google search results

edenooch · Post by **edenooch** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 2:44 pm

If your like me your to lazy to remember URL's and use google to find everything. When im not at home i use it to find sites. Such as this forum.
How come when you search for "san gabriel mountain forums" all that comes up is a link to Tacodelrio's bloody knee caps?
In 2 pages of search results. not one direct link to the forums!
WTF?

Ze Hiker · Post by **Ze Hiker** » Fri Aug 14, 2009 2:59 pm

yea i've noticed that. weird

Post by **Taco** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 1:16 am

Searching "SGMDF" yields slightly better results.

Post by **Hikin_Jim** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 4:40 am

Yeah, this board is obscure or something. I can never find it on Google.

I always search on "San Jacinto Mountains Forum." The San Jacinto Mountains Forum comes up, and they have a section with links, one of which is to this forum. Kinda lame, but it works.

Post by **Taco** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 9:13 am

Probably because of our "myfreeforum" designator.

I do intend to change that in the not-so-distant future.

moppychris · Post by **moppychris** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:10 pm

thank you for all of your kindness taco!

Funyan005 · Post by **Funyan005** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:11 pm

Whats the cost to get something that will come up on google easily? Might attract more people here!

Post by **Taco** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:30 pm

Having a real website/URL would take care of that. SanGabrielMountains dot com or something to that order.

I have a different idea as far as where this forum is going in the future, so it will be easy to search for in Google. As far as I know, though, the more people link to this forum, the faster Google finds it, and thus places it on earlier pages.

Ze Hiker · Post by **Ze Hiker** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 2:38 pm

yeah but I've linked to it a bunch and still its nowhere to be found. I wonder if we could temporarily put it / host it on the socalhikes site.

For now, we search we get Taco's damn summitpost profile!

Post by **Taco** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 2:57 pm

Zé wrote:yeah but I've linked to it a bunch and still its nowhere to be found. I wonder if we could temporarily put it / host it on the socalhikes site.

For now, we search we get Taco's damn summitpost profile!

Same thing I do!

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 5:25 pm

Domain Name: SANGABRIELMOUNTAINS.COM
Registrar: MONIKER

Registrant [6504]:
Jeremy Moritz jeremy@citiesunlimited.com
Cities Unlimited Inc.
PO Box 2474
Mission
KS
66201
US

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 5:27 pm

sgmdf.com is available!

platypii · Post by **platypii** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:36 pm

sangabrielmountains.net is available. (like rob said, .com is not)

When I followed the "Buy a domain to use with your forum" link at the bottom, they listed it as $15/yr for most domain names.

I'd be happy to donate a year or two's worth of domain name if there is some consensus on what site to buy.

So what do people think?

sangabrielmountains.net
sangabrielmtns.com
sgmdf.com
willclimbfortacos.org

lilbitmo · Post by **lilbitmo** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:27 pm

platypii wrote:sangabrielmountains.net is available. (like rob said, .com is not)

When I followed the "Buy a domain to use with your forum" link at the bottom, they listed it as $15/yr for most domain names.

I'd be happy to donate a year or two's worth of domain name if there is some consensus on what site to buy.

So what do people think?

sangabrielmountains.net
sangabrielmtns.com
sgmdf.com
willclimbfortacos.org

I vote sangabrielmtns.com and if you can get that company to allow us I'll use a credit card to donate $15 for one year?

Taco, let's get a vote going and then figure a way to pay for 3-5 years?

Post by **Taco** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 11:01 pm

Arright.

I'll go ahead and throw my idea out there. I want to make a site for SoCal mountains. All of them. User submitted data. Like Summitpost, but personal.

I have no idea how to make a website. I've not yet taken any classes on it.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:37 am

platypii wrote: they listed it as $15/yr for most domain names.

Domain registration might be cheaper using GoDaddy.com.

platypii · Post by **platypii** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:07 am

Well if you want to upgrade the forum too, you'll probably need more than just the domain name. You'll need a hosting service, and you need to figure out what bulletin board software to use.

I think summitpost uses their own custom software. It would require a lot of work and knowledge to build a site like that from scratch.

Drupal is worth considering. Drupal is a very very powerful content management system, but is relatively easy to set up. Since it is pretty popular, there is a good amount of support on the web for it. Depending on which features you use with it, it can be a message board, blog, forum, wiki and more.

Do you have an idea of what you would want the site to look like? what features?

Anyway, my offer is still on the table to buy a domain name for the site. It can just be pointed at this forum until you upgrade. What domain would you like best? Could we do a poll of some sort?

Post by **Taco** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:24 am

phpBB is pretty good. This site uses it. The full version has a few really good features, like the user control panel.

I was thinking socalmountains dot com or net etc, covering the San Gabriel, San Bernardino, San Jacinto, and all other ranges here.

Post by **Taco** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:26 am

Nevermind, it appears that address already exists. Seems to be a residential forum more than anything having to do with mountain activities.

Post by **HikeUp** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 2:18 pm

www . fightoff . com

AlanK · Post by **AlanK** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 2:27 pm

HikeUp wrote:www . fightoff . com

I think that url got banned from the Internet.

lilbitmo · Post by **lilbitmo** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 2:37 pm

AlanK wrote:
HikeUp wrote:www . fightoff . com
I think that url got banned from the Internet.

Just for using that referce "Hike Up" might get sanctioned by Taco

AlanK · Post by **AlanK** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 2:59 pm

lilbitmo wrote:
AlanK wrote:
HikeUp wrote:www . fightoff . com
I think that url got banned from the Internet.
Just for using that referce "Hike Up" might get sanctioned by Taco

Sounds serious. This being a mountaineering board, I assume that you mean "sanction" as in "The Eiger Sanction."

lilbitmo · Post by **lilbitmo** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:11 pm

AlanK wrote:
lilbitmo wrote:
AlanK wrote: I think that url got banned from the Internet.
Just for using that referce "Hike Up" might get sanctioned by Taco
Sounds serious. This being a mountaineering board, I assume that you mean "sanction" as in "The Eiger Sanction."

One thing for sure on this board "nothing is sacred, and nothing is serious" other than "seriously man" you came close to that mountian top as in "The Near 100 Peaks Sections" founded by Taco and company, thus the NHPS and yes "The Eiger Sanction" is on the list

Now if this doesn't confuse the new member nothing will

But I still think Taco will consider "Sanctions" for using any reference to people he had to ban - (OK maybe he will just laugh)

Taco's out looking for said "Ban- E" right now on the Bear Flat Trail - but does any really know what he actually looks like - no one ever posted a picture of him, so I'm wondering at this point if he's snuck back on this site as someone else

But then again it's been way to coopertive lately for that to actually have occured

Ze Hiker · Post by **Ze Hiker** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:59 pm

I know what he looks like, among other info. But I wouldn't want him to threaten to sue me! You wouldn't do that, would you FO?

lilbitmo · Post by **lilbitmo** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:24 pm

Zé wrote:I know what he looks like, among other info. But I wouldn't want him to threaten to sue me! You wouldn't do that, would you FO?

There's many a way to descreatly post pictures of someone - like on You Tube and other's, what say you?

Post by **Taco** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:34 pm

A few of us know what he looks like, amongst other things. He's just pissing in the wind with each word he types, anyway.

On the subject, I guess I hafta take an HTML class or something? What do you guys do to build up a real good site from the ground up?

FWIW, the forum will be the brain/nucleus of the new site, with various peak, route, trail, activity pages branching away from it.

edenooch · Post by **edenooch** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:33 pm

yall are taking the wrong approach
SGMDF.edu

EnFuego · Post by **EnFuego** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:27 pm

edenooch wrote:yall are taking the wrong approach
SGMDF.edu

There's no educatin' SGMDF'rs.

edenooch · Post by **edenooch** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:27 pm

o yea.....good point
SGMDF.biz