Just made a web site and need ideas. Wana help out?

[rick3878894]

Yup I have wanted to do it for a while (make a web site that is) and now that I am an adult (I made a number of poorly designed websites in high school) and have the money to do it I will make the worlds most awesome website or it's most epic failure.

Just bought a chunk of service for a few months and if it takes shape and people keep coming and take an active roll I will keep it going past December if not it will become a file dump.

The thing is I am not sure what to do with it exactly just yet. I think I am going to use part of it to replace having a myspace for myself and I have sub domains to give away to people that will use them (once I learn how to do it).

So if you all would be so kind as to drop by and give me some ideas that would be really cool, right now it's just a welcome type page but it will change pretty fast over the next couple of weeks.

The idea is to try and make a community type web site that is a little more free form then myspace and other sites like it. One of my ideas is just handing over most html control to my users. I plan on making a forum to go with it and would love it if I can get some ideas for topics. Lay out templates are very much welcome too.

Also Admin ideas on how to keep out spamers once I get every thing up and running would be cool.

So if you please you can just PM me or shot me an e-mail at thedude@nomorewebsitesplease.net

The site is of course: http://nomorewebsitesplease.net/ watch for up dates!

[LDC]

do you have a slight idea on the $$$ that empower stuff as myspace or facebook? :)
they're not self made, they are critical budget-driven.
In the years, I experienced that giving freely write permissions to users is just pure madness: they WILL make a mess.
Furthermore, if you invested money (even a small amount) BEFORE having a clear project deployement map... well...how can I say...mmh... I will say nothing :)
Success is not having a great idea, but just having the right idea at the right time in the right place.

[forkbomb]

The idea is to try and make a community type web site that is a little more free form then myspace and other sites like it. One of my ideas is just handing over most html control to my users. I plan on making a forum to go with it and would love it if I can get some ideas for topics. Lay out templates are very much welcome too.

Also Admin ideas on how to keep out spamers once I get every thing up and running would be cool.

So if you please you can just PM me or shot me an e-mail at thedude@nomorewebsitesplease.net

The site is of course: http://nomorewebsitesplease.net/ watch for up dates!
Do you have full control of the machine the site is hosted on? If you have a hosting plan with a paid host, you probably don't. Doing that sort of thing is going to be damn near impossible without full control of the system and the Apache (or, horror of horrors, IIS) setup (and if needed the rest of the LAMP stack).

That sort of setup would take some very deep knowledge of Apache etc. Not saying you don't have that knowledge, but you probably will need to be in control of the machine. I have a hosting plan with Apache running with the rest of the LAMP stack and I simply do not have enough control to accomplish what you propose because I don't have control to even create users or slice up my website access (for users I can't create).

I hope you know security well and can finely tune Apache access control.

EDIT: Not to mention sites like MySpace are such a cluster... err, bomb of a mess simply because their users have a certain degree of control over their respective pages - even if they don't have full write permission to the html for that segment they can often still drop nasty stuff on their pages that make the site what it is (a mess).

[null_pointer_us]

The most awesome website I could imagine would be a software development wiki and news site created as a meeting place (forums?) for new open source software programmers. Sure, there's lots of open source code, already available at practically no charge, but the knowledge that went into designing and implementing those programs is mostly hidden in the code.

The hypothetical website would host periodic articles analysing the design of open source software programs, at the source code level. Other good ideas would be a set of introductory documents on important topics like the basics of community code reuse, common conventions/tools/libraries, packaging and distribution, licenses, etc. all of which can seem quite foreign to a commercial/closed-source developer. Tutorials? Maybe, but the emphasis would be on more general knowledge unique to open source software development.

Think of it as an "Open Source Developer Monthly" magazine, except it would be in website/wiki form.

In short, the site would be something you could just casually mention to programmers you meet who may be interested in starting open source development, even if only for hobbyist/personal projects.

[rick3878894]

do you have a slight idea on the $$$ that empower stuff as myspace or facebook? :)
they're not self made, they are critical budget-driven.
In the years, I experienced that giving freely write permissions to users is just pure madness: they WILL make a mess.
Furthermore, if you invested money (even a small amount) BEFORE having a clear project deployement map... well...how can I say...mmh... I will say nothing :)
Success is not having a great idea, but just having the right idea at the right time in the right place.


Point taken, point taken, and point taken.

I don't plan on making a replacement for myspace that any one can get. That will be more for people I know well. As long as they don't mess stuff up to badly then those few people can do what ever the want on yet to be defined theme really.

I don't have full control over the host computer because that cost to much. However it is a linux system and does allow a lot root control with things so advanced that I try not to play with unless I need to.

Thanks Null. That is a good idea I know a few long winded programmers that might do a good job as writers.

[LossLess]

Hey there, null_pointer! I like your site idea. Do you have the skills or know someone with the skills to get it off the ground? We're LossLess Records, and although our focus is Open Source Music/Media, we'd love to host the site on one of our VPS's for you. Our provider is running CentOS with Apache on the VPS. Anything to further the understanding and knowledge within Open Source movements is really what we're all about. Let me know what you think!

The most awesome website I could imagine would be a software development wiki and news site created as a meeting place (forums?) for new open source software programmers. Sure, there's lots of open source code, already available at practically no charge, but the knowledge that went into designing and implementing those programs is mostly hidden in the code.

The hypothetical website would host periodic articles analysing the design of open source software programs, at the source code level. Other good ideas would be a set of introductory documents on important topics like the basics of community code reuse, common conventions/tools/libraries, packaging and distribution, licenses, etc. all of which can seem quite foreign to a commercial/closed-source developer. Tutorials? Maybe, but the emphasis would be on more general knowledge unique to open source software development.

Think of it as an "Open Source Developer Monthly" magazine, except it would be in website/wiki form.

In short, the site would be something you could just casually mention to programmers you meet who may be interested in starting open source development, even if only for hobbyist/personal projects.

[null_pointer_us]

That's a great offer, but I don't have the time/experience for such a major project. :(

What you'd need to get that project started in a big way would be to get a few people that are well-versed in open-source software development and who will passionately promote the site. I don't mean advertising per se. They should start with grassroots stuff: seek contributions (i.e. guest authors) from other major websites; find advocates (without spamming) on major projects' forums and mailing lists; and regularly contribute valuable content.

Later, when a real community has formed, do more traditional promotion like submitting new items to major sites like slashdot.org, osnews.com, etc.

Maybe you should ask around, by starting a thread on a major forum. Perhaps someone will step forward?

[marcrblevins]

What you'd need to get that project started in a big way would be to get a few people that are well-versed in open-source software development and who will passionately promote the site. I don't mean advertising per se. They should start with grassroots stuff: seek contributions (i.e. guest authors) from other major websites; find advocates (without spamming) on major projects' forums and mailing lists; and regularly contribute valuable content.

Later, when a real community has formed, do more traditional promotion like submitting new items to major sites like slashdot.org, osnews.com, etc.

Maybe you should ask around, by starting a thread on a major forum. Perhaps someone will step forward?

sourceforge.net already does this, huge open source place, Fedora already uses some of those projects.