Re:Domain Name?

Devanté · Post by **Devanté** » 22 Oct 2005, 19:29

In my opinion, this forum needs a seperate domain name. forums.knightmare.com would be alright, as long as you can afford the hosting.

If people don't like this, just have the current link redirect to the new one.

Becxsmagic · Post by **Becxsmagic** » 22 Oct 2005, 23:57

Well, it's an idea but I don't suppose it matters much, I never noticed the domain name. Still, it's still the same forum but I think I see what you're getting at.

Pooka · Post by **Pooka** » 23 Oct 2005, 00:12

It used to have talkknightmare.co.uk...

Billy · Post by **Billy** » 23 Oct 2005, 00:15

Yeah, from September 2003 to sometime this year (anyone know?).

I don't see why a seperate domain name is needed, really. www.knightmare.com/forum is easy to remember.

Pooka · Post by **Pooka** » 23 Oct 2005, 02:41

Will be September 2004, domains are a two-year contract.

Illusion · Post by **Illusion** » 23 Oct 2005, 10:10

It's certainly possible to set up forum.knightmare.com or similar, and I did consider it, but as others have said, www.knightmare.com/forum is probably easier to remember and most URLs are in that format.

JoeGrocottJames · Post by **JoeGrocottJames** » 23 Oct 2005, 14:06

No major thing, but, out of interest, why was talkknightmare.co.uk dropped? I think it was all right and it seemed an unnecessary change to me.

TheBrollachan · Post by **TheBrollachan** » 23 Oct 2005, 18:11

Pooka wrote: Will be September 2004, domains are a two-year contract.

It depends on who you register your domain with. Domain names can be registered from 1 to 10 years. Generally the options are 1, 2, or 10 years. It would appear though that many insists on a minimum of 2 years for UK domains, though it is possible to register for just a year.

Illusion · Post by **Illusion** » 23 Oct 2005, 21:18

Joe Grocott-James wrote: No major thing, but, out of interest, why was talkknightmare.co.uk dropped? I think it was all right and it seemed an unnecessary change to me.

The forum used to be on a separate host to the main site, hence the separate domain. Now everthing is under one roof so it wasn't necessary anymore.

MoanaLiza · Post by **MoanaLiza** » 11 Nov 2005, 18:38

and during the talkknightmare era there were a lot of problems, or am I thinking of the yabb era previous to that?

KFan · Post by **KFan** » 19 Jan 2006, 01:04

Devanté wrote: In my opinion, this forum needs a seperate domain name. forums.knightmare.com would be alright, as long as you can afford the hosting.

That's just a subdomain of knightmare.com. Doesn't cost anything, would just point to knightmare.com/forum, thus going to the same place.
Having forum.knightmare.com wouldn't be too bad, but why would Illusion move the forums to a seperate host with a seperate domain?

TheBrollachan · Post by **TheBrollachan** » 19 Jan 2006, 07:12

Some hosts charge more for allowing subdomains.

KFan · Post by **KFan** » 19 Jan 2006, 12:44

Yes, but it's usually only a small charge.

I don't really see why Knightmare.com would benefit from one anyway, TBH. It's fine as it is.

Illusion · Post by **Illusion** » 19 Jan 2006, 19:45

Subdomains can be created, no problem. But as others have said it won't make things any easier so I don't think there's much point doing it.

I think people are much more familiar with the www.knightmare.com/forum format of address than forum.knightmare.com.

Pooka · Post by **Pooka** » 21 Jan 2006, 15:11

And does it really matter?