need help on creating a no-cost website - Polyloop

jbshorty · 16th July 2007, 17:03

Hi all. I know NOTHING about website creation. But i would like to set up a very simple website where i could post videos of experimental tools i am making. It is not for profit, and i would like to do it at no cost to myself... So far, the only free channel i could find is to create a blog. but they do not allow videos to be posted, and can not be divided into sub-topics for discussions... any ideas on how to do this for free?

thanks,
shorty

Piem · 16th July 2007, 17:57

NVu is pretty easy to learn and it's open source.

jbshorty · 16th July 2007, 18:08

thanks Piem. Will check it out...

simonced · 16th July 2007, 20:53

Hi,

I feel what are your needs, but you seem to have no knowledges in HTML or PHP ?
The best no-cost solution is blog + posting videos on youtube like service.
Then, you can link them and/or emb (include) them into your blog easily.
Moreover, people can post comments for each post, it may be the best couple for no-cost.

After that, you can find a free web hosting provider (in france, we have free.fr) and install a forum your self with small web knowledges, and no-cost.

Hope that helps.

jbshorty · 16th July 2007, 22:12

Thanks. I was actually considering to use Youtube as you mentioned. But the resolution will be really small. And that may not give a clear demonstration of the tools in action. I will give it a try...

shorty

rickei · 18th July 2007, 00:22

look at Joomla. it's a great CMS solution... and open source.
I run about 30 different Joomla sites. you can have a blog, forum, image gallery, and most anything you could ever need. it's based on plug in modules... most of which are also open source.
but you will still have to purchase a domain name and a hosting plan.

or you could use the "sandbox" section here on polyloop

jbshorty · 18th July 2007, 01:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by rickei

...or you could use the "sandbox" section here on polyloop

Thanks Rickei. And yes, i did consider to misuse the sandbox for that purpose

!

shorty

rickei · 19th July 2007, 05:11

so what kind of "experimental tools" are you talking about???

jbshorty · 19th July 2007, 06:20

Mostly it would be experimental tools and interface ideas I've been working on for Rhino. I think i might just post the videos on Rhino forum and post my toolbar downloads on the Rhino wiki and then post a link to both on my blog. That would be no cost to me. And maybe having anything more complicated is not worth it. Other thoughts i have about 3D i can just post on Polyloop as always...

shorty

bwtr · 19th July 2007, 06:40

Please allways post here as well though!

crazy wabbit · 19th July 2007, 16:03

Jb use a blog and then you can post your videos in youtube or alike and then embed them into your blog. Make sure you can do that first before starting the blog.

vkirchner · 19th July 2007, 18:06

Shorty - What do you have for Rhino?

Drool running from mouth.

jbshorty · 19th July 2007, 21:05

LOTS of stuff, Vince. Just to name a few of the toolbars:

Chop Shop
Blob Shop
Mesh Tools
Wire Cages
Curve "Brushes"
Area Centroid Transforms
Normal Vector Transforms
Control Point transforms
Planar Shapes
Solid Shapes (including Pie Wedges, Pill Capsules, Soap, etc...)
Pipe Shapes
Nurbs Patch Modeling Kit
Mesh Patch Modeling Kit
Nurbs extrusion methods such as bridging
Cplane tools
Visibility tools (Jump In/Out, Isolated Viewports, etc...)
Shading modes
A stripped-down environment which uses pop-up toolbars and hotkeys to improve single viewport workflow and "reclaim" the screen space for modeling
New tools added to nearly every "modeling" related toolbar
And finally, the "Happy" toolbar

Currently they are all macro-based, so they require a little hand-holding and practice (it also helps that i wrote them

). But they are surprisingly very powerful. I plan to learn Rhinoscript, then i will use Monkey to convert them to a real plug-in. That's the plan at the moment. It will probably take me quite a long time to rewrite all my macros to script. there are several hundred of them. And i am starting from zero

...

shorty

vkirchner · 19th July 2007, 23:57

I have heard of happy ending, but never happy toolbar.

This will be fun watching for your up and coming web site or blog.

jbshorty · 20th July 2007, 00:39

Here's the Happy toolbar just for you Vince. Later i might add some more emoticons...

Left Mouse click when you need a little happiness
Right Mouse click when the boss starts asking what you're up to

Please do not use on important files...
shorty

vkirchner · 20th July 2007, 02:35

Shorty - I could not load the toolbar, is it made for 4.0? I am still running 3.0. I tried to load the toolbar from tools>toolbar>import, when finished I do not see the toolbar to check mark it and turn it on.

jbshorty · 20th July 2007, 03:10

Yup, it's for V4. I guess you can try it out when you upgrade

. I am adding some new emoticons right now for the toolbar. But for some reason my "Diablo" emoticon keeps crashing Rhino. Damned little red devil

!!!

shorty

EDIT - I sorted out the little demon. everything is working fine now

AWBenson · 31st July 2007, 22:31

As I see it, you have a few options considering you don't have any HTML knowledge.

You can set up a free website at a number of different places. Google offers a free website from their beta area. Plus they have tools on the web that will help you set it up like a very basic wordpad (bold, italics, color, etc). I think you are limited to 200 mbs (or was it 100?) but that is more than enought to do tutorials, however, video tutorials will quickly eat up your small amount. With google, you are forced to use their online editor. Which is fine for you because you are new to coding www.

Nvu is great for simple websites. Doing complex stuff with it isn't too easy because of how it monitors it's code (something you don't have to worry about). But doing it this way means you have to upload your site to someplace to host it. I think Geocities or Angelfire offers free websites that you can upload to, but you'll have lots of junk added to your pages.

For the most simpliest of website, you can use OpenOffice or even Microsoft Word for make them. You'll still need to upload to a host, through.

vkirchner · 23rd July 2008, 02:19

Okay Shorty, I have been waiting patiently to try your little toolbar. I finally got my copy of Rhino4.0, so I am a happy little boy right now.

jbshorty · 23rd July 2008, 05:43

Cool! You're just in time for Rhino 5 aplhas

No mention about it yet, but it must be getting very very close. I can almost smell it. Oh wait, that's not Rhino which I smell. It's me...

16th July 2007, 17:03	#1 (permalink)
jbshorty proud to be a nurb Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: only in your mind Posts: 1,376	need help on creating a no-cost website Hi all. I know NOTHING about website creation. But i would like to set up a very simple website where i could post videos of experimental tools i am making. It is not for profit, and i would like to do it at no cost to myself... So far, the only free channel i could find is to create a blog. but they do not allow videos to be posted, and can not be divided into sub-topics for discussions... any ideas on how to do this for free? thanks, shorty

16th July 2007, 20:53	#4 (permalink)
simonced Edge modeling Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 375	Hi, I feel what are your needs, but you seem to have no knowledges in HTML or PHP ? The best no-cost solution is blog + posting videos on youtube like service. Then, you can link them and/or emb (include) them into your blog easily. Moreover, people can post comments for each post, it may be the best couple for no-cost. After that, you can find a free web hosting provider (in france, we have free.fr) and install a forum your self with small web knowledges, and no-cost. Hope that helps. __________________ Mon travail en 3D Mon blog Ma page perso

19th July 2007, 21:05	#13 (permalink)
jbshorty proud to be a nurb Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: only in your mind Posts: 1,376	LOTS of stuff, Vince. Just to name a few of the toolbars: Chop Shop Blob Shop Mesh Tools Wire Cages Curve "Brushes" Area Centroid Transforms Normal Vector Transforms Control Point transforms Planar Shapes Solid Shapes (including Pie Wedges, Pill Capsules, Soap, etc...) Pipe Shapes Nurbs Patch Modeling Kit Mesh Patch Modeling Kit Nurbs extrusion methods such as bridging Cplane tools Visibility tools (Jump In/Out, Isolated Viewports, etc...) Shading modes A stripped-down environment which uses pop-up toolbars and hotkeys to improve single viewport workflow and "reclaim" the screen space for modeling New tools added to nearly every "modeling" related toolbar And finally, the "Happy" toolbar Currently they are all macro-based, so they require a little hand-holding and practice (it also helps that i wrote them ). But they are surprisingly very powerful. I plan to learn Rhinoscript, then i will use Monkey to convert them to a real plug-in. That's the plan at the moment. It will probably take me quite a long time to rewrite all my macros to script. there are several hundred of them. And i am starting from zero ... shorty

20th July 2007, 03:10	#17 (permalink)
jbshorty proud to be a nurb Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: only in your mind Posts: 1,376	Yup, it's for V4. I guess you can try it out when you upgrade . I am adding some new emoticons right now for the toolbar. But for some reason my "Diablo" emoticon keeps crashing Rhino. Damned little red devil !!! shorty EDIT - I sorted out the little demon. everything is working fine now Last edited by jbshorty; 20th July 2007 at 03:41.

31st July 2007, 22:31	#18 (permalink)
AWBenson Box modeling Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 292	As I see it, you have a few options considering you don't have any HTML knowledge. You can set up a free website at a number of different places. Google offers a free website from their beta area. Plus they have tools on the web that will help you set it up like a very basic wordpad (bold, italics, color, etc). I think you are limited to 200 mbs (or was it 100?) but that is more than enought to do tutorials, however, video tutorials will quickly eat up your small amount. With google, you are forced to use their online editor. Which is fine for you because you are new to coding www. Nvu is great for simple websites. Doing complex stuff with it isn't too easy because of how it monitors it's code (something you don't have to worry about). But doing it this way means you have to upload your site to someplace to host it. I think Geocities or Angelfire offers free websites that you can upload to, but you'll have lots of junk added to your pages. For the most simpliest of website, you can use OpenOffice or even Microsoft Word for make them. You'll still need to upload to a host, through. __________________ Andrew Benson AKA: AWBenson www.awbenson.com andrew (at) awbenson (dot) com

16th July 2007, 17:57	#2 (permalink)
Piem Booh! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Rennes/fr Posts: 6,644	NVu is pretty easy to learn and it's open source.

16th July 2007, 18:08	#3 (permalink)
jbshorty proud to be a nurb Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: only in your mind Posts: 1,376	thanks Piem. Will check it out...

16th July 2007, 22:12	#5 (permalink)
jbshorty proud to be a nurb Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: only in your mind Posts: 1,376	Thanks. I was actually considering to use Youtube as you mentioned. But the resolution will be really small. And that may not give a clear demonstration of the tools in action. I will give it a try... shorty

18th July 2007, 00:22	#6 (permalink)
rickei Respect the Dawg! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: USA - Conway, South Carolina Posts: 791	look at Joomla. it's a great CMS solution... and open source. I run about 30 different Joomla sites. you can have a blog, forum, image gallery, and most anything you could ever need. it's based on plug in modules... most of which are also open source. but you will still have to purchase a domain name and a hosting plan. or you could use the "sandbox" section here on polyloop

19th July 2007, 05:11	#8 (permalink)
rickei Respect the Dawg! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: USA - Conway, South Carolina Posts: 791	so what kind of "experimental tools" are you talking about???

19th July 2007, 06:20	#9 (permalink)
jbshorty proud to be a nurb Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: only in your mind Posts: 1,376	Mostly it would be experimental tools and interface ideas I've been working on for Rhino. I think i might just post the videos on Rhino forum and post my toolbar downloads on the Rhino wiki and then post a link to both on my blog. That would be no cost to me. And maybe having anything more complicated is not worth it. Other thoughts i have about 3D i can just post on Polyloop as always... shorty

19th July 2007, 06:40	#10 (permalink)
bwtr Brian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South Australia Posts: 2,097	Please allways post here as well though!

19th July 2007, 16:03	#11 (permalink)
crazy wabbit Now, I learn animation Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,381	Jb use a blog and then you can post your videos in youtube or alike and then embed them into your blog. Make sure you can do that first before starting the blog.

19th July 2007, 18:06	#12 (permalink)
vkirchner Boolean Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 93	Shorty - What do you have for Rhino? Drool running from mouth.

19th July 2007, 23:57	#14 (permalink)
vkirchner Boolean Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 93	I have heard of happy ending, but never happy toolbar. This will be fun watching for your up and coming web site or blog.

20th July 2007, 02:35	#16 (permalink)
vkirchner Boolean Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 93	Shorty - I could not load the toolbar, is it made for 4.0? I am still running 3.0. I tried to load the toolbar from tools>toolbar>import, when finished I do not see the toolbar to check mark it and turn it on.

23rd July 2008, 02:19	#19 (permalink)
vkirchner Boolean Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 93	Okay Shorty, I have been waiting patiently to try your little toolbar. I finally got my copy of Rhino4.0, so I am a happy little boy right now.

23rd July 2008, 05:43	#20 (permalink)
jbshorty proud to be a nurb Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: only in your mind Posts: 1,376	Cool! You're just in time for Rhino 5 aplhas No mention about it yet, but it must be getting very very close. I can almost smell it. Oh wait, that's not Rhino which I smell. It's me...

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