Happy to chuck in some money to keep hosting going each year. any news on what's likely to happen? I don't have and hate facebook, sad if we lose the great DIY and stuff thats on here.
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I've called wyn and left a VM so hopefully I'll be able to discuss with him shortly.
Thank you everyone for your ongoing support and interest.
Unfortunately time flies by and things change. This site is an excellent resource and should continue if we can find a way to support it.
I'm tying the knot, have 2 step-kids and my own first kid on the way this year - but I still have my real baby (the EF8) and am still planning more work for it haha.
Andy, thanks for the call and apologies all for the late reply. Been a bit tied up the last week and have extended the date to make the site read only until 9 PM Wednesday 1 April. Regardless though, will try and keep this thread open for a bit longer if people would like to share any thoughts regarding archiving content.
The decision to gradually shut down the site was not a simple one, nor was just just a financial decision. It is also about ensuring members and sponsors needs are addressed in a timely manner. Maintaining the site, not just the front end moderating but also the back end around maintaining the server, backups, software updates, managing security vulnerabilities etc all takes time and effort and deserves a certain responsiveness. There is an opportunity for someone else to make a fresh start for the Honda community in Australia and we have had a pretty good run!
The next time April 1 falls on a Wednesday is 2020. After that it's 2026 followed by 2037.
Jokes aside, seeing you probably mean 1st of May, that leaves about a week to discuss anything here. If anyone wants to set up or help set up a new AU Honda forum, please use r/ozhonda on Reddit to discuss / organise once this site locks up.
Andy, thanks for the call and apologies all for the late reply. Been a bit tied up the last week and have extended the date to make the site read only until 9 PM Wednesday 1 April. Regardless though, will try and keep this thread open for a bit longer if people would like to share any thoughts regarding archiving content.
The decision to gradually shut down the site was not a simple one, nor was just just a financial decision. It is also about ensuring members and sponsors needs are addressed in a timely manner. Maintaining the site, not just the front end moderating but also the back end around maintaining the server, backups, software updates, managing security vulnerabilities etc all takes time and effort and deserves a certain responsiveness. There is an opportunity for someone else to make a fresh start for the Honda community in Australia and we have had a pretty good run!
Hi Wynode,
understand the effort required for building and maintaining the site.
However if you do close/shut the site all the information will be lost.
So cut to the chase i'll ask 2 questions:
do you intend to sell the site so it can continue?
if you dont intent to sell the site, will you give us permission make the content of the site available for someone to archive and extra useful threads, in a packaged file perhaps?
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