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[*] posted on 16-5-2009 at 06:20
GeoCities will close later this year.


After I logged into one of my geocities websites, I found this information. Does anyone here have any suggestions for other free hosting services? With geocities, you didn't have to log in every so often to keep them from deleting your website. Is there any place else like this?

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Important Announcement

After careful consideration, Yahoo! has decided to close GeoCities later this year.

You can continue enjoying your GeoCities service until then — we just wanted you to let you know about the closure as soon as possible. We'll share more details this summer. For now, please visit the help center for more information.

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GeoCities will close later this year.
Why is GeoCities not accepting new customers?

We have decided to discontinue the process of allowing new customers to sign up for GeoCities accounts as we focus on helping our customers explore and build new relationships online in other ways. We will be closing GeoCities later this year.
I'm a GeoCities customer. What's happening to my site?

Existing GeoCities accounts have not changed. You can continue to enjoy your web site and GeoCities services until later this year. You don't need to change a thing right now — we just wanted you to let you know about the closure as soon as possible. We'll provide more details about closing GeoCities and how to save your site data this summer, and we will update the help center with more details at that time.
Will something happen to my GeoCities Free or Plus account?

Later this year we will be closing all GeoCities accounts and web sites. We'll send you more details this summer.
Can I prepare for GeoCities closing now?

All of our GeoCities customers can continue to enjoy their sites and GeoCities services until later this year. You don't need to change your service today, but we encourage anyone interested in a full-featured web hosting plan to consider upgrading to our award-winning Yahoo! Web Hosting service.

Yahoo! Web Hosting includes a personalized domain name (such as widgetdesigns.com) and matching email, new site building tools, unlimited disk space and bandwidth, premium customer support, and more. See details.
When will I get more information?

We'll provide more details about closing GeoCities and how to save your site data this summer, and we will update the help center with more details at that time.
Does Yahoo! offer another free hosting service?

No, Yahoo! does not offer another free hosting service. Instead we recommend our award-winning Yahoo! Web Hosting service, which includes a personalized domain name (such as widgetdesigns.com) and matching email, new site building tools, unlimited disk space and bandwidth, premium customer support, and more. Learn more or sign up.

As a Yahoo! customer, you also can now use your free Yahoo! profile as a central point to manage your identity, activities, and interests across Yahoo! and make it easy to connect and share with the people who matter to you most. Visit your profile now or learn more about Yahoo! profiles.
I have a GeoCities email address. Will I get to keep it when GeoCities closes?

Yes. Some of our earliest GeoCities customers took advantage of GeoCities email addresses, like you@geocities.com. Those email addresses will not change with the closure later this year.



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[*] posted on 29-6-2009 at 11:04


First thing to do would be to archive the site and find a new host, whilst placing a redirector on the current site to ensure any visitors know where the site goes after it's shut down.

I'm in the process of building a new website at the moment to host piles of information on underground related topics. I can't afford hosting and even if I could it'd be pointless since it'd only be a matter of time before I could say goodbye to my hard work when they shut it down because it breaches their T&C.

I'd opt for First Free Hosting, which can be found at www.1stfreehosting.com/. They provide a fairly good service although I've had issues updating my pages. If you don't want to expand but want to keep your site online I'd use them.

There's another alternative too. Piczo.Com provide a free website service complete with a built in designer, which means no paying for expensive web design software like Dreamweaver or Frontpage. They also support the ability to put your own HTML in.

However Piczo is slightly unprofessional looking. Also tehy don't care about when you log in either.

I hope that helps.




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[*] posted on 8-7-2009 at 01:24


If either of you need some free hosting let me know.



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[*] posted on 11-7-2009 at 09:50


Thanks, Ted. Eliteforum, would you allow people to upload and edit html files (web pages).
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[*] posted on 11-7-2009 at 09:54


If those are your web pages regrading dispersive IR instruments, I hope they continue to be available. They're a great resource. Really unique and well done.
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[*] posted on 12-7-2009 at 10:08


Quote: Originally posted by Vogelzang  
Thanks, Ted. Eliteforum, would you allow people to upload and edit html files (web pages).


Upload, edit, delete whatever you want. PM me for further info.




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[*] posted on 1-11-2009 at 08:05


Quote: Originally posted by ender  
If those are your web pages regrading dispersive IR instruments, I hope they continue to be available. They're a great resource. Really unique and well done.


It was moved here http://antiquesci.freewebpage.org
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[*] posted on 1-11-2009 at 12:11


If you have a Mac and don't expect to overload your IP bandwidth you can run a web page from your own computer. You don't even need to have a monitor, and the computer can be an old used one. Obviously this can be done with any computer, but the software and the hard work is already done for you on a Mac with OS 10. Maybe somebody with a Windows OS can offer a link to how it can be done.

Check here for details and short videos that will walk you through it.
http://www.freemacblog.com/mac-server-series-enable-the-web-...

This is probably suitable for sites that don't expect a lot of traffic. I use a Static IP with mine, but a Dynamic IP, which is cheaper and more common can be used by getting a free name from a site such as DynDNS.com

It's amazingly easy to update pages or files on your own computer.
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[*] posted on 6-11-2009 at 18:07


Halfapint's thread at the Zones just before 911.
http://milkmandan.webs.com/MyrApiole.htm
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[*] posted on 9-11-2009 at 15:11


Another IR spec web site!

http://www3.wooster.edu/chemistry/is/brubaker/ir/ir_landmark...

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[*] posted on 30-12-2009 at 14:51


Quote: Originally posted by ender  
If those are your web pages regrading dispersive IR instruments, I hope they continue to be available. They're a great resource. Really unique and well done.


Moved here: http://antiquesci.50webs.com/index.htm


Also more fun for the temper tantrum throwers.

http://sciliterature.50webs.com/Climate.htm

http://sciliterature.50webs.com/RelativityDebates.htm

http://sciliterature.007sites.com/Climate.htm

http://sciliterature.007sites.com/RelativityDebates.htm
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[*] posted on 2-3-2010 at 15:46


Some old geocities pages can be found at oocities.

http://www.oocities.com/everybee2/ImagingXP.htm
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