Re: Interest in re-vitalizing the UFTWWWP?

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Not too sure about it all but
1) Hover.com

They're great and have amazing customer service.

Jaime

It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't
remember
if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth.
    George Burns

On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 8:41 PM, Mark Siefert <siefertma@wi.rr.com>
wrote:

> Hey all:
>
> No, I didn't die. I didn't join an apocalyptic cult that worships
mutant
> avocados from Dimension X. Life just took me off in directions that I
> didn't think I'd ever be going and I drifted away from FT, my website,
> and a lot of things.	I've gotten older, (unfortunately) fatter, a
> little more grouchy, a lot more liberal, and just generally different.
> That said, I'm still a gamer to the end, and I recently my interests
are
> being pulled back to the rules that got me into the wargaming hobby.
> With that in mind, I also want to see about trying to resurrect the
> UFTWWWP.
>
> Trying to use the original site is problematic. For starters, it's
been
> so long since I logged onto that server that I can't remember my FTP
> password. I have tried everything I can't recall but I can't get into
my
> old account. Contacting the person who ran it results in Mail Delivery
> Failure messages. Of course, all is not lost. All I have to do is just
> download everything (maybe reformat some stuff along the way) and plug
> it into a new page. However before I invest the time, money, and
effort
> into such an undertaking, a few questions:
>
> 1. I'd want to set it up with a dedicated domain name. UFTWWWP.net is
> open, so I shouldn't have any problems with that. Any recommendations
> who I should register with? I've heard baaaaaad things about dealing
> with goDaddy.com.
>
> 2. It's been ages since I've done much in the way of .HTML coding and
I
> know that WYSIWYG webpage editors are a thing of the past. We're in
the
> day and age of CMS. Does anyone have any suggestions for a good one
that
> will suit an hobbyist like myself?
>
> 3. Would it be worth it? FT is dead in my neck of the woods and I have
> never been able to generate any interest in Fleet Book-style play. 
I'm
> now an impoverished office drudge, I don't have the money to go to any
> of the major Cons anymore. Therefore, I don't know if there is that
much
> interest anymore. What do you folks think? Has the UFTWWWP outlived
it's
> usefulness, would I be playing to an empty room, or is there still
some
> love left out there?
>
> Let me know please.
>
> Cordially,
> Mark A. Siefert
>
>
>