Re: Domain for the SVG community site

On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:26:28 -0500
"Jeff Schiller" <codedread@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> I remember that Doug had settled on svghowto.com, maybe as a
> 'temporary' home, I'm not sure.
> 
> My personal preference between these two is for planetsvg.com though,
> despite the fact that 'planet' sites are usually just aggregation
> sites, it seems to be the more 'marketable'.  So you  might want to
> consider that 3 votes for planetsvg.com.
> 
> Again, if this is a short term solution, then I say go with whatever's
> easiest.  If we anticipate the site being there for a year or more,
> then I'd say go with planetsvg.com.

For a general interest SVG site, I would also vote for planetsvg.com
over svghowto.com.

As for the aggregation aspect, maybe planetsvg.com could move more in
that direction over time.

G. Wade

> Regards,
> Jeff Schiller
> 
> 
> On 10/16/08, Rob <rob@latenightpc.com> wrote:
> >
> >  Yeah, as far as I remember the only reason to use svghowto.com was
> > that it was a simple thing we could do until we got a final domain
> > name. I thought it might be a move I could make in a couple days
> > but I just haven't found the time to do that yet. Until I saw the
> > messages on the list today, I thought that was still what I was
> > supposed to be doing.
> >
> >  The resolution of the (permanent) domain name Action Item in the
> > last telcon was that we'd hash it out on the mailing list. Since
> > the thread is started, I guess we could do that now?
> >
> >
> >  Doug Schepers wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, Folks-
> > >
> > > I own planetsvg.com, and I'm happy to donate it, and direct it
> > > wherever we need.
> > >
> > > Regards-
> > > -Doug
> > >
> > > Christophe Strobbe wrote (on 10/16/08 5:37 PM):
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > At 20:22 16/10/2008, Jeff Schiller wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > As per our last conversation, I believe we had decided to
> > > > > move the community site to svghowto.com for the medium term
> > > > > until a better domain opens up.  This domain is owned by Rob
> > > > > today and is hosted on 1and1 (where the current prototype
> > > > > site is also located), so ideally the transfer will be easier
> > > > > than having to migrate a full site (Rob, please let us know).
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > Should the domain be one that is already owned by one of us?
> > > > If planetsvg.com is not available, there is also
> > > > planetsvg.info, etc. For a lark I also checked www.planets.vg
> > > > (for those who like the Virgin Islands) and it's still
> > > > available.
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > >
> > > > Christophe
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Any further thoughts on this before the move starts to happen?
> > > > >
> > > > > Rob is there any way I (we) can help?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Jeff Schiller
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> 


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