Author Topic: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl (Read 28519 times)

FliesLikeABrick · « **on:** October 06, 2008, 06:29:53 pm »

There are problems with the DNS and/or domain for the forums.Â Please watch http://mm.soldat.pl and http://tns.u13.net for updates, as soldatforums,com may soon become unreacahble.

The forums will (at least for now) be forums.soldat.pl, I am working on getting it online now.

LtKillroy · « **Reply #1 on:** October 06, 2008, 06:35:32 pm »

No SF, O NOEZ!

Hrm that's not a good thing, I guess I'll have to actually play the game.

PQ · « **Reply #2 on:** October 06, 2008, 08:18:35 pm »

I like the lady's smile on soldatforums,comÂ

PS. it took me 10 minutes to figure out that sf.com transforms into forums.soldat.pl

Blacksheepboy · « **Reply #3 on:** October 06, 2008, 09:05:55 pm »

That made me very confused, as I have not checked these forums in (what seems to me) quite some time. I thought that I had missed some "omg new forumz evrbodi" announcement

.

Thank goodness Google... I searched "soldat forums" to see if I could somehow find out the problem. Troubleshooting: it never fails

Leo · « **Reply #4 on:** October 06, 2008, 11:56:03 pm »

Someone forgot to renew the domain ?...

jrgp · « **Reply #5 on:** October 07, 2008, 12:03:28 am »

Quote from: Leo on October 06, 2008, 11:56:03 pm

Someone forgot to renew the domain ?...

Yeah, and either someone else bought it, MM's brother renewed it in a way which caused a DNS misconfiguration, or the registrar had a measly auto-renewal system which messed it up as soon as it expired (a few days ago, according to whois' records).

chutem · « **Reply #6 on:** October 07, 2008, 12:45:04 am »

Quote

This domain is parked, pending renewal, or has expired.
Please contact the domain provider with questions.

FliesLikeABrick · « **Reply #7 on:** October 07, 2008, 12:47:12 am »

It is pretty clear right now that MM just forgot to renew it, so that onlinenic.com site bought it and probably wants us to buy it for 2 or 3x more than it actually costs.

PQ · « **Reply #8 on:** October 07, 2008, 02:00:05 am »

MM we love you for who you are. Couldn't happen to anyone else <3

(no sarcasm)

SpiltCoffee · « **Reply #9 on:** October 07, 2008, 03:09:45 am »

oh noes!

Hope the domain downtime doesn't last too long! D:

blackdevil0742 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 07, 2008, 03:18:53 am »

No! *sniff*

echo_trail · « **Reply #11 on:** October 07, 2008, 05:51:45 am »

Quote from: FliesLikeABrick on October 07, 2008, 12:47:12 am

It is pretty clear right now that MM just forgot to renew it, so that onlinenic.com site bought it and probably wants us to buy it for 2 or 3x more than it actually costs.

So are you gonna, or what's the plan?

homerofgods · « **Reply #12 on:** October 07, 2008, 05:59:05 am »

isn't forums.soldat good enough?

bja888 · « **Reply #13 on:** October 07, 2008, 07:55:48 am »

Quote from: FliesLikeABrick on October 07, 2008, 12:47:12 am

It is pretty clear right now that MM just forgot to renew it, so that onlinenic.com site bought it and probably wants us to buy it for 2 or 3x more than it actually costs.

I hope he gets off that easy. Some who snatch domains want thousands for them.

Laser Guy · « **Reply #14 on:** October 07, 2008, 08:35:02 am »

Eh, that confused me a bit

Damn domain stealers...

FliesLikeABrick · « **Reply #15 on:** October 07, 2008, 10:45:53 am »

We'll probably just stick with forums.soldat.pl.

Please encourage anyone you know to update their bookmarks, links on their site, and anything else.Â It will be a bit before all of the major search engines re-index this site thoroughly, so the number of people on the site and hits/month are going to be very low this month.Â We get huge amounts of traffic from google and other search engines because of the amount of information on our site, but as of right now, every single reference to the forums is lost.

Links everywhere need to be updated, and then we'll see the soldat forums start to show up in search engines again.

EnEsCe · « **Reply #16 on:** October 07, 2008, 10:47:55 am »

I hate this domain, I normally type "sol" and press down and enter and it will take me to the forums, but now I have to sift through 20 other domains to find it

boohoo

FliesLikeABrick · « **Reply #17 on:** October 07, 2008, 10:48:36 am »

If you're using firefox, it'll eventually learn. You can also just delete old references to the old domain in your history (when the bar drops down, just put your mouse over what you want to delete and hit the delete key)

SDFilm · « **Reply #18 on:** October 07, 2008, 10:51:54 am »

Wouldn't that make it harder to find? As well as god knows how many links being broken.

I don't totaly know how search engine programs (spiders) work, but at least for now the broken forums is at the stop of 'Soldat Forums' googled. I trust that this 'forums.soldat.pl' domain will only cause temorery disturbance, even if it does stay.

PQ · « **Reply #19 on:** October 07, 2008, 11:51:57 am »

"soldatforums,com Estimated Worth $15965.1 USD"

Gotfryd · « **Reply #20 on:** October 07, 2008, 11:57:52 am »

Quote from: SDFilm on October 07, 2008, 10:51:54 am

As well as god knows how many links being broken.

I think at least tens of thousands

I'm afraid it is impossible to put any kind of redirect information on the page which shows up when old address is entered?

Quote from: PQ on October 07, 2008, 11:51:57 am

"soldatforums,com Estimated Worth $15965.1 USD"

Wow!

mar77a · « **Reply #21 on:** October 07, 2008, 02:50:10 pm »

Think of all the external links ;-;

Laser Guy · « **Reply #22 on:** October 07, 2008, 02:59:02 pm »

Ouch, that'll be a pain in the ass (like old quotes and stuff...)

blackdevil0742 · « **Reply #23 on:** October 07, 2008, 03:14:24 pm »

Oh shit... the forum is screwed.

ElephantHunter · « **Reply #24 on:** October 07, 2008, 03:45:05 pm »

Quote from: blackdevil0742 on October 07, 2008, 03:14:24 pm

Oh poo... the forum is screwed.

Not necessarily. The situation still has yet to work itself out. It's possible this is an easy fix, or that we can buy back the old domain for a relatively cheap price. Even if we can't get soldatforums.com back, Google will re-index us under the new domain in a short time.

DorkeyDear · « **Reply #25 on:** October 07, 2008, 03:54:12 pm »

its gonna take me forever to get used to this change.... im used to typing http://forums.soldat.pl daily... or close to, and pressing down.. usually faster to type..

i suppose no biggie tho

FliesLikeABrick · « **Reply #26 on:** October 07, 2008, 04:40:59 pm »

If the company holding the domain hostage thinks it is worth anywhere near $15,000, we're never getting it back

blackdevil0742 · « **Reply #27 on:** October 07, 2008, 04:50:51 pm »

Meh..not as much activity ;(
You should send an e-mail to all members.

jrgp · « **Reply #28 on:** October 07, 2008, 04:52:04 pm »

Quote from: FliesLikeABrick on October 07, 2008, 04:40:59 pm

If the company holding the domain hostage thinks it is worth anywhere near $15,000, we're never getting it back

Where can we find out how much getting it back will cost?

BombSki · « **Reply #29 on:** October 07, 2008, 04:59:24 pm »

that site PQ quoted wont work for me. i tried another 'domain value estimater' and that said:
Domain Appraisal for domain name only : USD 110

but also:
Valuation considering traffic: USD 4,600

This is taken from estibot.com.

LtKillroy · « **Reply #30 on:** October 07, 2008, 05:52:28 pm »

Why is it worth so much? I never understood website costs though...

Blue-ninja · « **Reply #31 on:** October 07, 2008, 06:48:06 pm »

I think it's time we appreciated blackdevil's suggestion in the Forum News and Support. ;Q

kingkitty · « **Reply #32 on:** October 07, 2008, 07:32:10 pm »

Well this sucks :S

KodiakJack · « **Reply #33 on:** October 08, 2008, 01:18:36 am »

So whats the plan? Keeping it the way it is, or attempting to buy it back? How much are they asking, and how much did you used to pay?

echo_trail · « **Reply #34 on:** October 08, 2008, 04:24:02 am »

Quote from: blackdevil0742 on October 07, 2008, 04:50:51 pm

Meh..not as much activity ;(
You should send an e-mail to all members.

Seems like a start? You should look into this, bricky.

xmRipper · « **Reply #35 on:** October 08, 2008, 08:10:01 am »

Quote from: EnEsCe on October 07, 2008, 10:47:55 am

I hate this domain, I normally type "sol" and press down and enter and it will take me to the forums, but now I have to sift through 20 other domains to find it boohoo

Hey just use firefox =)

SDFilm · « **Reply #36 on:** October 08, 2008, 09:00:32 am »

Quote from: echo_trail on October 08, 2008, 04:24:02 am

Quote from: blackdevil0742 on October 07, 2008, 04:50:51 pm
Meh..not as much activity ;(
You should send an e-mail to all members.

Seems like a start? You should look into this, bricky.

Indeed. Plus, what about the Soldat Forums advertisement on the nag screen that unregistered Soldat players get?

client · « **Reply #37 on:** October 08, 2008, 09:56:17 am »

use opera you can have 9 sites saved on the start screen and you can just click on the one you want, and you can have it like on firefox.

EnEsCe · « **Reply #38 on:** October 08, 2008, 10:46:00 am »

Quote from: SDFilm on October 08, 2008, 09:00:32 am

Indeed. Plus, what about the Soldat Forums advertisement on the nag screen that unregistered Soldat players get?

Fixed that one up.

I think the emailing of members will be delayed until we know the other domain is definitely not available.

a-4-year-old · « **Reply #39 on:** October 08, 2008, 02:03:45 pm »

Quote from: client on October 08, 2008, 09:56:17 am

use opera you can have 9 sites saved on the start screen and you can just click on the one you want, and you can have it like on firefox.

that is so ugly and plain I'd rather just have the little tiny box.

blackdevil0742 · « **Reply #40 on:** October 08, 2008, 02:09:56 pm »

Quote from: a-4-year-old on October 08, 2008, 02:03:45 pm

Quote from: client on October 08, 2008, 09:56:17 am
use opera you can have 9 sites saved on the start screen and you can just click on the one you want, and you can have it like on firefox.
that is so ugly and plain I'd rather just have the little tiny box.

You can do that too. But I prefer to have a few sites so I can just press the number keys to go to each one fast.

~Niko~ · « **Reply #41 on:** October 08, 2008, 07:03:41 pm »

fuck 2 days without SF... what a shame, I did not notice about the change, did you posted somewhere else about it? I had to ask the new adress in-game

Psycho · « **Reply #42 on:** October 09, 2008, 03:28:45 am »

Yeah, godamn send a mass email. Took me days to find my way back in here.

Giplip · « **Reply #43 on:** October 09, 2008, 09:16:28 am »

Haha, that's nice. No, it's great, SF being down, HAHA. Anyways, when is 1.5 to be released?

UnknownSniper · « **Reply #44 on:** October 09, 2008, 09:58:16 am »

Quote from: Giplip on October 09, 2008, 09:16:28 am

Haha, that's nice. No, it's great, SF being down, HAHA. Anyways, when is 1.5 to be released?

You really should be banned for asking the question 50 other people have asked, after countless moderators/'admins' have told them to shut the fuck up.

Vilho · « **Reply #45 on:** October 09, 2008, 10:50:14 am »

Well, took some time to realize what's going on.

Giplip · « **Reply #46 on:** October 09, 2008, 11:01:31 am »

How about you either answer my question or STFU.

UnknownSniper · « **Reply #47 on:** October 09, 2008, 11:08:50 am »

Quote from: Giplip on October 09, 2008, 11:01:31 am

How about you either answer my question or STFU.

Okay. Let me repeat for the 51st time what EnEsCe has said 50 times.
"It will be ready when it's ready."

That answer enough for you? Don't get bitchy at me because you can't read properly.

Sethamundo · « **Reply #48 on:** October 09, 2008, 12:11:29 pm »

Quote from: UnknownSniper on October 09, 2008, 11:08:50 am

Quote from: Giplip on October 09, 2008, 11:01:31 am
How about you either answer my question or STFU.

Okay. Let me repeat for the 51st time what EnEsCe has said 50 times.
"It will be ready when it's ready."

That answer enough for you? Don't get female dogy at me because you can't read properly.

Taken care of. EH gave him a two-day vacation!

FliesLikeABrick · « **Reply #49 on:** October 09, 2008, 12:23:53 pm »

Keep this thread on-topic or some of you will magically find yourselves banned from posting in the News section.

FliesLikeABrick · « **Reply #50 on:** October 09, 2008, 12:24:16 pm »

Quote from: Psycho on October 09, 2008, 03:28:45 am

Yeah, godamn send a mass email. Took me days to find my way back in here.

I will be sending one once I make sure of whether or not we're getting forums.soldat.pl back

Giplip · « **Reply #51 on:** October 09, 2008, 01:12:58 pm »

Quote from: UnknownSniper on October 09, 2008, 11:08:50 am

"It will be ready when it's ready."

That answer enough for you?

Thank you, you could have said that from start instead of flaming.

Date Posted: October 09, 2008, 02:12:18 pm

Sethhamundo, I gave your mother a vacation.

Laser Guy · « **Reply #52 on:** October 09, 2008, 01:25:23 pm »

Quote from: Giplip on October 09, 2008, 01:12:58 pm

Quote from: UnknownSniper on October 09, 2008, 11:08:50 am

"It will be ready when it's ready."

That answer enough for you?

Thank you, you could have said that from start instead of flaming.

Date Posted: October 09, 2008, 02:12:18 pm
Sethhamundo, I gave your mother a vacation.

http://forums.soldat.pl/index.php?topic=30383.0

Erm, did someone make a mistake banning him and banned only for 2 hours?

Giplip · « **Reply #53 on:** October 09, 2008, 01:31:20 pm »

I made a mistake getting your wife knocked on. Seriously, I'm not to be banned, only f aggots and m otherfucker would do that.

Laser Guy · « **Reply #54 on:** October 09, 2008, 01:35:15 pm »

You better prepare for an assrape now...

~Niko~ · « **Reply #55 on:** October 09, 2008, 02:30:08 pm »

yeah, get lubricant,

FliesLikeABrick · « **Reply #56 on:** October 09, 2008, 02:43:27 pm »

Giplip is now permanently banned.

xurich · « **Reply #57 on:** October 09, 2008, 08:23:32 pm »

Have you attempted to contact the people who hold soldatforu ms.com yet? I am curious what they're asking for its return.

KodiakJack · « **Reply #58 on:** October 10, 2008, 06:03:04 am »

yeah, i mean, how much are they asking for

FliesLikeABrick · « **Reply #59 on:** October 10, 2008, 12:18:53 pm »

MM is planning on renewing the domain, but even if he does we will stay on forums.soldat.pl

we would keep forums.soldat.pl for a year or two so that we can keep our links in google and do a more smooth transition in the community.

blackdevil0742 · « **Reply #60 on:** October 10, 2008, 12:45:52 pm »

Then why are you still holding in with the mass e-mail proposition?

client · « **Reply #61 on:** October 10, 2008, 02:01:30 pm »

we can find out where those stealers live and kick their asses.

SDFilm · « **Reply #62 on:** October 12, 2008, 07:49:30 pm »

Quote from: FliesLikeABrick on October 10, 2008, 12:18:53 pm

MM is planning on renewing the domain, but even if he does we will stay on forums.soldat.pl

we would keep forums.soldat.pl for a year or two so that we can keep our links in google and do a more smooth transition in the community.

What links on Google? The first one that comes up is still the original url, as well as the archives not being accessible. And unless you've sent out a mass email, there are still people who don't know about forums.soldat.pl, and not even that will get through to the ones that may only find the forum by now useless links.

BTW, I noticed that the old url is swear-filtered. Is that something to do with trying to give this url the benefit with search engine bots?

FliesLikeABrick · « **Reply #63 on:** October 12, 2008, 08:27:22 pm »

Quote from: SDFilm on October 12, 2008, 07:49:30 pm

Quote from: FliesLikeABrick on October 10, 2008, 12:18:53 pm
MM is planning on renewing the domain, but even if he does we will stay on forums.soldat.pl

we would keep forums.soldat.pl for a year or two so that we can keep our links in google and do a more smooth transition in the community.

What links on Google? The first one that comes up is still the original url, as well as the archives not being accessible. And unless you've sent out a mass email, there are still people who don't know about forums.soldat.pl, and not even that will get through to the ones that may only find the forum by now useless links.

BTW, I noticed that the old url is swear-filtered. Is that something to do with trying to give this url the benefit with search engine bots?

"what links on google" uh, you just proved my point?Â I'm saying that all of the links in google are still pointing to forums.soldat.pl so as of right now google is passing pretty much none of its normal traffic this way.Â I will be sending out a mass e-mail, but that doesn't change the fact that there are hundreds of thousands of links out there from search engines and community sites that point to the old domain.Â Many of them will never be changed, even after a mass e-mail, so getting the old up and running again is worthwhile even if we plan on permanently using forums.soldat.pl.Â

The old domain is swear-filtered because the forum is littered with hundreds or thousands of posts pointing to other threads/posts, none of which will work until the old domain is up and running... so I put in a swear filter to make all of those links work again.

miketh2005 · « **Reply #64 on:** October 13, 2008, 06:16:49 pm »

Yeah, godamn send a mass email. Took me days to find my way back in here.

Blue-ninja · « **Reply #65 on:** October 13, 2008, 06:24:12 pm »

Not sending a mass email message to everyone = Abstinence at its worst. If you know that we're going to probably keep this domain for a year or two, why hold back? Nobody's a little afraid of having a extra email message in their inbox

tehsnipah · « **Reply #66 on:** October 13, 2008, 08:38:02 pm »

So you guys are telling us that MM's still struggling with renewing the original forum website?

Wolf_Man · « **Reply #67 on:** October 13, 2008, 09:17:10 pm »

The way i look at it, if someone doesnt have the common sense to get here, they shouldnt be here. I say keep this address and record how many members SF loses.

FliesLikeABrick · « **Reply #68 on:** October 13, 2008, 09:42:25 pm »

Quote from: tehsnipah on October 13, 2008, 08:38:02 pm

So you guys are telling us that MM's still struggling with renewing the original forum website?

I don't know what is taking so long

The Philanthropist · « **Reply #69 on:** October 14, 2008, 01:33:39 pm »

Jesus christ, I find this place a week later after the domain expired o.0 I go on every day, even though I don't post much, I was always absent mindedly clicking this bookmark expecting to see SF and got a ad page >.>

Mass e-mail is probably a good idea.

LtKillroy · « **Reply #70 on:** October 14, 2008, 02:28:03 pm »

There is still a link from Soldat.pl, it's not that hard to figure out if you ask me. Not that you lose anything from a mass e-mail...

Wolf_Man · « **Reply #71 on:** October 14, 2008, 03:55:00 pm »

Quote from: LtKillroy on October 14, 2008, 02:28:03 pm

There is still a link from Soldat.pl

And that, my friend, is the reason i am here.

Congratulations on finding that. You sir, have won..... a cookie!

Go ahead, reach in the cookie jar!

homerofgods · « **Reply #72 on:** October 14, 2008, 05:38:24 pm »

aaaahÂ please!Â we got to buy it back! :SÂ Â think about all the soldat history with links!Â I have allready had 2 incidents of broken links.

or else we are gonna cry about it for ever! fix it now for all eternity!..

jeeva · « **Reply #73 on:** April 30, 2010, 01:14:47 am »

I got the domain plan here http://www.thewebpole.com/ at low cost...

jrgp · « **Reply #74 on:** April 30, 2010, 01:19:59 am »

Quote from: jeeva on April 30, 2010, 01:14:47 am

I got the domain plan here http://www.thewebpole.com/ at low cost...

ugh wtf? Two year old necropost? Locked / warned. Don't do that again and check the dates of posts...

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Author Topic: Soldat forums domain problems now forums.soldat.pl (Read 28519 times)