It has been 18 years since retirement until 2023. When I first retired in 2005, I continued to work on English topics, but later switched to Mandarin. I often visit ancient poetry and literature websites, write a general history of China, read ancient texts for notes, and occasionally write memoirs. Is that all on my computer? Who's watching you? It is impossible to print them into books. There are too many, and we cannot afford to print, sell, or give it away as presents. This path is definitely not feasible. Nowadays, the online space is incredibly vast and the prices are cheap. Can I establish a website? I have started to explore and research. I had previously established two websites, one to sell simulation test papers for the students who wanted to upgrade from a junior college to a university, and the other to sell text materials for MP3 listening. However, due to the closure of the business, both websites were shut down. The personal website space I establish this time needs to be large, the life time will be long, and all the procedures need to be completed. I thought it should continue after the end of my life, so I need to build a solid foundation to do this well.
There are many advertisements online to help build a website. After comparing prices from three different sources and inquiring, I finally arrived at the Huawei Cloud official website, where there are quotes for purchasing space, methods for purchasing domain names, and more. I have Huawei's reputation in mind, so I started here. Huawei Cloud's quote is ¥ 796 for three years. At this moment, a person surnamed Sun and named Yunhu took the initiative to contact me and offered a cheaper price than Huawei Cloud. I asked how to charge, and he told me on WeChat: "¥ 600, including website building, filing, 1 year domain name+1000M server for 1 year, and 1 year website maintenance." With the price of Huawei Cloud, he couldn't cheat me anymore. In the end, he said that the website he built is adaptive, that is, it can be read on mobile phones and has self-adjustment function, priced at ¥ 800 for 3 years. I think this price is acceptable, Huawei's adaptive pricing is much higher. But I have already made the payment to Huawei Cloud, and Sun said I can apply for a refund, which will arrive in five days. I like adaptive websites. After they are built, users can log in on their phones or computers and have an access to my website comfortably. Therefore, I applied for a refund on Huawei Cloud Official website and accepted Sun Yunhu's quote. I first paid him ¥ 400 and asked him to help me build the website throughout the process.
The domain name has been successfully purchased on the Huawei Cloud official website, and I would like to first build the website. I call Sun Yunhu Teacher Xiao Sun. He gave me a website template, divided into two parts: Chinese page and English page. I sent him the table of contents, and he requested to make an icon for each table of contents. Fortunately, I have a foundation in image processing. According to his requirements, after completing all the images, I can upload the materials separately.
Uploading materials to the website is also quite time-consuming, as the Chinese page contains 180 stories about the general history of China; I have written 73 pieces of my personal memory 'The Feelings of a Big Tree'; Especially for reading notes, 2778 web pages have been generated. The English page contains the English version of 'Feelings of a Big Tree'; English teaching paper; English exercises, etc. After uploading, I can open the website on my computer and phone, see the content I uploaded, and if I find any errors, I can edit and correct them in the background. The front-end cannot be changed, which is the ideal state I imagined.
But the opening speed is not ideal, there is always a pause for a while. Xiao Sun said that the website must be registered before it can be released to Alibaba Cloud's space. Currently, we are using the Hong Kong version, but the opening speed is not ideal. Not filing is definitely not acceptable. It is illegal and must be filed. I have made up my mind.
The filing process is entirely online. Teacher Xiaosun sent me a link to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, as well as an Alibaba Cloud filing service code. I then began the process, including filling in relevant information, uploading my ID, using facial recognition, and uploading the required personal video recordings.
Bad news has arrived. I received the following WeChat on April 15, 2023:
Your filing application did not pass the initial review. There are five main reasons why the review did not pass, among which the main ones are:
The website name ‘Rongguanzhongxi’is not qualified and you cannot use idioms as website names; According to the requirements of the regulatory authority, when the age of the website manager is ≥ 70 years old, the website manager needs to be replaced. The age of the website manager in this filing order is ≥ 70 years old. Please replace the website manager with another one who meets the age requirements and upload the new manager's ID card. After completion, resubmit the filing. Please upload a photo of the website manager holding their original ID card or household registration book and resubmit it for record keeping.
It's like pouring a bucket of cold water from head to toe, instantly cooling down my determination to register my website. But I can't give up easily. After days of contemplation, I decided to have my son Song Liangliang as the website manager and wait for him to return to China before proceeding. However, even if he does return home, he won't stay at home for long. It would be better to inform him immediately to operate in the United States. I sent him the registered website and the newly purchased purchase service code, and asked him to use his own ID card for registration, but my phone number was still used for me to answer calls from Alibaba Cloud auditors. I can receive the verification code on my phone and be promptly inform him to fill in. I estimate that this operation is feasible.
After more than seven months, the second operation of website registration began on November 23, 2023. Firstly, I need to transfer my domain name to Song Liangliang, so that the website owner and the domain owner have the same name. After a long period of exploration and operation, Song Liangliang obtained the China National Top Level Domain Certificate with the website www.rgzhx.cn.
Liang’s National Top Level Domain Certificate
On December 4th, I sent the Alibaba Cloud filing service code to Liang Liang, and he was already very proficient in operating it while sitting in front of the computer all day long. According to the program prompt, when he needed a verification code, I immediately informed him of the code displayed on my phone through WeChat voice, and the operation was completed quickly, just like in China.
The reviewer contacted my phone and said that the information authenticity commitment letter for website registration should be filled out in black pen, and the signature date should be in the order of year, month, and date. Fill in the quantity according to the requirements, print and take photos to upload. I received a call from a female voice on Alibaba Cloud, requesting to continue changing the website name. However, the website domain name cannot be changed, so I had to name it "Ronggui Zhenxin" with the same initial consonant. On December 5th, it arrived at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. On December 11th, we received a notification that the website registration was approved, and the registration matters have finally been implemented.
Email notification from the website filing system of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
2023-12-11．10:53:19
Dear user Song Liangliang, your ICP filing application has been approved. The filing/license number is Su ICP Bei 2023051714, and the approval date is December 11, 2023. Hereby notify! [Ministry of Industry and Information Technology ICP Filing]
The website filing system of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
After filing, Teacher Xiaosun immediately resolved the domain name to Alibaba Cloud, greatly accelerating the speed of opening the website and achieving the ideal standard.
Starting from January 26, 2024, the college English dictionary was uploaded on over 8000 web pages. The upload would be completed on February 21, 2024, with a five-day trip back to Nantong, which actually took 21 days.
So far, the Ronggui Zhenxin/Rongguan Zhongxi website has achieved great success, followed by the arduous and professional task of website promotion. If not promoted, the website will be like a ship that cannot sail to the sea, forever anchored in the bay, completely losing the purpose of building a website. Without guidance from experts, I can only rely on my own exploration.
In order for others to find the webpage of Ronggui Zhenxin/Rongguan Zhongxi websites, it is necessary to upload the webpage links to the most influential Baidu search engine. I often visit the Baidu Webmaster platform, trying to find a way to upload in large quantities, but I cannot find it and declare it a failure. Only normal indexing can be operated, manual submission is required, and only 10 links can be submitted at a time every day. There are approximately 9500 web pages, with 10 submissions per day, taking 950 days. Even submissions that do not fall short of a single day will take two years and seven months. Starting from April 8th, 2024, manual link uploading is planned to be completed before the 10th birthday of Andrew Song on November 9th, 2026. Stupid people can only use stupid methods. As for the effect, it is impossible to predict and can only be tested after all have been uploaded. There was a time when you could open the Rongguan Zhongxi/Ronggui Zhenxin website by clicking on it in the Baidu search box, but now it hasn't been working for a long time. I hope my hard work pays off. Just stick to uploading the link until November 2026.
I can enter the stage of searching for books and reading, taking notes slowly and continuously, achieving the goal of sharpening another sword for life.
Oct 2. 2024
