Problem about free hosting application

Hello,
Is it possible to create a free hosting application ( like Geocities )by nowadays technology ?( through this application, users can edit their web sites in the Internet )
Or is such an application available in the Internet for download ?

hey!

It's deffinately possible... u could use PHP or something to create folders for users when they register, then assign them a default index.htm page. Also using PHP you could write an upload script for users to upload new HTML pages and images....

as for pre-made script, I am sure there will be some somewhere!

try:

www.devscripts.com
or
www.hotscripts.com

Or just do a search on Yahoo for community software....

You might be able to use webEdPro with a special licence for your users to edit pages using WYSIWYG editors.... not sure about that though, you'd have to ask the website if such a licence (multi user) is possible.... www.webedpro.com

Hello fakker,
May I ask you is it possible to upload some pre-set layouts for users .

yeah sure, you could have say three HTML files, which would all be different templates, then the user would select which one they want.... the option they choose would then be stored in a database and when their page is called, it would get which template they have opted for.

eg: I choose template 2, in the DB it would be linked to my userID..

userID = 56
template ID = 2

so when the index.php file (or what ever) is called, it will check the DB for my template ID......

just an idea.... there are a few ways of doing it I think.....

also, if you cant find a suitable script, you can try "rent a coder" (www.rentacoder.com) which allows you to post a project and people can bid on it....

so you could say that you want a Geocities style site for $x... people then bid for the project .... eg: "I will do your project in 2 days, for $200" you can then choose the coder to do it!

- I've posted several projects and found the work to be brilliant!