Totally Free 'Forever Available' Little Tribute Website. Suggestions?

GnarlyKnuckles on 14/03/2024 - 04:41
Last edited 14/03/2024 - 09:46 by 1 other user

I want to write ~two paragraphs, followed by a short chronological list of humans, cats, dogs, and numerous other species of pets that lived in an enduring 'group house' that fluctuated between functional and dysfunctional for over a decade in Melbourne, beginning in the mid-1990s. I want to include pictures. I am absolutely certain that none of the peeps will mind if I include their pics. Does anyone have any good suggestions re the best 'platform' to use for such a thing?

There might end up being quite a few pics … probably less than 100 MB, but defo less than a 1 GB …

Any and all suggestions appreciated.

I want it to be 'mounted' on a platform that is unlikely to just disappear within a year or two; but I want it to be accessible to anyone; so not a 'FaceBook Album' or whatever, which is 'exclusive' re access. Does any such a platform exist?!?

Internet

Comments

  • poboy on 14/03/2024 - 06:26
    +4

    Not sure. But if you don't pay, expect that you can't control its future. Good luck.

  • MatthewAsia on 14/03/2024 - 06:43
    +2

    Permanent, easily available and free don't really mix well on the internet

    I also wouldn't be putting up peoples photos without consent. If you're the landlord or a real estate agent, doubly so, there are privacy laws.

    If you want control and for it to not disappear, you'd probably want to get some hosting, obble.com.au, find a 50% off discount here somewhere, get a domain from porkbun or cloudflare, and build a wordpress website. It'll set you back about $40 - $50 per year. It'll last as long as you pay, but always keep a backup just incase.

  • mskeggs on 14/03/2024 - 07:58
    +8

    Free web hosting, try weebly or even Wordpress.com or dreamwidth or tumblr. Once setup, go to archive.org and enter the url and hit the “cache it to the way back machine” button.

  • donga100 on 14/03/2024 - 10:27
    +2

    Just make a Facebook album and set the privacy on it to Public. Neocities is the new Geocities so you could try that too. They provide 1GB storage on the free plan.

  • GnarlyKnuckles on 14/03/2024 - 13:53

    Thank you all very kindly for your rapid and considered responses.

    :)

  • Chaddy on 14/03/2024 - 17:55

    I would agree with everyone else that you should get people's permission before posting their photos online. I would also not have the back end of the site open to the public, use Wordpress but have comments disabled. Plenty of good themes both paid and free that you can get for designing a Wordpress blog type site.
    Though as others have said to ensure the sites stays online I would also pay for hosting.
    Though my opinion could be considered biassed on that one given my business offers managed hosting but plenty of options around as others have said.
    Was this place some sort of institution by any chance? I just bring this up as they have another bunch of privacy laws that you need to consider.

  • Ozbar Gain on 14/03/2024 - 18:12

    Sounds like a static website to me. Host the images with a public image host of your choice and then create a static website that can be hosted by Github or Cloudhare for free, drawing in the images from the image host.

    Like everyone else said, of course, get permission to publish the photos first, or blur the faces.

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