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Sub thread extracted from another section Zitat von Grumpy Goat im Beitrag Differences between 2016/2017 R1200RSZitat von Steady Eddie im Beitrag Differences between 2016/2017 R1200RS Could you or wessie talk holger into making links noticeable, or has he disappeared for good. Ouch, I just checked and he has not logged in since Feb. That's not a good sign. Lee |
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Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #14Zitat von Grumpy Goat im Beitrag #13Zitat von Steady Eddie im Beitrag #1 Yes, it is a worry. as for the URL, it is possible but you have to manually add formatting tags underline like this red like this bold like this If you click "quote" you will see exactly how it is formatted |
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Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #16Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #15 GG & I are in the dark. We can see the domain name was renewed last May for 12 months but we have not had any communication since Feb when he mentioned going on holiday, skiing in Northern Italy. One's mind could go into overdrive about possible scenarios. I am just hoping he is very busy with his work or has won the lottery and gone to live on a Caribbean island away from worldly worries. |
Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #17Hopefully the gap between last communication in February and renewal happening in May means the boss is more than likely to be OK (or the renewal would not have happened? Surely?) But particularly after what happened to the last RS forum it would just be dire if the same thing were to happen next May. I wonder if there are any contingency plans that could be put into place in advance of the renewal date, just in case?
KC100->CB100N->CB250RS--------->DL650AL2->R1200RS
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Zitat von Freddyfruitbat im Beitrag #18Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #17Hopefully the gap between last communication in February and renewal happening in May means the boss is more than likely to be OK (or the renewal would not have happened? Surely?) It could be on auto-renewal. As for contingency, we need a volunteer to archive this website just in case. There is an obvious candidate with his own RS website... |
Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #19 I think it's important to do this. When i-BMW went down the owner kept telling the other owners the site would be back after getting some new hardware. Before anyone could do anything the site was gone. We lost a lot of valuable technical information.
Lee
2016 R1200RS Iowa, USA |
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Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #20Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #19 how are your coding skills? |
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And all I can do is to cut and paste jokes and cartoons.
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2020 KTM 390 Duke; 2011 Royal Enfield Bullet 500; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2016 BMW R1200RS; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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I wish I had some skills to offer, as already said it would be a great pity and huge loss if we lost our RS forum for a second time. Some way to back-up the data ahead of an uncertain renewal in May would be wise, if anyone can. |
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It is not just the domain name renewal which is a concern. Presumably the web site is hosted on an actual or virtual server maintained by a hosting company, which may or may not be the same company where the domain is registered.
Fred
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Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #21 I had a quick look at the mechanics of the forum this morning.. I think it'd be relatively simple to extract all the posts and dump them in a raw format into a database, preserving author, thread, and sub-forum detail. This could serve as a backup, but making it accessible is another matter - I don't do front-end coding, just raw data stuff.
Current: 2015 BMW R1200RS Sport SE, 2003 Yamaha TDM900
Past: 1999 Honda CLR125, 1995 Honda CB500, 1998 Triumph Sprint Sport, 1995 Honda VFR750FS, 2006 Suzuki DRZ400SM, 2001 Triumph Speed Triple, 2015 Honda VFR800X "Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube" - HST |
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I'll make one comment regarding this forum: It has the quickest page reloading system of any forum that I visit. It sure saves a lot of time scrolling between posts compared with the F800Riders forum, as an example of one that is really slow reloading pages. And it doesn't seem to have any banner ads like some other forums do. Which makes me wonder how it is funded, which is likely the reason that it loads so quickly. I would sure hate to see it go away.
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2020 KTM 390 Duke; 2011 Royal Enfield Bullet 500; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2016 BMW R1200RS; 2018 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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Zitat von fred_jb im Beitrag #25 the host's website is here https://www.xobor.de/xobor-premium-service.html and it looks like we are on one of the premium services as that is needed to use a .com domain name |
