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Post by Ian Thomas on Oct 24, 2015 12:37:59 GMT 10
Questers, There's some bad news from our host. As from November 10, 2016, no more Thylacoleo website. www.awebhosting.com/notice.htmlBut that's plenty of time to make new arrangements. The Forum will continue unaffected, however. Meanwhile, I've started dismantling the website itself: the code and general structure is hopelessly obsolete and we've been wanting to refurb it for a long time. When it does resurrect itself, the site will probably have a mining/prospecting/minerals theme, alongside a little wildlife photography, hopefully. We'll keep people posted on how things pan out. Debbie aka Thylacoleo Gal should be back on deck next month. Regards all - Ian
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Post by dennisw on Oct 24, 2015 13:36:35 GMT 10
Shame but I understand, even in retirement I am finding it difficult to keep up to date on my sites. I am working on a new better format but other things keep popping up and delaying progress.
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Post by Ian Thomas on Oct 25, 2015 20:06:20 GMT 10
Aah, is not the end of the line. I'll put up a cut down links list instead of the current front page and leave it at that till after xmas. Just been so godamn busy of late.
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Post by Ian Thomas on Oct 27, 2015 12:42:09 GMT 10
Okay i've dismantled pretty much the whole Thylacoleo website except for the possum stuff. Sis wants that left online for as long as poss for some unknown reason. Apart from that it's now just a single page with links.
The hosting account expires in April, so that's the deadline to make new arrangements.
Ian
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Post by Isengard on Oct 30, 2015 1:00:35 GMT 10
Shame. Hope you come back stronger than ever!
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Post by Ian Thomas on Oct 31, 2015 3:22:55 GMT 10
Ta. It will revive - is just we've been snowed under with other stuff these last two years. Awebhosting will cease in November next year and Thylacoleo's account there expires in April. The ideal thing imho would be to run Thylacoleo from a personal server. That way you got total control, though the trade off is more work. We're too busy till the end of Next month but after that .. maybe? On other hand there's no shortage of commercial hosts out there. We still have the site running on Xampp the development platform .. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XAMPPBut when it goes live again it really should be in CMS format like with Joomla/Drupal imho. Gotta keep up with the times! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JoomlaGot Joomla running with Xampp but it looks crap right now. Fiddly godamn thing.
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Post by vincent on Oct 31, 2015 4:09:53 GMT 10
The ideal thing imho would be to run Thylacoleo from a personal server. Isn't that what Hillary said?
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Post by Surroundx on Nov 1, 2015 14:37:58 GMT 10
I run my site on Joomla, and I think it looks pretty good for not having any previous experience whatsoever with coding...
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Post by Ian Thomas on Nov 5, 2015 12:42:42 GMT 10
I run my site on Joomla, and I think it looks pretty good for not having any previous experience whatsoever with coding... Looks good. cubits.org/TheExtinctionCubit/Might ask for a few pointers as time goes by ..
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Post by Surroundx on Nov 6, 2015 19:36:36 GMT 10
I run my site on Joomla, and I think it looks pretty good for not having any previous experience whatsoever with coding... Looks good. cubits.org/TheExtinctionCubit/Might ask for a few pointers as time goes by .. Ah, no. That's the "old" website, which I don't actually own, I just get use of a subdomain with limited features (still very handy!). I meant this one: recentlyextinctspecies.com/
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Post by Ian Thomas on Nov 7, 2015 19:04:23 GMT 10
Very slick! Functionality is excellent, integrated colours. Are you using Joomla's built in theme or a custom template? I've now got a spare 16GB USB drive, so I can try out Joomla on Xampp any time. Just about to download the latest version.
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Post by Surroundx on Nov 7, 2015 23:36:20 GMT 10
Very slick! Functionality is excellent, integrated colours. Are you using Joomla's built in theme or a custom template? I've now got a spare 16GB USB drive, so I can try out Joomla on Xampp any time. Just about to download the latest version. I'm using one of the built-in themes called Protostar. There are three or four to choose from. You can do a live demo of Joomla here: www.softaculous.com/demos/JoomlaThe Joomla! forums are also very good. You never have to wait long for somebody to reply back with a solution or suggestion etc. Happy to help in any way I can
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Post by Ian Thomas on Nov 8, 2015 18:23:10 GMT 10
Hey thanks for the offer!. Much appreciated. (y) I'll keep using my present Xampp ver?? for now coz I do development on an old off-line Win XP system. Summer project = Upgrade to Win10 and install XP in container. Upgrade the PC too. Got a long list of projects.
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Post by youcantry on Nov 16, 2015 11:13:58 GMT 10
I haven't read the whole thread, but Ian, why don't you just sign up to a new web host, copy the DB and code across, cut over your DNS setup and done? Nobody would even need to know the host had changed. There are web hosts for as little as less than $5 per month out there.
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Post by youcantry on Nov 16, 2015 11:16:04 GMT 10
I haven't read the whole thread, but Ian, why don't you just sign up to a new web host, copy the DB and code across, cut over your DNS setup and done? Nobody would even need to know the host had changed. There are web hosts for as little as less than $5 per month out there. Because if you do anything else, it will severely damage your search-engine rankings - and you've taken years building up the links you have. If you take content offline, that may well be the worst outcome. For my own WLMD website I haven't made an update in about 5 years but I still get enquiries through its contact form because people are still finding it and reading it. I would have to think thylacoleo is the same. A web host closing down shouldn't be a disaster.
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Post by Ian Thomas on Nov 18, 2015 20:44:46 GMT 10
I haven't read the whole thread, but Ian, why don't you just sign up to a new web host, copy the DB and code across, cut over your DNS setup and done? Nobody would even need to know the host had changed. There are web hosts for as little as less than $5 per month out there. Yeah, that'd be the easy option. Was thinking of setting up Thylacoleo on its own server. That'd be the next logical step.
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Post by Ian Thomas on Nov 18, 2015 20:48:25 GMT 10
If you take content offline, that may well be the worst outcome.
For my own WLMD website I haven't made an update in about 5 years but I still get enquiries through its contact form because people are still finding it and reading it. I would have to think thylacoleo is the same.
A web host closing down shouldn't be a disaster.Yeah, all good points. As told, a private server hosting Thylacoleo is an attractive technical challenge. We're still kicking that one around ... but the one thing we are agreed on is Thylacoleo has to change.
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Post by dennisw on Nov 19, 2015 9:45:37 GMT 10
I am another guilty of not updating for ages but still getting sales, there are plenty of good hosting sites and with competition prices are not too steep. My provider just charges the annual cost to my credit card and it's done, will probably keep going automatically until I fall off the perch.
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Post by youcantry on Nov 30, 2015 11:45:44 GMT 10
As told, a private server hosting Thylacoleo is an attractive technical challenge. A lot will depend on whether you have access to the thylacoleo forum code and database. I read the notice from the web host. When you sign in to your control panel, what does it look like? Can you send me a screenshot? Debbie should have my email address. If the forum runs on PHP/MySQL then Hostgator has plans for as little as about $4 per month. I may be able to help you move code across. We can discuss more via email if you like.
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Post by Ian Thomas on Nov 30, 2015 15:36:37 GMT 10
A lot will depend on whether you have access to the thylacoleo forum code and database. I read the notice from the web host. When you sign in to your control panel, what does it look like? Can you send me a screenshot? Debbie should have my email address. If the forum runs on PHP/MySQL then Hostgator has plans for as little as about $4 per month. I may be able to help you move code across. We can discuss more via email if you like. For the forum I have the DB but not the code. I'd prolly keep the forum going 'as is' with Proboards. We're not selling anything and their revenue stream doesn't worry us and it all looks too much trouble to change. There's other stuff i want to xpt with in PHP. The website itself runs on PHP - but I never found any need for an SQL DB. A CMS would require it but it looks pretty easy. Yo, thanks for the kind offer! Give us about another 2 weeks? There's 'stuff happening' and we'll know where we are by then.
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Post by Ian Thomas on Apr 27, 2016 8:08:38 GMT 10
Looks like the www.thylacoleo.com site has finally bit the dust. Hosting ran out a few days ago and now all one gets is AWebhosting's "going out of business" notice. All is as expected. OK, "Der Plan" goes something like this .. Phase 1.0Fix my main 'puter which sis upgraded and now doesn't work. Phase 2.0Buy a cheapo desktop. Phase 3.0Install server/host software on said desktop and .. Phase 3.1Reincarnate thylacoleo.com on its own server. "To be decided": Linux or Windoze?
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Post by dennisw on Apr 27, 2016 10:38:12 GMT 10
I use Windows because I can explore my links on Explorer and it automatically saves them all to post. Many windows programs can be easily converted to HTML and have interchangeable components. You can easily use a PowerPoint or Word document and then save it as a webpage. The competition among hosting sites is pretty keen at present as long as you have your domain name you can buy a few megabytes and some will give a very low cost start price and then from your second year you pay the regular price; many of which are between $50 to $100 per annum.
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