[okfn-help] Pointing publicdomainreview.org/.net to publicdomainreview.okfn.org?

Mon Jun 27 15:02:34 UTC 2011

Just to clarify: this means that we can't do anything on
publicdomainreview.okfn.org until the DNS redirects? Adam was in the
middle of editing an article, and now we get redirected to a holding
page...

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
> On 27 June 2011 15:55, Adam Green <adam.green at okfn.org> wrote:
>> Hi there,
>> There has been a mix up in the redirecting.
>> The publicdomainreview.okfn.org now redirects to publicdomainreview.org
>> (which is empty!) - but it needs to be the other way round! So
>> that publicdomainreview.org points to publicdomainreview.okfn.org
>> Would be great to get it sorted out as soon as possible
>
> No I don't think you do want it the other way round :-)
>
> and the blank page is just because dns has not yet redirected. If you
> set your /etc/hosts to point to cache.okfn.org it will work.
>
> Rufus
>
>> Thanks!
>> Adam
>> On 27 June 2011 10:34, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello everyone!
>>>
>>> We need to do this in the next 24-28 hours as we're distributing
>>> flyers this week with the new domain name on it - but this is not yet
>>> set up (and it needs time to propagate, etc).
>>>
>>> Nils: Rufus is tied up - so do you think you could help me with the final
>>> steps?
>>>
>>> So far I have:
>>>
>>>  * Changed name server on Accuwebhosting (to ns1.everydns.net, etc.)
>>>  * Set up a record for publicdomainreview.org on http://www.everydns.com/
>>>
>>> But I need help with
>>>
>>>  * What (exactly) do I put in which boxes on everydns.com? I think
>>> Rufus mentioned cache.okfn.org, but I've not done this as I'm not sure
>>> if we do CNAME or not, and/or whether this is for
>>> publicdomainreview.org, www.publicdomainreview.org,
>>> *.publicdomainreview.org, etc.
>>>  * Making sure that publicdomainreview.org gets pointed to the
>>> correct WP instance (publicdomainreview.okfn.org) which I presume is
>>> this: http://trac.okfn.org/wiki/WordpressService
>>>
>>> What do you think? Would you be willing to don your heroic sysadmin
>>> spurs and help a poor community coordinator in distress? ;-)
>>>
>>> J.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >> I note that whomever registered publicdomainreview.org did not set
>>> >> nameservers to everydns.net [...]
>>> >
>>> > *raises hand in shame*
>>> >
>>> > Sorry. ;-)
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Jonathan Gray
>>> >
>>> > Community Coordinator
>>> > The Open Knowledge Foundation
>>> > http://blog.okfn.org
>>> >
>>> > http://twitter.com/jwyg
>>> > http://identi.ca/jwyg
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jonathan Gray
>>>
>>> Community Coordinator
>>> The Open Knowledge Foundation
>>> http://blog.okfn.org
>>>
>>> http://twitter.com/jwyg
>>> http://identi.ca/jwyg
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Adam Green
>> Editor, The Public Domain Review
>> http://publicdomainreview.okfn.org/
>> The Open Knowledge Foundation
>> http://okfn.org/
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Co-Founder, Open Knowledge Foundation
> Promoting Open Knowledge in a Digital Age
> http://www.okfn.org/ - http://blog.okfn.org/
>

-- 
Jonathan Gray

Community Coordinator
The Open Knowledge Foundation
http://blog.okfn.org

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