Motoko is Up, but There are Some Changes

Server Status: Up

Server Notes
IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ: YOUR PASSWORDS HAVE BEEN RESET. YOU WILL HAVE TO COME AND ASK ME TO CHANGE THEM.
Motoko has been brought back up and is in a reasonably stable state. However, with the new arrangement comes new methodologies. The first one is that Motoko no longer has Front Page Support. I decided to do this since only one person ever even used it besides myself, and it created an unnessicary security risk. The second thing is that, due to this change, everyone will have their web sites moved into their home directories and redirects will be written to deal with this. This means that if your URL was http://www.nqig.net/hobbit, it will now be http://www.nqig.net/~hobbit. However, don't fret, the old URL will still work, it will just redirect you to the new URL automatically. The reason for all of this is the fact that without front page, you will need a way to update your web pages. However, the way the FTP server is configured, you only have access to your own /home directories. So if you want to update your pages, you will have to ftp on as your user, change to the public_html directory, and update your pages there. This won't interfere with your pre-existing web content, nor will it preclude you from using Front Page to edit your pages. It will change how you go about doing that, mind you, but that shouldn't be much of an issue. (Also, this increases the range of web page editors you can use since FTP is MUCH more widely supported than Front Page Server Extentions. This includes new tools like Dreamweaver and such.)

As for your old mail I've tacked it on to the end of your mailbox, so you should have ready access to it.


Finally back online. Let's just hope I don't have to do this again. ;.; That took WAY too long.