What is NOT allowed?
  • Underage content - images of persons under the age of 18, or text/keywords/advertisements implying underage or illegal content. (We will forward all information gathered on child porn webmasters to the FBI, US Customs, Interpol, or any agency that wants to know about them.)
  • Rape content - Non-consensual sex in any context even in a clearly labeled fantasy setting, we just don't like it. We do support your right to view and produce fantasy content legally, we just choose not to be associated with even fantasy rape.
  • Bestiality content.
  • Unlicensed content - - all of the images on your site must be licensed for your use. There is no such thing as content that is "public domain."
  • SPAM - unsolicited email/news group SPAM advertising your site.
  • Sites in languages other than English.
  • Relocation, manipulation, circumventing or burying of PorkyHost's banners or advertising constitutes grounds for account cancellation. Our publishing programs check for these types of activities and will inform you and us via email when they suspect you of foul play

How do I report abuse?
Email abuse@porkyhost.com. We are committed to stopping abuse immediately!

What will you do if someone abuses their account?
Abuse of PorkyHost Free Host Accounts including, but not limited to, SPAM and Banned Content of any type will absolutely not be tolerated! Your account will be closed and your email and IP information will be submitted to the authorities in your home country. We log everything and can find you.

Does PorkyHost actively check for SPAM abusers?
Yes! PorkyHost conducts SPAM audits twice a day by querying several DNSBLs against our IPs. Don't bother using your account to send SPAM, our automated system interfaces with SpamCop and other reporting systems to instantly shut down your account on the first complaint.

How much space do I get?
Unlimited.

How much bandwidth do I get?
Bandwidth is unlimited! We won't shut your site down for getting too much traffic. Our PorkyHost Servers are in a state of the art colocation facility with multiple Gigabit interfaces to the internet.

How do I upload my site using the integrated FTP client in Internet Explorer?
Read our help page: http://www.porkyhost.com/help.html

I am a paying customer! How do I activate my own 404?
Activating your own 404 is easy. Just place a file named 404.html in your home di rectory and our server will serve that file rather than our 404 when a file is not found.

Can I upload movie files?
Free Accounts may only serve text and images. However, our unrestricted account packages allow for moives of almost any reasonable size. If you are interested, email us: sales@porkyhost.com

Will you host my domain on my free space account?
We may host your domain. To do this you'll need to contact us. If you are sure you'd like to put your domain up at PorkyHost, you can point it to these name servers:

  • NS2.PORKYHOST.COM
  • NS1.PORKYHOST.COM
Then you will need to send us your account info in an e-mail to: domains@porkyhost.com and include a description of the site you plan to create on that domain.

We plan to automate this process in the near future.

What are the file size and type restrictions?
Individual files are limited to 150K in size. You will not be able to publish any files larger than this size. Only html, style sheets, image files and flash movies are allowed for Free PorkyHost Accounts. Our publishing program checks file types and sizes and will remove and replace any files that are not compliant

Can I use frames on my PorkyHost site?
No. Framed HTML pages disrupt our advertising system. If our publishing program detects that you have uploaded framed pages, it will remove and replace those pages.

Can I use my PorkyHost Account to serve just images for my remote webpages?
Absolutely not. Our server have been modified to only serve images from PorkyHost pages. However, we do allow this for our unrestricted account offerings. If you are interested in such a plan please email: sales@porkyhost.com

Can I use PorkyHost's FTP Servers to serve my uploaded files via ftp?
Absolutely not! Don't even bother trying to do this. Our ftp servers have been modified to not allow concurrent ftp sessions per login and anonymous ftp is completely turned off. Moreover, we record concurrent session attempts and will immediately shutdown accounts associated with these types of events.
Keep in mind that we do allow ftp download for our unrestricted account offerings. If you are interested in such a plan, please email: sales@porkyhost.com

I forgot my user name/password. What can I do?
Go here and get it :) http://www.porkyhost.com/lost_password.htm You simply need the email associated with your porkyhost account.

Can I register for a Free PorkyHost Account today and not use it until next month?
No. You have a 7 day window to upload files to your Free PorkyHost Account. If you have not done this in this given time period, your account will be deactivated and you will receive an email informing you of this. In addition, the subdomain you selected will again be made available to other registering users.

I uploaded my files and verified them on my site but now they have been replaced with 409 Error Page! What is going on?
Non-Compliant files will be removed and replaced when our publishing program detects them. Read the error explanation carefully and check your email for more info on how to resolve the issue.

Keep in mind that our unrestricted accounts allow you to publish any type of file and have added features like on-demand publishing and the ability to stage your content. If you are interested in finding out more about our unrestricted hosting plans email: sales@porkyhost.com

May I use CGI on your servers?
CGI creates a huge security risk for us as well as slows down the free host, we cannot take a risk like that. If you are interested in our unrestricted hosting plans, which will support your CGI script and much more, please send an email to: sales@porkyhost.com

Why does my browser's location bar read queue.porkyhost.com instead of my subdomain?
The PorkyHost Content Network consists of published files and pre-published files. If you attempt to view a recently ftp'ed' file that has not yet been published, our server might redirect you to the pre-publishing server queue.porkyhost.com. This allows you to view your files immediately rather than having to wait for our publishing system to make these files available under your subdomain or hosted domain. Keep in mind that files viewed on the queue server may be later removed upon publishing, if found to be non-compliant by our publishing system.

What is the difference between the two Advertising Types: No Headers/Footers Non-TGP Compliant and Headers/Footers TGP Compliant?

  • No Headers/Footers Non-TGP Compliant - In this advertising method your pages will be displayed without our advertising. However, you agree to randomly divert exactly 5% of your traffic to us.
  • Headers/Footers TGP Compliant - In this advertising method your pages will always be displayed with a small header and footer of PorkyHost advertising.

Can I have more than one PorkyHost Subdomain? What about domains I already own?
Free accounts can only have one PorkyHost subdomain or one owned domain. However, our unrestriced account offerings allow for multiple PorkyHost subdomains and/or a multiple number of domains you already own.

I am having some serious technical problems. What do I do?
We recommend reading the help section first where we discuss technical issues in more detail and point you to PorkyHost services that may provide the help you need. If you can not find an answer to your problem in the help section, email admin@porkyhost.com and our system administrator will come to your rescue - but only if you also send him funny jokes.



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