National Homebrew Club Ireland

General Discussions => Chit Chat => Topic started by: johnrm on April 22, 2015, 08:25:24 AM

Title: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: johnrm on April 22, 2015, 08:25:24 AM
To ensure ongoing stability, integrity and for cleaner management of the National Homebrew Club website and forum, the committee, in conjunction with IT, have decided to move to the .ie domain; www.nationalhomebrewclub.ie

When?
This will happen on or before Midnight Friday April 24th.

What does this mean for you?
You will need to change your Browser favourite to point to http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.ie
You may need to log in again.
It is advisable to CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD to ensure that your login is secure (this should be done periodically anyway)
Tapatalk users will need to log out of nationalhomebrewclub_dot_com and login to nationalhomebrewclub.ie instead.

Other than this the experience will be the same.

If you experience any issues, please let someone know - post on the forum, email etc.

Thank you for your continued support of the NHC.
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: Garry on April 22, 2015, 09:04:09 AM
Good stuff lads. I always thought .ie made more sense for an Irish club anyway. There can no confusion to the nation referred to in nationalhomebrewclub now. It will insure that Google searches will be more targeted too.

We should probably stickey this topic for a few weeks?
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: Simon_ on April 22, 2015, 09:24:47 AM
I think having a .ie address is the right decision.

Why not just hold on to the .com as well and redirect it to .ie?
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: DEMPSEY on April 22, 2015, 09:38:02 AM
Top marks to all the IT team on getting this done :). It was a boil that needed to be lanced :)
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: Metattron on April 22, 2015, 10:29:42 AM
Will there be a permanent redirect from the .com address? If not just for links to the site and forum from other sites, but to preserve our SEO.  We currently have a decent Google page rank and should not do anything to lose that,  or worse still,  give it to someone else by letting our  .com address lapse.
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: LordEoin on April 22, 2015, 12:07:18 PM
Good job IT :)

you can also do the changeover without losing google rankings:
http://www.hobo-web.co.uk/how-to-change-domain-names-keep-your-rankings-in-google/ (http://www.hobo-web.co.uk/how-to-change-domain-names-keep-your-rankings-in-google/)
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: Simon_ on April 22, 2015, 02:46:44 PM
I quite like the way there appear to be a few non-Irish based subscribers posting every now and then in apparent unawares that it's an Irish centric forum
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: Partridge9 on April 22, 2015, 03:05:15 PM
Quote from: Metattron on April 22, 2015, 10:29:42 AM
Will there be a permanent redirect from the .com address? If not just for links to the site and forum from other sites, but to preserve our SEO.  We currently have a decent Google page rank and should not do anything to lose that,  or worse still,  give it to someone else by letting our  .com address lapse.
Absolutely Metattron, we will direct .com to .ie just as we currently direct .ie to .com (if you know what I mean).

Its just that the parent or main one, will be the .ie.

Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: Hingo on April 22, 2015, 04:29:24 PM
I thought this already happened. Although last year when I treid to switch over on tapatalk I had problems.. Cant remember if it was the Froum platform or domain we switched.

Anyway good stuff!
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: johnrm on April 22, 2015, 10:37:50 PM
Please note that the .com is not going to be gone.
This is legally owned by the NHC and will be redirected to .ie
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: johnrm on April 24, 2015, 11:47:49 PM
This work is now complete.
Please review the original post for pointers and post here if any issue.

Thanks for you support and cooperation.
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: LordEoin on April 24, 2015, 11:50:14 PM
bear in mind that if your login details auto-populated on .com you'll simply need to save them again for .ie
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: Will_D on April 25, 2015, 08:48:26 AM
Seems ok for me! I see the dot ie in the link name.

Note that the link "under" the club name (top left of the page) is still to the dot com link!
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: Partridge9 on April 25, 2015, 12:59:25 PM
Thanks Will
Well spotted - that's fixed now.
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: Metattron on April 27, 2015, 10:23:06 AM
Redirects do not seem to be working correctly - if you go to www.nationalhomebrewclub.ie/forum it does not redirect to the .ie site.
It does go to the .ie if you click on any links on the site after you get there though.
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: DEMPSEY on April 27, 2015, 11:11:31 AM
Just tried that. I clicked on the link and it brought me to .com and logged on then when I clicked unread posts it brought me to .ie.
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: johnrm on April 30, 2015, 07:16:28 AM
Just in case you missed the message...
The .com site in Tapatalk  Is now Unpublished.
You need to switch over to nationalhomebrewclub.ie
To do this, exit Tapatalk on your mobile device and start it again.
Once in, you will need to key on your username and password for the national homebrew club.
Any problems please let us know.
Thanks
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: johnrm on April 30, 2015, 08:19:55 AM
Also, the Tapatalk fix above corrects the URL jump from Tapatalk, in other words, it now goes to .ie, and not .com as it was doing in the interim.
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: Bubbles on April 30, 2015, 08:52:07 AM
Quote from: johnrm on April 30, 2015, 07:16:28 AM
Just in case you missed the message...
The .com site in Tapatalk  Is now Unpublished.
You need to switch over to nationalhomebrewclub.ie
To do this, exit Tapatalk on your mobile device and start it again.
Once in, you will need to key on your username and password for the national homebrew club.
Any problems please let us know.
Thanks

I removed the NHC from Tapatalk and now I'm not seeing "National Homebrew Club" in the list of communities when I search. Tried logging out, restarting TT..  :-\
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: Partridge9 on April 30, 2015, 09:09:28 AM
Try it, all one word
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: Partridge9 on April 30, 2015, 09:09:39 AM
Nationalhomebrewclub
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: Bubbles on April 30, 2015, 09:24:13 AM
Hmm. Just did that, still not returned in the search results. Also just tried clearing cache, to no avail.
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: johnrm on April 30, 2015, 10:25:06 AM
I don't have access to TT admin right now, but I think I changed it to 3 separate words.
Sign out.
Delete from TT 'pending' list.
Search for national homebrew club.
I just tested and it seems to work.
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: johnrm on April 30, 2015, 01:55:43 PM
In Tapatalk, you should have a home screen like this...
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/04/30/881740761f8b0b9c3363b95b15a748c8.jpg)
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: Bubbles on April 30, 2015, 02:19:00 PM
Quote from: johnrm on April 30, 2015, 10:25:06 AM
Delete from TT 'pending' list.

I don't seem to have this. Maybe I need a new version of TT..? It's not in my list of app updates.
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: johnrm on April 30, 2015, 02:53:03 PM
When you search for 'national homebrew club' you should see the icon directly above the word homebrew in the image in my last post.
If you see the blue nhc icon, you need to exit Tapatalk and go back in.
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: Bubbles on April 30, 2015, 07:00:07 PM
Thanks John lad.

I finally got it working. I have an old version of tt, which i actually paid for, shortly before they gave it away free!  >:( I just deleted the app, and downloaded from the cloud instead of itunes. Works fine now.

Just in case anyone is having the same issue...
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: johnrm on April 30, 2015, 07:52:35 PM
Cool, thanks for the update!
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: johnrm on May 01, 2015, 03:28:26 PM
Summary of issues with fixes... (Sorry for reducing you post counts lads!)

Quote from: beanstalk on May 01, 2015, 11:16:07 AM
Quote from: beanstalk on April 30, 2015, 01:02:49 PM
Hey folks,
Great idea on changing the domain to .ie, btu i've noticed over the last week loading times, especially on mobile, have been really slow. I don't think its my connection because i've used wireless and data and its the same result on both. sometimes it takes a minute to load pages. has anyone else had this problem? if not i apologise profusely!  :-[
beanstalk

This was due to data compression settings in my chrome browser and has been sorted now, in case anyone else is having the same problems!

For Tapatalk Issues, please ensure that you have the latest version of Tapatalk!
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: johnrm on May 01, 2015, 03:34:27 PM
gah! too much trouble.

Read through the thread or post away with any issues.
Thanks!
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: Greg2013 on May 02, 2015, 03:59:29 PM
Just logged into taptalk on my android phone and cant find Nhc no matter what form of the name i use.
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: johnrm on May 02, 2015, 10:18:12 PM
Is it the latest version of TT? Currently 4.12.2
Search for national homebrew (two words) and it should show as the first hit.
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: Greg2013 on May 03, 2015, 01:36:35 AM
Quote from: johnrm on May 02, 2015, 10:18:12 PM
Is it the latest version of TT? Currently 4.12.2
Search for national homebrew (two words) and it should show as the first hit.

No it's version 2.4.16,i uninstalled and re installed it thinking it would update to the newer version but it hasn't. :'(
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: johnrm on May 03, 2015, 08:50:54 AM
Is it working now?
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: Rats on May 03, 2015, 08:35:58 PM
Mine is also gone  >:(
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: Greg2013 on May 03, 2015, 11:08:09 PM
Quote from: johnrm on May 03, 2015, 08:50:54 AM
Is it working now?

Nope not a sausage boss. :'(
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: johnrm on May 04, 2015, 12:05:14 AM
What's happening?
Screenshots?
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: johnrm on May 04, 2015, 12:06:54 AM
@Greg, 2.x sounds like an old version. Expect it to fail.
@Rats, what version are you on?
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: Rats on May 04, 2015, 12:39:35 AM
Got mine working.
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: johnrm on May 04, 2015, 12:40:32 AM
Good man Rats, what was the issue?
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: Rats on May 04, 2015, 01:03:09 AM
No idea. Got a update on a topic and it asked me if I want to read it in TT
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: Greg2013 on May 04, 2015, 01:08:20 PM
Quote from: johnrm on May 04, 2015, 12:06:54 AM
@Greg, 2.x sounds like an old version. Expect it to fail.
@Rats, what version are you on?

Maybe so Johnrm but it won't update to the newer version :(
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: johnrm on May 04, 2015, 01:11:04 PM
That's outside the scope of this thread Greg.
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: Greg2013 on May 04, 2015, 01:21:13 PM
Quote from: johnrm on May 04, 2015, 01:11:04 PM
That's outside the scope of this thread Greg.

I have posted a separate thread on the issue now so hopefully we can get it sorted. ;D
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: johnrm on May 07, 2015, 05:36:56 PM
I think we're looking good now.
I'm surprised at the small number of Tapatalkers amongst us.
Are there many on here using phones but not on tapatalk?
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: molc on May 07, 2015, 05:39:20 PM
Using tapatalk here. It just worked when the update was made and I didn't have to do anything :)
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: beerfly on May 07, 2015, 06:11:16 PM
209 on tapatalk according to the main page. Mine just kept working too.
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: Taf on May 07, 2015, 06:37:57 PM
kept working for me as well
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: pob on May 07, 2015, 06:53:21 PM
Quote from: beerfly on May 07, 2015, 06:11:16 PM
209 on tapatalk according to the main page. Mine just kept working too.

That's on the .com, there are only 28 on the .ie?
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: dmcc20178 on April 12, 2017, 05:16:37 PM
Unless you are using the same hosting company, you will have to create a new database and members will have to sign up again. Just putting you wide on this

Sent from my 5045X using Tapatalk

Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: johnrm on April 12, 2017, 06:11:08 PM
Do you brew?
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: DEMPSEY on April 12, 2017, 06:47:27 PM
Rather an interesting first post ???
Title: Re: A new home for the NHC - nationalhomebrewclub.ie
Post by: LordEoin on April 12, 2017, 09:05:19 PM
Especially seeing as this was resolved nearly 2 years ago.
No harm though I suppose.