Frequently Asked Questions

How long until my account will be online?
What kind of hosting features I will get?
I just registered my website, how do I put it online?
I would love to help ilbello.com, what can I do?
What can I do on ilbello hosting service?
Can I change my password?
Is PHP set in a Safe_mode?
Is there a monthly bandwidth limit?
My site no longer exists. What happened?
Can I store large files for download on my ilbello.com website?
Can I create or rename a database?
Can I insert ads to my ilbello.com website?
I have not found an answer to my question...

How long until my account will be online?

The time for the account activation ranges from 1 to 3 hours, mainly due to the need to manually approve the registrations to protect the community. It may happen that a legitimate account is not approved. If you believe this is the case you can report it by email or through social channels.

What kind of hosting features I will get?

You get 250 MiB (Mebibyte) of web space with PHP 7 for your website ( yoursite.ilbello.com ), which you can access via FTP and where you can install almost any modern PHP software. A MySQL database is also included and can be conveniently managed with phpMyAdmin.

If you happen to exceed the above space limit, you will receive an email notification.

I just registered my website, how do I put it online?

You should use a FTP client (such as FileZilla) and connect to the FTP server with the details provided by email. If you choose not to preload anything on your account, you will have to overwrite the existing index.html file (or delete it and use an index.php file for the homepage).

Please note the difference between Uppercase / lowercase characters in your password.

I would love to help ilbello.com, what can I do?

You can help raise awareness of the service (and thus enhance the community - the most precious thing) by inserting links in your website, reviewing the service and engaging in the official social networking accounts such as Facebook, Google+ and Twitter.

What can I do on ilbello hosting service?

ilbello.com is a free hosting service intended for testing purposes, and to allow enthusiasts to learn how to install, configure, or create software for websites in a convenient way.

Using the service for commercial and professional purposes is not allowed due to the nature of this service. (Setting up an ecommerce store for test purposes is ok, using it to sell online is not permitted). It is not permitted to use the web as a storage service or as a CDN. Adult, shocking and controversial content is not allowed in order to safeguard the ilbello.com community as a whole and focus on the primary mission to provide a testing environment.

Can I change my password?

Currently it is not possible change your password.
However if you deem it is not secure anymore, you can contact ilbello.com to request a password reset. You will have to use the new password to connect via FTP and you might then have to manually update your database configuration file(s) used by PHP software on your website.

Is PHP set in a Safe_mode?

The PHP safe_mode setting is off for maximum compatibility. Security is obtained by a much more effective privilege separation.

Is there a monthly bandwidth limit?

ilbello.com does not enforce a limit on the amount of bandwidth monthly or daily available for its users. However, as any physical resource, it is not limitless and we might contact you or suspend your service if we find it is unfairly using our resources.

Again, ilbello.com is not a suitable service for heavy image hosting or file hosting purposes.

My site no longer exists. What happened?

In order to provide a fast and useful service to most of the users, we might archive or delete abandoned or inactive websites.
This allows us to clean up the server from a multitude of old, abandoned and unsafe websites and therefore freeing up resources to provide an efficient service for those who actively use it. However, the site content might be archived for a while, so in case your website was deleted you can try to ask if it is possible to restore it.

Can I store large files for download on my ilbello.com website?

You may not use the web space of ilbello to host mainly large files and images as that would have a severe impact on the resources available to other users.

Can I create or rename a database?

ilbello.com automaticly provides one database with every website. You cannot rename it or create more databases. You can however create and rename all tables inside your database. For any database management operation you can use the phpMyAdmin provided link in your website activation email .

Can I insert ads to my ilbello.com website?

ilbello.com does not place ads on users' websites in order to provide a genuinely free and clean service. You can use the service for testing or non-profit purposes.

I have not found an answer to my question...

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