[Web4lib] Re: Newbie question -- URL Redirection

Ms Norma Jean Hewlett hewlett at usfca.edu
Tue Dec 9 16:30:19 EST 2008


I second the recommendation for pbWiki!

I've used them for nearly 2 years now -- their wikis are easy to use and
they are great to work with. Excellent customer support!

Jean Hewlett
Regional Librarian, Univ. of San Francisco

All opinions are my own and do not represent my employer.

----- Original Message -----
From: Cary Gordon <listuser at chillco.com>
Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2008 12:37 pm
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Re: Newbie question -- URL Redirection
To: terrannews at yahoo.com
Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org

> PBWiki <http://pbwiki.com> offers custom domain names and is a
> generally great product. FWIW, my friend David Weekly founded and (I
> think) owns it.
> 
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 6:37 AM, T Mac <terrannews at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>>
> > Google will not index the a domain that just redirects. Ultimately,
> > you should get the site on your domain, if possible.
> >
> > Tim
> > <<
> >
> > But are there any nearly-free ISPs that will host a wiki under 
> your own domain name? Or can it only be done if you install the 
> wiki software on your own server? In my situation (and presumably 
> in the original poster's situation), there are multiple reasons to 
> use a free wiki (Google Sites in my case, pbwiki in his). The small 
> non-profit that my project was for has practically zero budget for 
> web hosting, and they also have the need for multiple non-web-savvy 
> people to make frequent updates to the site - a wiki is really the 
> only usable tool I've seen that will work for them.
> >
> > Terran
> >
> >
> >
> >
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