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User Content => Photos, Videos, and More => Topic started by: hbelkins on October 31, 2019, 01:16:37 PM

Title: Millennium Highway is down
Post by: hbelkins on October 31, 2019, 01:16:37 PM
My site is down. I'm having issues with the domain renewal. Any photos linked in posts here, etc., will probably be broken until I can get the issue resolved.
Title: Re: Millennium Highway is down
Post by: roadgeek on November 23, 2019, 12:34:44 PM
I have actually noticed a lot of these types of sites are no longer in operation.
Title: Re: Millennium Highway is down
Post by: Stephane Dumas on November 24, 2019, 12:51:23 PM
The Wayback Machine didn't surveyed often the site, the more recent version they archived is from October 2018.
https://web.archive.org/web/20181031065937/http://www.millenniumhwy.net/roads.html
Title: Re: Millennium Highway is down
Post by: hbelkins on November 24, 2019, 06:21:53 PM
Quote from: Stephane Dumas on November 24, 2019, 12:51:23 PM
The Wayback Machine didn't surveyed often the site, the more recent version they archived is from October 2018.
https://web.archive.org/web/20181031065937/http://www.millenniumhwy.net/roads.html

Well, I haven't uploaded anything to it since then. I'm way behind on putting up my Flickr links.
Title: Re: Millennium Highway is down
Post by: TheGrassGuy on December 01, 2019, 04:42:55 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 31, 2019, 01:16:37 PM
My site is down. I'm having issues with the domain renewal. Any photos linked in posts here, etc., will probably be broken until I can get the issue resolved.
Oh, aren't you the guy who ran the list of Arizona signage goofs?
Title: Re: Millennium Highway is down
Post by: hbelkins on December 01, 2019, 04:54:24 PM
Quote from: TheGrassGuy on December 01, 2019, 04:42:55 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 31, 2019, 01:16:37 PM
My site is down. I'm having issues with the domain renewal. Any photos linked in posts here, etc., will probably be broken until I can get the issue resolved.
Oh, aren't you the guy who ran the list of Arizona signage goofs?

Nope, I've only been to Arizona once in my life.
Title: Re: Millennium Highway is down
Post by: TheGrassGuy on December 01, 2019, 05:01:56 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on December 01, 2019, 04:54:24 PM
Quote from: TheGrassGuy on December 01, 2019, 04:42:55 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on October 31, 2019, 01:16:37 PM
My site is down. I'm having issues with the domain renewal. Any photos linked in posts here, etc., will probably be broken until I can get the issue resolved.
Oh, aren't you the guy who ran the list of Arizona signage goofs?

Nope, I've only been to Arizona once in my life.
Nvm, must have been a different site, which is apparently ALSO down (or at least gone from the highest search results). Anyone else here know which site I'm talking about?
Title: Re: Millennium Highway is down
Post by: usends on December 01, 2019, 05:59:59 PM
Quote from: TheGrassGuy on December 01, 2019, 05:01:56 PM
Nvm, must have been a different site, which is apparently ALSO down (or at least gone from the highest search results). Anyone else here know which site I'm talking about?
Maybe Alan Hamilton's site?  https://arizonaroads.com/index.html
Title: Re: Millennium Highway is down
Post by: TheGrassGuy on December 02, 2019, 08:23:41 AM
Quote from: usends on December 01, 2019, 05:59:59 PM
Quote from: TheGrassGuy on December 01, 2019, 05:01:56 PM
Nvm, must have been a different site, which is apparently ALSO down (or at least gone from the highest search results). Anyone else here know which site I'm talking about?
Maybe Alan Hamilton's site?  https://arizonaroads.com/index.html
Yes. OMG, it's still up!
Title: Re: Millennium Highway is down
Post by: Max Rockatansky on December 02, 2019, 08:29:38 AM
Quote from: TheGrassGuy on December 02, 2019, 08:23:41 AM
Quote from: usends on December 01, 2019, 05:59:59 PM
Quote from: TheGrassGuy on December 01, 2019, 05:01:56 PM
Nvm, must have been a different site, which is apparently ALSO down (or at least gone from the highest search results). Anyone else here know which site I'm talking about?
Maybe Alan Hamilton's site?  https://arizonaroads.com/index.html
Yes. OMG, it's still up!

I still reference the maps from that site, it shows the fourth highest result on Yahoo right behind ADOT and AZ511.  That's pretty good considering the site hasn't really seen an update in at least a decade. 
Title: Re: Millennium Highway is down
Post by: Alex on December 13, 2019, 09:01:01 PM
Quote from: roadgeek on November 23, 2019, 12:34:44 PM
I have actually noticed a lot of these types of sites are no longer in operation.

Thanks to Wikipedia and also people defaulting their photos to Facebook puragatory.
Title: Re: Millennium Highway is down
Post by: Highway63 on January 11, 2020, 02:32:33 AM
Did this ever get resolved?
Title: Re: Millennium Highway is down
Post by: hbelkins on January 11, 2020, 08:16:39 PM
Quote from: Highway63 on January 11, 2020, 02:32:33 AM
Did this ever get resolved?

Not yet. I'm afraid the domain name may have been bought. You can still access text on the site, but no photos.
Title: Re: Millennium Highway is down
Post by: TheGrassGuy on January 18, 2020, 04:00:23 PM
It seems to be working again :)
Title: Re: Millennium Highway is down
Post by: TheArkansasRoadgeek on January 18, 2020, 05:15:16 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on January 11, 2020, 08:16:39 PM
Quote from: Highway63 on January 11, 2020, 02:32:33 AM
Did this ever get resolved?

Not yet. I'm afraid the domain name may have been bought. You can still access text on the site, but no photos.
Gotta be on top of the domain renewal! They can be snatched up by a domain parker!
Title: Re: Millennium Highway is down
Post by: Dougtone on January 19, 2020, 07:02:27 AM
Quote from: TheArkansasRoadgeek on January 18, 2020, 05:15:16 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on January 11, 2020, 08:16:39 PM
Quote from: Highway63 on January 11, 2020, 02:32:33 AM
Did this ever get resolved?

Not yet. I'm afraid the domain name may have been bought. You can still access text on the site, but no photos.
Gotta be on top of the domain renewal! They can be snatched up by a domain parker!

Definitely true. After we decided to discontinue the old Gribblenation sites, the gribblenation.com and gribblenation.net domains were snatched up by domain squatters. When we decided to resurrect the Gribblenation name for use of the current blog format we use now, we took gribblenation.org because our former .com and .net domains were unavailable.
Title: Re: Millennium Highway is down
Post by: Dougtone on January 19, 2020, 07:07:34 AM
Quote from: Alex on December 13, 2019, 09:01:01 PM
Quote from: roadgeek on November 23, 2019, 12:34:44 PM
I have actually noticed a lot of these types of sites are no longer in operation.

Thanks to Wikipedia and also people defaulting their photos to Facebook puragatory.

Or photo sharing sites like Flickr, which now seem to be going the way of the dodo, save for Instagram and Imgur.

In fairness, I've been guilty of this too. The options for sharing photos and content these days have evolved since the vanity websites of yore.
Title: Re: Millennium Highway is down
Post by: hbelkins on June 04, 2020, 05:26:32 PM
The domain may be gone, but the Flickr page and Facebook page are still up.

Last year wasn't a big one for personal travel. But in addition to photos from the new Portsmouth, Ohio bypass, now appearing in both places are some photos from a couple of trips to the Louisville-Shepherdsville area last summer.

I am going to try to move some of the old albums from the domain to both Flickr and Facebook. That may take a bit of time, but at least they'll be out there if anyone wants to see them. I may actually end up duplicating some of the albums, but that's the way it goes.