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Post by GooRoo on Oct 24, 2021 12:32:49 GMT -8
I think, what Wyatt said is a great idea... How are the funds at the moment, GooRoo?
Thus, any contribution to my PayPal account would reduce the amount transferred from my checking account, and anything in excess of $12.99 would be available for future month's charges. |
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Post by GooRoo on Aug 1, 2022 7:43:38 GMT -8
The monthly charge is now $13.99, which is within my means, but this month is the renewal for the Domain ... and that fee has gone up to $57.98, which is a burden.
Is there enough interest to justify the outlay?
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Post by swietymiki on Aug 1, 2022 9:12:37 GMT -8
That is an outrageous increase of costs! I think it would be a good time to research what our options are, regarding the change of GoDaddy for another hosting service provider.
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Post by Halamix2 on Aug 3, 2022 12:43:39 GMT -8
There are cheaper alternatives, for instance OVH: - .info domain renewal costs $18.39/year
- VPS with 40GB SSD costs $11.50/month (or $9.78/month if bought for 2 years)
- Their cheapest website hosting with 100GB of storage costs $4/month
- Or performance-oriented web server with 500GB of storage for $11.99/month
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Post by Lahyme on Aug 6, 2022 17:29:19 GMT -8
aren't everyone already using free Discord official Gruntz server lol?
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Post by Zu on Aug 6, 2022 17:31:42 GMT -8
We are currently looking into what would be the best move, whether extending the time by another year, or perhaps moving everything to a different web host.
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Post by swietymiki on Aug 7, 2022 3:16:28 GMT -8
aren't everyone already using free Discord official Gruntz server lol? It would not make sense to host 20 years of forum history on a platform like Discord. It's more of an internet communicator, not suited for the format of content we have here. And since it's not meant to be a web hosting, I would be worried the files might expire after some time there. If you aren't paying for it, there's no guarantee. |
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Post by GooRoo on Aug 11, 2022 12:31:12 GMT -8
Migrating to a new host presents its own problems. As long as the domain remains the same, the problems are minimal, just the need to copy everything to a new host. Everything I try to do is via relative addressing, so such a migration could probably be done via a flash drive of 64GB (or maybe 128Gb) where a straight copy/transfer would retain the 'tree' for uploading to a new host. I have a couple 32Gb flash drives, and know that one of those is insufficient to hold everything hosted with GoDaddy (a fair amount of it is NOT Gruntz related files, but my personal back-up). So if it came to that, I could copy non-Gruntz onto one flash drive and see if the Gruntz stuff would fit onto another. But I have discussed it with my wife, and she tells me that if Gruntz gives me pleasure (it does), then I should consider spending 60% of what I allow myself each month to renew the domain with GoDaddy. I left the funds in my PayPal account to pay for the domain renewal. I have until August 31st to make the payment, so there is no hurry ... and will cause less work (for me) in the long run.
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Post by Perfect Grunt on Aug 12, 2022 9:18:24 GMT -8
aren't everyone already using free Discord official Gruntz server lol? It would not make sense to host 20 years of forum history on a platform like Discord. It's more of an internet communicator, not suited for the format of content we have here. And since it's not meant to be a web hosting, I would be worried the files might expire after some time there. If you aren't paying for it, there's no guarantee. Agree!!! And no, not everyone has discord yet. |
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Post by swietymiki on Aug 12, 2022 9:36:16 GMT -8
After some discussions, we came to the conclusion that the cheapest long-term solution would be to replace the current gooroosgruntz.info domain. Now that could be done in several ways: - Purchase the same domain from a different company (won't require link changes, but also gives smallest savings)
- Switch to a cheaper domain suffix (requires link changes, moderate savings)
- Abandon the domain altogether and switch to a simple file hosting service (requires link changes and a different approach to GLEM distribution, cheapest long-term option)
We believe it would actually not be a difficult thing to replace the gooroosgruntz.info references on the forum, as these could be transformed automatically using a Proboards plugin; we could also make a test to be sure. So it would probably be best to go for option 2 or 3. Using a file hosting without a domain would remove the yearly renewal cost altogether. |
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Post by Perfect Grunt on Aug 13, 2022 7:14:06 GMT -8
How does such a file hosting service work? I only know file hosting services that offer a "Feel free to put your files here and I feel free to delete them whenever I want without telling you about it!" model.
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Post by swietymiki on Aug 13, 2022 8:44:05 GMT -8
Well, the difference would be that we'd pay them monthly to make sure they can maintain the servers which hold the files. Personally, I've only had experience with Google Drive, and even with the free account the files I'd uploaded years ago are still there. It's meant as an incentive to buy more storage from them.
However, I don't think Google Drive in particular would work for replacing our current web host, as it seems to randomize the links to shared files. We must keep the links organized to be able to translate existing content on the forum.
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Post by GooRoo on Aug 14, 2022 14:49:51 GMT -8
My wife decided for me that since I derive pleasure from the Gruntz Forum, it is best to just pay to renew the domain for another year. I am not comfortable with the current state of my back-up on a flash drive and/or the Gruntz Extraz DVD. So a quick-and-dirty switch to any other hosting service would only give me grave concern for everything continuing to work as designed. Tomorrow I will pay both the domain renewal and the storage fee that normally is taken out automatically on the 28th of each month. (I have been rather frugal in discretionary purchases lately, so can cover the $72 (or so) for the peace of mind.)
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Post by GooRoo on Aug 16, 2022 7:25:41 GMT -8
Some good news!
Well, I paid to renew the domain ($63.88 with tax) and it turns out that that was for TWO years, not just one.
So we are covered through August, 2024 ... with monthly charges for storage, of course. |
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