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Old 08-02-2011, 03:39 AM   #1
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Ideas for website (non-profit)


I am trying to get some experience of running a linux webserver. I don't have any interest in web design, and i've no intention to try to make money out of it. I would just like to host something simple, that generates some traffic, just for the experience of running the server and dealing with the associated admin.

Anyone have any ideas? I was thinking of something charitable, or along those lines..


Thanks.
 
Old 08-02-2011, 04:38 AM   #2
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Hi,

How about a site about ... you? Index page, some pictures, an "about be", some place for "interesting' downloads (keep that legal ) and how about an embedded strip to your favorite internet radio? This is such an example

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<embed src='http://www.shoutcast.com/media/popupPlayer_V19.swf?stationid=http://yp.shoutcast.com/sbin/tunein-station.pls?id=4274&play_status=1' quality='high' bgcolor='#ffffff' width='398' height='104' name='popupPlayer_V19' align='middle' allowScriptAccess='always' allowFullScreen='true' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer' ></embed>
...and embeds a shoutcast radio into your page (starts running/playing right away, so provide a separate page for it)

Post the URL here (if/when public) so I can generate at least ONE visit

Luck

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Old 08-02-2011, 06:28 AM   #3
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I agree with Thor, something about you, maybe a blog.

You can give an insight into your findings and such of being a webmaster for the first time. Maybe any tips/tricks you figure out along the way, to give other people a head start in becoming a webmaster, surely some people would be interested in that. I dunno.... haha just rambling.

Good luck though,
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Old 08-04-2011, 11:25 AM   #4
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A blog, a WordPress site (installing WordPress locally rather than using hosted), a forum - phpBB is free. As for content, either about yourself, things that bug you, funny pictures of your cat. Or, if you want something more worthy, try finding a local "good cause" or charity and offer to do them a website?
 
Old 08-04-2011, 12:28 PM   #5
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I am trying to get some experience of running a linux webserver. I don't have any interest in web design, and i've no intention to try to make money out of it. I would just like to host something simple, that generates some traffic, just for the experience of running the server and dealing with the associated admin.

Anyone have any ideas? I was thinking of something charitable, or along those lines..


Thanks.
I had a personal web site hosted through a third party company for years. This year when the time came to renew, I instead took a backup, restored onto an old Dell system running Fedora that was laying around, and set it all up again, including Sendmail, Apache, FTP, etc.
 
Old 08-05-2011, 02:35 AM   #6
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I think i'm going down the route of a WordPress site; a blog basically, about my adventures in Computing - shell scripts and stuff available to download, hopefully some homerolled rpms if I ever learn to actually roll them; occasional articles on FOSS issues when I get time to write them.. stuff like that.

Thanks for the input!
 
Old 08-05-2011, 08:11 AM   #7
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I think i'm going down the route of a WordPress site; a blog basically, about my adventures in Computing - shell scripts and stuff available to download, hopefully some homerolled rpms if I ever learn to actually roll them; occasional articles on FOSS issues when I get time to write them.. stuff like that.

Thanks for the input!
Cool. If you're using Fedora, the install of Wordpress was relatively straight forward. yum install wordpress httpd mysql and create the virtual host for Wordpress (it installs in /usr/share/wordpress), then the web installer will do the rest.

Good luck, and let us know if you have questions along the way.
 
  


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