Right, yes the current hosting has got beyond a joke. So, please read and offer help if you can. No offence but only comment if you really know your shizzle not because you have a mate that works for someone who has some some small IT business.
www.golfgti.co.uk is on shared Windows hosting for the asp pages and works fine for the small load on it and it doesn't cost me much.
www.golfgtiforum.co.uk is on shared Linux hosting and again on the whole works fine.
The database is elsewhere on shared Linux hosting. It's this part where the problem would appear to be, so what to do?
I have had a couple of conversations with well respected SMF hosting providers and given them the visitor stats etc. So far at a minimum I appear to need a VPS solution with at least half a gig of ram. My quotes for this range from $900 to $1500 a year. US pricing as that's where the servers are.
So, do I find a UK host who knows what they are talking about? Or go with the probably cheaper US option?
Or.... dedicated server for a true 'expansion proof' solution $$$ £Â£Ã‚£
Who thought websites were free?