Build a Fake Tube Site with Wordpress Tutorial

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#21

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Ok, I’ve activated my plugins, including the extra ones I wanted.

If you’re wanting to increase the ping sites, here’s my current list. Go to SETTINGS, then WRITING and scroll down to the bottom of the page to Update Services. Delete the listings you see there and paste this list in, and be sure to save the page. NOTE: If you have a problem saving it – each url has to be on its own line, so look at that first for any problems pasting this to your site.

http://rpc.pingomatic.com/
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://1470.net/api/ping
http://www.a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b
http://api.feedster.com/ping
http://api.moreover.com/RPC2
http://api.moreover.com/ping
http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2
http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping
http://www.bitacoles.net/ping.php
http://bitacoras.net/ping
http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2
http://blogmatcher.com/u.php
http://www.blogoole.com/ping/
http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates
http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates
http://www.blogroots.com/tb_populi.blog?id=1
http://www.blogshares.com/rpc.php
http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc
http://coreblog.org/ping/
http://mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatt
http://www.mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatter/ping.php
http://ping.bitacoras.com
http://ping.blo.gs/
http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/
http://ping.blogmura.jp/rpc/
http://ping.myblog.jp
http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php
http://ping.weblogs.se/
http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php
http://rpc.blogbuzzmachine.com/RPC2
http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
http://www.snipsnap.org/RPC2
http://topicexchange.com/RPC2
http://xping.pubsub.com/ping/

Ian said he’d be along in a bit to explain about the htaccess and setting up the permalinks. :cool:

#22

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Okay, well, here we go with the Permalink Structure.

Wordpress has a pretty detailed explanation for what to use, how to use them (set them up) so I am gonna leave it to the pro’s.

Read Up on Permalink Structure HERE.

I suppose the one question to ask, is, does it matter?

Personally I believe it does, whether you are seeking Search Engine traffic or not. The clean version, or ‘pretty permalinks (as wordpress calls it)’ do make a difference in getting traffic. That is MY view.

My personal preferences are simple. I use the url plus category, plus post id, plus post name. Those are my choices. You do what you FEEL is best.

/%category%/%post_id%/%postname%/

The above code is what you would put into the ‘custom’ option your permalink settings, which you find by going ‘settings’ > ‘permalinks’.

#23

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Guys, I think this project is awesome!

I’m really excited to see webmasters with a strong sense of community start to build more legal tubes. I think that they do have a place in our world, and I’m happy to find webmasters/owners that we can work with instead of against.

When you are ready for sponsor content, please let me know. I’d love to get our videos uploaded on a affiliated basis, of course! Our stats show we do quite well on the tube-type sites.

Warmest wishes,
Mary

#24

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Wow! You guys have really got something going on here. I’ve been away for a while with some puter problems and such, but am back in the swing of things almost.

I will definitely be getting into this project. A tube site - fake or not as along as it makes some $$$ - would certainly go well with RDude’s Gay Blog Network.

I’ve got a lot going on for the time being, however, I’m going to sit back for about a week and watch the development of your projects and learn. Then I’ll get on my own. While I’m getting half decent at putting up “regular” blogs, this stuff is all new to me for the most part. Although I do use embedded videos once in a while already on my other blogs. $75 for that theme is certainly worth it so I’ll be picking up that as well. $250 wouldn’t be logical for me at this point as I’ll probably only be using it on one domain.

Really great project and idea Bec and Ian. I’m kind of excited here and am sure this is going to be a lot of fun and quite the learning experience. Thanks very much for the opportunity!

And uhhh thanks Ian for letting me know about this on chat.

#25

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[quote=RDude;23917]Wow! You guys have really got something going on here. I’ve been away for a while with some puter problems and such, but am back in the swing of things almost.

I will definitely be getting into this project. A tube site - fake or not as along as it makes some $$$ - would certainly go well with RDude’s Gay Blog Network.

I’ve got a lot going on for the time being, however, I’m going to sit back for about a week and watch the development of your projects and learn. Then I’ll get on my own. While I’m getting half decent at putting up “regular” blogs, this stuff is all new to me for the most part. Although I do use embedded videos once in a while already on my other blogs. $75 for that theme is certainly worth it so I’ll be picking up that as well. $250 wouldn’t be logical for me at this point as I’ll probably only be using it on one domain.

Really great project and idea Bec and Ian. I’m kind of excited here and am sure this is going to be a lot of fun and quite the learning experience. Thanks very much for the opportunity!

And uhhh thanks Ian for letting me know about this on chat.[/quote]

You are welcome, and this is all Bec’s idea btw. I just helping out, as an extra pair of eyes. I am excited too, because its a chance to stick it to the scum who steal content, in a small way, but hey if enough get their own tubes going, it could, in theory, give them a nice run for the surfers while making some cash for us all, who do things legal. :cool:

#26

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Okay Bec thought it would be helpful to put up some information on the htaccess file.

Basically it is a text file, that you create, if your server isn’t what they call ‘writable’ by Wordpress. It sounds more complicated than it is, and it took me ages, years ago, to figure it out, because of all the fancy terms.

Wordpress is pretty good, because it tells you what to put into this file, if it can’t do it for you.

When you set up your Permalinks and save your desired format, Wordpress will try to make the htaccess for you, or at least write to it. When it can’t it will show you what to put into it, at the bottom of the settings page, under permalink.

All you need to do is copy that code, and using a simple text editor like Notepad or Wordpad, paste it into a blank page. Then you need to save the file as

.htaccess

.Now this is important, there is a dot first, then the word, and nothing before the dot, like most files have.

I know, it’s odd, but hey I don’t write code, so don’t shoot me. Now some systems will add a three letter extension, but if its on your computer, don’t sweat it. You have to upload this file to your server, to put it in the directory where your blog is located, or in the root directory of your site.

You can do both. Just keep in mind that if it is in the root directory, it is supposedly going to effect any sub directory of the root.

When you upload the file, make sure that you do so in ASCHII or TEXT mode, not binary. Once uploaded, also make sure that there is no added extensions. The file should show up as just the dot htaccess. IF not, then you need to use the ftp program, to rename it to that.

Once it is there, and correct, also make sure to CHMOD the file, to 644.

Please, don’t ask me why, because I am blond. I gather it is so no one else can easily change it, or write to it, but you. Most FTP programs will have that option, if not, well you can do it through your web host, cPanel if you have it, and the file manager that comes with it.

You do need to CHMOD it to [SIZE=3]644.[/SIZE]

There, you have your htaccess file in place, and your site should work just fine. Basically what it is doing is telling those who come to visit how to read the pages that wordpress creates for you.

Now I am off for coffee.

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#27

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Quick note on Ian’s post about the .htaccess … If it disappears after you upload or rename it, go to your ftp preferences and find what to check to be able to see HIDDEN FILES.

You can also upload a blank htaccess.txt and do the following:
open notepad, hit enter key so your cursor drops down ONE line
Save the file as htaccess.txt

Open your ftp client and upload the file to wherever you’ve installed wordpress. Now rename it to .htaccess and temporarily chmod it to 777

Now go to your permalinks options, setup the style you want and save it. With the file on 777, wordpress will be able to write the code you need to the blank file.

Now go back to your ftp client and rechmod the .htaccess to 644

all done :slight_smile:

#28

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And thanks Mary and Jeff for taking a minute to let us know how you feel about the build project! It is nice to know folk are following along and supporting our efforts to put something of quality with legal dispertion of video clips within reach for the average webmaster who can’t afford big scripts, coding experts, high bandwidth, multiple servers, and a life tied to constantly updating and monitoring what’s appearing on the site.

Any other program that has the type of affiliate hosted videos we’ll be needing is certainly welcome to post that you have them available!

#29

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Hey Guys we at jizzflixxx.com can help you with this. We will provide you a way to embed your videos so that you can affiliate credit in the player and also provide you wiht the thumbnails. BEC contact me and let me know the exact details you need and I can help you.

#30

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I’m not yet at the point where I’m ready to start adding videos, so at the moment I don’t have an absolute idea of what I need besides the embed url of the video. Hopefully I’ll get a clue here over the next couple days as I get further along on this installation.

#31

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Nice to see this project. I have a few of these myself

Here is some videos when you guys are ready to add content

http://g.barebacked.com/promos/tubes/jan-2008/jan2008tubes.xls

and thanks to Mr Babymaker the best tube editor ever here are the felched.com ones

http://g.barebacked.com/promos/tubes/fd/july/fd-tube.xls

#32

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[QUOTE=BBD;24001]Nice to see this project. I have a few of these myself

Here is some videos when you guys are ready to add content

http://g.barebacked.com/promos/tubes/jan-2008/jan2008tubes.xls

and thanks to Mr Babymaker the best tube editor ever here are the felched.com ones

http://g.barebacked.com/promos/tubes/fd/july/fd-tube.xls[/QUOTE]

Wait til they see the Brazilian studs 666 Now those tubes will rock :slight_smile:

#33

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I am excited, my only problem is that most hosted tubes sux donkey ass and will not convert, so i might have to cut and host all my own :frowning: that could lead to some BW probs, but for the $$$ it should generate I might be good, 30sec or 1 mins converted fhgs clips most sponors provide as “tube clips” are just bs and are not going to work a tube edit it really a work of “art” and it is a certain edit different from a trailer to push the surfer to convert, you want to give a continuous flow and give at least 3 mins but not too much and also, people on tubes type-in and convert, they don’t click thru, so i am worried about using hosted tubes as they are gonna be watermarked to death and there goes my sales, you would be surprised how many type thru and not click off of watermarks, it is how i make my money lol so i know :smiley:

shhhhhhhhhhh… so do your sponsors :slight_smile:

#34

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[SIZE=3]Note For Sponsors:[/SIZE]

Notice a couple have posted their willingness to provide some hosted content, and anything else. Which is great to see! :cool:

In looking through the theme requirements, there are a couple of things required that would be nice if you folks had them or could provide them for those taking part in Bec’s project.

  1. A graphic of the videos that is 800 pixels wide by 350 pixels high. Maximum Size.

  2. A graphic of the videos that is a maximum of 192 pixels wide by 120 pixels high.

  3. The embed code for those trailers you would be hosting.

The graphics would help save folks a lot of time, when they do this project. So any help in that department would be a huge help, above and beyond the videos, of course. :smiley:

#35

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besides participating in the project with Bec, I am in the process of adding a lot of hosted FLV’s to our affiliate program and since I am building along with Bec, I will also have the 800x350 and 192x120 graphics for those that are interested.

#36

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That’ll be super, and this theme does accommodate Flash Embeds as well whistle

#37

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Thank Bec and GayStoryMan for running this tutorial… I think its the most useful one I’ve seen on this board so far!

I’m interested in trying this out also with one of my tube domain names, using video clips hosted on my own movie gallery server. A fake tube definitely seems a cheaper option than a fake MGP which requires paying for site design, gallery rotator script, and a trading script.

I have a couple of questions:

  • With a fake tube site, what will be the method of growing traffic? With a fake MGP, you can run a trading script to trade with other MGPs.
  • And will you be allowing surfers to get embed codes so they can use the videos from your tube site in their blogs? Or is that not usually done with a fake tube?
#38

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[quote=Hammerhead;24141]Thank Bec and GayStoryMan for running this tutorial… I think its the most useful one I’ve seen on this board so far!

I’m interested in trying this out also with one of my tube domain names, using video clips hosted on my own movie gallery server. A fake tube definitely seems a cheaper option than a fake MGP which requires paying for site design, gallery rotator script, and a trading script.

I have a couple of questions:

  • With a fake tube site, what will be the method of growing traffic? With a fake MGP, you can run a trading script to trade with other MGPs.
  • And will you be allowing surfers to get embed codes so they can use the videos from your tube site in their blogs? Or is that not usually done with a fake tube?
[/quote]

Them some good questions, which I shall leave for Bec to chime in on, as frankly, I haven’t a clue. She is the one with the brains, I just the one with an extra pair of eyes.

Don’t forget, if you going to join along, to Grab Your Copy of the Theme HERE

I would assume that standard methods of generating traffic to the site would be used, and I don’t think surfers would be wanting the codes, as they get those by joining the sponsors that would be promoted on the ‘faked tube site’.

Not really sure I’d call it ‘faked’ either. It is just that no full videos would be available like most tube sites offer, and that it would all be legal stuff being shown too. No pirated stuff, no ‘found on the web’ stuff… but I would assume some banners, and upsells.

But as I said, Bec is the one with the brains. :cool:

#39

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Im way behind you Barnkin but after reading the thread this is way way cool count me in on giving this a shot . Another toy for me to play with and designs to do.

#40

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Welcome to the party, always glad to see you jumping in :slight_smile: