Webhosting with custom database choice - web-hosting

I've asked this question elsewhere: https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/28320/webhosting-with-custom-database-choice but was hoping that someone here might be able to point me in the right direction too... Does anybody know of any web hosting which will support OrientDB?

AFAIK there is only NuvolaBase that offers it: www.nuvolabase.com

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404 page errors on every page except index (hostgator web hosting)

So my friend bought web hosting for his groups website.
I know this question has been asked a million times possibly, but none of the ones asked or answered apply to the same situation I'm in unfortunately.
This is my current .htaccess code
# Use PHP56
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php56 .php
I know it's something related to enabling mod_rewrite.
If you could explain thoroughly what to do and can help, I'd highly appreciate it. It's been an error on my back for a while.
Jonathan here from HostGator support. We were sorry to hear you've had trouble with this issue and would be glad to assist. Nothing is inherently wrong with the code you've provided from the .htaccess file, so there is likely an issue elsewhere. If you could please provide your domain name we'd be glad to investigate with you.
We also have this guide available which might help :
https://www.hostgator.com/help/article/404-error-page
Alternatively, please feel free to start a live chat at https://chat.hostgator.com and we'll be happy to help.

What is Service-Now and how is it related to ITSM?

I'm new to Service-Now, can anyone help me to find out what is ITSM and how Service-Now is related to it.
What is the best way to learn this tool so that it is easy to know and understand.
Service-Now started out as an Cloud ITSM Tool, now it contains much more and you can also create custom application on the Platform. But I would suggest you check out there Wiki and Community which is actually pretty good.
http://wiki.servicenow.com/index.php?title=Get_Started
https://community.servicenow.com/welcome
ITSM is broad topic, it's about Incident, Change, Problem Management and a proper CMDB. You will find enough on the web. Like on Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:IT_Service_Management

Cloud9 offline mode

The first two links from a quick google search indicate that it's possible to work on a project via cloud9 while offline.
Is this possible to do, and has anyone had any experience with it? There doesn't seem to be anything mentioned in the docs.
I'm working on a chromebook and was hoping that this could be a possibility.
Thanks.
Note, the two links I found were:
http://googlecode.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/working-offline-with-cloud9-on-google.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbZBuxBdT24
Sadly this is not possible yet. There are new offline APIs being designed and we hope to make use of them in the future.

Create a windows service in vb6

Is it possible to create a windows service in vb6? if yes, how?
I've never tried it, but Desaware offer a commercial package, the NT Service Toolkit that claims to allow you to host a VB6 DLL inside a Windows Service. Desaware was founded (and I think is still owned by) VB6 guru Dan Appleman, which is a good recommendation.
Microsoft created a control to allow you to create services in VB6.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/170883
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/175948/EN-US/
Yes, it works, is it the best way to create a service, no, but if VB6 is a requirement (you have a bunch of code you have to re-use), then I can state from experience that it works. We have the original control from the January 1997 MSDN, however you can easily find it on the net if need be ( http://www.google.ca/search?q=ntsvc.ocx+download )
Like gouging your own eyes out with a spoon, it is technically possible but I wouldn't recommend it.
Yes, you can. Just follow the directions in this tutorial:
http://www.vbrad.com/article.aspx?id=92
To answer your question, yes it is possible to create a Windows service with VB6. To offer you advice, there are much better tools to use. I did it once as a proof of concept project, but never liked it well enough to try to use it for anything that we used in the company. A co-worker did do this for a production app and it was error prone. After he left we found out just how hard he was working to keep his service running and ended up replacing his app without reviewing his code. So my advice is, if you want to do it as an exercise go ahead, but if you are looking at this for a workable solution you should consider other tools. Here is a link to one way to do it.

A good framework for easily creating a social networking site

I was just reading about Magento, a free framework for easily creating an ecommerce site. I was wondering if anyone knew of a similar, easy to use framework that is designed specifically for social networking sites.
Thanks in advance for your wisdom!
I've seen a few people mention MonoX (based on ASP.Net), but I've not had a chance to evaluate it yet myself: http://www.mono-software.com/Pages/MonoX-ASP.NET-Portal-Framework.aspx
Ning.
Edit. The Ning business model is, they host your community for free and they get the revenue from adverts on the site. If you want to host it yourself you can, but you need to license the software.
Edit 2 I recommended Ning because I participate in a community hosted there. A minute's Googling through Elgg which seems to be more what you're looking for, but I haven't had an direct experience of it.
Laconi.ca (micro-blogging - which could be considered a subset of social networking). It's an open source option on which you could base a project (plugins have already been developed).
You could try something like JomSocial, which is built on top of Joomla.
Having just looked at this question again, you might find that Drupal is pretty useful in building a social networking site too.
We have recently built a private social network for a client, based on Drupal, and lots of the functionality is a pretty good match, particularly if you include modules such as User Relationships and Organic Groups.
I hope that helps!

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