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  • 21-05-2001 12:59am
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    Bard
    Registered Users Posts: 12,309 ✭✭✭✭


    As of 00.27am this morning, the first draft of the IrelandOffline
    organisation web site has been launched by yours truly at
    www.irelandoffline.com

    The site currently contains a "forum" section, which is currently
    powered by www.boards.ie (thanks again, to the Boards.ie crew for that
    service). The intention is to have our own forum built and hosted by
    ourselves in place of this existing system as soon as possible.

    Also:- the Contact Us page will soon feature a "feedback form" where
    web site users will be able to request more information or make
    suggestions, and a "signup form" where people can register their
    interest/support and get information on getting more involved. There
    will also be a mailing list (yet to be added) which users can
    subscribe to.

    While I'm not looking for major criticisms, any constructive comments
    on the site and content suggestions would be most helpful.

    Thanks,


    Bard
    Never go off on tangents, which are lines that intersect a curve at only one point and were discovered by Euclid, who lived in the 6th century, which was an era dominated by the Goths, who lived in what we now know as Poland.


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    MiCr0
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 6,265 CMod ✭✭✭✭MiCr0


    lo Bard
    let me be the first to say the site looks lovely wink.gif


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    LegacyUser
    Registered Users Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    Congratulations! Nice professional look. Well done.


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    sceptre
    Registered Users Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Looks good. Congrats, Niall, nice design


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    LegacyUser
    Registered Users Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    I really like the idea of the site. Is there anything practical to be done?
    I've listed it on http://www.irishsearch.net/ if that's of any help to you.


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    LegacyUser
    Registered Users Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    I've been following this campaign with interest as I'm one of the 2,000 who is being kicked off the Esat fusion service.

    Great to see a grassroots organisation like this, and the site looks great. Keep us up to date about any help you need, etc.
    http://babblogue.com


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    LegacyUser
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    Oh, and I should mention an article in today's Irish Times about the whole Esat Fusion debacle. It goes over all the main points:

    http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/computimes/2001/0521/ct1.htm

    Perhaps someone should archive all these kinds of articles for future reference/ammunition? You could have a page with lists of links to articles that talk about the broadband situation (and lack of it) in Ireland.


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    dahamsta
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    Well done Niall, good job.


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    LegacyUser
    Registered Users Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    Nice one folks. Full support offered for all actions.


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    LegacyUser
    Registered Users Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Maura:
    Oh, and I should mention an article in today's Irish Times about the whole Esat Fusion debacle. It goes over all the main points:

    http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/computimes/2001/0521/ct1.htm
    B]</font>

    Eh, can anyone explain to people what the hell these new committee people have been doing other than congratulating themselves on the beautification of a web site ??

    It's about 10 days since the meeting and the IT devotes a whole article to it, mentioning numerous amateur efforts but NOT A SINGLE MENTION of Ireland Off Line !! Jeeesus Christ people, you had one guy who was worth all of ye put together and you spend the week prissying up your web site and MISS the IT !!! Is it any surprise the web designer was a main orchestrator of this mess !!

    FFS !


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    Bard
    Registered Users Posts: 12,309 ✭✭✭✭Bard


    {{ tried to post this last night but boards.ie seemed to be down... }}
    <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by smokin' an'chewin' man:
    Eh, can anyone explain to people what the hell these new committee
    people have been doing other than congratulating themselves on the
    beautification of a web site ??

    </font>

    To correct you, there hasn't been much talk between the committee members
    about the website apart from "well done, it's up ... now on to this..."

    At the moment, a meeting is being arranged with Esat (most likely Mr.
    Conlan-Trant himself), more functionality is being developed for the web
    site, and... well... more - the major thing at the moment is the Esat
    meeting.
    <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">
    It's about 10 days since the meeting and the IT devotes a whole article to
    it, mentioning numerous amateur efforts but NOT A SINGLE MENTION of Ireland
    Off Line !!
    </font>

    I believe the Irish Times are currently in contact with Elana Keogh with the
    agenda of writing quite a hard-hitting article which should feature quite
    prominently. Plenty of good PR coming soon.
    <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">
    Jeeesus Christ people, you had one guy who was worth all of ye put together
    and you spend the week prissying up your web site and MISS the IT !!! Is it
    any surprise the web designer was a main orchestrator of this mess !!
    FFS !    </font>

    We didn't spend a week "prissying up [our] web site". It took approximately
    two days, was built by ONE person (me) and was launched relatively quietly.
    While the upkeep of the web site will be an ongoing concern, the committee
    have moved on to other matters.

    As for being the "main orchestrator of this mess"... LOL!!! smile.gif There IS NO MESS! smile.gif

    Bard
    First motorbike in the bible ???? - a Triumph! - 'And yea verily did Moses strike down the ammmanites, - and all the land did hear the roar of his triumph !!!'


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