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Interesting! Since you said you (or you guys) are not from tech background, how would you manage your machine?
Sidenote: if is a matter of hosing a blog, look for aome free hosting. There are plenty available.
Why don't you build your website on your laptop and show it to the concerned authorities from inside the university network? How would a VPS actually help you in your present scenario?
I've setup WordPress on a vps.... LEMP.. through online tutorials... tweaked themes and learnt the basic stuff which is enough for the project... Don't need a lot of technical knowledge...
You may be legitimate, but it's very unlikely that anyone here is going to sponsor a VPS for you. You have no reputation here, you're in India (far away from many of us), and it's not so clear why you can't rent a VPS for a month or two for this project. If you're being paid for the project, then you should have included money for a VPS. If you're not being paid for the project, then why a project for a university that doesn't even care to help you do it in a minimal way?
I stand by what I said, if a uni hosts only finished projects, that ain't a uni.
A place to learn and educate doesn't host in-progress projects?
Or you've excluded more important info.
We want autonomy over the site and don't want the University to control it... We're a> @angstrom said:
Not for University but for student community. We're a student body trying to help ourselves by using technology. But I understand what you say.... Will try find some other solution....
So why don't you just do the same on your laptop and convince the authorities? You just need a working copy of the website and a few students connected to it to show off whatever you have built. You don't need anything fancy and even a semi decent laptop can pull that load.
Anyways thanks and good night all.
Well, not many universities and colleges in India offer a machine to host students project. The one which offers such premium services is BIT, IIT's, NIT's etc.
But you just said that you would host the site on the uni servers once it is complete.
Aren't the two connected?
He can always host it on his own laptop.
When they see it's useful for students they will fund it... when the students themselves see it working then chances are higher.
Yes two are connected.. Sometimes and sometimes not
@ajayuk Why not get a shared hosting?
You need to pick one.
There's a guest lecture... We have 200 slots.. We send message to 1500+ students.. Now so many visit and try to register in 5-8 minutes... Shared hosting won't handle it... Website becomes unresponsive... We're using Google forms but want to integrate in website itself...
We could arrange something, is a linkback a problem to it?
So, armandorg enters the cruel world.
Farewell, bits of sanity. Personally, I'd stay clear of this one. This one reeks cuz he wants everything and for free.
Second one would be better as students will have compete control...but if we can't maintain it then no option but to have limited control.... that's a later question though first the thing needs to work full fledged... It's India... quite difficult to explain... You're looking from your country's perspective
Okay, let's say that this is the case.
At the same time, one can't sign up on a forum and expect anyone in their right mind to sponsor a VPS for them. It doesn't work this way.
If the OP really can't afford a VPS (and it's not clear why shared hosting wouldn't suffice) -- and I find it hard to believe that if he has the luxury to consider doing such a project that he doesn't have the money for a small VPS for a month or two -- then he would do better trying to find a sponsor locally, where he can make personal contacts.
Doody
Or maybe he can take 1 rupee from each student and buy service.
There is a chance that his number is imaginary. I've seen it a little too often in sponsorship requests.
If so, giving him a cheapo VPS is fine.
If his number is real, then the one who sponsors him will suffer for nothing. This is why I don't want armandorg to get involved. Given the population size of India, he could be in for some pain.
So you need a mail server as well. Right.
It's okay, i'm not mother teresa. Nothing comes free in life mate. Unless it's shit. Shit comes for free
If you are seriously looking for sponsors you need to provide a detailed description of what are you trying to achieve and how will it benefit both of you and your sponsors. You need to present your potential sponsors a detailed plan. That’s the work you should do in advance. You don't want to look like you are not well prepared when people starting to ask questions.
@ajayuk: FWIW, if you're expecting a lot of traffic from signups its better to hand it off to Google Forms specially if you have limited experience managing servers. If you are trying to show off your work by hosting an online signup form that you know is going to get barraged with requests you might be in for a rude shock. What if your website goes down and a lot of students cannot sign up? Would that be a good advertisement for your site?
But, kudos to @armandorg for trying to help OP.
If you decide to help the OP, let us know how it goes ... but you would only offer shared/web hosting, not a VPS, right?
Google Cloud Engine offer free services, which will be great for student projects for free. Github do the same, Azure from Microsoft too.
Maybe i'd be too generous enough to put him on my most powerful dedi, where only our agency website is hosted. If it's a non-profit student project, why not. Ofcourse i'll be asking for something in return, and honestly. Anything shady i will not hesitate to cut you off without a notice.
Anyways nothing is done yet, i still don't have much info either.
You might want to have a look at this. https://education.github.com/pack