There were so many posts to like that I already exceeded my daily like limit! I can like again in some minutes!
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It seems to be. I can’t find any options that control who can set custom sections, and I wouldn’t expect moderators to be capable of editing that.
The FAQ link is gone now. The docs one cannot be deleted for some reason, it’s not in the editor and the option to have it in the top menu is also disabled.
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And it seems to support external domains as well - because you added client area /.com
and not only that it is possible within the forum subdomain
So the moderator can link to something completely outside this forum 
Custom menu - I don’t know if other users can add an external link for them
if they can do that, then they can host IF tools and have a link on the forum
instead of browser bookmarks (maybe it’s more convenient for someone).
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Basically, the only two things this custom section supported is internal links and external links (If you really wanted to consider them as two things).
Currently I have a “Search” attached to my sidebar. It is a little bit more convenient as I don’t need to create a new tab first — But yeah, just a little bit.
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done
thanks for the info - I later saw in your previous screenshot that you have Google, but I had already posted the question and did not edit it
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Done. Also changed the name of this one:
[OBSOLETE] FreeNom, InfinityFree & CloudFlare
My guess is that the documentation extension force-added it. If you wanted, you could tack a backup of the configuration table (Or whatever it’s called) then try removing it directly from the DB (That is, if it’s even there, it may be programmatically added from, elsewhere).
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Time for some clean-up!
This will (hopefully) make managing future updates easier
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I think the server can be persuaded to return something with this (browser address bar)
185.27.134.114:443
185.27.134.114/aes.js
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That at least works… But requests to / directly through :80 will get status code 444 anyway if accessed directly through IP…
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It has become irritating when I see people recommend the OPs to upgrade to premium hosting for anything.
Need an up to date PHP version? Upgrade to premium hosting! (They probably took “updating as a linux user” too seriously) Node.js? Upgrade to the premium hosting as well!
Like my brother in Christ, those people are using free hosting for a reason (more understandable when themselves think about upgrading) and it is going to make them think that it is just a bait for a paid hosting.
I usually end up recommending people to try things either locally or on a VPS (having a basic knowledge of Linux is never gonna hurt) in case that they are learning how to do things on their own.
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This PHP8 upgrade is getting way overdue
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I partially agree to you — I have been recommending premium hosting to others, but not for anyting. Of course it is a bad idea of recommending premium for anything.
While it is possible to work around the PHP version, like using older versions of frameworks, premium hosting is an option, and a good option if the OP simply wanted PHP 8.
And things are getting harder for Node.js. Some Node.js frameworks like hexo, allows you generate static files, so it is a good idea of installing it first on your own machine and then upload the output. But if the framework needs Node.js to run, then you probably can’t do the trick.
Also, if the OP was asking about Shell access, then premium hosting was also a good option.
You also mentioned that if looks like a bait if we simply recommended premium. This varies and obviously who recommends premium don’t see this as a bait — but yeah, this one has some point.
Things become complicated to you are going to jump back and forth between Windows systems and Linux systems. npm,composer,and many other tools do exists on Windows but it wasn’t so convenient sometimes.
But this is still a good option — most of the time it works.
If we are just gonna judge the price, this option is even worse.
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Obviously, but it also makes you be able to set things up manually based on your own needs (there are some cheap providers that I used to know)
There are better alternatives than paying money for something which is a basic need, it would’ve been understandable if someone didn’t want 8.1 but 8.2, but they are still stuck with 7.4 which became obsolute long time ago.
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I saw some providers like OVH in my country offering VPS services for as low as €3.50 + VAT… I’m still using my VPS as of today for my website and my future blog anyway, as I know to configure things manually.
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Agree. Somehow it looks like it is iFastNet that decided to leave PHP 8 stuck there forever and trying to make people go to premium.
I know there’s free hosting that offers PHP 8 but the limits are usually less generous.
And I even know a there’s a free hosting that offers SSH/Node.js, but only have 100MB disk space
And if I decided to be unreasonable I can say I never said “iFastNet premium hosting”
That’s cheap. 
But one still have to judge its server power before purchasing.
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Lower price brings to lower specifications, and here’s what lscpu has to say for my VPS’s CPU:
Architecture: x86_64
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
Address sizes: 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 1
On-line CPU(s) list: 0
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
Model name: Intel Core Processor (Haswell, no TSX)
CPU family: 6
Model: 60
Thread(s) per core: 1
Core(s) per socket: 1
Socket(s): 1
Stepping: 1
BogoMIPS: 5199,99
Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mc
a cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx r
dtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl xtopology cpuid tsc
_known_freq pni pclmulqdq vmx ssse3 fma cx16 pcid sse4_
1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsa
ve avx f16c rdrand hypervisor lahf_lm abm cpuid_fault i
nvpcid_single pti tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
ept_ad fsgsbase bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid xsave
opt arat md_clear
Virtualization features:
Virtualization: VT-x
Hypervisor vendor: KVM
Virtualization type: full
Caches (sum of all):
L1d: 32 KiB (1 instance)
L1i: 32 KiB (1 instance)
L2: 4 MiB (1 instance)
L3: 16 MiB (1 instance)
NUMA:
NUMA node(s): 1
NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0
Vulnerabilities:
Gather data sampling: Not affected
Itlb multihit: KVM: Mitigation: VMX disabled
L1tf: Mitigation; PTE Inversion; VMX conditional cache flushe
s, SMT disabled
Mds: Mitigation; Clear CPU buffers; SMT Host state unknown
Meltdown: Mitigation; PTI
Mmio stale data: Unknown: No mitigations
Retbleed: Not affected
Spec rstack overflow: Not affected
Spec store bypass: Vulnerable
Spectre v1: Mitigation; usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Spectre v2: Mitigation; Retpolines, STIBP disabled, RSB filling, PB
RSB-eIBRS Not affected
Srbds: Unknown: Dependent on hypervisor status
Tsx async abort: Not affected
It also has 2 GB RAM, but only 20 GB storage, which is enough for small websites and starting enterprises that have a lightweight CMS for their website. Oh, and any OVH instance also comes with an anti-DDoS network-side, so my website is protected from those kinds of attacks… I also have the additional IP I’m using as main IPv4 for my website, so my website is always available even when attackers DDoS the main IPv4, though OVH also provides an IPv6 address on the /128 subnet I used as well.
Now updating PHP to a new 8.2.8 build!
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20GB is definitely enough for normal websites. 
The combination of 1 vCPU + 2GB RAM looks weird to me, but who cares.
No showing off
I know that some of the providers provide anti-DDoS for free. But yeah, this thing is a good deal.
Sadly, this never matters to me as I can’t pay in EUR
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Are you also unable to pay for things internationally?
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Well, mostly yes 
And even if they accept CNY as payment, it will probably be in AliPay, which I had never setup and can’t setup for now. (I’m not full grown-up, no credit card, so no AliPay )
If the service is in China then I will be able to pay. But Chinese servers are way to expensiveeeeee
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Pretty sure you can label it as unsecure (privacy wise)
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