Re: Cat23 Domain

How about dip23.com?

Cheers,
Deepak



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Adam Kuehn 
  To: [email protected] 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 8:37 PM
  Subject: [CAT23-Ngame] Cat23 Domain


  OK, then it is my intention to register cat23.org for our use, unless there
  is more general support for a longer or different name as Hugh suggested.
  Perhaps cat23dip.com? I would prefer the name be short and without
  underscores, which is why my inclination is simply to take the .org domain.
  That would give the Cat an identity that can be separated from both Chris'
  hosting and from Worldmasters, should the need ever arise. However, I don't
  think we need to be separate just yet. Unless someone else steps in with a
  promise to maintain the site actively, and since you offered, I think it
  would be helpful to have you host the new domain, Chris. We can change it
  later if someone else wants to take over.

  I would suggest a top-of-the-page link from our site (regardless of the
  final domain choice) to Ray's cat23.com site, with a request that he do the
  same for us.

  I agree with your suggestion of wholesale redirection, Chris. That way we
  can catch all the dead links we don't know about.

  I'll wait for a half day or so before I register, just to give folks a
  chance to weigh in with any further thoughts or if anyone wants to offer
  another hosting and maintenance option.

  -Adam

  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: [email protected] 
  > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Babcock
  > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 7:45 PM
  > To: [email protected]
  > Subject: RE: [DipKnights] Re: [CAT23-Ngame] Re: (Cat23's 
  > Life, or Lack Thereof)
  > 
  > 
  > --- Adam Kuehn <[email protected] <mailto:akuehn%40nc.rr.com> > wrote:
  > 
  > > > If anybody wants to register a domain name
  > > > for Cat23 or have cat23.worldmasters.net point to
  > > some
  > > > other host then please let me know by Friday so
  > > that I
  > > > don't spend any time on the site if it's going to
  > > be
  > > > dumped in favor of a CMS like Joomla. 
  > > 
  > > Would it be helpful to register an independent
  > > domain? It sounds like you
  > > think this would be counter-productive, but it might
  > > help to give the Cat an
  > > independent identity, like it used to have. 
  > 
  > There are both pros and cons. The pros are more
  > obvious, but there's no reason that I have to demote
  > the Cat23 link on the Worldmasters homepage just
  > because the site moves to a new URL. The cat23.org
  > domain is available. Since we know where cat23.com
  > goes, I don't think there'd be problems getting a link
  > from there. ;-)
  > 
  > Hosting is a separate issue from domain registration.
  > I'm quite willing to host another domain, with very
  > relaxed bandwidth and storage allowances, and can do
  > either a basic Joomla set up or continue working on
  > the current content. My system is under active
  > development, however, so the other hosting arrangement
  > would be better if there was another volunteer to
  > maintain it. Once something moves off my network, it's
  > out of sight and out of mind. 
  > 
  > > I would be happy to donate the
  > > registration, if anyone thinks it would help. 
  > > Heaven knows that I have had
  > > precious little time to play the games lately, so I
  > > certainly don't want to
  > > do any hosting. But if I can contribute financially
  > > by setting up a domain,
  > > I would gladly do that much.
  > 
  > I'm only trying to get some feedback before I put more
  > time into it. If it's live and I'm doing the work,
  > it'll get done quick. When it was dead or if it turns
  > out that people willing to put their money (or time)
  > where their mouth is have other preferences then I can
  > accommodate. I'm nothing but flexible. I think Cat23
  > is a great thing and I want it to be a continuing
  > success. 
  > 
  > > Most important of all, as has been mentioned, we
  > > need to be findable. I
  > > just tried, and unless you know exactly what to look
  > > for, you will only get
  > > some historical references and a few broken links. 
  > > Once we get a new site
  > > up and running, we need to make an effort to get the
  > > old links from places
  > > like The Pouch, Diplomiscellany, etc. repaired, and
  > > we'll need to create new
  > > links via Wikipedia, Dipworld, or wherever you get
  > > by doing a web search for Diplomacy.
  > 
  > I've been getting hits on stale DipWorld and Cat23
  > links since the worldmasters.net site went back up.
  > It's no problem to redirect them all. I venture to say
  > that the site is so broken that I should redirect all
  > hits on worldmasters.net/Cat23... or /cat23 to a
  > separate domain or subdomain. In fact, let's make that
  > official. Either someone donates a domain or I'll use
  > cat23.worldmasters.net and do just that. It won't fix
  > links to cat23.com, but it will effectively eliminate
  > 404 errors for links that point to the Cat23 directory
  > on worldmasters.net. 
  > 
  > If you register a domain, point the A records to
  > 24.249.190.10 and make the mail servers: 
  > 
  > mail.worldmasters.net
  > mail.thingswithwingsgifts.com
  > 
  > (In order of preference, use a lower number for the
  > first than for the second.)
  > 
  > If someone volunteers to maintain the site and you opt
  > for the other hosting then that host can give you the
  > records to use for that host. 
  > 
  > Chris 



   


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