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Post by Brad R. Torgersen on Jul 16, 2015 8:55:21 GMT -7
Just got a notice that XFINITY is canceling personal web pages. So, come October, the STSTCSOLD&A is going to vanish when they delete all the files.
I will probably put them all back up at my personal web site. Just an FYI.
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Post by trynda1701 on Jul 16, 2015 13:24:01 GMT -7
Will the forum be sent across intact, or should we start saving backups of stuff we like from all members?
Mark
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Post by JAFisher44 on Jul 16, 2015 19:44:39 GMT -7
I don't think the forum will be affected. It is hosted on proboards servers. Only the webpage with all the ship stats will have to be transferred. Unfortunately for me, all my pictures are hosted on my personal web space that I have through comcast and that is going to be gone. That means I'm gonna have to find some new webspace to put all my stuff.
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Post by RedRom on Jul 17, 2015 18:30:26 GMT -7
Just got a notice that XFINITY is canceling personal web pages. So, come October, the STSTCSOLD&A is going to vanish when they delete all the files. I will probably put them all back up at my personal web site. Just an FYI. What is your personal website? I am quite upset to hear this. Welcome back by the way if you are back. |
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Post by Brad R. Torgersen on Jul 19, 2015 6:50:35 GMT -7
Not back from overseas, no. But there is connectivity here. So I am trying to handle some things while I am OCONUS.
By the way, I just registered ststcsolda.space through Hostgator, which is also what I use for bradrtorgersen.com
More developments pending, as I prep to move things over.
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Post by kaisernathan1701 on Jul 21, 2015 10:05:17 GMT -7
Heres hoping things get moved to a new place ASAP  |
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Post by JHoney on Jul 21, 2015 12:14:58 GMT -7
Yikes, too bad XFINITY is making work for you. Just in case there is some snafu that ends the 'o.l.d.a.---I must say it now, the site is genius!
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Post by Brad R. Torgersen on Jul 21, 2015 12:29:39 GMT -7
Thanks, everybody! I don't anticipate any problems making the move this week. Hell, doing all this work -- after a long dormancy -- kinda has me fired up to invest some time in the site again. |
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Post by zaarin7 on Jul 22, 2015 16:58:54 GMT -7
Can you set up a group email to all members with the new location or will a re-direct be here or will a search by the name find the new site? I've copied and saved many things from here.
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Post by JAFisher44 on Jul 24, 2015 16:07:25 GMT -7
Zaarin, this change is not going to affect the forums at all. Only the main website. It will be trivial to make a post here with a link to the new url once the site is up at the new domain. After that you can update your bookmarks. What is gonna suck is that I am going to lose my web storage  |
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Post by trynda1701 on Jul 24, 2015 16:24:56 GMT -7
How much storage did you have, Joshua? Hope you can find a suitable replacement.
Mark
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Post by JAFisher44 on Jul 24, 2015 16:54:35 GMT -7
Every picture I have on this website, for example, is in my personal web storage/personal web site. I have a lot of stuff there, about 435 MB worth of pics. Even if I find a replacement webspace it will still break the links for all the images I have up on any forum anywhere. That means either just letting those threads go, or going back and fixing all the urls for hundreds of pics. Lame.
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Post by trynda1701 on Jul 24, 2015 17:01:49 GMT -7
That sucks. Obviously, there are alternatives, but you would have all that work to update links to pics. I sympathise.
Mark
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Post by trynda1701 on Jul 24, 2015 17:06:37 GMT -7
BTW, what reason did XFINITY give for cancelling personal web pages/storage? Hopefully not a cost cutting exercise, or even worse, cancelling FREE web pages/storage, cos that would REALLY SUCK!
Mark
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Post by JAFisher44 on Jul 25, 2015 9:58:15 GMT -7
I'm not sure what you mean.
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Post by trynda1701 on Jul 25, 2015 16:35:22 GMT -7
I'm not sure what you mean. Cynicism and hyperbole aside, I was just wondering if XFINITY said WHY it is canceling personal web pages? Mark |
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Post by Brad R. Torgersen on Jul 26, 2015 12:02:50 GMT -7
I think Comcast is deciding that they're not getting any market value out of hosting for their customers. Ergo, people aren't signing up with Comcast to get the free gig of web space. It's for the high-speed access. The web space is just gratis. And they must obviously want to shelve that side of the business.
This is probably the fifth time I've had to move the STSTCSOLD&A, dating all the way back to when it first went live on (if I recall?) NWLINK, or something. Unlike ten years ago, I can actually afford $10 a month to host the thing on its own unique domain now, so I am not too bugged about moving the site.
But like JAFish, I have a *lot* of old links to pics (and other content) that's now going to break in October. That's super-annoying. I can't even remember which sites/boards/blogs all that material is spread to.
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Post by thescreamingswede on Jul 26, 2015 12:07:32 GMT -7
So, with the resetting of the base site, do you plan any upgrades/updates/additions to the database?
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Post by Brad R. Torgersen on Jul 26, 2015 14:49:11 GMT -7
Yes, I am planning on putting in some hours. Not sure how much, but with as much time off as I am getting, I think I can get a lot of the pages cleaned up. Maybe even some more re-draws?
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Post by Gorn on Jul 27, 2015 18:40:50 GMT -7
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Post by rarcher on Jul 28, 2015 7:39:44 GMT -7
Is it just me or does this new site load WAY faster then the old one?
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Post by RedRom on Jul 28, 2015 17:42:54 GMT -7
Yes, I am planning on putting in some hours. Not sure how much, but with as much time off as I am getting, I think I can get a lot of the pages cleaned up. Maybe even some more re-draws? Thanks for all your efforts. I would have been very sad to see this little corner of my life gone, and yes rarcher this site does seem to load a little faster. |
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Post by IanKeldon on Jul 31, 2015 9:14:54 GMT -7
For what it's worth, I think most of my links are to my photobucket but not all of them. I don't mess with 3-views any longer so I don't think I'll be resetting any links that break. If anyone wants to make sure they don't lose access to any of my parts pages I have up, get a copy before October.
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