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Domain Name?

Posted: 22 Oct 2005, 19:29
by Devanté
In my opinion, this forum needs a seperate domain name. forums.knightmare.com would be alright, as long as you can afford the hosting.

If people don't like this, just have the current link redirect to the new one.

Re:Domain Name?

Posted: 22 Oct 2005, 23:57
by Becxsmagic
Well, it's an idea but I don't suppose it matters much, I never noticed the domain name. Still, it's still the same forum but I think I see what you're getting at.

Re:Domain Name?

Posted: 23 Oct 2005, 00:12
by Pooka
It used to have talkknightmare.co.uk...

Re:Domain Name?

Posted: 23 Oct 2005, 00:15
by Billy
Yeah, from September 2003 to sometime this year (anyone know?).

I don't see why a seperate domain name is needed, really. www.knightmare.com/forum is easy to remember.

Re:Domain Name?

Posted: 23 Oct 2005, 02:41
by Pooka
Will be September 2004, domains are a two-year contract.

Re:Domain Name?

Posted: 23 Oct 2005, 10:10
by Illusion
It's certainly possible to set up forum.knightmare.com or similar, and I did consider it, but as others have said, www.knightmare.com/forum is probably easier to remember and most URLs are in that format.

Re:Domain Name?

Posted: 23 Oct 2005, 14:06
by JoeGrocottJames
No major thing, but, out of interest, why was talkknightmare.co.uk dropped? I think it was all right and it seemed an unnecessary change to me.

Re:Domain Name?

Posted: 23 Oct 2005, 18:11
by TheBrollachan
Pooka wrote: Will be September 2004, domains are a two-year contract.
It depends on who you register your domain with. Domain names can be registered from 1 to 10 years. Generally the options are 1, 2, or 10 years. It would appear though that many insists on a minimum of 2 years for UK domains, though it is possible to register for just a year.

Re:Domain Name?

Posted: 23 Oct 2005, 21:18
by Illusion
Joe Grocott-James wrote: No major thing, but, out of interest, why was talkknightmare.co.uk dropped? I think it was all right and it seemed an unnecessary change to me.
The forum used to be on a separate host to the main site, hence the separate domain. Now everthing is under one roof so it wasn't necessary anymore.

Re:Domain Name?

Posted: 11 Nov 2005, 18:38
by MoanaLiza
and during the talkknightmare era there were a lot of problems, or am I thinking of the yabb era previous to that?

Re:Domain Name?

Posted: 19 Jan 2006, 01:04
by KFan
Devanté wrote: In my opinion, this forum needs a seperate domain name. forums.knightmare.com would be alright, as long as you can afford the hosting.
That's just a subdomain of knightmare.com. Doesn't cost anything, would just point to knightmare.com/forum, thus going to the same place.
Having forum.knightmare.com wouldn't be too bad, but why would Illusion move the forums to a seperate host with a seperate domain?

Re:Domain Name?

Posted: 19 Jan 2006, 07:12
by TheBrollachan
Some hosts charge more for allowing subdomains.

Re:Domain Name?

Posted: 19 Jan 2006, 12:44
by KFan
Yes, but it's usually only a small charge.

I don't really see why Knightmare.com would benefit from one anyway, TBH. It's fine as it is.

Re:Domain Name?

Posted: 19 Jan 2006, 19:45
by Illusion
Subdomains can be created, no problem. But as others have said it won't make things any easier so I don't think there's much point doing it.

I think people are much more familiar with the www.knightmare.com/forum format of address than forum.knightmare.com.

Re:Domain Name?

Posted: 21 Jan 2006, 15:11
by Pooka
And does it really matter? ;D