OT: Bezeqint made me "poof... he's gone"

[Shlomi Fish]

On Wednesday 10 June 2009 10:30:07 Dan Shimshoni wrote:
> hello,
>
> >i guess i'll modify the site for a new URL and upload a new version over
> > >the weekend. in fact, i think i would better buy my own domain finally
> > >and move the site elsewhere.
>
> I believe it would be great and for the benefit of all to share "tip
> and tricks" lessons of building/upgrading a domain-based website
> nowadays. (even better: a lecture on this subject)

I've been maintaining my own site on http://www.shlomifish.org/ for a while 
now. I also maintain some other sites: http://perl-begin.org/ , 
http://fc-solve.berlios.de/ , http://better-scm.berlios.de/ , etc.

Here are some tips I can give:

1. I personally maintain my sites as mostly static HTML content that is 
generated from templates and uploaded to the site using rsync. If you're not 
using rsync or something - you should. See its -a option too.

2. Watch for spam. I told about a spam incident here:

http://community.livejournal.com/shlomif_hsite/4145.html

My pages were spammed despite the fact they were static. What happened was 
that a malicious script was run on the server, and inserted them there. I'm 
not sure, but it may have been due to an unused installation of 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YaBB

So make sure you take the necessary arrangements to prevent and handle spam.

3. Thinking about it, I have a document explaining how to create a great 
personal homesite:

http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/computers/web/create-a-great-personal-
homesite/

http://xrl.us/bev87k

There are other links there at the bottom.

4. Make sure all the important pages of the site (including features) contains 
links to the central pages with navigation menu, etc. That way, you'll have 
better page rank and people who stumble upon them will visit more pages.

5. I put a script on shlomifish.org (without the /) that just says that 
there's nothing there, and refers people to the link.

6. Make sure you have a blog or otherwise feed of what's new on the site. Use 
a version control system or history tracker to announce the new items.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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