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Webhosting...
Oh yeah. I've had a chance to play around a wee bit with magatsu.net, and I know there's at least one person out there who'd like a FREEEEEEEEEEEEEE XD subdomain for whatever, so I figure I'd post about it ...
(Any and all of this subject to change at my whim. I reserve the right to refuse your request if you've never posted here before and I don't know you from Adam's off ox.)
So, ok, if you want a free subdomain to put up art, a blog, host fic, have a forum, sell stuff, distro your vidding results, or just have a place to host pictures that won't die from lack of bandwidth, let me know. What I can set up for you:
your own webspace (you're on your own for desiging the webpage. :D)
your own FTP
a MySQL database
PHP if you want to use it. (not required - you can use plain old HTML if you want)
whatever PHP software you want to install yourself
webmail
I can install, if you want:
a forum (phpBB)
a Jabber chat server
a shopping cart (Zen Cart)
WordPress blogging software
Advanced Poll
a MediaWiki wiki
Joomla content management system
Gallery Image Album
WebCalendar Calendar
Now, you won't get an incredible amount of disk space, because I only get 20 GB total with this account and I'll probably only allot you a gig or so of that unless you can convince me that you've got a really good use for it, so you're not going to be able to distribute movies or a lot of video. But then, I don't want you distributing movies or music because the MPAA and RIAA are going to come down on me, seeing as how I'm the ultimate owner of the account. They don't seem to be worried about vids, so I'm not concerned about those, if you want a place to host 'em.
ETA: I'm going to assign everyone a gig of space to start, and so I'm going to limit my total number of subdomains to 15. :)
I'm wavering on scanlation distribution: if anyone complains, Dreamhost will shut it down ASAP. Small-scale distro to, say, your friendslist I've got no problem with, but I'm unsure about putting up a site. If it's the least bit popular, it'll suck the bandwidth like there's no tomorrow anyway, and I'd rather not have that.
You cannot install BitTorrent software on there: Dreamhost will take it down the second they see it because it's in their ToS.
So: pretty much anything else is game, I think. You wanna host an HP pr0nfic archive, I'm OK with that. (just keep an eye on the bandwidth. XD)
You will also be expected to:
-- make your own backups. I won't be keeping any, and Dreamhost will keep some, but never trust a hosting company to do that for you.
-- keep your site secure. If you install software on it, make sure you've got the latest updates with security patches. You are also responsible for making a secure password.
-- if there's any exploits in your account, hackers, DDoS, spammers, whatever, I'm shutting it down the second I find it, without contacting you first. (DreamHost will probably find it first and shut the account down before contacting me, anyway.) Which is another reason to keep your backups current. I'll shut it down and then let you know what I've done.
-- if your site is threatening to kill the bandwidth that month, I'll contact you. If you don't do anything, I'll take it down for the rest of the month.
(Any and all of this subject to change at my whim. I reserve the right to refuse your request if you've never posted here before and I don't know you from Adam's off ox.)
So, ok, if you want a free subdomain to put up art, a blog, host fic, have a forum, sell stuff, distro your vidding results, or just have a place to host pictures that won't die from lack of bandwidth, let me know. What I can set up for you:
your own webspace (you're on your own for desiging the webpage. :D)
your own FTP
a MySQL database
PHP if you want to use it. (not required - you can use plain old HTML if you want)
whatever PHP software you want to install yourself
webmail
I can install, if you want:
a forum (phpBB)
a Jabber chat server
a shopping cart (Zen Cart)
WordPress blogging software
Advanced Poll
a MediaWiki wiki
Joomla content management system
Gallery Image Album
WebCalendar Calendar
Now, you won't get an incredible amount of disk space, because I only get 20 GB total with this account and I'll probably only allot you a gig or so of that unless you can convince me that you've got a really good use for it, so you're not going to be able to distribute movies or a lot of video. But then, I don't want you distributing movies or music because the MPAA and RIAA are going to come down on me, seeing as how I'm the ultimate owner of the account. They don't seem to be worried about vids, so I'm not concerned about those, if you want a place to host 'em.
ETA: I'm going to assign everyone a gig of space to start, and so I'm going to limit my total number of subdomains to 15. :)
I'm wavering on scanlation distribution: if anyone complains, Dreamhost will shut it down ASAP. Small-scale distro to, say, your friendslist I've got no problem with, but I'm unsure about putting up a site. If it's the least bit popular, it'll suck the bandwidth like there's no tomorrow anyway, and I'd rather not have that.
You cannot install BitTorrent software on there: Dreamhost will take it down the second they see it because it's in their ToS.
So: pretty much anything else is game, I think. You wanna host an HP pr0nfic archive, I'm OK with that. (just keep an eye on the bandwidth. XD)
You will also be expected to:
-- make your own backups. I won't be keeping any, and Dreamhost will keep some, but never trust a hosting company to do that for you.
-- keep your site secure. If you install software on it, make sure you've got the latest updates with security patches. You are also responsible for making a secure password.
-- if there's any exploits in your account, hackers, DDoS, spammers, whatever, I'm shutting it down the second I find it, without contacting you first. (DreamHost will probably find it first and shut the account down before contacting me, anyway.) Which is another reason to keep your backups current. I'll shut it down and then let you know what I've done.
-- if your site is threatening to kill the bandwidth that month, I'll contact you. If you don't do anything, I'll take it down for the rest of the month.
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I don't *think* there's any Harry Potter pr0n, but I've got thirty-odd pages of SexynoJutsu!Naruto/Jiraiya lurking around here somewhere... XD (I made a bet with myself a while ago that I could do that and make it both plausible and totally not offensive in any way. I won, but I haven't dared inflict it on the Internet as yet.)
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By default it'll be an FTP-only account, which just means you don't get access to the control panel that I've got. :D I've got the option to let you have shell access if you want to ssh/telnet in, with the options of: /bin/bash, usr/bin/tcsh, user/bin/ksh, or usr/bin/zsh. (I will admit that though I've had a shell account on my own webspace for years and have messed about in it a bit, I have no idea about the differences between those, but if one or more of you's comfortable with shell accounts, I'll set it up.)
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DH doesn't want catchalls being forwarded outside of DH accounts, because when spam is forwarded, DH gets blocked as a spammer. But I can forward specific email addresses to outside accounts.
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...I wonder what the university's policy on graduated seniors is. I'm tempted to think they'll let me keep the webpages up, at least, since they're low-bandwith and double as advertisement. But if not, my maybe-yes is a definite-yes.
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foolhardycourageous enough to offer it on Deviantart...? Might be a different story.)Anyway, sure, no problem. :)
XD
Re: XD
Will go set that up shortly...
Re: XD
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Either way, this whole thing is quite teh awesome.
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For simple FTP/shell account access:
a username
the subdomain name you want
If you want slightly more privileges (I recommend this), so you can change your password and personal info, manage email addresses for that subdomain, have an announcement or mailing list, and manage your own MySQL database without having to email me and ask me to do it, then I'll need more info. If you wish to preserve privacy it's OK to make stuff up, because none of this has to be accurate info, as long as you remember it. :) WebID is a username - this is not the same as the username above (confusing, I know).
Web ID:
First Name:
Last Name:
Email Address:
Birthday:
Secret Question:
Secret Answer:
(a temporary password will be assigned to this Web ID)
Street 1:
Street 2:
City:
State:
Zip:
Country:
Phone: (ie. '123-456-7890')
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It only took me half an hour of wibbling about a domain...no subject
Got it - I'll get in and start setting it up. :D
Hey, took me weeks XDno subject
This is very true. I don't even have polls. XDno subject
It's not a real opinion until I solicit the internet.no subject
Of course not. The Internet Knows All. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU.no subject
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There's two items of info not in the comment - the security question is actually a list of four they give you that I didn't cut-and-paste. Just tell me the name of a pet, I'll put it in, and you go change it as soon as it's set up. :) The other thing is that usernames have to start with a lowercase letter.
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