So obviously we need to have a think about going forward.
Throwing it open to ideas....
I may be wrong but I'm not confident we currently have the connections or the wherewithal to just move the site.
If anyone can help or knows someone who could post it up.
Spanner, what time frame are we looking at before the current host is no longer viable?
Should we not be able to manage an easy transition are there any medium term strategies we could employ until such time as we had a more permanent host?
We could use a facebook page under our own names but lose that anonymity aspect and I think you'd find it would have a stifling effect.
Although I'm pretty sure it against their terms of usage we could use a facebook page under our current profiles (I've seen one prominent member of the site on a fan page under his CSC profile). Not sure that would last long though.
Several years ago, when we were experiencing a run of interruptions, I set up a free 'message board' that kind of mirrored the site.
There are probably similar sites still around that allow us to do the same...but such sites are usually pretty limited in their capacity (and bells and whistles).
Everyone putting in money to maintain the site has a few difficulties...level of commitment (folks drifting in and out of the site), collection of monies etc....but it could be done. We've done it with T-Shirts and Sponsorships in the past
So any ideas?
Throwing it open to ideas....
I may be wrong but I'm not confident we currently have the connections or the wherewithal to just move the site.
If anyone can help or knows someone who could post it up.
Spanner, what time frame are we looking at before the current host is no longer viable?
Should we not be able to manage an easy transition are there any medium term strategies we could employ until such time as we had a more permanent host?
We could use a facebook page under our own names but lose that anonymity aspect and I think you'd find it would have a stifling effect.
Although I'm pretty sure it against their terms of usage we could use a facebook page under our current profiles (I've seen one prominent member of the site on a fan page under his CSC profile). Not sure that would last long though.
Several years ago, when we were experiencing a run of interruptions, I set up a free 'message board' that kind of mirrored the site.
There are probably similar sites still around that allow us to do the same...but such sites are usually pretty limited in their capacity (and bells and whistles).
Everyone putting in money to maintain the site has a few difficulties...level of commitment (folks drifting in and out of the site), collection of monies etc....but it could be done. We've done it with T-Shirts and Sponsorships in the past
So any ideas?