[HLUG] New HLUG website re-incarnation

[Paul Stenning]

I have now registered hlug.org.uk and am waiting for the registrar's 
website to show it.  This sometimes takes a little while, and it also 
needs to propagate before it will work.  It should be working within 24 
hours.



dicegeorge at hotmail dot com wrote:
> good idea,
> hlug.org.u
> 
> 
> hlug.org expired on 01/01/2009 and is pending renewal or deletion
> 
> ooh its a linux site already - you could try and nick it
> then ask for a link back to hlug.org.uk..
> 
> and hlug.com could be handy for your viagra needs...
> 
> 
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> From: "Paul Stenning" <paul at vintage-radio.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 12:22 PM
> To: "Herefordshire Linux Users Group." <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: [HLUG] New HLUG website re-incarnation
> 
>> I could also register a more suitable domain name without the wetlettuce
>> bit, such as hlug.org.uk.  I'm happy to pay for that.
>>
>>
>> Morven Lewis-Everley wrote:
>>> You could have used a server side redirect, its a little nicer than the
>>> "nasty" approach you were talking about?
>>>
>>> Mo
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Julian Robbins <joolsr at fastmail.fm> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> After waiting nearly two months without hearing a dickiebird from our
>>>> web hosts at lug.org.uk, I decided to use a nasty 0 second redirect on
>>>> our 'site' at herefordshire.lug.org.uk to redirect immediately to our
>>>> new web server space kindly donated by Paul, and set up by Mark.
>>>>
>>>> I'm sorry its taken so long, and would wish that things can move faster,
>>>> but at least we have a site that can take shape and form a worthwhile
>>>> addition to Linux and Open Source in the area.
>>>>
>>>> There's little on it as yet, but if you visit herefordshire.lug.org.uk,
>>>> you can see the rudiments. Its a Drupal site, with blogging facilities,
>>>> polls, posts and stories, a bit 'no frills' currently.
>>>>
>>>> However long it takes lug.org.uk to get our dns change to our server, is
>>>> now not so much an issue.
>>>>
>>>> I hope, we can discuss building up our HLUG website at the next meeting,
>>>> which is our January one on the 3rd Weds of the month (as usual), on the
>>>> 21st January (details on the website).
>>>>
>>>> I am also contemplating, whether we should call ourselves the
>>>> Herefordshire Linux and Open Source User Group, instead of just Linux
>>>> User Group.
>>>>
>>>> Its a bit of a mouthful, but these days, Open Source as a whole, perhaps
>>>> is more newsworthy than Linux, and many beginners to Linux start off
>>>> with Open Source applications on Windows, like Firefox and Openoffice
>>>> for example. I personally don't mind whatever platform people use
>>>> (although I strongly advocate Linux of cause ;-) ), and think that
>>>> whatever we can do to widen our appeal and user base is a good thing.
>>>>
>>>> As such, that is the title on the website for now, but all comments, and
>>>> suggestions for perhaps a good acronym, are welcomed ... (HOSALUG ....
>>>> HLOSUG ... ??!! ) :-)
>>>>
>>>> Julian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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