[tbilisimakerspace] Re: buying a domain name (was: Re: Oxwall vs Buddypress vs phpBB)
- From: Sebastian Henschel <sebastian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tbilisimakerspace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:24:34 +0400
hey Dato..
On 16 March 2012 00:28, Dato Gogishvili <dato@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> so no .ge domain? right?
with all that registration hassle, i don't think it's worth it. i would
still put GEL 10 on the table to register if people want to have it, though.
anyway, the web server is set up to support tbilisiopenlabs.ge /
www.tbilisiopenlabs.ge in addition to .org .
the DNS entry has propagated, yay!
cheers,
Sebastian
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 5:54 PM, ericnbarrett@xxxxxxxxx <
> ericnbarrett@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> ok, done. i also created www.tbilisiopenlabs.org and pointed it to the
>> same place. it will take a while to propagate, but should be working
>> tomorrow ... if i did everything right ;)
>>
>> eric
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 17:23, Sebastian Henschel
>> <sebastian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > hi Eric...
>> >
>> > On 15 March 2012 17:15, ericnbarrett@xxxxxxxxx <ericnbarrett@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> >> i already got .org just in case (it is cheap) for one year. just tell
>> >> me where to point it when you are ready.
>> >
>> > nice, thanks! as long as nobody else wants to host: 83.169.39.151
>> > if i didn't mess up the config, it should already show the same as
>> > tbilisimakerspace.kodeaffe.de (and the forums, but these might need
>> > reconfig due to the different domain name).
>> >
>> >
>> >> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 17:09, Sebastian Henschel
>> >> <sebastian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> On 15 March 2012 16:53, Zviad Sulaberidze <zviangi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>>> it's not necessary to have NS-s at Caucasus, nameservers can be on
>> any
>> >>>> server, but they have to be technically up and running for planned
>> domain
>> >>>> before registration. The domain will not be registered, if it
>> technically is
>> >>>> not up. You specify nameservers in the registration form.
>> >>>
>> >>> seriously? alright, let's forget about .ge, we have the connection to
>> >>> Tbilisi/Georgia in the domain name.
>> >>>
>> >>> 2 tetri,
>> >>> Sebastian
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> On 03/15/2012 04:41 PM, ericnbarrett@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> you can make subdomain changes if you are ready to change the dns to
>> >>>>> an alternative one, like dreamhost.com. if you keep the dns with
>> >>>>> caucasus, you'll have to call/email every time you want to make a
>> >>>>> change, which is a pain if you want to create subdomains or change
>> >>>>> anything. what we do with .ge domains is point the dns to dreamhosts
>> >>>>> at the time of registration (we bring the server info with us) and
>> >>>>> then just tell them we want a different dns.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> if you do that at first when you register, it is not so bad. but
>> both
>> >>>>> tbilisiopenlabs.ge and tbilisiopenlabs.org are both good.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> eric
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 16:30, Zviad Sulaberidze<zviangi@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> you can make online registration on .ge, but the you have to print
>> the
>> >>>>>> filled form and go there by person :)
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> On 03/15/2012 04:04 PM, Giorgi Kandelaki wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Brilliant Idea Sebastian!
>> >>>>>> I absolutely agree.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> But I don't know the process, how can one buy a .org domain? Is it
>> easy?
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> --
>> >>>>>> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Sebastian Henschel
>> >>>>>> <sebastian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> heya...
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> On 15 March 2012 15:10, Dato Gogishvili<dato@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> I'm available tomorrow and will buy domain.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> cool, thank you!
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> today i learned it's a pain in the arse to get a .ge-domain:
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> - handling subdomains is cumbersome?
>> >>>>>>> - you need to go to the registry in person?
>> >>>>>>> - you pay twice the price if you own more than 5 domains?
>> >>>>>>> - wtf?
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> i suggest to also buy tbilisiopenlabs.org and we use that as the
>> main
>> >>>>>>> domain, so in case we'll have issues with tbilisiopenlabs.ge, it
>> won't
>> >>>>>>> affect us much. we have GEL 60 pledged, so GEL 30 + USD 10 would
>> be
>> >>>>>>> covered
>> >>>>>>> by that.
>>
>
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