Its important (for Google) to have a domain name like
belgiumopenstreetmap.be ( see
http://ivoweb.be/wat-heb-je-nodig/domeinnaam-kiezen ); All other related
url's can be redirected to that site (like osm.be and many others)


2013/9/10 André Pirard <a.pirard.pa...@gmail.com>

>  Hi,
>
> Why not be.openstreetmap.org + be.osm.org and generalize this to other
> countries?
> Even as alias if other names already exist, that would be a no cost, no
> hassle, no search consistent solution.
> Quite possible, because their current sub-domains are only:
> osm.org.        259200    IN    NS    a.ns.bytemark.co.uk.
> osm.org.        259200    IN    NS    b.ns.bytemark.co.uk.
> osm.org.        259200    IN    NS    c.ns.bytemark.co.uk.
> geo.osm.org.        259200    IN    NS    a.ns.osm.org.
> geo.osm.org.        259200    IN    NS    b.ns.osm.org.
> geo.osm.org.        259200    IN    NS    c.ns.osm.org.
> geo.osm.org.        259200    IN    NS    d.ns.osm.org.
> openstreetmap.org.    259200    IN    NS    a.ns.bytemark.co.uk.
> openstreetmap.org.    259200    IN    NS    b.ns.bytemark.co.uk.
> openstreetmap.org.    259200    IN    NS    c.ns.bytemark.co.uk.
> geo.openstreetmap.org.    259200    IN    NS    a.ns.openstreetmap.org.
> geo.openstreetmap.org.    259200    IN    NS    b.ns.openstreetmap.org.
> geo.openstreetmap.org.    259200    IN    NS    c.ns.openstreetmap.org.
> geo.openstreetmap.org.    259200    IN    NS    d.ns.openstreetmap.org.
>
> I suppose it's a "just ask" matter.
>
> Why not ask free hosting at a Geographic faculty of one University?
> People in Liège are very kind. I worked at ULg and I may try to introduce
> osm.be if needed.
>
> I'm perfectly happy with a byethost.com <http://www.byethost.com/> server.
> Especially, even with my *free** account*, I can access my server's files
> as if they were local (in my local filesystem).
> (That's using gvfs-ftp)
> For 4 (250B/m) to 7 (unlimited) $/m, their technical specs are impressive
> Any local site building software is OK.  Please choose Win-Debian Linux-OS
> X software if you share an account.
>
> The only two "problems" I ever met were:
> - they closed my site a few times for bogus reasons; the real one is that
> they were trying to have me pay.
> - I was receiving a bad reputation mark from 
> WOT<http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/papou.byethost7.com>.
> Those guys are out of their mind: look carefully and you'll see that they
> attribute me the reputation of another site, that "Good site: Other users
> consider this site trustworthy, and it has a good reputation based on user
> ratings" and that, in consequence, my Trustworthiness is Unsatisfactory.
> But I moved to another 
> hostname<http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/byethost9.com>
> and the problem was gone (same provider, just a matter of chance, isn't WOT
> mad?).
> Note: that if a site is not accessed (at all) for two months (very
> difficult to do but I managed ;-), you only have two days after a warning
> to refresh it.  But, again, I suspect it's a manœuvre to have you pay to
> get your data back if you don't.
>
> Cheers,,
>
>   André.
>
>
>
>
> On 2013-09-10 14:33, Ben Schalley wrote :
>
> I have some experience with Joomla (http://www.joomla.org). It can be
> extended to accommodate multilingual websites (http://www.joomfish.net).
> There are lost of extensions for Joomla.
>
> Instead of hardware, why not use the services of a hosting company. I use
> Lunarpages (http://www.lunarpages.com), which is affordable with many
> options and has excellent support when needed.
>
> Best Regards,
> Ben
>
>
>
> Op 10/09/2013 14:08, Nicolas Pettiaux schreef:
>
>   Thanks. Could you contact him to ask ?
>
>  I propose to start considering to setup a Belgian OSM site in Dutch,
> French, English and German if we have enough people to translate in German.
>
>  Would Drupal be appropriate to setup such a multilingual site ? Do anyone
> of us know Drupal (or any other easy and well know tool that would do the
> job) or mediawiki ?
>
>  What would be the hardware we need ? (CPUs, RAM, hard disk)
>
>  Regards
>
>  Nicolas
>
>
> 2013/9/10 Dennis Bollyn <den...@gyrbo.be>
>
>>   Nicolas,
>>
>>  It should be noted that, while osm.be isn't "in the hands" of the OSM
>> community, openstreetmap.be is. It currently redirects to
>> openstreetmap.org, but I don't think the owner would be against setting
>> up an actual website if the infrastructure is provided.
>>
>>  Best regards,
>>
>>  Dennis aka Gyrbo
>>
>>
>>  On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Nicolas Pettiaux 
>> <nico...@pettiaux.be>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Dear Mr Huys,
>>>
>>> According to DNS.be, you own osm.be that does not seem to be used.
>>>
>>> The members of the belgian OpenStreetMap (http://osm.org) community are
>>> wondering if you would agree to transfer it to us to use it as a local
>>> edition of OSM, much like http://openstreetmap.fr.
>>>
>>>  Much thanks in advance for your attention.
>>>
>>>  Best regards,
>>>
>>>  Nicolas Pettiaux
>>>
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>>
>
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