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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi,<br>
<br>
Why not be.openstreetmap.org + be.osm.org and generalize this to
other countries?<br>
Even as alias if other names already exist, that would be a no
cost, no hassle, no search consistent solution.<br>
Quite possible, because their current sub-domains are only:<br>
osm.org. 259200 IN NS a.ns.bytemark.co.uk.<br>
osm.org. 259200 IN NS b.ns.bytemark.co.uk.<br>
osm.org. 259200 IN NS c.ns.bytemark.co.uk.<br>
geo.osm.org. 259200 IN NS a.ns.osm.org.<br>
geo.osm.org. 259200 IN NS b.ns.osm.org.<br>
geo.osm.org. 259200 IN NS c.ns.osm.org.<br>
geo.osm.org. 259200 IN NS d.ns.osm.org.<br>
openstreetmap.org. 259200 IN NS a.ns.bytemark.co.uk.<br>
openstreetmap.org. 259200 IN NS b.ns.bytemark.co.uk.<br>
openstreetmap.org. 259200 IN NS c.ns.bytemark.co.uk.<br>
geo.openstreetmap.org. 259200 IN NS
a.ns.openstreetmap.org.<br>
geo.openstreetmap.org. 259200 IN NS
b.ns.openstreetmap.org.<br>
geo.openstreetmap.org. 259200 IN NS
c.ns.openstreetmap.org.<br>
geo.openstreetmap.org. 259200 IN NS
d.ns.openstreetmap.org.<br>
<br>
I suppose it's a "just ask" matter.<br>
<br>
Why not ask free hosting at a Geographic faculty of one
University?<br>
People in Liège are very kind. I worked at ULg and I may try to
introduce osm.be if needed.<br>
<br>
I'm perfectly happy with a <a href="http://www.byethost.com/">byethost.com</a>
server.<br>
Especially, even with my <b>free</b><b> account</b>, I can access
my server's files as if they were local (in my local filesystem).<br>
(That's using gvfs-ftp)<br>
For 4 (250B/m) to 7 (unlimited) $/m, their technical specs are
impressive<br>
Any local site building software is OK. Please choose Win-Debian
Linux-OS X software if you share an account.<br>
<br>
The only two "problems" I ever met were:<br>
- they closed my site a few times for bogus reasons; the real one
is that they were trying to have me pay.<br>
- I was receiving a bad reputation mark from <a
href="http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/papou.byethost7.com">WOT</a>.
Those guys are out of their mind: look carefully and you'll see
that they attribute me the reputation of another site, that "<span
class="category-popover-text">Good site: Other users consider
this site trustworthy, and it has a good reputation based on
user ratings"</span> and that, in consequence, my
Trustworthiness is Unsatisfactory.<br>
But I moved to <a
href="http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/byethost9.com">another
hostname</a> and the problem was gone (same provider, just a
matter of chance, isn't WOT mad?).<br>
Note: that if a site is not accessed (at all) for two months (very
difficult to do but I managed ;-), you only have two days after a
warning to refresh it. But, again, I suspect it's a manœuvre to
have you pay to get your data back if you don't.<br>
<br>
Cheers,,
<br>
<br>
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<br>
<br>
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On 2013-09-10 14:33, Ben Schalley wrote :<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I have some experience with Joomla (<a
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.joomla.org">http://www.joomla.org</a>). It
can be extended to accommodate multilingual websites (<a
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.joomfish.net">http://www.joomfish.net</a>).
There are lost of extensions for Joomla.<br>
<br>
Instead of hardware, why not use the services of a hosting
company. I use Lunarpages (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lunarpages.com">http://www.lunarpages.com</a>),
which is affordable with many options and has excellent support
when needed.<br>
<br>
Best Regards,<br>
Ben<br>
<br>
<br>
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Op 10/09/2013 14:08, Nicolas Pettiaux schreef:<br>
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<div>Thanks. Could you contact him to ask ?<br>
<br>
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I propose to start considering to setup a Belgian OSM
site in Dutch, French, English and German if we have
enough people to translate in German. <br>
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Would Drupal be appropriate to setup such a multilingual
site ? Do anyone of us know Drupal (or any other easy and
well know tool that would do the job) or mediawiki ?<br>
<br>
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<div>What would be the hardware we need ? (CPUs, RAM, hard
disk)<br>
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Regards<br>
<br>
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Nicolas<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2013/9/10 Dennis Bollyn <span
dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:dennis@gyrbo.be" target="_blank">dennis@gyrbo.be</a>></span><br>
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<div>Nicolas,<br>
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It should be noted that, while <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://osm.be"
target="_blank">osm.be</a> isn't "in the hands" of
the OSM community, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://openstreetmap.be" target="_blank">openstreetmap.be</a>
is. It currently redirects to <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">openstreetmap.org</a>,
but I don't think the owner would be against setting
up an actual website if the infrastructure is
provided.<br>
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Best regards,<br>
<br>
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Dennis aka Gyrbo<br>
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<div class="h5">On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 12:53 PM,
Nicolas Pettiaux <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:nicolas@pettiaux.be"
target="_blank">nicolas@pettiaux.be</a>></span>
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Dear Mr Huys,<br>
<br>
According to DNS.be, you own <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://osm.be"
target="_blank">osm.be</a> that does not
seem to be used.<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_extra">The members of the
belgian OpenStreetMap (<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://osm.org" target="_blank">http://osm.org</a>)
community are wondering if you would agree
to transfer it to us to use it as a local
edition of OSM, much like <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://openstreetmap.fr"
target="_blank">http://openstreetmap.fr</a>.<br>
<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Much thanks in
advance for your attention.<br>
<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Best regards,<br>
<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra">Nicolas Pettiaux<span><font
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