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Hi all,
Vanilla are planning an update to the site on April 24th (next Wednesday). It is a major PHP8 update which is expected to boost performance across the site. The site will be down from 7pm and it is expected to take about an hour to complete. We appreciate your patience during the update.
Thanks all.

Lets Make a new Adverts.ie

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  • #62
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,791 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    rovoagho wrote: »
    The technical hurdles are trivial at best.

    Oh dear.


  • #63
    DublinerPL
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭DublinerPL


    Any ideas for domain name?


  • #64
    The_B_Man
    Registered Users Posts: 7,859 ✭✭✭The_B_Man


    I have hosting at www.dingostew.com that I'm barely using, but I don't think its a suitable name for an adverts type site...


  • #65
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    DublinerPL wrote: »
    Any ideas for domain name?

    SwapForAnythingInMyAdverts.ie


  • #66
    sw33t_r3v3ng3
    Registered Users Posts: 537 ✭✭✭sw33t_r3v3ng3


    DublinerPL wrote: »
    Any ideas for domain name?

    Adverts2.0.ie


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  • #67
    sw33t_r3v3ng3
    Registered Users Posts: 537 ✭✭✭sw33t_r3v3ng3


    OSI wrote: »
    You'll want a .ie to be anyway credible as a local community site, so you'll have to register a business name. Don't forget to make sure you're all legally tight as well. Boards gets threats of being legally butt ****ed on a constant basis and there's no money changing hands here.

    Can you explain that please !!


  • #68
    Hollister11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,482 ✭✭✭Hollister11


    SpaceForCash.ie


  • #69
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    FreeAds.ie


  • #70
    sw33t_r3v3ng3
    Registered Users Posts: 537 ✭✭✭sw33t_r3v3ng3


    irishtrade.ie


  • #71
    sw33t_r3v3ng3
    Registered Users Posts: 537 ✭✭✭sw33t_r3v3ng3


    barter.ie


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  • #72
    sw33t_r3v3ng3
    Registered Users Posts: 537 ✭✭✭sw33t_r3v3ng3


    OSI wrote: »
    Explain what?

    How registering as a business is needed. Why does this have to be done ??


  • #73
    sw33t_r3v3ng3
    Registered Users Posts: 537 ✭✭✭sw33t_r3v3ng3


    OSI wrote: »
    Take a look at what is required to register a .ie domain. You can't just go registering them willy nilly. Also, if you don't set this up as some kind of limited liability endeavour, any legal costs that might arise will land firmly in your lap.

    Technically its not a business though ?


  • #74
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,521 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    Would it not make sense to build something before even contemplating purchasing hosting and domains?


  • #75
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,521 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    sw33t_r3v3ng3 wrote: »
    Technically its not a business though ?

    Then technically it can't have a .ie domain. :)


  • #76
    sw33t_r3v3ng3
    Registered Users Posts: 537 ✭✭✭sw33t_r3v3ng3


    Diego Simeone wrote: »
    Would it not make sense to build something before even contemplating purchasing hosting and domains?

    Well we need somewhere where people working on it can test what theyve built


  • #77
    sw33t_r3v3ng3
    Registered Users Posts: 537 ✭✭✭sw33t_r3v3ng3


    Diego Simeone wrote: »
    Then technically it can't have a .ie domain. :)

    from register365:

    Registration is restricted to 4 categories of entity:

    (1) Companies registered in Ireland

    (2) Individuals resident in Ireland

    (3) Entities possessing a 'real and substantive connection' with Ireland, for example those that trade in Ireland.

    (4) Entities possessing a registered Irish or European Community trademark


    I am an individual resident in ireland though ?


  • #78
    sw33t_r3v3ng3
    Registered Users Posts: 537 ✭✭✭sw33t_r3v3ng3


    OSI wrote: »
    An individual can only register a domain of their own name.

    So how does someone go about this so ??


  • #79
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,651 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    nuxxx wrote: »
    Why are people so annoyed about the pm system, is it because you can't make sneaky offers anymore or offer more money off thread?....

    The PM allowed you to filter the messers out and discuss details off thread.

    So many times you have an ad for collection only, and some muppet bargains you to a price, then says can you post it. That kinda thing can be cut out in PM's. That one example, but theres a ton of other stuff. Someone that uses Adverts a lot wouldn't accept sneaky offers, and dealing off thread, as they want to preserve their good rep and have a sense of fairness about it. Thats the community spirit that was there. It used to be you couldn't profiteer, and you had to be a member.

    I would expect that any alternative would have to be a less featured community site. So different to what adverts is now. Before adverts there was a members market within boards itself. I would assume any alternative would have to be something similar. Basically a vBulletin for member only.


  • #80
    sdanseo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,233 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    Gordon wrote: »
    You could charge people a small fee when they sell something?

    For all my misgivings over the implementation of these fees (make 'em free for us subscribers, winky nudge) I literally laughed out loud at that one. In work. :pac:

    As a slight aside, I'm surprised Distilled are allowing this rather flagrant discussion about how to attempt to put them out of business (or at least one of their businesses) to continue on their own forum?


  • #81
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,521 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    sdeire wrote: »
    For all my misgivings over the implementation of these fees (make 'em free for us subscribers, winky nudge) I literally laughed out loud at that one. In work. :pac:

    As a slight aside, I'm surprised Distilled are allowing this rather flagrant discussion about how to attempt to put them out of business (or at least one of their businesses) to continue on their own forum?

    They probably realise that it's not a real threat and that it would be counter-productive to antagonise people by shutting down discussion.


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  • #82
    johnmcdnl
    Registered Users Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭johnmcdnl


    sw33t_r3v3ng3 wrote: »
    Well we need somewhere where people working on it can test what theyve built

    Install apache, php and mysql on your own Linux box or whatever else is needed. Something like wamp or xamp will work for Windows folk until you get off the ground.

    Throw me into the hat for a bit of dev and testing work anyways if it gets going.


  • #83
    Korvanica
    Registered Users Posts: 3,992 ✭✭✭Korvanica


    I can help out if i've time. Could be a fun project even though it probably won't take over as the dominant classified ads site.

    Exams for the next 3 weeks though.

    PHP, JS, SQL etc etc web languages and all that malarky :cool:
    OSI wrote: »
    An individual can only register a domain of their own name.

    sure someone can change their name to whatever domain name we decide upon :pac:


  • #84
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,651 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Diego Simeone wrote: »
    They probably realise that it's not a real threat and that it would be counter-productive to antagonise people by shutting down discussion.

    A thread that would be a competitor to adverts new business model would be years in the making.

    I expect they might ban links to ads hosted on other systems though.


  • #85
    sw33t_r3v3ng3
    Registered Users Posts: 537 ✭✭✭sw33t_r3v3ng3


    i bet all the employees at adverts are all huddled around a computer pressing F5 every 30 seconds with a big smirk on their faces :P


  • #86
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,651 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    sw33t_r3v3ng3 wrote: »
    i bet all the employees at adverts are all huddled around a computer pressing F5 every 30 seconds with a big smirk on their faces :P

    Why? A small community site will have no impact on adverts.


  • #87
    CreepingDeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,016 ✭✭✭CreepingDeath


    I propose we name the site www.subverts.ie


  • #88
    DublinerPL
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭DublinerPL


    SpaceForCash.ie - available
    FreeAds.ie - taken
    irishtrade.ie - available
    barter.ie - taken
    subverts.ie - available


  • #89
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,651 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    CreepingDeath wrote: »
    I propose we name the site www.subverts.ie

    Lol love it.


  • #90
    DublinWriter
    Registered Users Posts: 9,555 ✭✭✭DublinWriter


    DublinerPL wrote: »
    Any ideas for domain name?

    madverts.ie


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  • #91
    Dav
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,840 ✭✭✭Dav


    sdeire wrote: »
    As a slight aside, I'm surprised Distilled are allowing this rather flagrant discussion about how to attempt to put them out of business (or at least one of their businesses) to continue on their own forum?
    What happens if we shut down the discussion? We have a similarly themed rant in Feedback about how all we do is circle the wagons and shaft the community by not allowing discussions and CENSORSHIP AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH ETC and to be perfectly honest, I'm sick and tired of dealing with that sort of noise from people who have nothing better to do but be wilfully offended at Boards.ie policy (a significant portion of which is determined by the law of Ireland). :)


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