Step 3: Get Web Hosting

Web hosting is like leasing a space on a computer where the files of your website will actually reside. The files sit on this computer or server and can be Accessed by people browsing the web. Every time someone visits your adult web site they download these  files from this one server and display them in their browser.

Some people set up servers in their homes and offices, but for your start up porn site it makes way more sense, time and money wise, to get web hosting from a company who does this as their business. A good web hosting company will have 3 things that you’ll need as you build and maintain your new adult web site.

  1. Infrastructure – they will have servers and facilities to house them, not to mention a dedicated connection to the internet suitable to host a website that receives a lot of traffic.
  2. Support – web servers are very complex machines and far from not perfect, sooner or later you’ll run into an issue that you can’t solve.  A good web host will have a 24 hour support service that can respond to your requests and get you back up and running when problems arise.
  3. Technology – If you’re planning on steaming video from your server, which you probably are, there is certain software that must be installed on your adult web host that will make this run smoothly. You want to get a server that can accommodate this.
  4. Allows Adult Content – OK, I know I said 3, but, as things go, I forgot about the most important, most obvious point. You must get a web host that allows adult content to be hosted on their machines. If you put a bunch of adult content on a machine that doesn’t allow this, they will delete your account, and your website. AND they will keep you money! So read the terms of use for any web host you choose. OR just pick the one that I use.

So, rather than search all over the web for a server that fits your needs you could take my recommendation and use Citrix.

I use these guys for a number of porn sites. They have the right software installed for streaming video the right way, have an incredibly fast support department and definitely allow adult content.  Not to mention they’re pretty inexpensive! Check them out, you won’t be disappointed!

Step 5 – Customize your WordPress Install to Serve your Porn Web Site Better!

Now that your have wordpress up and running you can start posting content and building your website. Doing things this way poses 2 problems though:

  1. It’s going to take a lot of work to get enough adult content on the site to make it worth while for visitors to come and stay a while.
  2. Where the hell do I get all this content I need?

Number 2 is actually the biggest of the 2 problems and we’ll solve that next post, but first let’s look at the technology we need to put in place to get 1000’s of videos on your new adult site in only a short period of time.

Adultere Plugin

I did a lot of searching and found some pay plugins and some complete systems for managing a tube type porn site, but then I found one that was in its initial stages and was free to use. I installed it and it does everything I need it to do. In a very short time I had a tube style porno site up and running with 1000’s of videos online!

This is a WordPress plugin and template designed to make mangement of your  affiliate content on your adult site very easy. Take a look at the following links to download and install this plugin on your new site:

  1. Download and installation guide for the Adultere plugin
    1. Please note that the installation guide was formerly at the developer’s site: http://milfhd.com/blog/2011/06/adultere/. It has been recovered from an Internet archive.
  2. Customization guide for your Adultere templates
  3. Demo of what this plugin does for you

Update: The Adultere website is down currently. Until it’s back up you can get it from here.

Once you have it installed try uploading the sample content spreadsheet and see how it works.

Next you need to get some content of your own. See the next post to find out how to get your own library of adult videos for free, using adult affiliate programs!