Rental

Some of the best things in life ain’t free. I know. My domain and hosting wasn’t heaven-sent, after all. *sigh* But I’m sure not everyone can afford a domain and webspace of their own, so here I am, dishing out space to others for free. ^^ How kind. xD

Of course, there are limits, since it’s something my dad and I are paying for. Just so you know, I’m kind enough to explain them to you.

What’s fine by me

- Personal sites, like blogs. Okay, not necessarily blogs, but maybe a bit of randomness here and there with goodies for visitors. ^^
- Small to medium graphics sites. Of course, if your site sucks up a lot of bandwidth, PLEASE get someone else to sponsor some space.
- Approved fanlistings.
- Sponsorship: Graphic sites, mostly. But depending on the situation. ^^

…and these go into my bad books:

- Resource-sucking sites. Be considerate. I don’t have unlimited webspace and bandwidth.
- Porn, hentai, basically - adult sites + material.
- Junk that’s just dumped on your account, as if it were a warehouse. I’ll clear it out, make no mistake.
- Sites that discriminate. Hell no.
- Forums. Sorry, but that’s just too much for me to handle.
- Scripts that suck up resources like Greymatter, Formmail.pl, Alienmail and so on.
- …well, anything that’s bad according to a normal person’s common sense.

Satisfied? Read on…

Terms and Conditions

* You don’t have to be the master of Photoshop, or PHP + SQL to get hosted. As long as you can design - and your layouts are easy on the eyes - and your coding isn’t tag soup, by all means, ask me and I’ll give you the green light. But of course, make your own layouts (unless they’re gift layouts)
* Don’t EVER think of me as some high-up person you can’t talk to, I’m the opposite. Ask my friends! ^^ You can always feel free to email or IM me if you have my contact details.
* Of course, don’t expect me to be there for you every waking hour of your day. If you have a problem with your site, be patient when you hammer email me and ask me why. Chances are, I’m 12 hours ahead of your timezone (for US residents).
* FTP knowledge is prefered, but if you don’t know, I’m willing to teach. ^^ Of course, you gotta get one FTP program first. Download.com has a variety of freeware FTP programs. ^^ Virus free and whatever-ware free too.
* I must stress this: NOTHING ILLEGAL. This includes licensed music.
* If you’re moving out, going on hiatus, or closing down - notify me. I’ll make visits, but of course, I’M BUSY. It’s only fair that you do so because it’s my space that you’re using for free.
* I have the right to remove your account for any reason whatsoever. Of course, I’ll give you a warning if it’s mild, but 3 strikes, and I’ll email you with a complete backup of your site and I’ll give you 2 weeks to find a new home.
* Sponsorship is for graphic sites, unless you have a good reason why I should sponsor your site (if it’s not a graphics site).
* (New) Carry yourself well. Hostees are part of a family, and you don’t want to put your family to shame, will you?

Wow, you’re good. Done reading? There’s still more!

The benefits of renting space here. Not that you pay for it.

- Enough space and bandwidth to host your site. I’ll give you more if need be.
- An email account (ask for it): yourname@yoakemae.net.
- yoursite.yoakemae.net OR yoakemae.net/yoursite. Whatever floats your boat.
- Your own FTP account. Nice, mm? xD
- If required, 1 MySQL database. No phpMyAdmin access, though. Sorry. xP
- …and a quirky hostess by the name of Ariane whom you can poke if you’re bored.

Wow! Take me in!

Ready? Good. Email me at carolxann[at]gmail.com with the following info. No forms, because some people just couldn’t care less. So I’ll test you.

Subject: Hosting at yoakemae.net

Name:
Age (I’m curious xD):
Site URL (it MUST already be online, no screenshot):
Site Name:
Type of Site:
What is my name?
Am I a female or a male?
How long have you been designing?
Do I sponsor non-graphic sites?
Do you Know FTP?
Why do you think I’m asking these silly questions? xD
Comments…?

All questions must be answered, or I’ll trash the app. Don’t worry, there’s no right/wrong answer to the pointless ones.

If you’re a friend of mine, screw the form! Just email me and say “I need hosting for …” or IM me. I’ll definitely take you in.

Regardless of the answer, I’ll reply for sure (unless something is screwy with Gmail, which hasn’t happened as of yet.) But if you hate rejection letters and want me to be quiet, lemme know.