patterns sub-domain for transitionresearchnetwork.org, was: Setting up specific pointer for URL

[ed]

Can we set this URL:
www.transitionresearchnetwork.org/research-guidelines

to point to this location: 
https://cldstr.com/docs/configure-dns

While this URL: 
www.transitionresearchnetwork.org/

Still points to the current location.


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[ed]

auto-sets to Jim as owner, a major defect. have re-set to Chris as owner, an enhancement, in maintenance.

[ed]

any thoughts on this Chris?

[chris]

Replying to ed:

Can we set this URL:
www.transitionresearchnetwork.org/research-guidelines

to point to this location:
​https://cldstr.com/docs/configure-dns

While this URL:
www.transitionresearchnetwork.org/

Still points to the current location.

We can't do this but the people running the site can by following the instructions here:

• Create a Navigation Link that Leads to Another Site ​http://kb.weebly.com/redirect-pages.html

[chris]

But I don't see why they would want a request for ​http://www.transitionresearchnetwork.org/research-guidelines to result in people getting ​https://cldstr.com/docs/configure-dns ?

[ed]

The WAGN developers are doing some work on the WAGN 'research guidelines' pattern language. We are agreed for the work to proceed on their website for phase 1, and review if we want to bring it inhouse in phase 2. Here from emails with WAGN sys ad:

"To do that, log into cldstr.com, and rename your site to transitionresearchnetwork.org (without the www.) and /wagn1 to /research-guidelines. Then, tell me. And then, point your DNS per ​https://cldstr.com/docs/configure-dns"...

[chris]

Replying to ed:

The WAGN developers are doing some work on the WAGN 'research guidelines' pattern language. We are agreed for the work to proceed on their website for phase 1, and review if we want to bring it inhouse in phase 2. Here from emails with WAGN sys ad:

"To do that, log into cldstr.com, and rename your site to transitionresearchnetwork.org (without the www.) and /wagn1 to /research-guidelines. Then, tell me. And then, point your DNS per ​https://cldstr.com/docs/configure-dns"...

This doesn't make sense to me, currently transitionresearchnetwork.org and www.transitionresearchnetwork.org are Weebly sites -- are they now wanting the domain to be pointed to Cloudstore?

If they are asking to have the transitionresearchnetwork.org domain set up for use with Cloudstore then I'd suggest I create a sub-dmain for this, eg cloudstore.transitionresearchnetwork.org

We could run our own service, there is capacity on wiki:PenguinServer, ​see some suggestions here:

Going forward the thing I'd personally like to see the Network considering is the provision of network services to enable transition initiatives and projects to have easy access to green, secure, non-corporate, federated, autonomous network infrastructure, for example the provision of services such as these:

...

• A ​Zend.To server and / or a ​ownCloud server and / or a ​sparkleshare server as an alternative to things like Dropbox and Google Drive

[ed]

The requirement is for the extension ​http://www.transitionresearchnetwork.org/research-guidelines to be pointed at the WAGN URL: ​https://cldstr.com/docs/configure-dns

My understanding is that they will need to do this on their weebly site so I'm following that up.

They are using cloudstore as they are using the WAGN application for their work.

Point taken about the cloud stuff - that's a long term funded strategic thing...

[chris]

I have set up a CNAME for them, this is the current transitionresearchnetwork.org zone file:

@ 10800 IN A 199.34.228.100
www 10800 IN A 199.34.228.100
research 10800 IN CNAME trnpatternlanguage.230.cldstr.com.

[chris]

Replying to chris:

@ 10800 IN A 199.34.228.100
www 10800 IN A 199.34.228.100
research 10800 IN CNAME trnpatternlanguage.230.cldstr.com.

Oops, there was a mistake in the above, it's now fixed:

@ 10800 IN A 199.34.228.100
www 10800 IN A 199.34.228.100
patterns 10800 IN CNAME trnpatternlanguage.230.cldstr.com.

And checked:

dig @A.DNS.GANDI.NET patterns.transitionresearchnetwork.org +short
trnpatternlanguage.230.cldstr.com.

Also the DNS servers have been sorted, see ticket:482#comment:5 and I have updated the wiki:DomainNames page.

[chris]

The CNAME has been changed again, we should soon have:

@ 10800 IN A 199.34.228.100
www 10800 IN A 199.34.228.100
patterns 10800 IN CNAME patterns.transitionresearchnetwork.org.230.cldstr.com.

This will need testing in 5 mins like this:

dig @A.DNS.GANDI.NET patterns.transitionresearchnetwork.org +short

[chris]

It's sorted:

dig patterns.transitionresearchnetwork.org +short
  patterns.transitionresearchnetwork.org.230.cldstr.com.
  67.202.36.129

[chris]

Updated again:

@ 10800 IN A 199.34.228.100
www 10800 IN A 199.34.228.100
patterns 10800 IN CNAME patterns.swagn.org.

But the DNS has not yet updated:

dig patterns.transitionresearchnetwork.org +short
patterns.transitionresearchnetwork.org.230.cldstr.com.
67.202.36.129

And it will need checking again in 30 mins or so.

[chris]

It's now updated:

dig patterns.transitionresearchnetwork.org +short
patterns.swagn.org.
50.16.69.110

I think this issue is resolved again, so closing the ticket.