domain and changing projectpage to organizationpage about opengapps

[rapperskull]

We can just register a free .cf domain and the use the built-in tools to redirect it to http://opengapps.github.io/opengapps

BTW opengapps.tk, opengapps.ml, opengapps.ga, opengapps.cf and opengapps.gq are all registered. I don't know if it was @mfonville or not.

[bgiesing]

@rapperskull It was me, I was making sure nobody would "squat" on them.

[rapperskull]

OK then set a redirect on all of them. I don't think that there's nothing wrong.

[bgiesing]

@rapperskull @mfonville Can somebody give me write access to this repo? If I am to redirect the proper way, I would have to create a file called CNAME with opengapps.cf in the file. The other domains would redirect to the new url.

[mfonville]

I will look into it. We can even consider a payed domain.
I think I will change the concept of the homepage to a 'organization' page of github instead of a projectpage (did not know of the difference/existence before), which should shorten the URL at least to not have a /opengapps in it.

It will have to wait a few hours or a day though, since I am enjoying some music @ a festival :-)

[bgiesing]

Well, just a good example to look on...

My website is done this exact way: http://voxive.cf and here's the GH repo where you can see the CNAME file: https://github.com/TeamVoxive/teamvoxive.github.io

Do you think if I pull request it, you could merge it while at a festival? LOL

[bgiesing]

Well there's a pull request if anybody has some free time with write access! #32

[mfonville]

Octodroid ftw

[bgiesing]

It's live already! http://opengapps.cf

I am going to forward the other domains (.tk,etc.) in just a second!

[bgiesing]

Aaaaannnnddd maybe not... "Free domain can't be forwarded to free domain"

Well that should be good enough, and I own all the free ones just in case somebody wanted to "squat".

[bgiesing]

@mfonville Made another pull (#33) for updating the README to the new link.

Also, added a "Task List" to the OP to track the progress.

[mfonville]

Rather not yet, I registered opengapps.org :)

[bgiesing]

@mfonville One suggestion for the new 'org' page, even though the old URL works (but redirects to opengapps.org/opengapps. I would create a 301 redirect to permanently move to opengapps.org

Also, I would look at Bounce.Bar as you can create a temp. banner at the top of the page when it detects somebody came from the old URL and tell them the new one for the future!

[bgiesing]

@mfonville Found this guide for GH-Pages 301 redirect using CloudFlare (which everybody should use anyway!) 😄

http://ianrose.me/2014/03/30/permanent-rediect-github-project-page/

[mfonville]

I think I will just use a temporary html+javascript redirect, and remove that gh-pages in a few days.

[mfonville]

Since we cannot remove gh-pages because the internet is full with links to the old URL, we will just leave the forward in place and only remove it in some far distant future.