Last chance "newbies"! Major links to help you set up your new Dolphin Community.

Dolphin Current Major Software/Program Downloads
...a place where I'm sure you have already found which has the latest downloads for Dolphin, Ray and Orca

Or if you are a CONTRIBUTOR*:
The AdFree Version of Dolphin, Ray and Orca

The long awaited and highly anticipated code for...
How to Install Dolphin in 38 Seconds or Less
that is just about ready for release and that you can see the prototype of it HERE.

And also by the same Programming Poet, Artist and Code Troubadour and a MUST see...
James Tadeo's Tutorials for Dolphin Sites

A page with some good beginners questions and answers about Dolphin software and near as I can tell a third party who is selling Dolphin script for a membership of $30 a month. Couldn't quite figure it out. Read their FAQ and I think you will see what I meant.
BEGINNERS Q and A

Even if you get the code above you are going to still want this following program. It is one of the best FTP(File Transfer Protocol Programs) available. It is also FREE! And if you intend to install your site(which you should learn how to do) you could not ask for an easier or better FTP program to use for both the instillation of the major components and the mods that you will want to add later on.
Filezilla Download

This is an article in Wikipedia which will explain to you how to configure Filezilla so that you are communicating with the server you will be using. It is a technical in parts but in the end it will be more than worth it to you to understand how to use FTP so you can upload all the mods that are available free of charge yourself rather than needing to hire an installer for each mod.
Filezilla Configuration

Once you have Filezilla configured properly you are going to be absolutely amazed at how easy it is going to be to actually upload the Dolphin programs and mods to your site. And ALWAYS remember to back up everything before you upload anything new to be sure it works with your site.
How to Use Filezilla

The following are the instructions for installing the major Dolphin software to your server which has been written by the Expertezz at Boonex.
Dolphin Instillation to Server

The latest patch and instructions for installing it.
Latest Patch and Upgrade Instructions for Dolphin 6.1.1 to 6.1.2

Where to find hundreds upon hundreds of modifications to fine tune your site even more. And I stopped counting how many of them are free after I got to over a HUNDRED!
Expertezzz ALL Modifications Dolphin, Orca and Ray

As the link says here this is for the latest extensions you will find to add to your site and which can be found on UNITY.
Latest Extensions to Ad to Your Site

Where to go to get help in real time from the Dolphin community 24/7 365 days a year. Join it now while it is still FREE because it wont be for long.
Help Me 24H

And while you are waiting for some answers to come back from the questions you asked don't forget to use one of the quickest ways to find an answer to a lot of the technical problems you may have and that will at least let you get a feel for the jargon. The search engine.
Google.com

If you are interested in the coming new Community Software that has been heralded as the antidote to war, pestilence, hatred, superstition and most of all...HATRED and is naturally called SHARK...because a shark never stops swimming. And if you don't like that explanation as to why that fish was chosen for the new Boonex program...you do the existential computations as to why that was the name picked for it. But if you want to see how it will work and it's programming code in action join the following fully functioning online site that uses it and is called...
4ppl

There were a few other links I had for all of you but these are all I have for tonight and as I find the others I also wanted to post I will upload them just as soon as I find them again.

I of course would have liked to dedicate this little blog entry to more than a few people who have helped and befriended me along the way but there are so many of you I wouldn't know where to begin. So I'm going to just dedicate it to you "newbees in the hopes that despite all the craziness and the bugs and the frustrations and a whole lot more a lot of us have lived through...you will find your time here a little less chaotic than us "old timers" and that your site becomes everything you ever dreamed it could be...and more!

And remember in the meantime...IF YOU SEE THE ENEMY WALKING ALONG THE ROAD BE SURE YOU SCREW EM! IT IS A HELL OF A LOT MORE FUN...THAN KILLING THEM!

PS.
I am a contributor* but there seems to be some problem with it showing up on my account. And just as an aside I remember the days when I couldn't afford the money to be a contributor for a year and so I had to take out a contributor membership for the shortest period of time they had the contributor status avaialable for. And the cost of it then...was $40 a month. And the cost for Ray Media Server I seem to remember was in excess of a couple of hundred dollars. But as far as this place goes...I DON"T want my money back!

Be well. And stay safe! ;-)

2008-07-06 02:45:21 MAY BE REPRODUCED AT WILL...FOR NO MONEY!