Bernie J asked:

Basically, I dropped the ball and my domain name expired. It appears a Japanese person or company quickly bought it up, because the entire website is in Japanese now.

Of course, I don’t speak Japanese.

I really want this domain back for my personal business. I would be willing to buy it, but I don’t want to spend a fortune. Besides, I think it’s a little sleazy to charge me a lot to buy back my own website.

What could or should I do? And is there any kind of internet laws set up to protect me if this gets ugly?

Tommy V asked:

Hey all,

I have neglected my web page for months and now it seems that my host (hostgator) has expired. i would rather not use them second time around, and would like to go to something more simple like go daddy. Now my main concern is that my domain name is still active, how would i transfer from my expired hostgator account to godaddy or doteasy?

thanks
-tommy

Furry Pals asked:

I want to start a website that will have restaurant/recipe type of “stuff” on there…I will not be selling anything on there “right now.” Anyways…the domain name that I wanted was taken, but when I typed in in the URL, it said that the domain name had expired three days ago. But when I checked on godadddy, It wasn’t available at the moment. I wanted to take that name and add the word “online” to it…so it would be “Blah blah Online.com.” It said that the domain name wasn’t taken, so do you think it’s ok to use that domain name? Or no? I’m so lost, and I’m sure you are after reading this too. Thanks!

Richard asked:

1.2 changes by shr:
- file_get_contents() function has been replaced on the getIccupTeamPage() based on sockets
- omptimized performance: the old filters have been removed due to changes in the code on the server side
- added description of the full path to cache file and word ‘full’ has been replaced to ‘absolute’ for better understanding

ver 1.0->1.1 changes by b1te:
-added install steps instruction
-fixed “ICCup is not accessible” while cached file is
-fixed image tag parsing error, which lead to
‘height=… text near country and rank images
-changed user options configuration code
-added statistics column order option
-changed client-side html parsing code
-omptimized overall performance

installation:
1) edit CONFIG section of this file
2) save it to your web-server with the .php extension
-on some servers it may be .php3 , .php4 or .php5
3) add this code line into place where you want ICCup statistics to be displayed:
include_once(’path’);
where path – is a path to this file on yours web-server
-important: this line must be inserted into some other php module,
not into the site template. except, if you have smarty templates in your
site`s engine then you can this code to it:
{php}include_once(’path’);{/php}
4) enjoy
*/

//————————– CONFIG ————————-
// user defined options:

// change value to false for temporary display disabling
define(’ICCUP_TEAM_STATISTICS_ENABLED’,true);

// team page on ICCup

// if you use free hosting set parameters listed below to local page, u should
// open http://www.iccup.com/teams/[your team id]/webstats.html , save
// its output to your hard drive and manually upload on webserver
// if your hosting support sockets/connections just change MY_TEAM parameter

// http address of ICCup -no need to change
define(’ICCUP’,'http://www.iccup.com/’);
// domain name of ICCup – no need to change
define(’ICCUP_DOMAIN’,'www.iccup.com’);
// ICCup teams stats page -no need to change
define(’TEAMS_PAGE’,'/teams/webstats/’);
// your team unique ID, replace 1 with it
define(’MY_TEAM’,'9871′);
// set page output parameter for use in this script -no need to change
define(’PAGE_OUTPUT’,’.html’);
// link to this page on ICCup from 1×1 table header
define(’LADDER_1X1_PAGE’,'ladder/1×1.html’);
// link to this page on ICCup from 2×2 table header
define(’LADDER_2X2_PAGE’,'ladder/2×2.html’);

//colors for rank icons
//color for ultimate rank
define(’A2_COLOR’,'orange’);
//color for A- A ranks
define(’A_COLOR’,'darkgreen’);
//color for B ranks
define(’B_COLOR’,'blue’);
//color for C ranks
define(’C_COLOR’,'yellow’);
//color for D ranks
define(’D_COLOR’,'darkred’);
// change to false if your server don`t support local file access
// this file is used to cache created statistics table
// its not reccomended turning off this feature
define(’CACHE_ENABLED’,true);
// absolute path to cache file on your host computer, e.g. from root derectory
// for example, /home/username/domain.com/docs/iccup_stats.cache
// in some cases you might have to create this file first time
// manually, and set access permissions to 777 for it
define(’CACHE_FILE_PATH’,'iccup_stats.cache’);
// ICCup statistics refresh interval time in seconds
define(’CACHE_EXPIRES’,3600);
// timeout in seconds for connecting and getting stats from iCCup
define(”SOCKET_TIMEOUT”,30);
// choose what you want to be displayed in stats table
// true -display false -don`t

// show 1×1 ICCup team statistics
define(’DISPLAY_1X1_STATISTICS_TABLE’,true);
// show title at top of 1×1 stats table
define(’DISPLAY_1X1_TABLE_TITLE’,true);
// show 2×2 ICCup team statistics
define(’DISPLAY_2X2_STATISTICS_TABLE’,true);
// show title at top of 2×2 stats table
define(’DISPLAY_2X2_TABLE_TITLE’,true);
// show column headers for both stats tables
define(’DISPLAY_COLUMN_HEADERS’,true);
// show last statistics update date&time
define(’DISPLAY_LAST_UPDATE’,true);

// you can change column order, by changing positions of each column in this
// string. or just delete one of them, then it won`t be displayed. no spaces
// allowed. separation only with comma`s.
define(’DISPLAY_COLUMNS_ORDER’,'country,rank,player,points,stats’);
// show players with 0-0 stats in 1×1 stats table
define(’DISPLAY_1X1_NOT_PLAYED_TEAMMATES’,true);
// show players with 0-0 stats in 2×2 stats table
define(’DISPLAY_2X2_NOT_PLAYED_TEAMMATES’,true);

// style options, change css style of any element here:
// your own style must be written inside string ‘ style=”"‘
// don`t delete starting space or style= with quotes

// ‘div’ element, container for all other html output
// id=”I
this is not my official ladder, but i just need the outline. and i need to be able to post onto webs as a widget html code widget that is. Something of that sort. PLease help

TA asked:

I got two domain names (both belong/point to same website – its a personal website, NOT a commercial website). Both names are currently hosted by Startlogic (hosting company). They gona exprie soon. I don’t want to see my domain name expire, nor I want see my site go off the web.

What/Where the best “DEAL” hosting firm on the net for RENEWAL of both of my domain names’ registeration, and hosting of website (for 5 years term). It has to be a reliable/good hosting company. Thank you.
Since my ‘mini’ website is just 3 pages in total (as I say it is personal…may enlarge it later), I just came across an offer by VERIO of $9.95/year inclusive of domain name registeration/hosting (for 3 page websites)! Five years = $50 only!! Isn’t this good deal on Verio OR not!

Robbert!!! asked:

I’m trying to seperate these lines with AWK:
….
To register the DNS host (A) resource records using the specific DNS domain name and IP addresses for this adapter, contact your DNS server or network systems administrator.”

30-9-200911:02:19BROWSERInformationNone8033N/AMSDNAAThe browser has forced an election on network \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{F128EF84-BFD2-42DA-B395-8D3119AAE48E} because a master browser was stopped.

30-9-200911:02:15DhcpErrorNone1000N/AMSDNAAYour computer has lost the lease to its IP address 192.168.192.17 on the Network Card with network address 000475D3B53F.

30-9-200911:02:15DhcpWarningNone1003N/AMSDNAA”Your computer was not able to renew its address from the network (from the DHCP Server) for the Network Card with network address 000475D3B53F. The following error occurred:

The semaphore timeout period has expired. . Your computer will continue to try and obtain an address on its own from the network address (DHCP) server.”

30-9-200911:01:39DhcpWarningNone1003N/AMSDNAA”Your computer was not able to renew its address from the network (from the DHCP Server) for the Network Card with network address 000475D3B53F. The following error occurred:

The semaphore timeout period has expired. . Your computer will continue to try and obtain an address on its own from the network address (DHCP) server.”

30-9-200911:00:06DhcpWarningNone1003N/AMSDNAA”Your computer was not able to renew its address from the network (from the DHCP Server) for the Network Card with network address 000475D3B53F. The following error occurred:

The semaphore timeout period has expired. . Your computer will continue to try and obtain an address on its own from the network address (DHCP) server.”
….
Every new line starts with a date. How can i seperate these lines?

Lily asked:

I’ve got a website already, but I **** the name. I’m waiting for it to expire to get a new one, but I want a better name than before. (”Pandagami” *Gags*) I would be putting my web design, art (traditional, digital, pixel), and possibly some premade layouts for sites I use on there. I know it’s common for web designers to put their names as the domain, but I don’t think I want to do that. Any suggestions would be great! If you need any more info that might help you think of one, just say so.

Okay, the second thing I need is a host. Currently I’m using DotEasy, but I’m wondering if there’s any better ones. I should just need the basics for now, though I wouldn’t mind the ability to upgrade for more features. I would like a blog, a reasonable amount of web space, a reasonable amount of bandwith, at least one email account (type doesn’t matter), reliability, and possibly at least one or more sub-domain. Things like automatic form and gallery makers or other automatic things don’t matter to me at all. Thanks for any help!

Also, the name is much more important to me than the hosting, as I can do more research on it the hosting on my own.

Kevan asked:

********* Guaranteed 10 points for best answer, and I personally will thumbs-up every answer that’s thoughtful.*********

I want to buy a domain name of my family name, in honour of my Grandmother getting on the internet!

- the domain was deactivated earlier this month (30 day suspension period)
- the domain name is a .ca extension (Canada).
- my family name is uncommon as a family name, but a very common adjective in the english language.
- the guy who owns it presently is in the same city as I am.
- the site has been unhosted/down for at least a year, possibly longer.

What is the best way to get ownership, and if you suggest backordering it, what site(s) would you use and why?

Valed asked:

I found a directory with bunch of expired domain names – the directory page where those domain names are actually has PR = 3

my plan is to redirect them to my main domain

Is it good for SEO or matters little?

landluber asked:

I know a fair bit about web design and coding but i hired someone to make me a web site nd it is online now. but my contract with that company is over. but it seems that the company coded it so it always goes to the “under construction” page. I’ve called our domain name provider, and that is not expired until next year. my hosting company says our web hosting fees are up to date. So after about an hour of talking to different people at these places, I got a guy at MTS that knew what he was doing. He found out the issue. He tried changing a few things, but it did not work. He says he is not that familiar with front page. His recommendation was to get someone that is good with Frontpage to find out how to change that indexing so that it does not redirect the page. please help. thank you much!!
i do own the domain name and i do have access to the account–but the company i hired also has access to the account. do u think it might have something to do with ftp manager?