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How S2R uses Open Source Software

Well we here at s2r use a lot of open source software, that is not to say we don’t use some proprietary or custom made software from time to time, but that’s mostly when you get into that kind of situation where if you want your project to come to life and there is no alternative, you have to make it on your own, but for the most part the logic to use a stable free platform, not only saves time of not doing ourselves but more important it give you the freedom to work on the frontside and the community and the service and not so much on what and how it works… like… you want to bake a cake, you could buy it made, but making it and fiddling with the dosages and making the recipe your own is way more fun and more pleasurable… right ^_^ but you don’t want to go all out and plant the grain and sugar cane and make flour and sugar and have chickens for the eggs… that is awesome in its own way but i like my balance of awesomeness hehehe, soo what are our favorite and most used open source software and why do we use it?

Used extensively

WordPress > There is a reason why it is widely used, its a solid blog/light cms system that can be configured to do a 1001 different things

SMF > My favorite Forum Software, just cause its breakneck solid and feature complete

Drupal > By far my personal favorite cms, its still not perfect but it works perfectly and very modable, still its not that user-friendly and takes a long time to make stuff shine

Zenphoto > Don’t know… i just like how it works, simple and to the point gallery software, if it doesn’t have a feature its kinda easy to make it and it just works

Not used extensively but still used and recommended

bbPress > wished it was more solid, still a good and simple forum software (i’m always between bbPress and Vanilla)

Joomla > second best to drupal, a very good cms, its just not that matured and it sometimes breaks hard

Elgg > social networking, its very plain and still needs a lot of work

FluxBB > punBB fork, since punBB was sold to a commercial company and it kinda seems to be going on another direction now…

Formerly used but dropped for some reason

PhpBB > even with the new version, its still a mess of a software and it needs constant attention and care to make it work as it should

Gallery > too many options but not the ones i wished, i kinda would like it more, if it was a lightweight flickr, but its more a oversize personal gallery

PHP-Nuke > basically one developer, with security breaches from time to time and too cluncky and unworkable

Movabletype > it was pretty cool before it went full commercial and now that is kinda open source its much better, but i just don’t trust a company that flips all the time with my sites ^^

PunBB > dont like the direction they are going, besides now its moved by a commercial entity (not that a lot of other open source software dont do the same, mostly cause i dont like the direction hehehe)

Updates on S2R Blog

Ok a bit of a change to s2r blog, from now on, i’ll post a convenient title instead of just the date hehehe, also i’ll start posting about other stuff, besides well s2r stuff, you know tidbits of brilliance and new projects and whatever i feel it fits the mood ^^

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These are my old logs (from last to first) ;D keeping these online for the sentimental value!

14.11 > Yay ^^ still working on new sites and improving several of the existing sites, just finished irred.com its a adult gif gallery, seems there arent really good ones out there, so there you go muahahah ^-^ it has like almost 1000 adult gifs, about 1.2 GB worth and i’ll post more soon heheh, also i’ve reworked and upgraded tentakle.com , it should look cool and spanky… and it should work like a charm now (cleaner/quicker layout and new spam protections do make a diference) ^~^

Also work is being done on panchira.org (bug fixes, beta status), hentaish.com (reworking a bit of the layout and link section), on the 2 networks that also went down with the ning fiasco, vidcult.com is still in the works and slooge.com is on hold for now, and a bunch of other sites are still being worked on as usual hehehehe… thats about it for now

07.11 > Big improvements and news, so after ning shut us down, I’ve reworked panchira and turn it back on, it isn’t perfect but it is getting there, still it is pretty good how i can change stuff and have complete control over the content and functions… unlike with ning where i had no control whatsoever, tentakle has also a new face… since kusaba (the software that used to run tentakle) stopped being developed, i’ve had to change the software, after a bit of searching and testing, it is now working with new software and new visuals, more stuff on that soon and as well with a lot of other sites ^_^

Regarding ning, well i think ning is actually a pretty cool and somewhat stable platform, and i still think that it provides a lot of useful features and function for a lot of types of niche social networks, but despite that, this is what i think… hosting and software as a service is a mistake, it takes all your control… software, content… you are really not creating your own community you are like creating a facebook group and if facebook doesn’t like it for whatever reason, they will shut you down and you will be burned and with no way back from all the posts you made and all the cute nice people you were friends with and all the investment of time you made and in the end that was my problem… my recommendation is, if you are going to make a small niche network about plain ordinary stuff (mons and dads, cooking, traveling) you are probably pretty safe with going with something like ning, even though i would probably recommend something like grou.ps or kickapps.com or wetpaint.com instead of ning, just cause i don’t like how ning operates and how support works and how people are two faced, one day friendly and helpful the other they don’t give you a second glance, that’s is no way of addressing a paying customer or even a normal user… EVER! (gina bianchini you can kiss my cute ass, you were super nice but you are not a very honest person), but if you want to have a thriving social network or forum or wiki that has a good chance of having a long and happy life, then do it yourself and get yourself some hosting and social network software (if you need help on that you can always contact me) and do it yourself, just do it… you will learn more, you will be able to have backups of everything and you, your community and your friends will be happier ^_^

Regarding kusaba, well the developer decided to end it and do something else, that’s cool… no point in dragging around your feet when you dont have the will to carry on, what i don’t understand is the complete cut, dropping down his site, disappearing, not only did he lost a good asset with kusaba, he also dropped the ball on all his users, he could have made this a much nicer and simple transition (to his new software), but no… well now i don’t trust his punk ass and i will probably never use his software ever again, even if its fantastic… cause most likely he will drop the ball again… silly stuff humm ^_^

08.10 > Uhhh just bought a bunch of new domains ^_^ i’ll post them on s2r later on, also doing a lot of promotion and glitter work on sites, probably 2 new sites coming soon enough, a sister site to picult avatar gallery and niche video porn site for support for slooge amateur porn network ^_^ to expand on the adult network before going to work on the cute network muahahaha… WHATTT it all makes sense in my head*

25.07 > Hummm finished work on kudasai.org hehehe its a japanese inspired flash arcade site muhahah, i think its quite awesome with strange games and nintendo games heheh

Worked some kinks on panchira.org (mostly cosmetic), also some work done on hentaish for the next super especial ^_^’ hummm also we had to kill one of hentaish servers (sorry sorry)

Two new sites coming soon enough and 4 more on the way ^^ … thats it for now

28.05 > Finished all work on picult, starting my work on a couple of new sites ^_^ and well updating and fixing a lot of small bugs all round busy busy BUSY BEEEE hehehe

11.05 > Yayyy, big updates on a bunch of sites like s2r.org panchira.org hentaish.com tentakle.com soundcult.com (with a official soundcult myspace page as well) and more coming soon, as well as more sites popping out everywhere muahahah like picult.com (anime and hentai avatar gallery to support the likes of panchira and the hentai and anime communities online) buriko.org (all about japanese idols) and yime.org (hentai and anime p2p search engine) hehehe good times indeed, now i’m focusing on cleaning some edges, continuing with the updates and putting more sites online (6 are in the works with 2 almost ready for opening day) HURRAY

13.04 > Yep yep picult (or picture cult) is a days away from being open ^_^ hurray its an avatar gallery site with some twists, powered by zenphoto… its getting just the final touches, besides that i’m focusing on slooge and improving vidcult and panchira hehehe

24.02 > Just gave the final brushes on Orgme.com , still working hard on Picult.com as well as Iguaria.com and also Movably.com is also online ^_^;

08.02 > Working on the Hentaish Network, launched Movably is a widget launching/review site ^_^ … posting the top widgets online, kinda a cool thing, i think, also a couple of new domains, work in progress: Panchira.org (new theme and improvements), Iguaria.com (portuguese cooking site) and Picult.com (avatar hosting).

30.01 > Just a quick note of refreshing the s2r blog, its now back to being hosted on blogger, because… hummm it just works better like this, than using other schemes, still wondering if its better here or on tumbr hehehe ^_^

29.01 > Final work is being done on yime (hentai/anime p2p search engine) and picult (anime avatar gallery), both are somewhat companions to the hentaish sites ^^

21.01 > Muahahha another launch… the companion music video social network AKA vidcult.com to Soundcult is now online ^_~ one of the first fusions is the embeded music player… you can find it here at mp3 Soundcult well enjoy hehehe

24.01 > Im trying something new… a full social microbloging experiment… its to mix it up with fiendish (both will integrate with time), its called criticising.com and its online muhahaha… basically micro critics that get plastered around cyberspace ^_^

26.11 > New version of S2R is online hehehe

22.01 > After some work… Buriko.org is now online ^-^ hurray

08.01 > Quite a bit of work done, Hentaish.com has a new design, a new site is online … in the form of Neechan.org (former Hentaish image board) yeah yeah but it’s not just a new name its a brand spanking new name, more news soon ^^

05.05 > Whuuu so little news, well anyway, Neechan.org is working really well, working now on improving reliability in the network (some downtime, slow speeds), as well as BB8.org and Vidcult.com ^^

22.11 > Work in progress for vidcult.com as well as picult.com ^^

08.10 > Even more domains, this ones are a doozy, work in progress on Hentaish.com , Slooge.com and Vidcult.com, also a slight redesign of Fanvid.org

28.11 > Slight redesign of S2R (removed the “log” and put the.log muhahaha), well also work is underway on Pictult.com ^^

23.12 > Work is underway on Hentaish.com , Fiendish.org and Soundcult.com ^^

26.08 > Just 14h from thinking it, to finished, Fanvid.org has been launched today, what is it? Well it’s more or less a Video Site, with a twist, it has a ultra minimalistic style, anyone can send videos in and comment on the videos, ohhh and unlike google and everybody else, we don’t have betas, it’s from idea to fully operational, if something breaks it’s not our fault ohhh and we don’t restrict content heheheh so it can be horror, it can be home made porn, it can be someone doing tricks, if it’s good it will be there …. eventually

30.08 > More domains ^^ hurray

20.07 > New Design ^^ you can see the old one here, also spending some hours restructuring s2r management system (also we have been accepted on google hosted, so fussing that as well)

12.08 > A couple of new domains … funny stuff ^^

25.04 > Massive Update to Soundcult.com, 8 new features and 28 “bug fixes”, why so many bugs? Oh well we just like to call it bugs, in reality they are “beta features”, but bugs sound better…

25.08 > Massive Update to Soundcult.com, 8 new features and 28 “bug fixes”, why so many bugs? Oh well we just like to call it bugs, in reality they are “beta features”, but bugs sound better…

22.04 > Added 4 new domains ^_^;

25.04 > Soundcult.com is launched, Hurray ^_^; work is being re shifted to Solidvoid.com, and Andreia.org

21.04 > Added a couple of new sections on s2r.

10.03 > Work in progress with Soundcult.com, Psicotica.com and Ouvinte.com

00.00 > Major revamp of s2r main site, changed a bit of the text, added a brand new contact page, s2r is now available in 2 languages (english and portuguese), more things to come soon…

old news

> Working on a lot of different things, also a couple of new domains like yime.org, slooge.com and doninha.com ^_^

>Just Received a but load of ubuntu linux cd’s i’ll start by putting one to good use for powering another box for pet projects (sr2 labs ^_^), the rest are up for grabs anyone that wants 1, just contact me on the contact section

> Work on psicotica.com and andreia.org is underway, trying out google adsense ads on s2r.org and on fiendish.org and hentaish.com feeds (not on the sites themselves) so if you want to support or if you find something interesting your just a click away

> Hentaish.com is online (ok it’s still a beta, but everything seems to work great), fiendish.org is optimised to the max, mamilo.com is working great as well, the priority now are psicotica.com , andreia.org and oxidado.com ( maybe i’ll finish up a couple of others ^_^ like besigh.com or soundcult.com )

> New Domains hentaish.com and psicotica.com, also hentaipt.com is gonna be dropped, also new updates on several sites, including mamilo.com and oxidado.com and fiendish.org, more news soon…

> New Domain hentaipt.com and projects are as usual being worked on ^_^

> Same oh same oh, mamilo.com is online and some of the projects domains were put on sedo.com (just because they aren’t being used yet)

> A Bunch of new projects are in beta, finished or coming together 😛

> The work on Hostcult.com new layout and server are finished, fiendish.org and incult.com are online or in the final beta stages

> New Domains Added, Hostcult.com new layout is almost finished, working on new projects ;D

contact

For now you can contact us by going to our site at S2R.org, on the contact section ^_^

about

Humm i’ll give a quick review on both hoscult.com and s2r.org ^_^

Hostcult
Hummm hoscult was basically the placeholder domain for our hosting, it still is, using multiple subdomains to point to servers and pointing to dns, but besides that it wasnt used for anything else, since we dont sell hosting ourselfs (we host only s2r sites), we decided to use the main domain for the official s2r news and some tidbits and insigh we get on the hosting industry and web software and whatever we feel like, hope you enjoy heheh ^_^

S2R
S2R or the Send to Receive Organization is dedicated to create awesome sites, thats pretty much it heheheh