XServe's, PowerMacs? What is your type of server?

I vote org or net, also.

they're gateway servers running linux

we have 2 of them...if it gets popular enough we can dedicate one solely to the webring

*jeremy

Impossible.
It may take 48 hours for DNS to resolve, but that has nothing to do with the availability of domain names. I imagine Internic keeps a database which all the registrars draw from.

When it says DNS takes 48 hours to resolve, that is the amount of time it takes for the information that yourdomain.com really means your.numeric.ip. to propogate through the system.
Every night, all of the days DNS registrations are sent to 701, a monstrous DNS server in Washington State. It spends the next 24 hours filtering back down through the ISPs

--Petey

The Force Team would also be happy to host it.
We're in the final stages of configuring a FreeBSD server with a 20 gig IDE and a 20 gig SCSI drive.
As for our bandwidth, well, it'll be one of two things.
A) a T1, either at our school or at a local ISP
B) (and this is the kicker) a T3 that get's IT's bandwidth from a local optic fiber line. Lemme explain, cause this is one helluva nerd tale. I work at said local ISP, right? There is an optic fiber line leading down the street to another house. This guy has a T3 to the business he owns in the town over, which has a true blue fiber optic line. Basically, this guy gives us some some of his bandwidth in exchange for a colo and tech support. So, depending on what goes on with that, we'll either have slightly less or slightly better bandwidth then you.

We could always split up the hosting...but that might go into needless complications...

Anyway...

I'll see if I can get the domain name within the next half hour.

--Petey

we're registering firstwebring.org as we speak....so the creation of a domain by anyone else is needless. :)

thanks tho. it should be up asap...

*jeremy

Ok then.
:)

--Petey

Once again, I'm going to have to say wow!

I was looking at some sites last night, and say that they were part of a webring. SO... I though, what the heck, lets see what ppl think of a first webring.

Personally, I'll screw around with photoshop over this next week (more weekend), and try to make a really cool logo.

Whoever really takes this up (Jeremy_Mc & Petey ??), i think it'll be really cool, and a great place for web designers to show off their stuff.

Looks like Jeremy_Mc is heading it up, though our team is of course willing to help wherever we're needed.

-Petey

If anyone is curious, the script and everything is done.

www.firstwebring.tk

sign up there, get the code, and slap it up there :)

i'm working on a search engine right now...it should be up in the next few days

hope everyone likes it.


as a favor, i'd like you guys to send me some images i can use for buttons, banners, or somethign like that to jeremy@firstubergeeks.com

Thanks a lot!

*jeremy

Added!!! :D

BTW, you'll have to change the IMG SRC to http://www.firstubergeeks.com/webring/webring.gif rather than just /webring.gif. It dosn't work otherwise for me. Plus it's safer to do that in this world of HTML and XML... :yikes:

I am reading this and I have a question. What is a webring?

A web ring is a small script people add to their pages that links it with other pages. They usually put an image with selectors for going left or right to another site. So if you go to our forums and go to 'Other Teams' there will be the little picture there waiting to go.

Ok that makes sence. Thanks
Joseph.

whoooaa thanks for pointing that out!

i'll fix that en uno momento :)

[edit] actually, it would be better if you could put it on your own server...if not it's perfectly fine, but it would be better for me and you wouldn't have to change the code :) thanks [/edit]

*jeremy