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Burble Net Burble Net is an online artists’ community
devoted to the publishing and encouragement of amateur art, interaction
between artists and audiences, and discussion of art in general. To achieve these goals, we offer free,
unlimited web space to artists and free participation in the Burble
Net Forums. If you have
any ideas that would improve this site or further its goals, please email
them to pepperjkat@yahoo.com. Who can join? Any artist who works in a medium that can be fairly presented on the web is welcome to have a site hosted here. This includes, but is not limited to, writing, drawing, painting, computer graphics, music, and photography. What requirements exist for sites hosted here? Artists must be willing to
provide regular content (update at least twice a week). They must also link to all Burble Net
artists, the PayPal donate page, and the forums from all pages. Outside of this, the structure and content
of the sites is entirely up to the artists being hosted. The one final
requirement is that each artist must provide one piece of artwork per month
that will be given exclusively to users who have donated to the site. I
don’t want to act as an editor; you will control the format and schedule for
your site and anything you post will not be subject to approval by me. Do I have to participate in the Poll/Question of the Week features? No. Every time they are to updated, I will email the new Poll or Question to the artists in advance. If you choose, you may reply with your own answer. Also, feel free to recommend Polls and Questions whenever you have an idea. What are the benefits of having a site hosted here? In addition to your own free space to host your artwork online, Burble Net submerges you in a community of artists and art consumers. You gain viewers from having your site linked from every page in the Burble Net community, a forum specifically devoted to the discussion of your artwork, and an instantaneous link other artists with whom you can interact and collaborate. How much space/bandwidth do you offer? You will be allowed unlimited space. I will keep purchasing more to accommodate the needs of the site. Currently, I am allotted half a gigabyte per month of bandwidth by my host. I am looking into setting up my own server. Once that happens, the bandwidth limit will be whatever my two-way cable connection can handle. What does it cost to be hosted here? As of now, I am only paying two dollars a month, billed yearly, for ad-free hosting. For as long as this hosting option is reasonable for the site in terms of storage space and bandwidth, hosting a site here will be free. I am looking into future options such as buying my own server and domain to keep costs down when the site expands. Even if I have to charge to keep up, it would only be around fifty cents to a dollar per month for unlimited storage space. What sort of technical knowledge does hosting a site here require? None. I am willing to create and maintain websites for artists here or teach them how to make their own using simple and readily available tools. How do I join? I have a question not answered here. Just email me some basic info: Name and email address AND Nature of art you wish to host and ff you need any help designing or maintaining your site OR Your question You can send this information to me at pepperjkat@yahoo.com or fill out the form on my contact page. |
All original material © 2003 Erika
Salomon.
