[FRIAM] scraping a web site

Gillian Densmore gil.densmore at gmail.com
Wed Jan 4 13:13:53 EST 2017


Nick take a look at these guys: I have had some clients try them, They have
zero interestest in learning all the quirks of wordpress and just wanted
and I quote "A fucking awsome website that just fucking works!" They loved
these:

https://www.*weebly*.com

www.*wix*.com/
<https://www.google.com/#>

   1.
   <http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Y8nYMCAEqvQJ:www.wix.com/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us>
   2.
   <https://www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=830&q=related:www.wix.com/+wix&tbo=1&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwj19svGi6nRAhWIi1QKHVJ0AWMQHwgrMAA>


https://*wordpress.com <http://wordpress.com>*



On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 11:10 AM, Gillian Densmore <gil.densmore at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Nick yes it called giving me a call. I don't know how you set it up.  In
> short it's a very routine thing to do. Wit
> I'd do it for you for free because I consider you a friend.
>
> Thier's always some Oops when you do so. And it depends on how you, fam,
> and or friends set it up. I
>
> -Wordpress (for example) now has some rocking tools specifically for
> moving between Weby Web  hosts.
>
> -Basic HTML is pretty portable, But again it depends entirely on how you
> or a friend set it up.
>
> If you can oldschool FTP to earthlink just download it. From experience
> it's a good idea to start the new web-host upload it, to make sure you
> didn't miss something.
>
> Robert Corginger hit the nail on the head. In simple speak
> Web-making-tools such as the OG DreamWeaver and Wordpress (as of 4.6) have
> a variety of tools to move it around. I swear by Database->Files Folder
> Plugins for wordpress for that reason.
> But needless to say you do have options.
>
> As to what host? That's a matter of taste and how much you want to play
> Admin.  Like I said to Steve. I LOVE to have Wordpress on Gilsplace.net
> just to keep up with trying out setting up  or keeping up a website.
>  BUT for just a quick article or rave or geeking out?
> Wordpress.com all theway. Wix and Weebly (however that's spelled) are a
> close tie though.
> Because they just work.
> For what it's worth ipage.net AmazonCloud,  get rave reviews. namecheap
> in my experience isn't to bad. help is a totall crap shoot though.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 10:28 AM, glen ep ropella <gepr at tempusdictum.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hey Nick,
>>
>> I went ahead and downloaded your page(s) and put it up here:
>>
>>   http://agent-based-modeling.com/ntnd/nickthompson/naturaldes
>> igns/index.html
>>
>> Let me know if I've missed anything.  I'm happy to help move it wherever.
>>
>> -glen
>>
>> On 01/03/2017 08:49 PM, Nick Thompson wrote:
>> > I am in the uncomfortable position of being bound by threads of steel
>> to Earthlink.  Many, MANY, years I go I started a website on Earthlink, {
>> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ <
>> http://home.earthlink.net/%7Enickthompson/naturaldesigns/>
>> >
>> > }, and put a lot of my writing, and some commentary up on it.  The
>> website creation and editing medium (trellix) was pretty good for its time,
>> and there are many ways that I find the site quite satisfying.  But
>> gradually Earthlink has withdrawn its support, and now I am not sure I
>> could get in to edit or change it.  Meantime, Research Gate has gotten
>> started, and provides a somewhat better place to meet the world and archive
>> my stuff.  And also, having the site on earthlink binds me to them and
>> their 22 dollar a month fee.  So. …
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I am wondering if there is a way (or a service that would) scrape the
>> website and, possibly, dump it into a new and more reliable, more website
>> creation medium?  Please, ambulatory knowledge only.  I don’t want a people
>> doing deep searches to answer this  question .
>>
>>
>> --
>> glen ep ropella ⊥ 971-280-5699
>>
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