www.ukseakayakguidebook.co.uk not working

[Steve B]

Due to an unforeseen problem the sea kayak domain name is out of action. Hopefully many of you will reach the forum via the UK Rivers Guidebook address so you will see this post!

I'll leave it to Mike to keep you all informed of progress as we get this fixed. Meanwhile you can reach the Sea Kayak home page at the temporary address of:

http://www.s106156335.websitehome.co.uk/sea/

It's best to leave your bookmarks unchanged, the domain name will start working again soon.

[sub5rider]

It's best to leave your bookmarks unchanged, the domain name will start working again soon.

EG, when someon's paid nominet ??

;)

[Steve B]

You can be such a smart-arse Nigel.

No, when the domain name is moved from the previous ISP, which hasn't renewed because we no longer use them, to the one we now use for web hosting which couldn't do it because we hadn't transferred the name to their IPSTAG. I didn't know the old registration had expired until it stopped working. Mark didn't know because he doesn't do techie stuff. Mike is Editor but he has no responsibility for what happens under the hood.

Ok?

[sub5rider]

You can be such a smart-arse Nigel.

Tha's me! Knew it would be something like that. You can have a laugh at my expense when I move our club's website & forum from my college's server to an ISP later this month...... ;)

PS: have you amended the flood interval setting recently ?

[Steve B]

PS: have you amended the flood interval setting recently ?

No, would that be why the Tryweryn release was cancelled on Sunday?

[Mark R]

How embarrassing, I lost the ownership of the ukskgb domain name.

However, I've just bought it back and I think it's in the process of being transferred across, whatever that involves.

Mike breaks his back getting the site going well, I then go and mislay it. Oops.

[MikeB]

However, I've just bought it back and I think it's in the process of being transferred across, whatever that involves.

LOL - and to think, I could have done some dealing - - -

These things happen - but I think Mark's comment above sums it all up - HE "bought" it! I hope I speak for many when I say "thanks" for providing us with the resource for that which gives so much support for paddling!

Regs - Mike.

[Mark R]

Now that I've also just paid to have the domain named 're-tagged' (whatever the hell that means) this evening I have effectively been to the bar and got the round in for every regular on the sea forum. Drinks are on me...I always wanted to say that.

All my own silly fault. Thank goodness that I'm actually independently wealthy.

[MikeB]

"Hic" - a double Jamiesons, thanks - - -

[Zoe Newsam]

LOL! :0)

Oh dear...I saw the effects of a 'double Jamiesons' on a certain NWSK paddler in a pub in Clifden, co. Galway last week. Not pretty...;0)

Thanks Mark- next time mine's a pint! ;0)

[Mark R]

For the main sea website in the meantime, try...

http://www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/sea

Should be a few days before the proper address is back up and running.

[MikeB]

It seems the "editor@ukseakayakguidebook.co.uk" link wont work either - if anyone has tried to mail in the past few days and hasn't received an acknowledgement (all mails are), could you mail again to mikebjATbtinternetDOTTYcom as a temporary contact.

Regs - Mike.

[Mark R]

I established this afternoon that, as I filled in one line of a form incorrectly, I have to send the same bumf off to Nominet (don't ask me who they are, I don't really get it) all over again. So you all get to wait a few more days extra for the address to be restored.

[Mark R]

Just had the blasted paperwork rejected for the third time - seems I keep filling in the form wrong in some indistinguishable way, and the whole process starts again.

What a prolonged bureaucratic nightmare. The folk at Nominet are all jobsworth robots.

[robots]

Actually, most of Nominet is actually run by a robot ("The Automaton"), but the staff have only marginally more personality...

[MikeB]

Hooray! Seems we exisit again!!!!

[Steve B]

Great news. Mike, if you've nothing better to do you could now systematically remove all references to the "websitehome" address which is no longer wanted. Also anything which uses the /sea/ folder address can now use the new domain name without the /sea. Relative addressing is the order of the day!

I'm posting this on the forum rather than contacting you direct, so that people know what's being done - just in case anything odd happens while it's in progress.

The forum address remains as www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk/forum - the one exception to the rule.

Suggest we all wait until Mike lets us know he's finished, then we can update our bookmarks.

I'll leave this thread sticky for a wee bit longer - but it'll be good to see the back of it...

[MikeB]

Important News: Thanks to Mark and Steve, we should now have the SHINY, NEW www.ukseakayakguidebook.co.uk link working properly! That means the Sea Site now has it's very own, proper domain name!



(Or you can of course use the SEA link from the Rivers Guidebook menu bar)



There has been lots of "techy" work in the background to get things reorganised and although we've tried to check that all the links work, and all the articles have their images and that the backgrounds and layouts are as they should be, inevitably there may be bugs.



If you find any broken links, layouts that don't mirror the site style, or missing images, can you mail me at editor@ukseakayakguidebook.co.uk with details please?



Have you got pictures, a trip report or something you'd like to add to UKSKGB? Your contribution is welcome!



Regs - Mike.