Question about hosting a page in Russian.

[Badgers]

Hello,
I need to host a page to allow someone who speaks Russian to communicate with me. Basically, they do not know how e-mail works, and what would happen is that I would make a page and when they need to contact me they would fill out a form, submit it, and the form would e-mail me. When I would need to reply, I would post it on the webpage. So all I need is one text-only (and PHP) page, but it inherently needs to be in Russian. Can I have permission to create such a page? Thanks in advance.

 

[garrettroyce]

I'm pretty sure the english, spanish, or french rule doesn't get any exceptions.

If you make a public web page on your site to your liking, in one of the languages, and then have a "downloads" section with a .txt download of your file for this person, that would be acceptable.

 

[Badgers]

The only problem with that, I would first need to explain to the person how to download the text file, since the person would probably not think of that himself. And I could put the instructions on the page until the first time the person contacts me, but the person might not contact me for a while (like a couple of years)-- the person will not try to contact me unless they really need to. So what do you suggest that I do?

 

[garrettroyce]

Well, you're in contact with this person now, aren't you? Can't you give them the message?

I don't think you'll be banned if you put one line of text instructions in russian. You just can't have a whole russian language site.

 

[Badgers]

Actually, no, I am not in contact with that person. Obviously, since this person lives overseas, they are not very technologically savvy: they do not even have a phone. And they can only get on the internet by paying a huge amount of money in an internet café, so they're not going to do it unless they really need to. And about the "one line of instruction"-- do you suggest that I fill the rest of the site with just random information in English after instructions in Russian at the top?

 

[garrettroyce]

Well, your site doesn't have to be designed to be for the whole world. There's nothing wrong with a personal page, I think the problem is how can X10 staff check to make sure you aren't violating policy since they don't speak russian?

What if you did something like this: (pretend this is a webpage)

Badgers' Russian Internet tutorial download page

Click the link below to download the tutorial:
[russian translation]
[link to file.txt]

Also, I would think there's a hosting company somewhere that allows you to host russian language sites, it may be easier than trying to force your site to conform to X10's rules. For something simple like this, you could probably even use blogger or any similar personal home page site, since you aren't doing any scripting or database access. I don't want you to get in trouble or create a site that doesn't work right for your needs, just to stay on X10.

 

[Badgers]

Hmm, maybe you are right. I was considering making the site like that, and then I considered the person's reaction if he saw English on the site... Yeah, maybe better go look for a hosting company elsewhere. I mean maybe he'll be fine, but better not take a chance.

 

[garrettroyce]

Hmm, maybe you are right. I was considering making the site like that, and then I considered the person's reaction if he saw English on the site... Yeah, maybe better go look for a hosting company elsewhere. I mean maybe he'll be fine, but better not take a chance.

I think it would be best for this person and for you, I think you both will end up being extremely frustrated by trying to force your site to work here

 

[adamparkzer]

Hello,
I need to host a page to allow someone who speaks Russian to communicate with me. Basically, they do not know how e-mail works, and what would happen is that I would make a page and when they need to contact me they would fill out a form, submit it, and the form would e-mail me. When I would need to reply, I would post it on the webpage. So all I need is one text-only (and PHP) page, but it inherently needs to be in Russian. Can I have permission to create such a page? Thanks in advance.

To my knowledge, as long as you have a translation of your site to English, foreign language sites are okay. You may want to use a Google Translate feature so your site automatically translates. This is what I've heard in the past, any administrator can correct me if I'm wrong.

Edit:

I just verified with an administrator, and it is permitted. So your Russian site is okay as long as you have a full English translation of it.

 

[Badgers]

To my knowledge, as long as you have a translation of your site to English, foreign language sites are okay. You may want to use a Google Translate feature so your site automatically translates. This is what I've heard in the past, any administrator can correct me if I'm wrong.

So if the administrators get to coming around here, would it be okay if I put a the link to the English translation at the bottom? I mean, obviously, I know English, so I can translate my text to English every time I post it-- and the other person's posts would be e-mailed to me, so that would not need to be translated. And in the meanwhile, I will look for hosting elsewhere. The main reason I asked here is because it allows three languages, whereas most other sites only allow English.

Edit in response to your edit:
So to doublecheck, if I put a link to the English translation at the bottom, is it still okay?

 

[garrettroyce]

I would think so. I double checked the TOS and it doesn't say anything about translations, so that's good to know

I would think as long as the translation is accessible, not a hidden link somewhere off of the viewable page, it would be acceptable.

 

[Badgers]

Yeah, I mean I read the ToSes, so I would have noticed if it said anything of the sort. There was even this one website that required agreement to the ToS, but did not have a link to it, neither on the signup page, nor at the bottom... ...

 

[adamparkzer]

Edit in response to your edit:
So to doublecheck, if I put a link to the English translation at the bottom, is it still okay?

Yes, it is okay. You are not breaking any rules as long as you have a complete and accurate English translation of the entire site.

Yeah, I mean I read the ToSes, so I would have noticed if it said anything of the sort. There was even this one website that required agreement to the ToS, but did not have a link to it, neither on the signup page, nor at the bottom... ...

Fortunately, x10Hosting provides a link to the Terms of Service during sign up. If you need to refer to it again, it can be found at http://x10hosting.com/tos.php