Empire based fansites

[indirect]

Originally Posted by RedKnights

Nope, those domains are not, and never have been owned by SOE.

In fact the vanu one is just the website for raging primates's outfit.

The domains of the old and official sites were:

http://www.vanusovereignty.com
http://www.newconglomerate.com
http://www.terranrepublic.com

so if you want to watch a website, watch those.

They went offline years ago and were part of the marketing push surrounding core combat. They sort of served as little instuctables about the empire you chose, and the best way to fight with each weapon.

He never said they were official... he actually quite clearly said they are community run. Chill out kid...

[TerranTitan]

There were disclaimers on each site clearly stating that they are not owned by SOE, or it's employees, or holdings. 100% fan based. Even got the approval of Matt Higby when starting the sites.

Yes 2 of the 3 sites were hacked, yes VS remains untouched. Pretty fishy if you ask me. I'm not pointing fingers, I'm not laying blame, but come on people, it's a VIDEO GAME for pete's sake!

The forums for both sites are still up and active.

[ArchangeI]

Originally Posted by TerranTitan

There were disclaimers on each site clearly stating that they are not owned by SOE, or it's employees, or holdings. 100% fan based. Even got the approval of Matt Higby when starting the sites.

Yes 2 of the 3 sites were hacked, yes VS remains untouched. Pretty fishy if you ask me. I'm not pointing fingers, I'm not laying blame, but come on people, it's a VIDEO GAME for pete's sake!

The forums for both sites are still up and active.

Doubt its connected, i think its rather the fact that the VS is connected to a well known portal which are used to that sort of problems.

OT Ive been working on something for VS myself, vanu-sov.....com was just faster than me

But ill give you a grasp of the general framework.
And the purpose of the site is semi RP, grasp the feel of a real military site somewhat and secure forums for outfit / leader discussions was even thinking of specific outfit forums for specific outfits etc.

[TerranTitan]

It's hard to say really. Enjin is not without it's misgivings, that's for sure. I like being able to have total control of my sites, and frankly, I'd be embarrassed to use Enjin. But hey, to each his own, and good luck. I freely offer my assistance to anyone who wants it. I see the bigger picture here, we're all PS fans. That in itself is a brotherhood, even across empire lines.

I say good luck to you in your site, and if this dirty red bastard can help you in any way, just ask.

[ArchangeI]

Can only agree but enjin is perfect for new clans starting out but i dont feel its fitting for a Community site, Well any fitting feedback based what ive shown so far apart from the text can be hard to read

-IPhone

[TerranTitan]

This is off topic of the main thread, but I think you'll be better served learning WordPress and having a separate forum solution. Your site gets popped with Enjin, and you lose everything. Mine got popped and only lost the front site. Honestly, I could have it back up in an hour if I wanted to. I save everything.

Presentation is everything. You may not think it, but if your site looks like shit, nobody will join. It's a delicate balance between beauty, features, and performance. Also, no site is unhackable, it just comes with the territory of being an admin. Look at SOE, makers of PS2. They've been hacked. They have security tighter than you and I may ever have. It happens.

Life goes on. Good luck.

[Jamezz]

It sounds like we need to have a duel of the empires!

I'm the owner of the http://vanu-sovereignty.com site and I can assure you that I would not delve as low as to hack opposing faction portals. I'd much prefer to get even while in-game!

I also chose my host carefully. Enjin has a good track record of holding up against the craziest of Denial-of-service attacks, something you can't get for a similar price point.

I wish you well on the web front and hope you can repel future attacks!


P.S: Shameless plug for http://vanu-sovereignty.com , join the party if you're part of the VS!

[TerranTitan]

I'm glad you registered the domain out from under me, to be honest. Running one bad ass site is difficult enough, let alone three. As far as pointing fingers, I never directly did. It was more of an attempt at bad humor.

I have a good host as well, and even the best hosted sites get DDoS'ed. Look at FBI.gov. they get dossed and are down occasionally too. Pretty hard to stop a dedicated botnet with hundreds of zombies. Best thing about dossing is it isn't permanent.

[ArchangeI]

http://www.vanu-coalition.com/

This is what i have so far.
Purpose of the site is to gather Vanu Outfits and encourage a colaboration between them through secure channels of communication.

Joint Strikeforces, Strategical planning.

Not only that, but also a place where people can share their stories and experiences abit semi RP if you wish.

There's also a outfit / alliance system where people essentialy can create their own discussions / outfits on the site which give em access to Outfit Photos/Videos/Discussions/events specificly for that outfit.

And ofc it can be set to invite only.

To get access to the secure channels you must get verified, to get verified im thinking something in the lines of...

We have to talk to you ingame, on the forum, on your site, on voice coms and you have to be recommended by another outfit thats already verified.

Last bit will be abit hard for the first couple of outfits but we'll work that out.
Was thinking that 1 person will have to represent the outfit in the secure section?
We won't be completely secure from spies but we sure as hell can make it harder for em.

Not sure if any of that made any sense

[TerranTitan]

Our site is back up! Damn script kiddies knocked my forum offline for a day, but it's restored! Lost a few posts, but otherwise back to 100%.

[ArchangeI]

Originally Posted by TerranTitan

Our site is back up! Damn script kiddies knocked my forum offline for a day, but it's restored! Lost a few posts, but otherwise back to 100%.

Welcome back
Have had a few attempts at my site already but nothing major.

So far its a fair few failed injections

[TerranTitan]

Why do these little shits do this? Our sites offer a service, no matter the faction!

[Ghryphen]

The hack had nothing to do with PlanetSide or faction, it was a random attack based on common software exploits. If you look up the name that was on the home page you can find their Facebook page where they display links to all the sites they have "provided a security service" for.

[TerranTitan]

Yep, i saw that too. Saw their FB page. It does appear to be random.

[Ghryphen]

I reported it and just got this in response as expected :/

Thanks for your recent report of a potential violation on Facebook. After reviewing your report, we were not able to confirm that the specific page you reported violates Facebook's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.