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Re: Future of the forum

Postby Nick » August 20th, 2020, 1:02 pm

It sounds like technically there was a $40 charge for an “SSL certificate” (this sounds fake) so if three people want to Venmo me $10 that would be cool: @Nick-Magrino

You can make your screen name the comment and I’ll post er in the thread 😎
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Re: Future of the forum

Postby Nick » August 20th, 2020, 2:31 pm

Alrighty, got $30 from Silophant, LakeCharles, and a Bradley, we should be set for a few months. Thanks!
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Re: Future of the forum

Postby seanrichardryan » August 20th, 2020, 5:37 pm

Thanks! I'll sponsor 2021 if I get a commemorative brick out of the deal.
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Re: Future of the forum

Postby Qhaberl » August 20th, 2020, 5:50 pm

Quinn from the Board

Thanks to everyone on the forums for taking over. I still look forward to reading all the wonderful discussions!


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Re: Future of the forum

Postby grant1simons2 » August 20th, 2020, 7:56 pm

Hello, is this the Minnescraper forum?

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Re: Future of the forum

Postby karlshea » August 20th, 2020, 11:31 pm

“SSL certificate”
Yo you can get those for free now. What's this beast hosted on?

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Re: Future of the forum

Postby mamundsen » August 20th, 2020, 11:56 pm

Thanks Nick!

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Re: Future of the forum

Postby mnmike » August 21st, 2020, 4:57 am

I'll send some money if ya got paypal. Because I am old fashioned. Apparently.

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Re: Future of the forum

Postby sdho » August 21st, 2020, 7:52 am

“SSL certificate”
Yo you can get those for free now. What's this beast hosted on?
Site5 -- which wouldn't be my choice, but it is a nightmare to move a big phpBB install, so delaying that.

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Re: Future of the forum

Postby sdho » August 21st, 2020, 8:00 am

Officially back at https://urbanmsp.com. Old forum.streets links will redirect indefinitely.

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Re: Future of the forum

Postby karlshea » August 21st, 2020, 11:36 am

Site5 -- which wouldn't be my choice, but it is a nightmare to move a big phpBB install, so delaying that.
Looks like you can enable AutoSSL in cPanel to get free SSL certs using Let's Encrypt:

https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/ins ... anel/30659

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Re: Future of the forum

Postby sdho » August 21st, 2020, 5:37 pm

Site5 -- which wouldn't be my choice, but it is a nightmare to move a big phpBB install, so delaying that.
Looks like you can enable AutoSSL in cPanel to get free SSL certs using Let's Encrypt:

https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/ins ... anel/30659
Yes, cPanel has it and many cPanel hosts have that turned on, but Site5 deliberately does not for their shared hosting. I prefer Let's Encrypt (both because of the $0 price and the superior validation setup)

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Re: Future of the forum

Postby karlshea » August 21st, 2020, 8:28 pm

Yes, cPanel has it and many cPanel hosts have that turned on, but Site5 deliberately does not for their shared hosting. I prefer Let's Encrypt (both because of the $0 price and the superior validation setup)
Yikes. I can see why you're not a fan.

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Re: Future of the forum

Postby Mdcastle » August 24th, 2020, 9:32 am

So what went on behind the scenes? The streets.mn board decided they wanted to integrate it, then abruptly changed their mind and decided they want nothing whatsoever to do with it?

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Re: Future of the forum

Postby Nick » August 24th, 2020, 10:59 am

Not really abruptly. It’s fine!

I also got donations from Grant Simons, Matt Steele, and Nathan Jorgenson.
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Re: Future of the forum

Postby tunelabguy » August 25th, 2020, 9:18 am

Site5 -- which wouldn't be my choice, but it is a nightmare to move a big phpBB install, so delaying that.
Looks like you can enable AutoSSL in cPanel to get free SSL certs using Let's Encrypt:

https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/ins ... anel/30659
Let me second that! The fairly decent hosting company I was using was bought out by Site5 (The Buy-N-Large of the hosting world), which I promptly left because of their SSL fees and their bad reputation, even though 1.5 years of service had already been paid for (non-refundable). I found a great new hosting service for my business, monstermegs.com, based in Wisconsin. They offer free "Let's Encrypt" certificates, the only catch being that you have get a unique IP address, not a shared IP address (of course), which is a small added expense. But I have been very satisfied with my service.

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Re: Future of the forum

Postby karlshea » August 25th, 2020, 11:58 pm

I've been all-in on Linode for years, but you don't get cpanel or anything with them it's just a bare VPS.

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Re: Future of the forum

Postby Nick » February 3rd, 2022, 5:26 pm

Hey gang, paid another $108 for hosting last month if anyone wants to slip me some cash on Venmo at @Nick-Magrino.

Also, does anyone want to take this over?
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Re: Future of the forum

Postby twinkess » February 3rd, 2022, 5:28 pm

You have a pay-pal?

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Re: Future of the forum

Postby thespeedmccool » February 3rd, 2022, 6:57 pm

I'd be happy to. Venmo is asking me to provide the last four digits of your phone number to let the payment drop.


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