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Domain Name

PostPosted: 08 Dec 2010, 04:34
by Rob Cashwalker
I'm working on an auxiliary site for Forge. A place to store some data that Forge can access programatically later on.

I have one free site, forgedb.net78.net, where I started to play around with a database for Oracle text used for generic image generation.

I just started a new free site with a different host, forge.orgfree.com. Here, I'm working on storing LQ image data for the Set Images, but it can certainly be a mirror for other downloads we occasionally need to post.
This host is offering upgraded hosting for 1.99/month. I have already made the purchase, my chanukah gift to the project.... If this works out, I'll see if I can do another year later on.. not asking for donations, but wouldn't turn it down either.. not important though.

I have the option of buying a domain name for less than $10. We don't need one, but it would be nice.
forge.com, forge.net, forge.org and forge.info are all taken. Tried a few things like forgedata and forgesupport, and those are clear. But I think we can do better. Funny enough, someone registered cardforge.com...

Looking for suggestions of domain names that are available, and relevant to Forge.

Re: Domain Name

PostPosted: 08 Dec 2010, 06:33
by Sloth
Not to step on the toes of Wizards I would suggest not storing the card images on a side that is related to the game. Just to make sure. Otherwise I think it's a good idea!

I don't care a lot for domain names, but what about: forgeproject?

Re: Domain Name

PostPosted: 08 Dec 2010, 12:01
by Rob Cashwalker
I understand... but these images won't be nearly as easy to obtain as the HQ's or any of the other sites, like magiccards.info....

Re: Domain Name

PostPosted: 08 Dec 2010, 15:06
by friarsol
I was thinking something like "openforge" but it looks like that's taken.

Re: Domain Name

PostPosted: 08 Dec 2010, 20:15
by zerker2000
Why not "cardforge.org"?

Re: Domain Name

PostPosted: 08 Dec 2010, 21:51
by Rob Cashwalker
Right now, that's one I'm strongly considering.

Re: Domain Name

PostPosted: 09 Dec 2010, 01:21
by lord of 13
Interestingly, mtgforge.com, ccgforge.com, tcgforge.com, and such are easily available...
CardForgeGame.com is available, if a .com name is more desirable than a short name...

Short (5-9 letters) .com's
- SlightlyForge (a nod to SlightlyMagic... :P)
- ForgeSpark and SparkForge
[to do: add more later]

Re: Domain Name

PostPosted: 09 Dec 2010, 01:53
by Rob Cashwalker
definitely not doing mtgforge, since that's why we're just forge now....

I kinda like sparkforge as a name in general....

Re: Domain Name

PostPosted: 09 Dec 2010, 14:39
by jeffwadsworth
Rob, do you have a paypal account for donations towards this bold endeavor?

Re: Domain Name

PostPosted: 10 Dec 2010, 02:21
by Rob Cashwalker
I just opened a paypal account just for making the payment....

another thing we can do with our own webhosting - quest records may be easily tracked for a leaderboard sorta thing... way-down on my list, but I was trying to think of more things to do, to justify the cost....

BTW, I've settled on cardforge.org for the name. I couldn't keep the free subdomain address with the paid hosting... so I had to make the decision tonight.

Re: Domain Name

PostPosted: 10 Dec 2010, 03:32
by friarsol
Awesome. Let everyone know when the site is up. I can link to it to help boost the SEO a bit.

Re: Domain Name

PostPosted: 10 Dec 2010, 03:39
by Rob Cashwalker
Will do... I installed Wordpress to begin with on the free version... but the service is so bad I can't keep a connection to the admin pages.... I don't have a lot to say in blog-format, but I need to have some sort of content according to their Terms of Service. We'll have 2GB of space plus 30GB/month of bandwidth.