Hosting Application Approval Time How long will it take?

How long will it take to get my application for free hosting approved?

We've been getting that question a lot recently and the answer is, "I DON'T KNOW!"

I'm sorry to say it but it is the truth. I have absolutely no idea when you might expect to get hosting currently.

Like most people that show up here, I was looking for a free hosting service where I could develope my website and get it going before I had to spend any money. The good old no risk system to starting a business. Turned out that I spend a lot more time on the forum than I do working on the development of my website. Most of the rest of the staff came here as I did but many have moved on to either paid hosting with their successful website they started here or lost interest in the process and gave up on their website. Either way, they aren't as active in the forum as they were.

This is the natural evolution of such a website.

We had an Admin that runs his own website as well as maintains a couple of others, has his own business and works for a rather large company. He held on as long as possible but finally stepped down here.

Another has had some changes in her life and being online isn't an activity that she spends as much time doing these days.

As for the three reamining currently:

mastercomputers is usually very busy with work and his personal life and hasn't been seen regularly at the forum for some time now but does manage to post very good articles and replies from time to time.

microscopic^earthling is busy with work when he isn't off touring the World. He tends to travel a great deal I have found and his current work project seems to take a lot out of him.

OpaQue is the owner of this as well as 3 other hosting services and a couple of other websites. He has recently return to school to finish his degree and has little time to spare. As we found out recently, he sometimes doesn't have enough time to check in on us here everyday. Outside of his very busy school and business life, he has recently suffered a great loss in his life. He lost a friend of his in an accident recently.

Now that you know who is doing what, I'll explain the situation as it relates to you!

When a member applies for a free web hosting account, usually a moderator will take a look and either deny the request if the member hasn't met all of the requirements or leave it alone for an Admin to look at. When an Admin takes a look, he will either deny the request due to some lacking in the member's application or activities or approve the request. If an application is approved, the Admin has to enter the information nto the server to basically set up a hosting account for the member. The member gets an email with the activation information and the account is operational.

The accounts can only be set up by the Admin so as a result only an Admin ca APPROVE free web hosting requests.

Not all Admins set up hosting. So not all Admins approve requests. Currently only OpaQue and microscopic^earthling are performing this task.

There currently are not any suitable canidates for an Admin position within the forum although the subject has been brought up. m^e and I have discussed in a limited manner a possible solution to the problem but no action has been taken yet.

Please understand that we know that there is a problem and we want to solve it but are unable to at this time. All I can tell you is that your hosting request will be answered as soon as possible.

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