Hurrah….

…the Oakleaf Circle site is going to be online again in a couple of weeks. I’ve given up trying to get the EPS code so that I can transfer it from Supanames – it appears that a chain of resellers is involved, and the one who could supply the code has gone bust. Although the domain name expired a week or so ago, it will be weeks before it’s free, and I decided I couldn’t wait
So, I’ve gone a bought oakleafcircle.org.uk from 34sp.com. The whole name-buying and hosting package only cost me £25; I sent off the cheque this morning; if the speed with which they dealt with valdobson.co.uk is typical, I could have the site up and running by the middle of next week. And, being a second-level domain, any future renewing or transferring should be a doddle, quite unlike the beaurocratic convolutions that seem to be involved with first-level domains.
I have some plans for the new site – I intend to get it all onto a PHP platform, with CMS. For a listings site, that sort of thing is much easier to manage than pure HTML. I’ve continued looking at CMS software, and decided to try out Etomite. It sounds like it could be just what I want.