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Re: My Retro FlatPress Blogs
Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2021 8:06 pm
by Arvid
Glad you enjoy blogging with FlatPress
Had a good time reading over your blogs, this stuff is
really retro
Re: My Retro FlatPress Blogs
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 1:03 am
by virtualsky
Hey, thanks for checking out the sites. It's pretty easy to be into retro tech when you never throw anything away!
Yes, I really enjoy using Flatpress. You've done a great job with it.
Re: My Retro FlatPress Blogs
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2022 2:34 pm
by bttr
Unfortunately both URLs no longer work.
According to
Considering going back to static HTML David can still be reached via
https://www.my64.in.nf/doku.php, which is driven by DokuWiki.
Re: My Retro FlatPress Blogs
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2022 6:15 pm
by virtualsky
I'm really sorry about that. I just didn't have the disposable income any longer to pay for the hosting fees.
I had to cut back on what I could do on-line. It wasn't anything to do with FlatPress. If I do get a chance to put up another blog, it will be a FlatPress blog.
If Admin thinks it's best to remove this thread from the forum, I completely understand.
Re: My Retro FlatPress Blogs
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2022 6:38 pm
by bttr
Sorry to hear that.
Can't you host it on (a subdomain) of
https://www.my64.in.nf/?
Re: My Retro FlatPress Blogs
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2022 7:04 pm
by George
had the same problem hosting fees were creeping up and up, restrictions being imposed etc
So i decided to use an old pc i had.
500 gig hard drive 12 gig of ram
I installed
https://www.blueonyx.it/blueonyx on its free. have 10 sites running on it from my home broadband
really easy to set up for no cost
Re: My Retro FlatPress Blogs
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2022 7:16 pm
by Madekozu
No costs?
So here in Germany we have to pay for the electricity...
Re: My Retro FlatPress Blogs
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2022 7:30 pm
by bttr
virtualsky wrote: ↑Sat Apr 23, 2022 6:15 pm
I'm really sorry about that. I just didn't have the disposable income any longer to pay for the hosting fees.
I had to cut back on what I could do on-line. It wasn't anything to do with FlatPress. If I do get a chance to put up another blog, it will be a FlatPress blog.
If Admin thinks it's best to remove this thread from the forum, I completely understand.
Maybe a service of another FP user could help here:
https://eshost-com-ar.translate.goog/ho ... r_sch=http
Re: My Retro FlatPress Blogs
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2022 7:42 pm
by George
no costs what so ever
blue onyx is free
flatpress is free
no ip for a free domain name
just your time to set it up
here is some basics
https://www.mypoppy.uk/blog/static.php?page=This-server
you will need to open ports on your router like 80 444 22 but thats simple
Re: My Retro FlatPress Blogs
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2022 8:29 am
by bttr
George, your statement "no costs what so ever" is wrong. Repeating yourself doesn't make it less wrong.
- As already mentioned, electricity is not free.
- Maybe getting a used computer is not free.
- Time is not "free", because you won't live forever.
To cut power costs, probably a used Raspberry Pi for hosting at home could be good enough:
https://www.instructables.com/Raspberry ... og-server/
But it depends on the number of visitors and offered content, i.e., serving lots of videos is probably a bad idea.