Date   : Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:17:16
From   : "neil f" <faz@...>
Subject: 8BS.com (was: Microvitec CUBs)

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> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 10:54 AM
> To: Dave Moore; bbc-micro@...
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] 8BS.com (was: Microvitec CUBs)
>
> At 18:40 16/10/2006, you wrote:
>
> >I've actually received several requests for 8BS.com content over the
> >past few months, which I've been fulfilling on an individual basis.
> >However, if Chris & Joel were to give me the go-ahead, I'd be more than
> >happy to mirror the old site on the STH server, at least until the new
> >site is up and running.
>
> Having somewhere to host it isn't the issue - there's a dedicated
> server provisioned in London specifically for 8bs.com.
>
> The issue is that Chris came under fire because of the layout and
> design of 8bs.com, and took the site offline pending a redesign,
> re-layout, all that foo. As it is, I've not had a massive amount of
> time to provision the content management system behind it although
> (ta-daaaa) it went to version 1.0 yesterday afternoon so hopefully
> it'll get a bit faster.
>
> If Chris is happy, I'll put "old.8bs.com" online or something on that
> server, but I've a feeling that come November (when I become
> househusband again for two months thanks to the company Christmas rush
> - plug plug http://shop.fotopic.net plug plug plug) I will have more
> time sat at home on a night to take photos and sort out content again.
>
> Hopt this clarifies things,
>
>
> jx

Any chance, in the meantime, of getting the Acorn webring code
working ;-)

-Neil F.