John-in-KC Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Just got a note from yahoo in my email. GeoCities, yahoo's free website service, will close Oct 26. Close means they will shut down the servers and take the data offline. It will not be recoverable. If your Pack, Troop, or Crew uses GeoCities... it's time to look for a new webhost. (Mods: After a couple days, can you shift this to the Web Forum. I thought OD-Program would get broad dissemination quickly). YIS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisabob Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Sad! My favorite cub leader site was the Virtual Cub Leader's Handbook, hosted on geocities! I hope they find a new home for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailingpj Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 A suggestion for those who want to change to a new place, my ship uses Google sites. It is free, and has no ads. You can see how ours is turning out at http://sites.google.com/site/sssseahawkship It is really easy to update, and change stuff. Just like using Word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglescout4029 Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I agree with sailingpj. Google sites are really easy to use and change information. We use it for our troop. Troop 555 of Pierre Part, LA http://sites.google.com/site/bsatroop0555/Home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctroop231 Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 We used Google Blogger, and mapped the domain to the blog. It was quick and painless, but we might look at the alternative mentioned in this thread. http://www.calumetcityboyscouts.org is what we came up with.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank10 Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 just a reminder that once posted to the web things almost never go away... Good bad or evil. Old versions of pages can be found at archive.org just enter the page address into the line titled "way back machine". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-in-KC Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share Posted July 28, 2009 Wingnut, true... but at the same time, you cannot move them forward, and google does not archive information on the wayback, so you have to know what you're looking for (to some degree) first. It also depends on if your page hit a snapshot window with the wayback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank10 Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 John, All true. I see the wayback machine as a tool not some thing to be counted on. I also see it as a danger to folks who post first and think latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerLisa Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 Now that it is October 28th and Geocities died 2 days ago, does anyone happen to know if the folks who kept up the Virtual Cub Scout Leaders Handbook at http://www.geocities.com/~pack215/home.html have found a new home for it? It was a truly invaluable resource for me when I first started in Scouting a couple of years ago. Thanks, Lisa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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