Website Termination Plan
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Topic author - Posts: 945
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- First Name: James
- Last Name: Golden
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1926 Model T Roadster
- Location: Bowie, MD
- MTFCA Number: 14294
- MTFCI Number: 13562
Website Termination Plan
Everyone should know by now that the free club website maintained by Hemmings Motor News, for about 25 years, will terminate in a little over 60 days.
The clubs did not have an actual website, with their own URL, only a Folder maintained on the HMN website.
HMN sent notices to all the club with a list of possible free websites, which may not be entirely free.
Has any club already found another website location free or otherwise to recommend?
HMN will maintain a list of all the clubs and a point of contact for those of interest in any particular vehicle type.
The clubs did not have an actual website, with their own URL, only a Folder maintained on the HMN website.
HMN sent notices to all the club with a list of possible free websites, which may not be entirely free.
Has any club already found another website location free or otherwise to recommend?
HMN will maintain a list of all the clubs and a point of contact for those of interest in any particular vehicle type.
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- First Name: Bill
- Last Name: Robinson
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: '21 Depot Hack, '25 Touring Car, '26 Roadster Pickup, '27 Tudor, & another '27 Tudor
- Location: Salty Bottom, ALABAMA AL
- MTFCA Number: 22487
- MTFCI Number: 17887
- Board Member Since: 1999
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Re: Website Termination Plan
Jim- I just sent you a PM.
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- First Name: Frank
- Last Name: Brandi
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- Location: Moline IL
- Board Member Since: 2018
Re: Website Termination Plan
Just in case - this has nothing to do with the MTFCA website
The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner either.
Mick Jagger
Mick Jagger
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- First Name: Mark
- Last Name: Gregush
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1925 cutdown PU, 1920 Dodge touring, 1948 F2 Ford flat head 6 pickup 3 speed
- Location: Portland Or
- MTFCA Number: 52564
- Board Member Since: 1999
Re: Website Termination Plan
Never used Hemmings but there is still; https://forums.aaca.org/?_fromLogout=2
I know that even the Dodge Brothers national club stores their archived library material there.
I know that even the Dodge Brothers national club stores their archived library material there.
I know the voices aren't real but damn they have some good ideas!
1925 Cut down pickup
1920 Dodge touring
1948 Ford F2 pickup
1925 Cut down pickup
1920 Dodge touring
1948 Ford F2 pickup
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- First Name: John
- Last Name: Saylor
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1921 Touring, 1927 Tudor
- Location: Citrus Heights, Ca
- MTFCA Number: 1695
- MTFCI Number: 23870
- Board Member Since: 1999
Re: Website Termination Plan
The Sacramento Valley Model T Club has used Hemmings to host our website for free for 10 + years. I have not received anything from them about terminating the service. I see the page describing the hosting service is no longer any good. I better give them a call Monday morning.
For the Mother Lode Model T Club I use IONOS, formerly 1and1, we pay $8 a month plus $12 a year for the domain.
John
For the Mother Lode Model T Club I use IONOS, formerly 1and1, we pay $8 a month plus $12 a year for the domain.
John
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- First Name: Steve
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- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1923 touring and a few projects
- Location: Parkerfield, Kansas
- MTFCA Number: 16175
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- Board Member Since: 2007
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Re: Website Termination Plan
The good news is that there are companies that will host paid websites pretty cheaply.
The inevitable often happens.
1915 Runabout
1923 Touring
1915 Runabout
1923 Touring
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Topic author - Posts: 945
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- Last Name: Golden
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- Location: Bowie, MD
- MTFCA Number: 14294
- MTFCI Number: 13562
Re: Website Termination Plan
The bad news is no one knows which company to choose and whether they will actually use the URL for their website or that company will own it and kind of hold them hostage with it.
HMN offers a list of free ones on their website.
The $64,000 question, "how free is really free"
HMN offers a list of free ones on their website.
The $64,000 question, "how free is really free"
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- First Name: Mark
- Last Name: Strange
- * REQUIRED* Type and Year of Model Ts owned: 1924 Cut Off Touring (now a pickup)
- Location: Hillsboro, MO
- MTFCA Number: 30944
- MTFCI Number: 23667
- Board Member Since: 2013
Re: Website Termination Plan
I don't know how their business model works, but another member a while back mentioned a site called "The Wayback Machine" which contains an archive of old defunct web pages. Stan Howe's old Ruckstell and Stromberg pages are stored there. I don't know whether Stan made arrangements to put them there (I doubt it).
https://archive.org/web/
https://archive.org/web/
Mark Strange
Hillsboro, MO
1924 Cut-off Touring (now a pickup)
Hillsboro, MO
1924 Cut-off Touring (now a pickup)