this post explains how the website wallpaperama.com was started
Long time ago I remember searching the web trying to find a good wallpaper for my computer background. Everytime I did a search with the top 3 search engines: Google, Yahoo and MSN, I always came up with wallpapers that suck. Some searches took me to "Link Farm" sites. These are site that don't actually have wallpapers, they just have links to other wallpapers sites. It was fraustrating. Every so often I would find a wallpaper that would fit my mood. Most of the wallpapers I searched for where ralated to nature in particular, but for some reason some searches would take to me to some pornographic sites which have wallpapers, but you have to pay for membership. Finally I got tired of the whole game of trying to find wallpapers for my computer. I decided to get my own wallpapers.
An important step in starting, is to get a good web hosting company. I use Webune.com They have provided us with execellent service. We have not had any issues with them for over two years since our wallpaper web site started. You should check them out at
At first I started with five simple html pages. As my libraby grew larger, I couldn't keep up with having to edit each html page. The best solution was PHP. I signup with a php hosting company for 149 bucks a year. they offer php but the the hosting company would not change some of their apache configuaration. (which makes sense in a shared hosting environment). I was about to give up, until a good friend recomended webune.com. They were able to offer me a good server through their partner wanplanet.com. Finally, I could have a dynamic site.
I searched trying to figure out if there was an open source script that would make managing my site more simpler. I was new with PHP, and didn't know much how to code. I went back to my friends at webune.com and they were able to set me up with a complete wallpaper website script. Now I am glad to know that if there are people frustrated like I was trying to find a good wallpaper website that offer high quality wallpapers without using my credit card or not having any nasty adult stuff.
If you are like me and trying to get a good wallpaper website, contact us and we will get you setup with our friends at webune.com They were able to offer me free hosting with my script and a one year free license. I have to say, the most expensive part was trying to get the website content copyrighted. You have to go through alot of laws, and those lawyers don't show mercy, they'll suck every penny out of you.
So I you are tying to get your wallpaper site up, start taking pictures. A good place to start getting your domain name is wanplanet.com and for cheap hosting, try webune.com once you have your domain and hosting up, there are many site that offer Open Source PHP scripts under the GNU GPL Licensing. I good one to try is coppermine. Its a very robust script. I've seen it in alot of wallpaper site.