Well, I went and did the deed last night: put in my request for transferrance of my domain from Yahoo servers to 1and1.com servers. Once Yahoo quit paying my domain registration like they promised to do, in writing, I knew I was outta there. I did look at their new rates and also that of Hare Link, but 1and1.com just gave me the most bang for my buck, so to speak.

I'll get 100GB of webspace rather than 100MB at two thirds the price and also have options to set up chat rooms, forums, and newsletters if I care to do any such thing. There are canned CGI scripts that require no programming knowledge. I get something like 500 e-mail addresses (if for some reason I needed that many...). I get three domains (.com, .net, .org—mine are .org) registered for free.

The feature I like best is the 200 subdomains the account comes with. I've already used a couple of them on my Lassie site (one for the episode guide and one for the fanfiction) and two for the Remember WENN site (fanfiction and "The Buttery," a.k.a. The Remember WENN cookbook). Now each of my sections will have their own subdomain—for instance the albums will be albums.flyingdreams.org—the photo albums, "On the Road," my nostalgia pages, and the seasons pages, and also the remainder of the television shows: the Addie Mills specials, Ask the Manager, America, From the Earth to the Moon, The Good Life (Good Neighbors), Brooklyn Bridge, Flambards, Gallegher, My World and Welcome to It and The Waltons.

The Mindspring stuff will remain where it is.

The literature says the transferrance takes from seven to ten days, and then the new site will come up blank. I've spent the last few evenings updating all the pages with the links to be, but of course the proof won't be in the pudding until everything is uploaded and I actually try the links "for real." And of course I can't set up the FTP until the transferance takes place although I already have the webspace directories in place for the subdomains. So we'll see what the actual work will be post-transfer.

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Hope you enjoy 1and1 - and all the software they'll give you!

J.

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