02-01-2022, 11:35 PM
02-02-2022, 01:16 AM
If you feel inspired to keep using it regularly, you should pay for hosting.
To me, keeping the domain name is the most important part.
Hosting can come and go, but you should always keep the domain name.
What I'm personally doing is paying for a "blog" like one would pay for a sub to Netflix or something.
I write it in daily (most of the time) so to me it's worth it.
Deciding these types of things is really very personal...
I've even let some domain names expire too, but when it's a big part of your brand, then you should keep it.
To me, keeping the domain name is the most important part.
Hosting can come and go, but you should always keep the domain name.
What I'm personally doing is paying for a "blog" like one would pay for a sub to Netflix or something.
I write it in daily (most of the time) so to me it's worth it.
Deciding these types of things is really very personal...
I've even let some domain names expire too, but when it's a big part of your brand, then you should keep it.
02-03-2022, 02:06 PM
I'm definitely keeping the domain name.
I'd have to buy another month of hosting in order to get a copy of all the user data. But then I always love the smell of a fresh new bulletin bored.
I'm going to overhaul the software to replace the chat with a more social media-style feed page with embedded images and videos, post editor, etc. Users will still be able to post to open chat with the post editor, and the message will appear in everyone's feed. The page will still read from top to bottom and automagically scroll to the bottom like a chat.
Clicking on a social media style post in your feed will open the post and its replies in the existing BBS UI.
PMs will be displayed in your feed when you're online, or the next time you log in. The same post editor will work for PMs.
When this upgrade is done, there will be a single feed script instead of separate feeds for chat, PMs, BBS, etc. This will ensure that info. gets updated everywhere at the same time, and eliminate a few synchronization issues.
I'd have to buy another month of hosting in order to get a copy of all the user data. But then I always love the smell of a fresh new bulletin bored.
I'm going to overhaul the software to replace the chat with a more social media-style feed page with embedded images and videos, post editor, etc. Users will still be able to post to open chat with the post editor, and the message will appear in everyone's feed. The page will still read from top to bottom and automagically scroll to the bottom like a chat.
Clicking on a social media style post in your feed will open the post and its replies in the existing BBS UI.
PMs will be displayed in your feed when you're online, or the next time you log in. The same post editor will work for PMs.
When this upgrade is done, there will be a single feed script instead of separate feeds for chat, PMs, BBS, etc. This will ensure that info. gets updated everywhere at the same time, and eliminate a few synchronization issues.
02-03-2022, 02:20 PM
Exactly...
It's a gradual progression.
You think about what to change, what to make better, what to add and take away...
And it takes some time.
So that's why having hosting constantly isn't really the biggest concern.
I also find the reverse has been true in the past for me though...
Once you have the site built, the domain name can change a few times.
Conversely, once you have the domain name, the site software etc. can change a few times before you settle on what you really want it to be.
I found that it was important to have some kind of hosting so that I could build the site at all, since I'm not actually a programmer. I use the interface of WordPress or what have you, rather than actually building a site (from scratch).
But different people have different qualifications, meaning their approaches and needs are gonna be different depending on the project.
All I know is that I'd never stop having some kind of website to play with... I've done it since I was a kid, and I always will!
It's a gradual progression.
You think about what to change, what to make better, what to add and take away...
And it takes some time.
So that's why having hosting constantly isn't really the biggest concern.
I also find the reverse has been true in the past for me though...
Once you have the site built, the domain name can change a few times.
Conversely, once you have the domain name, the site software etc. can change a few times before you settle on what you really want it to be.
I found that it was important to have some kind of hosting so that I could build the site at all, since I'm not actually a programmer. I use the interface of WordPress or what have you, rather than actually building a site (from scratch).
But different people have different qualifications, meaning their approaches and needs are gonna be different depending on the project.
All I know is that I'd never stop having some kind of website to play with... I've done it since I was a kid, and I always will!