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Hey,
As most of you know, I am the sole owner of touch innovation. I have done alot to this website (and I still have more to come). THe problem is, over the next half year I have alot of work ahead of me, that affects my future. But I don't particulary want to go into it.
I want someone that can look after and keep the site going for up to 6 months. I know you're thinking "What's the point in this, what do I get out of it?". Well, you get experience.
You'll get a weekly number of emails, submissions etc from people that use the website, you can monitor these, and help out there questions.
You can add programs from here etc.
Why Am I asking this?
I have spent months and months of coding this website (considering the website is only 4 months old, it's a lot of work). And I've hit a niche in the market, people want a website like this, and I am supplying them with one, but I need it to be updated while I am gone. Maybe some marketing (aka advertising) as well, so everything is running peak, and more users are coming.
This is a non-profit organisation, I make no money out of it.
I will pay the guy at the end (maybe), dependant on how much they have done to the website. And I want them to take it upon them self to make any adjustments. The site will potentially be yours for the half year (I will be checking up on it, and If there are some changes that are iffy, I will contact you about it).
It's good experience, and maybe helping me + the community out for a while.
Thanks guys,
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Okay, another idea, A team of people can request to be part of the team, and keep the site running well and keep it updated for the time I'm gone
Touch Innovation team (to-be's):
nir36
jackkkkk
Kenshino
jdiperla
AkshayGenius
Hannigan174
churka
Thanks for anyone who helps in advance, I will be up for giving a little price tag at the end, dependant on whether they've applied effort to maintain the site
No one?
I think it would be awesome to have this opportunity but I have no experience in html coding. Just the basics.
I thought I had replied to this :/
Erm, you dont need any html coding skills. You just need to know how to keep a website updated (using xda, and others) using my simple but easy and clever admin panel. Also advertise to keep hits up etc.
Napbree, I would gladly take this website, but i'm MEGAbusy with studies and work.
I suggest that instead of granting this website to another "sole" person, you create users in your admin panel and grant them to a few people who will keep it updated. I build websites and I can tell you that there's no way i'd be able to handle even one of those i've built, myself.
If a group of people are willing to help, I will be one of them.
I'll also try creating commercial opportunities for the website - profitwise.
I'd usually say "This is not the place to post these kind of posts.. use the Q&A section".. which comes naturally nowadays..
but considering the importance of this... I think we need this thread bumped up until you manage to get what you wish for.
Yes, that would be great. You've given me an awesome idea. A team of people that can mointor and keep the site up and running well, and content updated etc.
I'll start making a list of people who want to become part of the team
And if you could get a commercial opportunity, that would be amazing. I'd be up for selling it as well (maybe). It's just I want to keep the site of my hands for a while. Because my dad died only a week ago, and i'm entering a state of depression, and I need to get out into the world and keep myself busy.
Thanks
Someone?
I really like this site, and would like to see it continue.
Nathan has done such great job on developing this site, it would be shame, to see it gone waste!
So anyone who has motivation and some time to take this site under ownership, please contact nathan!
Ps. I'm one of admins of this site, and can tell you that it's really easy to update site, because of the nathan's clever admin panel. I would do it myself if i had the time, but my studies and and other projects takes too much time.
All friends of this site, let's get this thread bumped until we get some help for nathan
Firstly.. i'm sorry. Be well.
Secondly, I have some connections.. I can't promise anything but i might be able to get some advertisments going.. we'll see how it goes.
Also, if manage to get some time off .. sometime.. I'll create flash banners and put them up.
COUNT ME IN.
Thank you allevant
And nir36 thanks again, that would be mucho appreciated! very generous
I'm willing to help...
But I'm not sure if I got any use thou as I got no tech experiences or running a website.
My best experience is being a gaming forum moderator and basic computer/pda knowledge.
But, if you think I'm a good canadiate please let me know as I would like to help in anyways.
You don't really need experience in running a site. As long as you can spend some time on the admin panel to add content, it's all good.
I've added you to the to-be team , hope you don't mind.
Thanks! future for the site is looking brighter this is just a bump post
I'll bump your bump
Dear Napbree,
I am an Application Consultant and actually my job consists of making corporate websites for government entities.
Websites I've done include (not exhaustive list)
http://www.infocommsingapore.sg/industry/
and
http://www.infocommsingapore.sg/games
Same domain but totally different things.
So do count me in if you need help running the website.
I am certified in JAVA (Have Sun Certified Java Programmer and Developer certs) and am proficient in both JSP and Applications.
Currently I am writing CMS based websites using PHP, CSS, HTML and Javascript.
I can definitely write some code to add more cool functionality to your website
I'll bumb your bumbing my bumb
Hi Kenshino,
Application consultant heh, nice!
At the moment, I will be able to code up new sections for the site, for example, the new update that will come sooner or later (when I have time to finish it), has live submission, which means users can instantly add applications, as long as it applies with a few of my automated checks.
But if you have any ideas, and you want to code them up, you can definately! But I wouldn't be able to give source code, but you can code it seperately and then I can incoroporate it nicely
Thank you lots for your interest
Nathan
Hey, I volunteer too. I am a PC administrator and had had success in hosting my own sites in the past as well as prior administration duties to games like http://www.swcombine.com
Sounds great
Added you to the list, I will contact you all in the future, once I have a nice big list of contributors
Thanks
let's keep this on top.
Hey guys,
As i see some messages about custom roms becoming possible let me bring the following back to your attention.
I've been using XDA developers for ages and lately I've been getting more and more annoyed with the fact rapidshare is used so much. The waiting and the speed are just not what you would like.
My hosting offers me 7.5 terabyte bandwidth to waste a month so I've set up an ugly but hopefully effective file-upload script on:
http://bjornbrala.com/downloads/
If you register you will be able to upload files. FTP access is also possible, but that i will need to setup separately. PM me (or email me preferably) for an account.
I hope dev's will start and use this, it free, and fast and a lot better for your users.
wow thanks man! I'm a rapidshare premium user but a free alternative is always a better solution
really really hope chefs will start putting their cooked roms there...
thanks again!!
A note, i often get questions if there are download statistics available. Yes there are
Another bump. If you want a category made for your rom, message me and i will, when you register i will make you moderator for your own category making it easy to upload and confirm file uploads.
thanks - thats sounds really good
regards
anja31
7.5Tb, that's plain ridiculous. Thanks for offering it to the community.
Hope it's backed up or there'll be some serious tears!
I hope people start using this, because rapidshare sucks.
7.5TB o_o
I make no claims what so ever about backups But in the 4 years i have had this account there have never been any serious problems so i guess it should be ok.
Anyways, i'll post up a little step plan for registring as a new uploader. Because you can upload files but cannot create your own categories, i will need to do that. Just register and PM me the name of the category you like to have and i will make it and make your account moderator, then you can upload files and confirm them yourself.
Also, if anyone knows of some nice scripts for uploads/handling of uploads please suggest, this RW Download was the only one i could find that is free
So for quite some time, there has always been issues and complaints about users not being able to download roms from the links posted by the devs on new releases and/or updates (4shared, Rapid share, Mega upload to name a few)
with that being said they are always complaining and begging for someone who gets a complete download to re-upload with a mirror, to make their lives easier...understandable. But if there's one thing I know, "Most" devs hate it when users fill their threads up with a bunch of links...why? well that’s simple:
It confuses others (especially noobs) as to which link is the correct one and the one intended for download by the OP. This means that if someone put a faulty link/mirror that contained a bad file, un-signed zip, or their own custom version of the rom/mod that they decided to play "dev" with and screwed it up rendering it full of bugs...the Dev and/or OP has to deal with the complaints when that user comes back to post. Leaving him confused and dumbfounded as to what the hell they are talking about because nobody else is reporting these issues.
Download count just so happens to be very important to a lot of devs. It gives them a general idea of how many users are flashing their work, which can not only make them feel appreciated and needed by the community because of all the attention...but also create a ratio of problems to success. Example, 300 users download, only 50 come back to report bugs, the rest either don't post at all (I call them ghost readers) or give good feedback. Now, out of that 50 only 7 reported bugs can be legitimately confirmed, which means the other 43 people either did not follow directions clearly, or already had some other stuff going on that effected their experience. Why are these numbers important? Because, if the numbers of bugs are high...the dev knows to update quickly and correct things, if the number of user errors are high...the dev knows he needs to re-adjust his instructions or make them more clear and descriptive so that nobody misunderstands. And if the number of successful flashes are high...well...you know. And all of this can be based on number of downloads...which other users screw up when they post their own links!
Lost and forgotten is what all these mirrors, linked threads/topics, and uploaded fixes by random users become when the topic is over populated (especially big named threads like Eugene, CM, Wes Garner etc). So if the thread has 105 pages and an important link was dropped by a user that proved to be helpful way back on say...page 23! How in the hell is anyone who hasn't been following the entire topic to know that? And nobody in their right mind, who has a life, is going to sit there and skim all 105 pages. So if you must, or feel, that you have a useful link pertaining specifically to the topic that can help others, the best resolution would be to PM it to the OP, so that they can update the first post where all users can easily refer back to if need be.
Now with the why covered, let's move on the the what. And the what is what I have to offer:
A hosting service that I paid for out of my own pocket. This is my way of contributing to the community, as I do not offer donations, sorry. But for the exchange of helpful information, resources, mods, and great roms! I hereby offer all devs, and I do mean DEVS ONLY (yes that includes themers) the use of this hosting service is at no cost to them.
How beneficial is this you ask?
For Devs:
unlimited online storage space for all zips, rar's, and other files that are specifically related to the xda development (No personal storage like mp3's, movies, and family portrait please)
direct download links! No pop-ups, No ads, No human text box verifications
unlimited links- they never run out of time or number of downloads they will stay on the internet forever!!!! (or until you remove it)
Detailed info- keeps track of number of clicks, page views, downloads, you name it, you get your own personal page to view this statistics at any time
No size limit! Big or small, you upload it all (multiple uploads at once supported as well) I have not seen anything in any of these forums over 200mb...so if you're running up 1-2 gigs of use in a matter of days I will be investingating your usage!
For users
No more 4shared yay! Lol
No time wait (30 secs, 90 secs or whatever) Downloads start immediately after clicking the link!
No pop-up or separate browser pages to go to, download starts without the need to open a new page or tab, so you can easily continue on reading through the forum you are in
Links are never broken-they will always work until the OP removes it
No signing up, no memberships.. paid or free, just download. Same benefit as downloading links uploaded directly through Xda, except you don't have to be logged in to click these!
To keep things under control and fair I will only allow 3 request per week for access to this service. I'm not sure how many devs are registered and active but I'm quite sure there are a lot. Eventually all devs who are interested will have the opportunity, but for my own conveyance I will only take 3 request a week, because I will not be online everyday to take all request, this also give me the time to help each individual to get set-up and answer any questions they may have.
I do not discriminate by phone make or model. All devs are welcome to this offer regardless of what phone they developed for. However; I will only post this thread here in the Vibrant forums, well, because that's the phone I use. But Mods are more than welcome to sticky it or link the word to other locations so that all devs can read. My only rules are:
Must be and already have been a member of XDA for at least one year.
Must provide at least two links to their work contributed here in the xda forums
Must have a valid email address and/or twitter account. (simply so that I can contact and update you if any changes or problems occur)
Must only use this service for the development of roms/themes/mods. Please do not take advantage of my kind heart, and use this hosting service for your own personal purpose, I will know, and I will take away privileges.
How to sign up for this?
Simply PM me if you are interested... with the above^^ requirements, and I will give you all the details and instructions you need.
Unfortunately, I will not start taking request until Monday of next week, a relative has just passed away a couple of days ago, and I am closing a deal on a new home, trying to fit time for a funeral, and moving all in one week can be a headache. But you are welcome to start sending me request if you like, but as I said I will only deal with 3 at a time. So if you send a request and don't hear back, please do not continue sending me your inquiry. Your voice has been heard and will be responded as soon as I get to you. Thank you.
Wow, I'm not a dev or anything like that but this is real nice of you. Kudos to you sir.
Working in the er its nice to know when your help is appreciated. So thank you.
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bguzmanz2 said:
Wow, I'm not a dev or anything like that but this is real nice of you. Kudos to you sir.
Working in the er its nice to know when your help is appreciated. So thank you.
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This will not only help the devs, but the forum community in general, making it much more easier on both ends, so i thank you for this. Kudos to you.
TL;DR
You might also want to post this in the Dev sub-forum too. It's over here --> Vibrant Android Development.
Thanks for providing the service.
I hope you have some serious monthly download allowences. I do some hosting not related to XDA and I'm easily pushing 30Gig a month, which spikes even more depending on releases.
What your doing is awesome none the less.
If you find that you are pushing some serious downloads you could always turn some builds into torrents and use your machine as the master seed and let others help out that want to help out. Lord knows my machine at home has been seeding many Linux builds over the past months.
http://burnbit.com/
Not to disrespect you in any form or way, I appreciate this thread to the developers but this idea has been made quite a while ago since the first-generation of Android phone (G1).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=665957
AndroidSPIN has been around for a long time and has provided hosting for developers and their ROMs as well as a pretty organized database.
zephiK said:
Not to disrespect you in any form or way, I appreciate this thread to the developers but this idea has been made quite a while ago since the first-generation of Android phone (G1).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=665957
AndroidSPIN has been around for a long time and has provided hosting for developers and their ROMs as well as a pretty organized database.
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Yes, I already know this. But please understand this is specifically for xda...androidspin is its own website in itself, also still has its limitations as well as ads and opens new pages/tabs for downloads. My service does not do that, and is without limits.
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That is very helpful, and I appreciate it. But no I have no monthly cap, and I pay for my services once per year.
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kizer said:
I hope you have some serious monthly download allowences. I do some hosting not related to XDA and I'm easily pushing 30Gig a month, which spikes even more depending on releases.
What your doing is awesome none the less.
If you find that you are pushing some serious downloads you could always turn some builds into torrents and use your machine as the master seed and let others help out that want to help out. Lord knows my machine at home has been seeding many Linux builds over the past months.
http://burnbit.com/
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Kudos to you sir
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try it and soon you will get email from your hosting company of over usage. Unlimited in your contract means nothing.
They might make you pay for overusage by saying that you abused their network.
Klyentel said:
That is very helpful, and I appreciate it. But no I have no monthly cap, and I pay for my services once per year.
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Congrats I wish I had an unlimited bandwith host. I can get away with gigs of storage, but they caped me around 60gig a month.
Anyways hope it works out.
good luck, ive tried this a few times but seems like devs like those crappy upload sites. i'm gonna take a guess and say you are on a site like hostgator or something with "unlimited" bandwidth, watch it cuz its only unlimited untill you use to much resources.
Just an idea.
Why don't we create a distributed system using available tools/software like torrent files.
We need one or more torrent server/tracker and list of volunteers to be reliable seeders. Once you sign as a seeder, you will receive a list of # files you'll seed 24/7 until you receive an updated list.
I don't mind seeding 5-10 files 24/7.
We can retire any file at any time if there is no interest and archive it.
By archiving i mean switch to more "standard" way of hosting it like http or ftp access.
And when a new release is out the downloading will be even faster.
Hi,
I've created this page with the intention of having one place dedicated to the HD2, were you can download and upload all kind of files to this device without any limits, waiting times and so on.
I´m tired of any time i want to download a rom, or some other file have to wait, or the download takes for ever...All the services and pages that have upload services have limit's.
I've come here to ask for help to get together all the files,developers that wan't to share their work trough this page.
If any user or developers want's take part on this project, please contact me.
For now i'm still finishing some details but it's possible to register and upload.
- The upload's will only be available after approval.
Page: www.hd2stuff.com
This is not a commercial page at all, all free, no ads.
Feed back and opinions are welcome.
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UPDATE:
For the moment i can't solve the problem with the front end upload.
For all developers that wan't to use this can do it trough FTP:
Code:
Host: web1015.ixwebhosting.com
User: upload
Pass: HD2stuff
And all user that wan't to help uploading.
NOTE: All files uploaded will have to be approved before posted online for download.
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Sign to share:
Code:
[URL=www.hd2stuff.com][IMG]http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/7371/hd2sgin2.png[/IMG][/URL]
I don't know if this is in the correct section
Thanks.
xokos said:
Hi,
I've created this page with the intention of having one place dedicated to the HD2, were you can download and upload all kind of files to this device without any limits, waiting times and so on.
I´m tired of any time i want to download a rom, or some other file have to wait, or the download takes for ever...All the services and pages that have upload services have limit's.
I've come here to ask for help to get together all the files,developers that wan't to share their work trough this page.
If any user or developers want's take part on this project, please contact me.
For now i'm still finishing some details but it's possible to register and upload.
- The upload's will only be available after approval.
Page: www.hd2stuff.com
This is not a commercial page at all, all free, no ads.
Feed back and opinions are welcome.
I don't know if this is in the correct section
Thanks.
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I wonder why there is no responses from the chefs or devs
In past time, there was VBN server. It makes us (users) easier to download the rom.
Maybe you should post in in the ROM developement section
Make the title eye catching
Cheers
silverwind said:
I wonder why there is no responses from the chefs or devs
In past time, there was VBN server. It makes us (users) easier to download the rom.
Maybe you should post in in the ROM developement section
Make the title eye catching
Cheers
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Witch rom developement section?Only for HD2 there as 4...
I like this idea! I hope you have luck!
Still testing upload frontend.
Some help, testing and feedback is welcome.
Thanks.
posting it in the dev section is likely to get it moved
Hey xokos,
I checked out your site awsome man really great idea. I am voting for this to be posted in the XDA Portal. I have a copy of the official T-Mobile ROM if you would like it up loaded to your site. Just PM me with instructoins on how to upload it if you want me to.
Nice idea. Hopefully devs will jump into this.
Cool idea! Would love to see devs are using this site. Thank you very much for this idea and good luck.
Voted to the front page.
The page is stopped...
Will try to upload all the rom's, will take some time but hope to call more users.
Bummer man that could be a really useful site to devs and users of HD2.
Great Idea
Thanks for this , hope it takes off
Mark
Still no help from users or dev's...
I have a few files that i have found usefull, but they were not programed by me, and i think most of them came from this site, so i guess they could be found by anyone anyhow. You want them?
The point isn't if everybody can find the files, it's to get them all together(as many as possible), everything to the HD2, rom's, radios and so on...
xokos said:
The point isn't if everybody can find the files, it's to get them all together(as many as possible), everything to the HD2, rom's, radios and so on...
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Have you got the upload function fixed yet? I still think you have a great idea here with this site. A central website for just grabing a download or uploading something to share with someone else that you don't have to go through any waiting or bull crap adds.
Hello everyone,
I've been with XDA for over a year now (almost 2 years) and I was thinking about how I could contribute to this awesome community. I really don't know anything about creating ROMS, or scripts, or kernels....but I do know some things about Usenet. So, my question would be, should I create a newsgroup for the EVO, and then post the roms to that newsgroup? I would ask permission from the ROM creators first, and then I would post the NZB files so people that have access to Usenet could grab them.
Thoughts?
Why? What we do here works fine.
Hello Im a noob great well not really, but to posting yes, Id like to post in the dev section, but I guess too many idiots ask stupid questions so I guess Ill get my post count to 10, lol here's 1
bkrodgers said:
Why? What we do here works fine.
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To answer why: Most ROMS are posted via Rapidshare or something like that. I don't have a rapidshare account, nor do I want to get one. I do have access to newsgroups, and because my download speed is unmatched on newsgroups, that why I would post there. Also, once it's posted, the retention is a long time (1100 days for my usenet account).
FVUK yes.
up it to usenet....
WAY FASTER speeds and better organized
If you do it, please upload the server address
thanks
Well, I was thinking about doing one better than that and just posting/hosting the NZB files
Well, definitely check with devs first, as I know some take tracking download counts seriously. As for Rapidshare or any of the other file sharing sites, I don't have an account on any of them, but I download stuff just fine.
I download from those sites as well. What I'm looking at is a way I can contribute to the community....If I can spend time uploading different ROMS, and if it helps spread the word.....then I feel like I did something.....
Do it. Please.
Setup an nzb site and organize the rom's and radio
If you do it, ill donate some. $$ for your troubles.
Usenet would be awesome. And fast.
I really despise file sharing sites..too slow
I received permission from Myn to post Synergy RC1 to Usenet. I posted the ROM to alt.binaries.android. Attached is a zip of the .nzb file. People that dabble with Usenet, please download and let me know if it's all good.
Thanks!