[juneau-lug] Re: Meeting topic: Juneau-lug.org

  • From: JBarber <barber@xxxxxxx>
  • To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: 10 May 2002 09:31:52 -0800


Sounds like a great topic.


On Thu, 2002-05-09 at 17:05, James Zuelow wrote:
> 
> One of the topics I'd like to discuss at the meeting is the web site.
> Currently the whole thing is hosted on a GCI subscriber page.  I'm going
> to move it to my own server in the near future (the next couple of days).
> 
> Rather, I'm going to move the intro page, library page, etc. (the pages
> that are up now, minus the newsletter and calendar, which I think are
> dead).  These will be pages under http://juneau-lug.org
> and http://www.juneau-lug.org.
> 
> What I propose is that we set up a distributed web site. I can point host
> A records to any IP address. So if one of you has 1) a topic you care
> about and 2) a static IP, you can host part of the web page.
> 
> For example, if we set up a "LAMP" (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl/Python/PHP)
> project, someone can host lamp.juneau-lug.org on their own equipment. That
> person (or project) would set up all of the pages under
> lamp.juneau-lug.org and have more or less complete control (please, no
> warez or pr0n..).
> 
> In this way we all share bandwidth costs, and more people get to
> participate in projects they are interested in. Each sub-domain can be one
> page, or a whole site complete with PHP-Nuke discussion forum. Up to you.
> 
> We'll need to hash out some rules about how things are set up - I suggest
> a more-or-less uniform introduction page with links to all of the other
> pages. We'll also need to make sure that the IP addresses are ones we have
> permission to use, and that suitable bandwidth and uptime can be
> maintained. We might need to keep the names kind of generic to avoid
> copyright issues.
> 
> However there are a few things I can think of off the top of my head:
> 
> games.juneau-lug.org - game reviews & demos (or a server if you've got the
> bandwidth - I certainly don't).
> 
> hardware.juneau-lug.org - hardware reviews & demos
> 
> newbie.juneau-lug.org - a page with links to newbie sites and whatever
> local content we can come up with.
> 
> Whatever else you can think of. As advance warning I will retain
> benevolent dictator status over the domain name, if for no other reason
> than my name and address shows up when you do a whois.  So don't get too
> risque, don't start wearing a virtual eye-patch and posting the latest
> ripped MP3s, and don't slander anyone.  (And don't hate me for being timid
> & boring.)
> 
> I don't have the equipment to set up juneau-lug.org e-mail right now (I
> need another switch, and maybe re-wire some of the electrical lines in my
> house.  My "Server room" is getting a little crowded).
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> James
> 
> 
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