#self-hosted websites

[faeiri-tft]

the current corporate clash wiki can be found at corporateclash.wiki.gg! if you'd like to be redirected away from the old wiki (or from other outdated wikia wikis) you can install the Indie Wiki Buddy extension, which also auto-redirects to the new toontown rewritten wiki along with a bunch of others

[gifti3]

so yea running servers isnt like a cheap thing is what ive been learning these past couple weeks

[uvaldecomputerrepairsstuff]

Self-Hosting vs. Ready-Made Sites on Subdomains: Which Is Right for You?

Tech Tip: Self-Hosting vs. Ready-Made Sites on Subdomains When it comes to setting up your online presence, choosing the right web hosting solution is crucial. Let’s break down the differences between using a ready-made site on a subdomain and self-hosting your own website. Ready-Made Sites on Subdomains Many users opt for platforms that provide ready-made sites on a subdomain (like…

[bitform]

The beginnings of a blog coming about self hosting and my experiences doing it!

[phantom-dare]

I'm so frustrated with Wordpress's theme editor, but I'm too cheap to go out and buy some goddamn plugins for $200 a year. At this rate, I might as well just code the stupid stuff myself.

[dpapalivingaflipfloplife]

PLR Empire - Self Updating PLR Site Creator

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[lisarelatableme]

Website Hosting Solution For Your Business

If your anything like me, when it came to setting up my own website I became totally overwhelmed with the various options and packages available.With so many website hosting options available, its worth spending a little time researching the right option for your business but if your looking to set up a Wordpress website then WP Engine could be the perfect solution to your hosting dilemma. Head over to my website to find out more, written link in bio 🖤

#website #websites #hosting #hostingtips #hostingideas #business #businessowner #businesstips #affilia #affiliatemarketing #affiliatemarketingforbeginners #blog #blogger #foryoupage #foryou

[ms2253]

greenhouse - autonomous web publishing

[blue-sleeps-in]

i have this vague vision in my mind of a social media where everyone's account is actually their own website hosted on their own computer. but even if i had the skill (i do not) i am not dumb enough to try to make a social media

[dirt-mann]

still deliberating on what format i want the recipes to be digitized and stored as on the family server im working on and the idea of having them be purely text-format with text/ascii art like its a gamespot walkthrough is SO TEMPTING

[usermeta]

How to Migrate Your Website from WordPress.com to WordPress.org

If you started your website on WordPress.com but now want more control and flexibility, migrating to a self-hosted WordPress.org site is a logical next step. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll walk you through the process of migrating your website from WordPress.com to WordPress.org seamlessly. From exporting your content to setting up hosting and installing WordPress, we’ve got you covered. Let’s get started about migrate your website!

EXPORTING CONTENT FROM WORDPRESS.COM

The first step in the migration process is exporting your content from your WordPress.com site. We’ll show you how to generate an XML export file containing all your posts, pages, comments, and media files. We’ll also cover any special considerations for specific content types, ensuring a smooth transition.

SETTING UP HOSTING AND DOMAIN

To move to WordPress.org, you’ll need to set up hosting and get a domain name. We’ll guide you through the process of choosing the right hosting provider, configuring your hosting account, and linking your domain to your new WordPress.org site. We’ll also provide tips on selecting a reliable hosting plan that meets your website’s requirements.

INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING WORDPRESS

Once you have your hosting and domain in place, we’ll show you how to install WordPress on your new self-hosted site. We’ll cover both manual and one-click installation methods, and provide step-by-step instructions for configuring your WordPress settings, including permalinks, general settings, and essential plugins to enhance your website’s functionality.

IMPORTING CONTENT TO WORDPRESS.ORG

After setting up WordPress, it’s time to import your content from the exported file. We’ll demonstrate how to use the WordPress import tool to seamlessly import your posts, pages, comments, and media files into your new site. We’ll address any potential challenges or issues that may arise during the import process.

REDIRECTING VISITORS AND PRESERVING SEO

To ensure a smooth transition for your website visitors and preserve your SEO rankings, we’ll explain the importance of setting up proper redirects. We’ll provide guidance on implementing 301 redirects from your old WordPress.com site to your new WordPress.org site. Also, for updating internal links and notifying search engines about the migration.

By following this guide, you’ll successfully migrate your website as well as, gain more control, flexibility, and customization options. Enjoy the freedom and endless possibilities that come with self-hosting your WordPress site!

[traegorn]

Time to be Internet Cockroaches

So I am constantly in active rebellion of the centralized web. We're in a world where all of our online interactions happen on just a handful of sites (and this includes DIscord and Tumblr too).

SO I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS -- YOU CAN BUILD YOUR OWN STUFF, AND WHEN YOUR FRIENDS DO IT YOU SHOULD USE IT.

Now I know not everyone can pay for their own webhosting and setup their own stuff, but for those of us who can -- we should. When every major platform is at risk, we should be splintering out across the web and decentralizing as much as we can.

I host the Nerd & Tie [dot] Social forums for my friends and my stuff for instance.

It's a "slow forum" right now, but it can support a lot more -- and works well on mobile. But, like, on a lot of webhosts setting up a Flarum forum like that takes almost zero technical skill.

And you can set up your own blog on a self hosted server. Like Wordpress is incredibly easy to set up on your own site, We run the main Nerd & Tie site -- and we use it to serve up our podcasts. I also use it to power my webcomics like Peregrine Lake.

My personal website comes from the old internet, so my blog is literally run from a hand coded piece of software I hacked together originally back in like 2001.

And you might be asking yourself "How do I follow blogs that are independently run" and the answer is simple -- RSS feeds.

RSS is an XML format that breaks down items in a standard way that can be interpreted by an RSS reader. You probably already use something that touches RSS feeds -- Podcasts run entirely on RSS feeds. I don't know if it still works, but even Tumblr blogs have RSS feeds at the url [username].tumblr.com/rss.

Now I use Thunderbird for email, which has a built in RSS reader to monitor certain blogs to watch for import updates.

Is it harder to discover people to follow in this model? Absolutely. The onus is on the reader to seek out the folks they want to read and interact with. But it's safer. We see with congress's attempts to constantly ban TikTok and Musk's destruction of Twitter that centralized platforms have deep vulnerabilities. By moving across the web to multiple datacenters on multiple hosts we ensure that we're much harder to get rid of.

Time to be the cockroach.

[diosmaden]

posted about this on my personal blog but realised I should probably say something here too:

I'm currently working on setting up a free and easy to use system for self hosting a static blog, which with the help of bridgyfed will be able to be followed from the fediverse and from bluesky.

The plan is to convert and re-host my tumblr posts on my own website, and I will be making a post about how you can do the same when I've got it all set up. Post conversion is based on the json files gotten from a backup created with tumblr-utils, so you'll need to back up your blog with the json flag (e.g. "tumblr-backup -j diosmaden").

But with tumblr being maintained by roughly 25 people at the moment and today's issues with blogs getting flagged, which seems to be some new kind of bug of which there basically no team at all to fix, I'm a mite concerned as to whether or not I'll get this done before tumblr gets unusable.

So I will be posting an update about it on bluesky, mastodon, toyhouse, and on my own website when I'm done. I recommend you check the last link out especially as it includes an explanation of RSS and some recommendations on feed readers you can check out. Getting familiar with RSS is by far the best way you have of keeping connected with people and their websites as they scatter across the internet!

[karalianne]

I did not create this summary but I have permission to share it.

Act I, the background:

The video opens with a timeline of Nano's history, Kilby glazing herself, and bragging about participation numbers.

When Kilby joined the board, she "figured we must be getting five- and six-figure support from big publishers" and "big authors." But, SURPRISE! "Nanowrimo never had that level of backing."

Shows some charts (screenshots, below). Note that the charts show that right around half (give or take, depending on the year) of Nano's funding came from charitable contributions.

Immediately after showing these charts, she says the organization was "primarily funded by sponsorships and merchandies, and not by charitable contributions." This is a great sign for what's to come. *As of 2020, Nano was "six-figure[s]" in debt. Her time on the board was focused on fundraising.

Act II, the scandal:

Kilby claims that the grooming of children ONLY happened off-site, NEVER on nano itself.

Kilby claims that the board publicly shared the findings of its investigation into CF after 10 days. It is implied this was done back in MAY.

Kilby admits nobody had any relevant training or certification for dealing with children.

Kilby claims nobody at NaNo knew who CF/Mod X really was (blatant lie) because they just didn't keep those records, which prevented them from being able to work with child protection organizations.

Kilby claims she was tapped for the ED position because she "understood youth-facing organizations" and "had experience with the required state-mandated training." No evidence of this understanding or experience is supplied.

More self-glazing

"Our top priority is, and was, child safety." lol

Kilby claims they implemented staff background checks "immediately" (later in the video, she'll claim that some unspecified number of people had been "vetted" and were working with the org again).

Further claims that they "developed an advice content [sic]" aimed at teaching minors how to be safe online. ….where? who knows?

Claims they started verifying educators on YWP.

Act III, the community:

Forums: Inconsistent moderations, outdated TOS. Saw problematic, unaddressable behavior. Couldn't maintain the integrity of the space.

One of the problems was that they had "encouraged" "volunteers" to set up "unofficial" Discords and facebook groups with the Nano name. "Nobody under nanowrimo's authority was moderating those groups." Using resources to deal with issues from these "unaffiliated" groups.

"The number of people who view themselves as experts by virtue of how long they've been doing Nanowrimo… numbered in the tens of thousands." [The salt really starts here]

Act IV, the fallout:

ED job was "bigger than rebuilding after an educational crisis" [because you're so good at that, clearly]

When Kilby took over, there were more than a dozen existing labor violations.

Participation had been declining since before 2020, fell off a cliff.

Sponsor money in March 2023: $310k. Sponsor money in March 2024: $125k

2023's funding shortfall was equal to 20% of their total annual budget

"We were operating outside of our mission." Claims they became an "advocacy group that actively lobbied for authors." No further specifics of how, for who, or to whom are provided.

We COULD recover from this, except for not having money.

Act V: Conclusion (why is there still 10 minutes left in the video??)

Nano is shutting down.

Website will stay up "as long as possible, but we cannot guarantee a specific end date" [because I don't know what the host's non-payment policies are or when the check will bounce]

We were going to merge with another writing org, but they noped out when they saw our debt.

"Other potential supporters" were scared off by mean, dastardly 'ol REDDIT

"Many people who withheld their support, or supported us anonymously, told us that the tone of the community was a big issue."

The press was mean to us and inaccurate about our position on AI. (what press? Youtubers??)

Kilby claims they TURNED DOWN "a number of" AI sponsors because it "went against our mission."

"The real alternative to the organization closing, and I can't say this enough, would have been for us to been funded [sic] by the community." No kidding?

"Community funding shouldn't have been a problem."

The collapse of Nano was because of things that happened before I got here (financial mismanagement), but it absolutely wasn't because of AI or a scandal. Don't put it in the newspaper that it was because of AI or a scandal. Those were just a coincidence.

Thank you to everyone I fired, drove away, etc. etc.

[numbpill]

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[tutorial: build your own neocities/nekoweb page]

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a beginner's guide for making your very own home on the indie web—retro, personal, weird, and 100% yours.

this ain’t an average wix, squarespace, or tiktok aesthetic.

we’re talking full html/css with soul and attitude.

[ prerequisites ]

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> an idea

> basic text editor (vscode, notepad++, or even notepad)

> account on https://neocities.org or https://nekoweb.org

> some gifs or tiles you love (dig deep or make your own)

> optional: image host or gif repo (or self-host everything)

[ feeling overwhelmed? read this. ]

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you do *not* need to know everything.

html is not a mountain. it's a garden.

you plant one tag. then another. then a style. then a button.

you can build your site piece by piece.

and every piece is a portal to somewhere personal.

you are allowed to make broken pages.

you are allowed to use templates.

you are allowed to start over as many times as you want.

this is *your* world. you control the weird.

[ step 1: create an account ]

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> neocities: https://neocities.org

> nekoweb: https://nekoweb.org

register a name, log in, and enter your file manager.

this is where you upload your files and see your site live.

[ step 2: your first file - index.html ]

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make a new file: `index.html`

basic starter:

<html>

<head>

<title>my weird little corner</title>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">

</head>

<body>

<h1>welcome to the void</h1>

<p>this is my page. it’s strange. like me.</p>

<img src="mygif.gif">

</body>

</html>

> upload to the dashboard

> boom. you’re live at

https://yoursite.neocities.org

or https://nekoweb.org/u/yoursite

[ step 3: add a style sheet - style.css ]

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create a file called `style.css` and upload it.

here’s some nostalgic magic:

body {

background: url('tile.gif');

color: lime;

font-family: "Courier New", monospace;

text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 black;

}

img {

image-rendering: pixelated;

}

marquee {

font-size: 20px;

color: magenta;

}

link it in your html and the vibes activate.

[ step 4: decorate it like a haunted usb ]

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> use <marquee> for chaos scrolls

> embed gifs from https://gifcities.org/

> steal buttons from https://cyber.dabamos.de/88x31/

> set up a guestbook at https://www.smartgb.com/

> loop audio with <audio autoplay loop>

> add fake errors, 90s web lore, random link lists

[ step 5: resources, themes, and comfort ]

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> templates & layouts: https://numbpilled-themes.tumblr.com

> glitchy gifs & buttons: https://glitchcat.neocities.org/resources

> layout builder: https://sadgrl.online/projects/layout-builder/

> free tiled backgrounds: https://backgrounds.neocities.org/

> beginner html intro: https://www.w3schools.com/html/

> pixel fonts & cyber assets: https://fontstruct.com/

remember:

you don't need to know js. you don't need to be a coder.

you just need a mood, a direction, a dream.

the html will follow.

[ bonus concept: shrine pages ]

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> a page just for one character you love

> a room to house digital fragments of your identity

> embed quotes, music, images like altars

> call it shrine.html and link it from your homepage

[ closing mantra ]

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you are not here to be optimized.

you are not a brand.

you are a ghost inside the machine,

carving your initials into the silicon void.

welcome to Your website.

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[flecks-of-stardust]

#how did this happen?

i literally just stuck my head into the wiki channel on bug fables main and said something to the effect of ‘hey could we migrate to miraheze? fandom sucks.’ i don’t remember my exact wording but it was effectively that. it was made easier by the fact that ‘fandom sucks’ was Already a sentiment that the few active people there already had; we only got one person who was unsupportive of the move, everyone else pretty much unanimously agreed. even so, i think i’ve linked a few arguments on why moving away from fandom is a good idea in the long run, if you need more arguing power.

i will also say my choice to do this was in part driven by the fact that i already run a different wiki, the rain world mods wiki, so i was already familiar with the workings of miraheze and what it takes to run a wiki. for the average person that is probably not true, but to that i will say that if you already write fiction, it’s not too hard to pick up wiki writing as well. the very basic requirement of wiki editing is just having writing skill. lots of other aspects of wiki maintenance can be stolen borrowed from another wiki; miraheze has a CC by SA policy, so as long as you credit the wiki you’re taking the code from, it’s all yours. i won’t lie and say there isn’t a learning curve—it’s been 8 or so months since i started working on the mods wiki, and i am still learning things—but it’s not some mysterious magical skill that only a rare few have. you have what it takes to learn. you don’t even need to know CSS, though it definitely makes your wiki look nicer if you do. the basis tenets of wiki maintenance are genuinely not that difficult.

beyond that? it’s just the courage to ask. you may even get away with just starting the mira wiki first, if you’re dedicated enough to make the mira wiki serve as a better resource than the fandom wiki. if you want the tunic wiki to migrate, you can be the person who brings up the idea and suggests some logistics. within the reblogs i’ve linked a twitter thread from the person who did most of the work of the bug fables wiki migration, and i’ve also mirrored the thread onto tumblr in a subsequent reblog if you don’t have twitter. it’s a useful read for the experience we had and how much work it took (not much. seriously).

if you have questions on miraheze and related topics, i’m happy to answer them. the reason i did this to begin with is because miraheze provides a very important service, and i trust the miraheze volunteers despite the ups and downs they’ve had. even if i didn’t, fandom needs to go. i’ve been doing this for long enough to know some stuff about the backend work as well. and, if you have more technical questions, miraheze has a discord server. everyone is super helpful there and i highly recommend you join it if you’re committed to starting a migration.

it’s late and i’m tired but i guess the short version is i just literally hate fandom that much. let that hate fuel you into making change. worked great for me!

The Bug Fables Wiki has Migrated to Miraheze!

TL;DR: If you're looking for the Bug Fables wiki, please use the Miraheze version instead! The Fandom wiki's maintenance is no longer being actively supported, and it should not be even visited.

The longer notice: The Bug Fables wiki is off Fandom for good! This has been a long time in the making, and it is overall a positive change. The Miraheze wiki is fully functional and better than the Fandom wiki was previously, with no ads, better formatting, and an active team helping to maintain and correct information. If you're reading this and would like to help out, by all means! You can always join the official Bug Fables Discord server and ask around in the wiki-spoilers channel, but it's also possible to simply use the Talk pages to communicate with wiki editors.

Now that the wiki is on Miraheze, the Fandom wiki will receive only very minor edits where necessary, if ever. However, do not vandalize the Fandom wiki. Beyond vandalism generally being unhelpful, any visitation to the Fandom wiki improves Search Engine Optimization (SEO) of the Fandom wiki, pushing it higher in search results and thus burying the Miraheze wiki. We want the new Miraheze wiki to be higher than the Fandom wiki in search results so traffic gets directed there, so even vandalism benefits Fandom in the end. Simply do not engage, do not click, pretend it doesn't exist.

The Bug Fables wiki has also been registered in Indie Wiki Buddy, an extension that automatically redirects away from Fandom wikis to indie wikis or a wiki mirror. It's recommended to click on the indie wiki directly yourself, but in case the indie wiki has poor SEO, this can help direct you to it. To reiterate: do not engage with the Fandom wiki. Fandom's monopoly over the wiki scene contributes significantly to the SEO of Fandom wikis, and every click counts, so spend them elsewhere.

Regardless, the migration has completed, but there's always work to be done. Whether you're just a wiki user or looking to help out with editing, I hope to see you on the new Miraheze wiki :)