Whats happened to the Landrover.net forum.

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mistericeman said:
Possibly gone forever
as by the looks of it the host deletes everything the day before renewal IF the domain isn't renewed....

In addition to the general terms and conditions of agreement with {{OrgName}} listed in Sections 1 through 21, you agree to the following terms and conditions for registrations in .UKWITH THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT MODIFICATION: You also agree that .UK domains which are not renewed will be deleted one day before the scheduled expiration date. For example: You register a .UK domain on April 9, 2003, for two years. Then, on April 7, 2005, you renew the domain for an additional two years. Your domain will then be scheduled to expire on April 9, 2007. If, however, you do not renew your domain on April 7, 2005, it will be deleted on April 8, 2005. The reason for this is that Nominet uses a non-real-time email-based system to make status changes in the .UK registry. The combination of this email-based system and Nominet's policy on renewals means that we will be charged for a renewal unless the name is deleted (via instructions in an email) prior to the end of the registration period which is then in effect. As a consequence, if we do not receive your renewal instructions prior to one-day before the end of the registration period, we will send the delete instruction one-day before the end of the registration period then in effect. Also, all .UK registrations are bound to a different Dispute Policy than the one outlined in section 4 above. Section 4 will still apply when registering any .UK domain. However, Nominet's Dispute Policy shall be applied instead of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy.
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not sure we are on the same page ? we believe the server is Enom (rightside group ltd) in kirkland washington (USA)
 
Very much new to this forum (and, as of this week Land Rover ownership!), but it is unfortunate to hear of Landrovernet.com going offline.

I have run a check on the domain and all sources support the domain registrar and host being enom, not just the domain. Enom's terms and conditions state that they offer a 29 day grace period after domain expiry (which I believe was 14th August) in which the domain can be returned to the original registrant.

Hopefully the hosting is still active and the domain expiry is simply hiding it from view. Enom have changed the DNS settings to point the A records to their servers showing that the domain has expired. This will need pointing back to the A records of the hosting server if/when the domain can be recovered.

It's a difficult decision. If the community isn't able to find the person listed as the domain registrant, it may be the best option for someone to take on that responsibility and approach enom explaining the situation. The problem is they will likely do their best to profit from the unfortunate situation, perhaps putting on unreasonable charges to transfer the domain / hosting.

In my eyes the primary concern is to secure the server hosting. Once that has been done, it can always be hosted on a different domain if required. The negative impact of this would be links on search engines, but hopefully with good search engine optimisation the changed domain would be picked up on quickly and propagate fully across the net.

Edit: I've just thought twice and it is possible that enom have overwritten all DNS settings in taking the domain back to them, and in fact the site is hosted elsewhere... hopefully this is the case, if the person responsible for hosting is known, then all data will still be present, just the forum needs moving to a new domain or the domain (as per above) or purchased again from enom. Fingers crossed!
 
Hello Folks !

Nice to see a few familiar names. Great shame that the landrovernet forum has gone. It was the only one that I belonged to, and I had loads of stuff on there. Mostly it was great resource for info but I also used it to save my ongoing threads and refer back to the many useful answers I got, at a later date.

Funnily enough had said to my wife a couple of months back that I wouldnt be surprised if it went. Traffic had been very slow in recent times. Just the same few contributors.

Anyway. Here now. Will do a proper intro when I've had a chance to look round.

All the best.
 
TwoAndAQuarter said:
Very much new to this forum (and, as of this week Land Rover ownership!), but it is unfortunate to hear of Landrovernet.com going offline.

I have run a check on the domain and all sources support the domain registrar and host being enom, not just the domain. Enom's terms and conditions state that they offer a 29 day grace period after domain expiry (which I believe was 14th August) in which the domain can be returned to the original registrant.

Hopefully the hosting is still active and the domain expiry is simply hiding it from view. Enom have changed the DNS settings to point the A records to their servers showing that the domain has expired. This will need pointing back to the A records of the hosting server if/when the domain can be recovered.

It's a difficult decision. If the community isn't able to find the person listed as the domain registrant, it may be the best option for someone to take on that responsibility and approach enom explaining the situation. The problem is they will likely do their best to profit from the unfortunate situation, perhaps putting on unreasonable charges to transfer the domain / hosting.

In my eyes the primary concern is to secure the server hosting. Once that has been done, it can always be hosted on a different domain if required. The negative impact of this would be links on search engines, but hopefully with good search engine optimisation the changed domain would be picked up on quickly and propagate fully across the net.

Edit: I've just thought twice and it is possible that enom have overwritten all DNS settings in taking the domain back to them, and in fact the site is hosted elsewhere... hopefully this is the case, if the person responsible for hosting is known, then all data will still be present, just the forum needs moving to a new domain or the domain (as per above) or purchased again from enom. Fingers crossed!
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Good luck....
I've yet to get a response from either enom OR the named registrant...
despite several emails over the last week or so.
 
mistericeman said:
Good luck....
I've yet to get a response from either enom OR the named registrant...
despite several emails over the last week or so.
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Probably intentional on their part to push it past the 29 day grace period. I'm not sure what they refer to as 'delete' the domain; a domain cannot be deleted, nor any data connected to the hosted site via the registrar. I think they're saying in an unnecessarily threatening way, 'we'll change the DNS records for the domain'. Worst comes to worst the domain can be repurchased once it fully elapses - ultimately if they want to sell it they'll need to release it for a reasonable price.
 
TwoAndAQuarter said:
Very much new to this forum (and, as of this week Land Rover ownership!), but it is unfortunate to hear of Landrovernet.com going offline.

I have run a check on the domain and all sources support the domain registrar and host being enom, not just the domain. Enom's terms and conditions state that they offer a 29 day grace period after domain expiry (which I believe was 14th August) in which the domain can be returned to the original registrant.

Hopefully the hosting is still active and the domain expiry is simply hiding it from view. Enom have changed the DNS settings to point the A records to their servers showing that the domain has expired. This will need pointing back to the A records of the hosting server if/when the domain can be recovered.

It's a difficult decision. If the community isn't able to find the person listed as the domain registrant, it may be the best option for someone to take on that responsibility and approach enom explaining the situation. The problem is they will likely do their best to profit from the unfortunate situation, perhaps putting on unreasonable charges to transfer the domain / hosting.

In my eyes the primary concern is to secure the server hosting. Once that has been done, it can always be hosted on a different domain if required. The negative impact of this would be links on search engines, but hopefully with good search engine optimisation the changed domain would be picked up on quickly and propagate fully across the net.

Edit: I've just thought twice and it is possible that enom have overwritten all DNS settings in taking the domain back to them, and in fact the site is hosted elsewhere... hopefully this is the case, if the person responsible for hosting is known, then all data will still be present, just the forum needs moving to a new domain or the domain (as per above) or purchased again from enom. Fingers crossed!
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good info thanks for replying and trying ! i have no particular allegiance to the domain name or the owners, but am a big advocate of traditional forums and i think it would be mental for it to disappear (as a resource)

its not my area of expertise but its my understanding that any domain could be purchased, fried-eggs. com and have it point to landrovernet forum server? (ignoring the traditional concept of ownership of course) i agree with you that it sounds like enom are "doing a photobucket" and unjustly holding the servers content to ransom (thats the royal us, all contributors and those who care about it, i do not speak on behalf of landrovernet)
 
DarrenHS3 said:
good info thanks for replying and trying ! i have no particular allegiance to the domain name or the owners, but am a big advocate of traditional forums and i think it would be mental for it to disappear (as a resource)

its not my area of expertise but its my understanding that any domain could be purchased, fried-eggs. com and have it point to landrovernet forum server? (ignoring the traditional concept of ownership of course) i agree with you that it sounds like enom are "doing a photobucket" and unjustly holding the servers content to ransom (thats the royal us, all contributors and those who care about it, i do not speak on behalf of landrovernet)
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Agreed, the loss of resource is the biggest problem - just as it has been with photobucket for a huge number of automotive forums.

If the server is hosted elsewhere, that is excellent news and does indeed mean any domain can host it. All that is needed is the IP address of the host server, this is added to the domain's A record, and it'll be live again, just at a different web address. At least that way the resource will be available once more.
 
Quick update on the above, the IP address is 77.129.227.59
you can see the forums here: http://78.129.227.59/forum/forum.php

The only problem is the html, php and media links on the site will need to be changed to account for a domain change, which is frustrating. You wouldn't normally need to do this as you would set up a redirect from the old domain to new, but without control of the old domain, this has to be done in the code.
 
I am glad to see this forum is taking the fall of another Land rover forum to heart.
I like many others are sad to see it fall as i had many friends there.
I joined this forum many years ago but have been very busy work wise and i believe the last time i successfully logged in was back in 2015.
Many times i have tried to log in i know my old username & password but it just kept saying not recognized.
So although i am named as a new member i am actually and old member. ;)
 
TwoAndAQuarter said:
Quick update on the above, the IP address is 77.129.227.59
you can see the forums here: http://78.129.227.59/forum/forum.php

The only problem is the html, php and media links on the site will need to be changed to account for a domain change, which is frustrating. You wouldn't normally need to do this as you would set up a redirect from the old domain to new, but without control of the old domain, this has to be done in the code.
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You can trick your browser into resolving the domain to the hosts IP by creating a hosts file entry like so: https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/27350/beginner-geek-how-to-edit-your-hosts-file/

The entry you need is:

78.129.227.59 www.landrovernet.com landrovernet.com forum.landrovernet.com images.landrovernet.com galley.landrovernet.com

Then you can just go to the domain in your browser (you might need to refresh/clear cache) and it will display like it normally does.
 
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curious how so much activity is on in relation to this now..... and not when the site was available.
 
Its quite possble that a lot of people visited and read the threads but didnt contribute that much with posts of their own. Bit like when youo have loads of family that maybe only speak occasionally but all get together whenever someone dies.

Unfortunately I dont understand any of the above technical stuff. That said, i wold be happy to buy a domain name and run the forum as an admin/mod if it meant that it was available again.
 
Erubus said:
Its quite possble that a lot of people visited and read the threads but didnt contribute that much with posts of their own. Bit like when youo have loads of family that maybe only speak occasionally but all get together whenever someone dies.

Unfortunately I dont understand any of the above technical stuff. That said, i wold be happy to buy a domain name and run the forum as an admin/mod if it meant that it was available again.
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It's always the way, ATM we have 66 members online and 427 guests viewing.

Forums are an invaluable searchable resource and it's understandable and easy not to put anything back in.
 
I've never been able to find Landyzone on Tapatalk so I tend to put most of my picture / photo posts and updates on to the Serious Series land rover forum. Might be user error on my part being unable to locate it on tapatalk. I'd readily post photos to both if it was easier
 
Land Raver said:
I've never been able to find Landyzone on Tapatalk so I tend to put most of my picture / photo posts and updates on to the Serious Series land rover forum. Might be user error on my part being unable to locate it on tapatalk. I'd readily post photos to both if it was easier
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LZ isn't comparable with Tapatalk, doesn't need a 3rd party app, the embedded software does everything Tapatalk does.
 
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