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kirchhoffon Ask HN: Which host should I use for a PHP site?

I use ICDsoft for my site (MapCrunch), and can strongly recommend them.

They are a shared host but I've not experienced any problems, even during traffic spikes (>25k visitors).

Their support is also incredible and responds to queries within minutes.

kirchhoffon Ask HN: Site from scratch or frameworks?

There are some 'skeleton' frameworks available. These provide only the very essentials, like a database abstraction layer, user classes and some useful function wrappers.

For PHP, Tyler Hall's 'Simple PHP framework' is a good example.

kirchhoffon Show HN: MapCrunch Street View gallery

Thanks. Voting does seem to be the next logical step.

kirchhoffon 1k page views in the first 12 hours.

The background hurts my eyes.

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It has permalinks, but I see what you mean.

kirchhoffon MapCrunch - Random street view

I got this idea from "Globe Genie" by Joe McMichael. I thought it could be improved upon so decided to rustle up my own version.

Any suggestions for features / improvements would be appreciated!