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Posted: **Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:06 pm**

I got express permission from the folks over at Starcity to plug you guys in some articles on the condition that you get a proper domain name. I had heard you had one picked out and purchased, so what's the holdup?

Posted: **Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:17 pm**

working on transferring this domain onto that site. also because we don't have a landing page if i'm up to date on our inner workings, which i should be given my title here.

additionally, our owners are currently in the process of "having real lives" and "globetrotting" two activities that take them away from active work on this site, though my excuse is in part due to not having the technical knowhow.

Posted: **Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:21 pm**

Wait, we don't have a landing site!?

Posted: **Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:42 pm**

It's diestoremoval.com, right? Not .net or something? I will pass the word along to my lords and masters.

Also if there's any way I can help, have someone contact me. I'd love to help, I have a lot of editorial experience and a little bit of design experience, I could be an asset for sure.

Posted: **Wed Apr 03, 2013 9:45 pm**

talk to col. and az and cc me

Posted: **Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:44 pm**

Sadly, this delay is 100% attributed to my personal incompetence.

I have all the info and permissions to bind my server to the new domain (which was purchased at the beginning of the year), but the last time I tried, I broke the site.

For now I've just set a dummy site on another server I maintain for testing stuff without breaking this forum during trial and error, but I'm still reading pages and pages tutorials about the BIND protocol

To my defense I'll add that my professional background is aerospace engineering, not IT technologies, so this has been a thorn on my side.

If someone has knowledge on how to bind the DNS domain to the apache server which is running on a Debian machine, he'd have our eternal gratitude. Otherwise, I'll end up learning by trial and error, but I am at a huge work peak as of now, which doesn't help neither.

Posted: **Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:54 pm**

Sadly, this delay is 100% attributed to my personal incompetence.

I have all the info and permissions to bind my server to the new domain (which was purchased at the beginning of the year), but the last time I tried, I broke the site.

For now I've just set a dummy site on another server I maintain for testing stuff without breaking this forum during trial and error, but I'm still reading pages and pages tutorials about the BIND protocol

To my defense I'll add that my professional background is aerospace engineering, not IT technologies, so this has been a thorn on my side.

If someone has knowledge on how to bind the DNS domain to the apache server which is running on a Debian machine, he'd have our eternal gratitude. Otherwise, I'll end up learning
by trial and error, but I am at a huge work peak as of now, which doesn't help neither.

Try asking over in the Fires of Salvation thread, I'm pretty sure there are quite a few people there in the IT field that might be able to help.

Posted: **Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:41 pm**

I also put out some feelers, including to the local tech college, so we'll see what turns up there. I may end up having to attend a college frat party or two in my efforts to network, but as long as you all know what a huge burden that is for me, I will do this service for you.

Posted: **Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:48 pm**

As a former frat boy, I can tell you, everyone is always willing to discuss IT matters at a kegger.

Posted: **Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:50 pm**

They are if you brought the keg.

Posted: **Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:54 am**

I'd certainly like to see some forward motion, especially considering how many of us are looking to put fourth exclusive content. It would be a really good starting point to something that could turn out to be profitable and rewarding.

Right now I work for Starcity doing editorial work (basically anything ferret can't keep up with/doesn't know a ton about, usually standard and limited standard formats.) so while I'd like to write content for them, there's nobody there to edit my work, which means that it's hard-pressed to actually see a posting on the website.

Plus I want to see MTGS squirm.

Posted: **Thu Apr 04, 2013 1:11 am**

What do you do at scg Alex?

Posted: **Thu Apr 04, 2013 1:12 am**

I'm looking forward to promoting it on reddit too...that's a community that I think will be open to hanging out here, and without the retarded moderation of MTGS, will likely have more people that will fit in well.

Posted: **Thu Apr 04, 2013 1:16 am**

Thanks for the support guys, we are hoping to have the domain up soon. Support is welcome in all facets (IT assistance, PR, recruiting new members, etc)

Posted: **Thu Apr 04, 2013 1:18 am**

Anything I can do, just ask. Note: I can't do IT stuff.

I like this community, I'm willing to work for it.

Posted: **Thu Apr 04, 2013 3:20 am**

What do you do at scg Alex?

I edit and format articles for posting. Grammar check, spell check, add links and decklists, position appropriate pictures, etc. Generally when we get an article, it's a bland, boring text file with no links or pictures. I make it look and sound pretty.

I also serve as a filter for bad information, which has come in handy a few times when people write about blatantly bad card choices.

Posted: **Thu Apr 04, 2013 1:41 pm**

Clan IT guys are lorddax and Helios iirc - shoot them a PM and I'm sure they'd be happy to help out.

Posted: **Thu Apr 04, 2013 2:41 pm**

If someone has knowledge on how to bind the DNS domain to the apache server which is running on a Debian machine, he'd have our eternal gratitude.

I'm asking someone right now. Will get back to you...

Posted: **Sun Apr 07, 2013 10:03 pm**

Just a heads up: I worked a few hours today on trying to bind the dummy server I set up for this, but still no luck.

I did learn one or two things so here's to hoping I will have success soon.

Posted: **Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:51 pm**

Cheering for you Scumbag.

Posted: **Mon Apr 08, 2013 8:03 pm**

if it doesn't work i'll talk to my gf and/or her roommate after work since they both have websites they run on their own. i don't know if they're binding anything to a .com or the other way around though.

Posted: **Mon Apr 08, 2013 10:43 pm**

Just a heads up: I worked a few hours today on trying to bind the dummy server I set up for this, but still no luck.

I did learn one or two things so here's to hoping I will have success soon.

Awesome news.

Just you wait until I start bitching about the broken syntax!

Posted: **Mon Apr 08, 2013 10:45 pm**

do or do not, there is no try

Posted: **Mon Apr 08, 2013 10:50 pm**

I do IT but I'm just just a network admin/security. Not much involved in website matters

Posted: **Tue Apr 09, 2013 12:08 am**

Soon™

Posted: **Tue Apr 09, 2013 2:15 am**

Clan IT guys are lorddax and Helios iirc - shoot them a PM and I'm sure they'd be happy to help out.

This man speaks the truth. I'd be happy to help.

Posted: **Tue Apr 09, 2013 2:19 am**

Clan IT guys are lorddax and Helios iirc - shoot them a PM and I'm sure they'd be happy to help out.
This man speaks the truth. I'd be happy to help.

Do you know how to do what needs to be done? (Idk what needs to be done, I'd have to find the post that said it...)

Posted: **Tue Apr 09, 2013 3:10 am**

I've done lots of DNS stuff on Linux. I haven't done exactly that, but I'm willing to bet I could figure it out.

After doing a little research, it looks like you just have to edit some config files. I'd be happy to give it a shot.

Posted: **Tue Apr 09, 2013 11:17 am**

you never answered the PM I sent you >.<

I can give you root access to the clone server I set up for testing binding (I have installed the BIND9 packaage on debian), you'd be able to setup the httpd.conf file, etc...

I'd give you the diestoremoval DNS info too. Basically you'd have free reign on the dummy server. Since the only difference with the other server is that the actual ip differs by the last XXX numbers (as in 123.123.123.XXX). If you succeed I'll just replicate the process on the actual server, at a time I can bring it down safely.

Would that be OK?

Posted: **Tue Apr 09, 2013 1:15 pm**

Soon™

oh noes are we on Blizzard's level now? lol

Posted: **Tue Apr 09, 2013 1:21 pm**

I don't understand why we can't just point our site at the phpbb IP address and use the domain management options we're supposed to have access to -- this is supposed to be a really easy thing built into the admin control panel.

Posted: **Tue Apr 09, 2013 1:53 pm**

that's what I was telling you, the phpbb3 admin control panel only handles the stuff related to the forum sofware. IP domain binding is a more low-level operation that you need to handle within the server itself.

Posted: **Tue Apr 09, 2013 2:18 pm**

Terrorists did it.

Posted: **Sun Apr 14, 2013 12:28 am**

you never answered the PM I sent you >.<

I can give you root access to the clone server I set up for testing binding (I have installed the BIND9 packaage on debian), you'd be able to setup the httpd.conf file, etc...

I'd give you the diestoremoval DNS info too. Basically you'd have free reign on the dummy server. Since the only difference with the other server is that the actual ip differs by the last XXX numbers (as in 123.123.123.XXX). If you succeed I'll just replicate the process on the actual server, at a time I can bring it down safely.

Would that be OK?

I see the problem has been solved, but it is worth noting that I never got a PM from you. Just checked my Inbox to make absolutely sure. Didn't want you to think I was skiving
out on helping, I really can help if you need anything in the future.

Posted: **Sun Apr 14, 2013 1:19 am**

who do we believe here?

Posted: **Sun Apr 14, 2013 3:24 am**

The quote in Helios' sig leads me to believe he can't be trusted with that story

Posted: **Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:08 pm**

The quote in Helios' sig leads me to believe he can't be trusted with that story

Surely the admin can actually look at my Inbox and discover the truth, I'd assume.

Posted: **Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:13 am**

jokes

Posted: **Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:44 pm**

Internet: srsbsns

Posted: **Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:38 pm**

Hey guys, so that you know, that's it, we already moved to diestoremoval.com

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