My SMF is getting over-traffic !!!

[Tony Reid]

Contact your host - something is not right, and they will be able to see from the logs.

[Storman™]

OMG!!! its 4.4/5GB now and I checked Dashboard, there is 5visitor and 101 page view...

That does not make sense.   

What period is that 4.4/5GB over, is it since the beginning of the month ?

Do you have any large files or images on the site that maybe people are downloading ? Thats all I can think of.

why do they offer free hosting if I am only a burden to them

They tempt you with free hosting and then offer you premium hosting (at a cost) when you find out that the available resources are insufficient. As a business model it invariably works as people like something for nothing but unsuspecting clients soon realise that "nothing is free".

[GleamPlay.com]

It is 0/5GB on  2nd August, and now its already 4.4

[GleamPlay.com]

and i dont have any big size images or files for people to download

[Storman™]

As previously mentioned ask your host for the details.

[GleamPlay.com]

ok, here is the host's reply :

Hello Leon Yip,

Thank you for contacting us.

Please keep in mind that the traffic of 5GB includes communication between the MySQL database and your PHP scripts, your uploads and available to your visitors downloads, site resolving and therefore your website traffic is not accumulated only by your websites' visitors. In order to resolve this problem, you can optimize your site's scripts or consider upgrading to any of our paid hosting plans.

Feel free to reopen this ticket in case you have more questions or you need further assistance. Thank you for choosing our services.

Best Regards,
Dedicated Support Team
Supportindeed.com

[Tony Reid]

Switch your host.

Here is a good place to find one...
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?board=4.0

[GleamPlay.com]

Are they in Free Hosts and HOsting?
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?board=156.0
there is just 1 topic

[Arantor]

You should generally avoid free hosts because they don't owe you anything whatsoever. Remember you're costing them money when you use their services...

[Kindred]

Wow... really?   Communication between your php webserver and their mySQL server is counted against your data limit?

Holy ****

leave.
leave now
don't look back.
(don't blink)

[Arantor]

And yes, as suspected, hiding the forum from guests won't fix anything at all...

[GleamPlay.com]

Is there any ok free host, I don't need a good one

or I must pay for a host? Because my parents don't really let me to pay for a expensive one.

[Tony Reid]

There are free hosts out there, you just have to find a semi-decent one. Your current website should not cause more than 50mb of bandwidth a month - your current host is messing with the figures to make it look like you are using much more than you actually are.

Whilst not free, starting with something for $2 a month from a reputable company like http://www.rshosting.com/web-hosting/ would get you off to a good start.

If your website idea is good enough then it will be able to cover minimal costs such as that. You just need to have the right idea and approach.

The community building board here is a good place to start learning.

Curious - What is your website about?

[GleamPlay.com]

Is there any free webhost suggestions?

Also, RShosting provide only 500MB for the Starter plan, is that enough?

How to cover the cost?

Oh, I am just a teenager, and my website is about gaming

[Tony Reid]

500mb is the disk space - not the bandwidth.

If I were starting a site about Gaming - I'd probably start with something like a free wordpress blog that reviews games (both console and mobile), and then once followers have built up - expand into using a forum like SMF. Something like toucharcade springs to mind as an example.

You can earn money through advertising banners etc to pay for hosting. But if starting out with a blog, then you can do it for free.

[GleamPlay.com]

thanks
but how to look for ppl to put advertisement in my website?

[Tony Reid]

Make good content and they will find you, or use a service like adsense.

[GleamPlay.com]

how to get adsense?

about how many visitors in website so they will find me?

will they find me even if mine is free hosting?

[Tony Reid]

how to get adsense?

Google adsense - its all there.

about how many visitors in website so they will find me?

I have no idea what you are asking.

will they find me even if mine is free hosting?

Yes.

This is now way off topic, and if you need further assistance, then feel free to post in the community building boards as there are lots of people there who can advise.

[GleamPlay.com]

I mean when will people start finding me to put their advertisement, like when will my website be "big" enough? Like how many active visitors per month? Because I don't think people will put advertisements on my website as there are so less members atm