data transfer, which is 5% of our monthly allowance for one episode.<br /> <br /> I don't know how likely getting 1k+ subscribers is, but having some distributed system (like torrents) to spread that load and make sure it's not an issue is probably a good idea.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=39719.10&return_msg=39719.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="39719.10"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a39719_11"></a><div class="message" id="message_39719_11"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Dr Nick (FOZZA)<span class="message_time">16 Jul 2012 19:15</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">11 of 21</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39719.11">39719.11</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Didn't know that, cheers</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=39719.11&return_msg=39719.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="39719.11"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a39719_12"></a><div class="message" id="message_39719_12"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Dr Nick (FOZZA)<span class="message_time">16 Jul 2012 19:16</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 16 Jul 2012 19:16"></span></span> <span class="message_count">12 of 21</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39719.12">39719.12</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39719.4#a39719_10" target="_self">39719.10</a></div> <div class="message_body"> would that still be linkable to itunes etc? I never done torrent setups etc</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=39719.12&return_msg=39719.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="39719.12"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a39719_13"></a><div class="message" id="message_39719_13"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">16 Jul 2012 19:21</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Dr Nick (FOZZA) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 16 Jul 2012 19:25"></span></span> <span class="message_count">13 of 21</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39719.13">39719.13</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39719.4#a39719_12" target="_self">39719.12</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I've never done torrent setups or iTunes, so haven't got a clue. <span class="emoticon e_tongue" title=":P"><span class="e__">:P</span></span><br /> <br /> <br /> I <em>might</em> have enough space/transfer on my server - not sure, and have to go now - if a fixed host is needed I'll check the numbers later.<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 16 Jul 2012 19:21 by BOUGHTONP</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=39719.13&return_msg=39719.4" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="39719.13"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DEFAULT" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="39719.14" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>