davester Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 You may or may not know that I set up and run (well allegedly) a website called Geohikes at www.geohikes.co.uk I wrote it from scratch and generally spent quite a time describing walking routes that pass geocaches. However, it's slipped from the priority list (sadly like my walking and geocaching) and I never ever get the chance to do anything. The thing is, the site's webspace is up for renewal. Now it's only a modest £30 a year but I can't really justify it anymore so come the 27th August the site will cease to be....... .....unless some Knight (or Dame) in shining armour fancies taking it on. It's pretty easy to work out and the data is all there on a nice friendly content management system and the site is not much harder to administer than typing out a message on this forum. If you fancy stepping forward post below or send me a private message and we'll sort it out from there. The site will become yours in every aspect though, as it needs more than just £30 a year! Quote Link to comment
+Team Sieni Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 You may or may not know that I set up and run (well allegedly) a website called Geohikes at www.geohikes.co.uk I like the site - I even signed up and uploaded a route. But activity seemed so quiet I hardly go there at all these days. Maybe a website of the shortest possible walks from car park to cache would be more successful? Unfortunately I have my own personal web project on a back burner that gets hardly any of my time so I couldn't justify taking this on. Quote Link to comment
+The Book Of Shadows Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 I've sent you a PM. Quote Link to comment
The Red Kite Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 I also signed up but there didn't seem to be much activity. However its a great idea and I hope you find someone to take it on. Quote Link to comment
+SidAndBob Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 We did Three Castles and Three Caches today, which I submitted over a year ago. It's still on the front page listed as latest hikes. Has anyone approached GC.com to see if there are any plans to incorporate hikes into their site? We'd love to see more of it. Quote Link to comment
+The Book Of Shadows Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 I have a feeling this site won't be disappearing Quote Link to comment
+The Book Of Shadows Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Sorry for the cryptic message. I have taken over the running of the site. I hope to see some of the regulars back there and the site can go from strength to strength. Feel free to email me in my profile or contact me at the site and I'll get back to you as soon as I can Quote Link to comment
+Team Sieni Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Sorry for the cryptic message. I have taken over the running of the site. Good show! Quote Link to comment
+studlyone Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Its nice to know that you have stepped forward to keep the site alive and kicking - good job. Ian Quote Link to comment
davester Posted August 28, 2007 Author Share Posted August 28, 2007 Its nice to know that you have stepped forward to keep the site alive and kicking - good job. Ian I can only bow in admiration too. I've picked up a few good walks from the site as well as contributing a fair few. So many people have commented on how enjoyable they've found the walks and the whole concept. I do wish I could have had a little more time over the last year but alas no. Here's to the shiny new future of GeoHikes and a huge thanks to TBOS for all his hard work in taking it on. Quote Link to comment
The Red Kite Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Sorry for the cryptic message. I have taken over the running of the site. I hope to see some of the regulars back there and the site can go from strength to strength. Feel free to email me in my profile or contact me at the site and I'll get back to you as soon as I can Thats great news!! Hope it goes well, I'm sure it will if you need any help promoting it, have a look in our local cachers forum which is all about geocaching, walking and hiking in Wales: www.aber-cachers.co.uk. I'm sure we can open a thread in there Quote Link to comment
+SidAndBob Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Well done BoS. You can certainly count on us for some contributions. Let's hope everyone gets stuck in and together we can build up a great collection of geohikes. I look forward to hearing when the site is ready for action. Quote Link to comment
+The Book Of Shadows Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 The site is fully open, still having problems getting the old domain name to forward to the old one. You can access the site via: http://geohikes.boxhunting.co.uk I have been testing some upgrades on my test platform and sucessfully test upgraded the site to the latest version, even got the updated forum sort of working. I'm looking at new gallery software as the current gallery isn't compatible with the latest version. More testing to do later Quote Link to comment
+The Book Of Shadows Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Sorry for the cryptic message. I have taken over the running of the site. I hope to see some of the regulars back there and the site can go from strength to strength. Feel free to email me in my profile or contact me at the site and I'll get back to you as soon as I can Thats great news!! Hope it goes well, I'm sure it will if you need any help promoting it, have a look in our local cachers forum which is all about geocaching, walking and hiking in Wales: www.aber-cachers.co.uk. I'm sure we can open a thread in there I've just registered, just waiting for admin to verify my account. Quote Link to comment
+Maple Leaf Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Well done ........ I have just registered (although T&C's page not working yet) and had a look around the site. It looks great and a site that appeals to us - our geocaching is about nice walks/cycles and picking up the odd one or two caches rather than 'about the numbers'. Already have a couple of ideas for contributing some new hikes. Quote Link to comment
+The Book Of Shadows Posted September 2, 2007 Share Posted September 2, 2007 Version 2 of the site is on it's way. Just filling it up with the old content, there will be guides published on how to use the new site. Quote Link to comment
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