RE: [OT] Pages on Geocities

On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Tim Jones wrote:

> >Maybe everyone should consider moving to smaller web space
> >providers that have a rather better attitude to their customers..... 
:-/

i agree (mind you, my and the list's websites are on Xoom, one of the
biggest and least flexible providers). plus, geocities mangle your html,
put pop-up banner windows in and have that accursed floating watermark
whatsit.

> I totally agree with your sentiments, but its a right royal pain
setting it
> all up somewhere else - broken links and cross references, it is a web
and
> untangling it all is grief I can do without.

well, in the interests of humanity (and this list in particular), i'd be
happy to help with this sort of thing for anyone who wants to move
providers. generally, good design principles result in a highly portable
site, and where there are problems (eg with absolute URLs), the
appropriate spells (often involving 'grep') will usually soothe the
pain.

regards,
tom