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    It's not an easy thing. Starting a web site, and getting found. With Shaolin websites on Google listing into the many tens of thousands, creating a new one, and getting your material exposed to the public, is extremely difficult. So, we've come up with an option to assist you with your goals.

    Twelve years is a long time to have a web site on the internet, wihich is one reason why russbo.com is routinely ranked extremely high in all search engines. The many hundreds of other websites that link to us is another reason. We'd like to offer an opportunity for qualified Shaolin oriented webmasters, so that they can take advantage of our ranking, and have their material more easily found.

    We are now offering web hosting, on our www.russbo.us server, for qualified individuals who exhibit a scholarly and professional outlook in what they want to present. Here is what you get:
    • Direct access to your own personal directory on www.russbo.us, with your own user ID and password. This enables you to upload and manage a website of your design and content at any time of your choosing. Your site will reside in www.russbo.us/YOURTITLE/YOURSITE. Content, design, presentation and amount of material is completely up to you within limits. All that we ask is that you maintain a responsible and scholarly attitude with no commercial or pornographic content. YOURTITLE is a title of your choosing, one which best describes what your content is trying to present. You will be responsible for the maintenance of your individual website. You solely take complete credit for your work.
    • Integration into russbo.com, to increase the visiblity of your site, and better facilitate the indexing of your material by the various search engines.
    • Content of your site is subject to approval by russbo.com's russboteam.
    In order to improve the visibility of your material, your site will be linked to russbo.com using three different methods. The first two methods will greatly increase your indexing and internet visibility, the third will increase your exposure within our community of thousands.Other mechanisms will be employed to advertise your material.
    • A link, YOUR TITLE, on the main russbo.com index (home) page will go directly to your site at www.russbo.us/YOURTITLE. Direct links via the main russbo.com page better enable the search engines to index your site.
    • A link, YOUR TITLE, will appear on a russbo.com summary page of all Contributor Sites, which will have brief abstract of your choosing. This index page will be directly linked to russbo.com's main index (home) page and willl also be within the navigation bar of all russbo.com Forum / Library pages.
    • YOUR TITLE, and a complete listing of pages in your site, will be presented in the russbo.com JAVA script menu, in the appropriate area. This JAVA menu extends throughout the few hundred pages of russbo.com. A hierarchy of your website, in a simple Notepad format that we will help you with, is all that is necessary.
    • Updates to your website can be posted by yourself in a special section of the russbo.com Forum / Library. Personal website updates will also be automatically included in the occasional Forum / Library email to all of our members.
    • Updates to your website can be posted in the russbo CNI news section of the site.
    We are providing this service to qualified individuals free of charge.

    It's been a bad few years, dealing with the recent Las Vegas school debacle, and some health issues that I've had. But, we're moving forward to continue a mission that I started twelve years ago. At that time, I had promised to maintain a Shaolin based website, that was educational, informative, and free from commercial intrusions, financial gain, and the usual bullshit. I'll continue to maintain that promise for the life of this site, which, according to our current ISP contractual agreements, is at least the next ten years.

    Feel free to contact me for further information.

    doc
    Experienced Community organizer. Yeah, let's choose him to run the free world. It will be historic. What could possibly go wrong...

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  • #2
    Doc: From Doc to a Hosting Monster

    Greetings doc,

    I was wondering if you could spare a minute and answer a couple of questions me and others may have about the web hosting. OK, here we go:

    - how much physical space would we have throught russbo?
    - how much traffic is allowed (bandwidth)?
    - what kind of scripting/programming (if any) can we use (PHP, ASP, ASP.NET...)?
    - any DB (MySQL, etc)?

    Thanks!

    Best regards,
    Kaan.

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    • #3
      Some more details.

      At the present time, space and bandwith will not be a consideration. If at some time in the future, space and bandwith becomes a consideration because of the popularity of this program, we'll get another russbo server. And another...

      In the beginning, access to the server is going to be limited to a single directory on the server, that will "belong" solely to the contributor. The content and management of that folder is the responsibility of the contributor. I'm limiting access to the entire server solely for security reasons; it would not be fair to the other contributors if one individual started getting too involved in other people's server areas. However, this policy might change over time, as we get to know our contributors. If someone needs access to the main html part of the site, for certain files and such (cgi-bin, etc), it will be granted. Remember, the goal here is to make this work for everyone involved, to protect their material, to increase the exposure for our members, and to increase the educational nature of the general web site, all for the benefit of the community.

      MYSQL databases will be available, I will have to get involved to some degree with that management. As russbo.com already has a Classifieds, Forum, Photo Library, the need for further database usage I would think, would be minimal. If any contributor needs separate forum space, it will be granted in the main russbo.com Forum / Library area. However, if you have something really unique that you want to present, I'm all for it, and I will assist in any way that I can, within reason. PHP, asp.net, .asp features should not be a problem, though, I personally have no experience with asp.net and .asp stuff. I'm willing to learn and work with you.

      The main goal here is to provide your material the exposure that it deserves. Increasing the educational value of the general web site is another. As we are not interested in being "used", materials that are integrated into the site remain credited to you forever, but the site reserves the right to continue publishing it. What we don't want to do is offer people the opportunity to promote their sites and then disappear, especially if there is a commercial reason behind it.

      Please be advised that the russboteam will be responsible for deciding what material is appropriate, and what material is not. Inappropriate, libelous, offensive, pornographic, unrelated material, or commercial ventures of any sort are not desired; publication of such material will lead to our asking you to alter it or remove it. I really don't see this as being much of an issue in the future, as this program will be open only to qualified individuals.

      Here's what we need:
      • The name that you want for your server directory. It can be your name, your pseudonym, or the title of your material. It will appear in the html part of the server as a folder called "YOURTITLE". It will appear as an internet address of html://www.russbo.us/YOURTITLE. Your main page would then be http://www.russbo.us/YOURTITLE/index.html, if you plan on using html files. If you plan on using PHP or asp, it will be similar; all your files will reside in the YOURTITLE directory. Now, if for some reason you need some files in the main html area of the server, that is, in http://www.russbo.us, that won't be a problem. Initially I'll have to upload those for you. You have sole and direct access to your YOURTITLE directory, that is, other than myself.
      • A summary of what your site is. This is basically an abstract that we will use to advertise your site, in our community emails, in the russbo CNI section, in the Contributors Site Index within russbo.com, and otherwise. The purpose of this is to help lead people to your material.
      • A brief biography or blurb about yourself. As all Site Contributors will become russboteam members, a brief bio is needed for the russboteam page.
      • The name that you want listed in the russbo.com html links to your site. It can either be your name, a descriptive of what your site has to offer, or, whatever.
      • The names of the email addresses that you want.
      If you want to be integrated into the main russbo.com JAVA menu, we'll need the following:
      • A complete listing of your site in the following XIXL (extensible indexing language) format, for inclusion into the russbo.com JAVA menu (or whatever menu we choose to move to in the future). Use Notepad to create this. Quite simply, it is a hierarchy, or a navigation structure of how your site is laid out:
      "TEXT:My Folder" "1" "" "" "My first comment"
      "TEXT:My First Page" "2" "" "LINK:myPage1.htm,myFrame" "My second comment"
      "TEXT:My Second Page" "2" "" "LINK:myPage2.htm,myFrame" "My third comment"
      "TEXT:My Third Page" "2" "" "LINK:myPage3.htm,myFrame" "My fourth comment"
      "TEXT:My Fourth Page" "2" "" "LINK:myPage4.htm,myFrame" "My fifth comment"
      Basically, each line is a listing of five variables, each surrounded by quotation marks. It's not as imposing as it looks.
      1. The first area, starting with TEXT, is basically the title of your page, ie, what the visitor sees when he looks at the JAVA menu. For example, "History"
      2. The second area is the level; the 1 level is what is seen all the time, the 2 level drops down with the mouseover, the 3rd appears when you mousever the second level, etc. Look at the russbo.com JAVA menu to see how this works.
      3. The third area is not used.
      4. The fourth area, starting with LINK, is your complete hyperlink for that associated page. For example, LINK:http://www.russbo.us/chinesemartialarts/history.html, maindisplay. This would present the page in the main display; it replaces the web page that the visitor sees with the new one. Using the word 'blank' would cause the visitor's browser to open a new window. You can present pages in separate frames if you so desire.
      5. The fifth area is the descriptive comment that is shown when your visitor mouseovers that title in the JAVA menu. For example, "History of Chinese Martial Arts".
      An example follows, taken from the russbo.com site so you can see how it coordinates with the menu. This is part of the SHAOLIN/CHINA section of the menu:

      "TEXT:Shaolin/China" "1" "" "" "The educational material of russbo.com"
      ----"TEXT:daily Chan" "2" "" "LINK:http://www.russbo.com/main/dailychan.htm,maindisplay" ""
      ----"TEXT:China" "2" "" "" "Information about various areas in China"
      ------"TEXT:China Summary" "3" "" "LINK:http://www.russbo.com/china/china_summary.htm,maindisplay" ""
      ------"TEXT:Language" "3" "" "" "Information about Chinese Languages"
      --------"TEXT:Language" "4" "" "LINK:http://www.russbo.com/china/language.htm,maindisplay" ""
      --------"TEXT:Language Sites" "4" "" "LINK:http://www.russbo.com/china/chinese_language.htm,maindisplay" ""
      --------"TEXT:doc Food" "4" "" "LINK:http://www.russbo.com/china/doc_food.htm,maindisplay" ""
      ------"TEXT:Beijing" "3" "" "" "The Beijing area"
      --------"TEXT:Welcome to Beijing" "4" "" "LINK:http://www.russbo.com/china/welcome_to_beijing.htm,maindisplay" ""
      --------"TEXT:Beijing" "4" "" "LINK:http://www.russbo.com/china/Beijing.htm,maindisplay" ""
      --------"TEXT:Goodies" "4" "" "LINK:http://www.russbo.com/china/Goodies.htm,maindisplay" ""
      --------"TEXT:Forbidden City" "4" "" "" ""
      ----------"TEXT:Forbidden City" "5" "" "LINK:http://www.russbo.com/china/forbidden_city.htm,maindisplay" ""
      ----------"TEXT:Museum" "5" "" "LINK:http://www.russbo.com/china/forbidden_city_museum.htm,maindisplay" ""
      --------"TEXT:Great Wall" "4" "" "" "The incredible Great Wall"
      ----------"TEXT:Great Wall" "5" "" "LINK:http://www.russbo.com/china/great_wall.htm,maindisplay" ""
      ----------"TEXT:SiMaTai" "5" "" "LINK:http://www.russbo.com/china/simatai.htm,maindisplay" ""
      ----------"TEXT:MuTienYu" "5" "" "LINK:http://www.russbo.com/china/mu_tien_yu.htm,maindisplay" ""
      ----------"TEXT:BaDaLing" "5" "" "LINK:http://www.russbo.com/china/badaling.htm,maindisplay" ""

      Ignore the hypens! I utilize those in this example because it's the only way the forum will allow me to indent. It is indented solely for descriptive purposes so that you can more easily see how it relates to the actual JAVA menu. Using spaces is more appropriate, though not necessary. Indenting each level to where it should be just makes creating the Notepad XIXL menu much easier. You can see what it looks like as you create it.

      If you have a few pages, this is quite simple to put together. It's a lot easier than it looks. For russbo.com, it took many days. But then again, we have many pages and links throughout the site.

      Further information can be found at http://www.imint.com/support/sp000.htm.

      I will integrate your site hierarchy into the main russbo.com JAVA menu routine, in an area that you, the contributor, thinks it best fits. If the contributors want to have a completely separate section in the JAVA menu, where all of their sites and individual site hierarchies are listed, this can be arranged also. In fact, a CONTRIBUTOR SITES section in the JAVA menu might be the best way to go; this adequately "separates" your material from mine in russbo.com, if this is a concern. Where your site lies in the native russbo hierarchy is completely up to you, within limits.

      Feel free to contact me for further information, or just post your questions here. Looking forward to working with you all.

      doc
      Experienced Community organizer. Yeah, let's choose him to run the free world. It will be historic. What could possibly go wrong...

      "You're just a jaded cynical mother****er...." Jeffpeg

      (more comments in my User Profile)
      russbo.com


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      • #4
        I'm interested...where do I begin?
        No Chumbas, por favor!

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        • #5
          Well, don't begin just yet. I have a lot of work to do.

          Please ignore most of the above. I'm going to make this easier, for everyone.

          I'm installing a new system on russbo.com, and I am going to rebuild the entire site. It's going to be a MYSQL / PHP based system, which will allow for better organization, better downloading, and easier access for those who want to have their own sites on russbo.com.

          Selected contributors will have access to russbo.com, and will be able to create their own websites on russbo.com (not russbo.us, though that server will be available also). This way, everyone benefits from russbo.com's high google ranking. And, it will all be much easier than what we've been doing. Frontpage has been a nightmare over the past few years. It's time to get rid of it.

          Also, you will be able to have your own forums, chat rooms, stores, etc. I will add many different components and templates so that contributors will have many options with respect to what they want to do.

          I will have more details within the next month. It's going to take me some time to rebuild the entire site, but once it's done, things will be much easier for those who want to contribute.

          I start tomorrow. Anyone wanting to lend a helping hand, please contact me.
          Experienced Community organizer. Yeah, let's choose him to run the free world. It will be historic. What could possibly go wrong...

          "You're just a jaded cynical mother****er...." Jeffpeg

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          • #6
            The structure of the new PHP / MSYQL russbo.com site has been installed. Well, I can tell you, that has been an educational experience. It is up and running, though it will probably take me the next few weeks to get everything copied over from the old Frontpage HTML based site to this new one.

            I've set up an area, Contributor Sites, for those of you who want to piggyback onto russbo.com. Setting up your sites is actually quite simple; transferring a twenty page website to our new structure might literally take only a half hour to do. Menu formation, links, etc, are all done automatically. I'll assist to make it all work.

            Let me know if you want to have access at this time, to start creating your affiliated sites. The new russbo.com is up and available, but it is not "live". I still have a lot of data to input, and little things to rearrange.

            It's gonna be nice. Real nice. And very different from what we've had in the past.
            Experienced Community organizer. Yeah, let's choose him to run the free world. It will be historic. What could possibly go wrong...

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            • #7
              The new site is up and running, though, there is still a lot of information that I have to "transfer over". It's taking me more time than I had anticipated. Also, I'm rebuilding the Discussion Archive, which got corrupted by FrontPage during one of it's FTP sessions. (I hate Frontpage, have I said that before...).

              I expect the newly designed site, with new, old, and completely reorganized content, to be "public" by the first week of August.

              Those of you who want to "attach" your web sites to russbo.com, or, those of you who have schools that you want to advertise on russbo.com, please contact me. The site is workable, and is available for those who want to be part of it.
              Experienced Community organizer. Yeah, let's choose him to run the free world. It will be historic. What could possibly go wrong...

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              • #8
                The new site is functioning well, though it's taking me far more time to transfer the information than I had expected. I'm still hoping to have it LIVE next week. The old site will be history, soon...

                Bye bye Frontpage. God I hated you.
                Experienced Community organizer. Yeah, let's choose him to run the free world. It will be historic. What could possibly go wrong...

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                • #9
                  Doc;

                  I'll be ready to transfer my CMA and Shaolin information / history site to yours when I get back from Europe at the end of August, getting ready to leave in a few days.

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                  • #10
                    Have a good time. Gonna have to get back to Europe one of these years, once I get my life settled down here in Thailand.

                    The new site is almost done. It's taking me much longer than expected, because of the size of the old one. I've completely reorganized it, shrunk it down, rewrote it, added to it, etc. Should have it live hopefully, in a few days...
                    Experienced Community organizer. Yeah, let's choose him to run the free world. It will be historic. What could possibly go wrong...

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                    • #11
                      I'm experiencing some issues with respect to getting this new site up and running. Most of the material has been "transferred" and rewritten, but there are technical issues (MYSQL server issues) that have to be dealt with before I can allow the site to go "live". These issues are far more complicated than I had ever imagined. I'm working on it, and hope to get it resolved sometime in the next week or two.
                      Experienced Community organizer. Yeah, let's choose him to run the free world. It will be historic. What could possibly go wrong...

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                      • #12
                        A couple of more delays, but we're getting closer.

                        The site is just too big, and too popular hit wise, to keep on a shared webhosting account. Despite a few software hacking attempts to "mislead" the server, it's just not going to work the way it should. I'm moving everything to a new virtual private server, which will offer a huge increase in hosting ability. Might take a few more days to get this wrapped up, and the search engine optimization (to maintain google rank) taken care of.

                        Almost there...
                        Experienced Community organizer. Yeah, let's choose him to run the free world. It will be historic. What could possibly go wrong...

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                        • #13
                          Some major advances, and a small problem....

                          I've completely, well, almost completely rewrote the site in PHP and MYSQL. Had it up and running on the shared webhosting server that russbo.com uses. However, once it was virtually complete, I found that the shared webhosting server that we were using could not handle the demand that the site had placed upon it.

                          So, we moved the entire site to a dedicated server, with our own IP address. Problem now is, getting this new PHP/MYSQL site to work on the new server...

                          Hopefully, soon. But since I'm now working with stuff that I have little experience with, it may take me a bit of time to learn.
                          Experienced Community organizer. Yeah, let's choose him to run the free world. It will be historic. What could possibly go wrong...

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                          • #14
                            A quick question

                            Is the move why when I enter the site, russbo.com, I get redirected to a forbidden entry message from the Apache server? All that works is the top pull down menu, how I access these areas?

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                            • #15
                              I'm getting the new site ready to go live. It's up and running, but I'm dealing with some software bugs and mysql issues. It's not "ready" yet. But as I do this, I disrupt the server, and also disrupt the old web site html files. It's been a complicated process over the past two or so months, especially moving to the new server. But, it's almost there.

                              The old site will be available, as will the new site. Soon...
                              Experienced Community organizer. Yeah, let's choose him to run the free world. It will be historic. What could possibly go wrong...

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