Were picking up again :)

[GinfnersAddict]

This place must have both highs and lows as it goes along and I feel were on the up again with everyone back posting regurlarly again and a new site its looking good once again

[JoePesciAddict]

Yeah, we are doing pretty well it seems. I hope the staff can get a lot done when the site finally arrives

[ShenmueAddict]

Yes ive noticed alot more people posting recently, its great!

[Rome]

Yea its lookin up, but still ways to go.

[RavinRoadie]

yea things are looking up, now we just need pat to DO THE DAMN TEMPLATE FOR THE SITE!!!!!  

[RenSuzuki]

okay people are working on a main site, thats great. We could really use one. Not that I need another Shenmue Site, just that it would be good for ShenmueUK. Just make sure it has good content, it isn't all stolen from the Dojo or anything, and that it is a good, non freewebs, site.

Also, somewhat related, I hope in a few months to make a small Shenmue Java game that can be played in a browser, hopefully with a few online elements.; That could go on the Shenmue UK site, since Java makes nice web applets (so its not just an exe file) However, I'm still in the process of learning Java, so that is a ways off and I have no idea if it'll actually get done. But I'd lkike to do some sort of RPG based around the Shenmue story. I was thinking that maybe instead of playing as Ryo, you would play as a side character, and it would be their adventures. (such as Ren, Lan Di, Lishao Tao, etc.) Of course and RPG is a lot of work, so it woulidnt be huge, but its something that i'd like to do, and I could use it as a project for school. But once again, since I don't even have the skills to do it yet, I'll see what happens.

back to the site, consider hosting it at www.100webspace.com, they have a really good free package. It has FTP access, lots of space, PHP and MYSQL support and stuff. If you ever wanted to move the forums, you could host it right on that server. It used to be ad free, but now the free package has a small banner at the top, not nearly as bad as geocities or anything though. Also, some PHP elements are good, just don't do a powerportal site or anything like that.

So anyways, it is seeming more active around here too

[Gorek]

you could www.webfusion.co.uk

it costs £2.95 a year for a domain and about £8 per month for shit loads of space. really good deal much better than geocities and most sites that are similar.

and no banners or ads.

you get something like 600 mb of space and 7 gb of bandwidth

[Chris]

Good thing Shenmue Uk is on the up....
Im starting a few pics for the fan section.

[RenSuzuki]

okay but 8 x 12, thats 96 pounds, so for me about 200 bucks, and does anyone want to pay that? Thats why I suggested one with a good free service

[Chris]

Yeah,Thats really exspensive.... 
But it'll be worth it!
Wont it???

[RenSuzuki]

not really. this site doesn't need premium hosting, we'd never need that much disk space and bandwith, plus that price is a ripoff on that site. That site I gave if you wanna pay and have no ads, you can get:
Personal Package
# 200MB disk space
# 10GB bandwidth
# Full set of features
$ 5.95/mo
Business Package
# 1200MB disk space
# 30GB bandwidth
# FREE domain registration
# Full set of features
$ 9.95/mo


both of which would likely end up cheaper than 8 pounds. Those prices are American. But the business package is cheaper than Stefan's site and has better features.

Anyways, I think we should get off this discussion of paid sites, cus unless someone feels like shelling out the money, its not gonna happen

[RavinRoadie]

i agree with you ren, because we don't need that much space, it would just go unused.
And on another note, the old site didn't have content copied from the dojo, it was Shenmue-UK content!

[Gorek]

two points

i think a .co.uk site would be better than a .com site which is what i put that site for.

as this is SHENMUE UK thats the only reason i put that site. and before pat ran out of space when he was paying for a site so we do need more web space than any free package.

and pat was thinking about paying for a site and has done before so it could happen.

also you could go on the site you were suggesting but how many features does it have because the site i proposed has FTP access and about 15 - 20 different types of different features as i have used this site before and currently am using it and think it is a very good deal.

you can also pay for a year at a time which only costs £59.95

anyway here are the full details of the packages.

www.webfusion.com/hosting/windows/homeinfo.shtml

www.100webspace.com/plan1.html

[Jonny Craig]

I'll just masturbate in the corner

[ShenmueAddict]

Yes i am willing to pay for the site to be hosted.

[RavinRoadie]

but the question is can you afford it?
After all, you do seem to have a ridiculous addiction to ebay!

[RenSuzuki]

well I think a .com address would be better. Also the free package I suggested has 100 megs, that is a lot unless we want to rehost the forums. And that site has any feature you need, FTP of course, if a webhost doesn't have FTP, its not worth using. It also has PHP, MYSQL, just about anything that you would need. If Pat really wants to pay he can, but 100webspace is a perfectly good free one (only bad thing is they now have a small banner, although it really is small and won't affect the page since it is at the very top. Also the paid hosting gets rid of this for a better price than the site Stefan suggested.

However, either will give quality hosting. It's not my money so do what you want

[Gorek]

yeah ren is correfct they must have those features or they are just shit sites. and it is true that is your choice.

but i believe a .co.uk would be nicer thats all anyway i think i'll just go and make a template for you guys and see what you all think