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 >>> >>> -- >>> Nicolas Pettiaux - +32 496 24 55 01 <%2B32%20496%2024%2055%2001> - >>> http://rmll.info - http://lepacte.be >>> EuroSciPy 2013 co-chair http://www.euroscipy.org/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Talk-be mailing list >>> Talk-be@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Nicolas Pettiaux - +32 496 24 55 01 - http://rmll.info - http://lepacte.be > EuroSciPy 2013 co-chair http://www.euroscipy.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-be mailing > listTalk-be@openstreetmap.orghttps://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-be mailing > listTalk-be@openstreetmap.orghttps://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-be mailing list > Talk-be@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be > >
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