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Throwing a dart out there!; Let's talk about forums.
Topic Started: Jun 24 2012, 07:37 PM (782 Views)
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Have you guys ever thought of using a different type of service other then Zetaboards? Especially since you guys don't have an honest to Zeus domain name? I mean personally I wouldn't be satisfied with Zetaboard's being ahead of my groups name, since I have to advertise MY group's site towards other media's and its really kind of hard trying to advertise "VG_C" when its s14.Zetaboards.com.

Luckly, I have found a nice site that provides a nice forum interface.
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Interesting Point
Edited by Father Clown&Axe, Jun 24 2012, 07:59 PM.
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Back in the day I used to use the forum/website hosting service know as UCoz, for my old mmorpg guild that I use to be a proud leader of.
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The Power of the Dark Side is Infinite.

We mainly use this platform because we are familiar with it, but there are contingency plans in place for if we ever do get to the point of needing our own domain and what not, It was just deemed by my and JDE to soon at this point. Also, moved to suggestions.
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An easy solution (my favorite) to this would be to use a simple url redirection for now until you can afford your own .com

Here's a google search: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=ms-android-att-us&source=android-browser-type&v=133247963&q=free+url+direct&oq=free+url+direct&gs_l=mobile-gws-serp.3..0j0i10l4.23194.25453.0.26027.7.7.0.0.0.0.292.292.2-1.1.0...0.0.bE_41bNzdd0&mvs=0

I've used the second one myself. They require a tiny ad on the home page. The first link doesn't require ads but the url is longer.
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Yeah, I had looked into those before, but got busy with other things and kind of forgot. I really like the idea, but I'm not sure what our URL for the redirect should be. Here's a short list of URLs I can think of:

VGC.whatever
VGCForums.whatever ( I kinda like this one)
VG_Chronicles.whatever
VGChronicles.whatever
VideoGameChronicles.whatever


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I like videogamechronicles.whatever
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The Power of the Dark Side is Infinite.

I like the first two if any. still think one domain would work too..
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Okay, that's one vote, possibly two, for VGCForums.co.nr, possibly one for VGC.co.nr, and one for VideoGameChronicles.co.nr Also, what do you mean Ace?


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Jun 27 2012, 07:43 PM
Okay, that's one vote, possibly two, for VGCForums.co.nr, possibly one for VGC.co.nr, and one for VideoGameChronicles.co.nr Also, what do you mean Ace?
VGC.co.nr will not work, they require it be more than 3 characters.
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The Power of the Dark Side is Infinite.

I mean hosting a domain lol.
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Zeno
Jun 27 2012, 09:50 PM
VGC.co.nr will not work, they require it be more than 3 characters.
Good point. I should have realized that on my own. >_<

Also, @Ace, you mean having an actual website, and not just the domain? There's lots of possibilities for that as well.


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I'd say VGCForums is most appealing.
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The Power of the Dark Side is Infinite.

well just let me know what you decide on if i need to fork out money JDE.
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Lol, no, I don't think we're big enough for that. I think a simple redirect is just fine for now. It'd be much better than having to remember / type out the entirety of our current URL. What do you think?


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JDE
Jul 7 2012, 06:58 PM
Lol, no, I don't think we're big enough for that. I think a simple redirect is just fine for now. It'd be much better than having to remember / type out the entirety of our current URL.
I second that.
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Jul 7 2012, 12:42 PM
well just let me know what you decide on if i need to fork out money JDE.
What are we waiting for then? It's free, go get one. Hell, get 3-4, all the ones you named.
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Okay, I've already gotten VGCForums.co.nr set up, but it doesn't work yet. I'm waiting on it to be approved. Hopefully, it won't take long.


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The Power of the Dark Side is Infinite.

good job!
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Oh, I forgot to mention that PieFTW directed me to another free URL redirect site, so we'll have two URL's for the users to choose from, and they can each act as a backup in case the other goes down.

Also, as of now, I'm still waiting for them to be approved.


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What were the URLs? Are they up yet?
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Yeah, the one you set up FINALLY came through on Thursday I think it was. The e-mail mentioned something about a server error, and that some people had waited a month or more. O_o Anyway, here's the URL:

http://vg-chronicles.alturl.com/

I don't know why the other hasn't been approved yet, unless we were denied. :-/


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