Re: [UG-ADMINS] Meetup.com & Custom Domain changes

Well thats a downer.  The other admin would have got that email so
unfortunately I don't always know what they change, remove, or add.


On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Patrick Schwisow <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Jonathan,
>
> The email they sent out said they retired the service but left it enabled
> for any groups that already had it turned on.  If it's off, you cannot turn
> it on.  If it's on, you cannot change anything (other than turning it off).
>
> -Patrick
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Jonathan Sundquist <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> I thought I saw something within the site config to allow you to have a
>> "vanity" domain as they call it.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Patrick Schwisow <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm kind of pissed at meetup.com for making that change but not enough
>>> to
>>> have done anything about it.  I don't really see what they gain by it
>>> other
>>> than irritated organizers.
>>>
>>> One important thing to note.  If you unset your custom domain, you will
>>> not
>>> be able to re-enable it later, so you'll always need to have a host that
>>> sends redirects to the correct pages on meetup.com.
>>>
>>> -Patrick
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Brian Moon <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Like Keith says, its better to spend your time working on meetings and
>>> the
>>> > group than working on the web site. If you have someone(s) that will
>>> > dedicate to that, then sure, sounds great. But, we barely have time to
>>> > organize speakers and are lucky our company sponsors things and lets
>>> us use
>>> > the office manager to organize the events. Taking the time to build a
>>> web
>>> > site for it would only take away from the events.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Brian Moon
>>> > Sr. Director of Engineering
>>> > ------------------------------
>>> > When you care enough to spend the very least.
>>> > http://dealnews.com/
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On 7/22/13 8:35 AM, D Keith Casey Jr wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> I own AustinPHP.net and DCPHP.net and just direct to the meetup
>>> pages. I
>>> >> just use an index.php with a header redirect to the right page. :)
>>> >>
>>> >> Unless you have someone dedicated to the CMS, I'd recommend against
>>> it.
>>> >> We had one for DCPHP for years and it was pretty good if someone
>>> >> remembered to add the monthly meeting.
>>> >>
>>> >> kc
>>> >>
>>> >> On 7/22/13 9:11 AM, Joe Ferguson wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> My Co-Organizer, David and I inherited MemphisPHP last year and it
>>> has
>>> >>> always used a custom domain (memphisphp.org) to point to our
>>> >>> meetup.compage (
>>> >>> meetup.com/memphisphp). Not long ago Meetup.com changed how their
>>> custom
>>> >>> domain feature worked and now all custom domains forward to
>>> >>> meetup.cominstead of staying on the custom domain.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I was wondering how everyone else that is using Meetup.com is
>>> handling
>>> >>> this. Did this affect you at all? I think I'm leaning towards
>>> putting our
>>> >>> base domain on a CMS and then using the Meetup.com API to pull in
>>> events.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>
>>> >>
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