Chris Hurd
August 30th, 2013, 07:06 AM
Howdy from Texas,
First, my apologies for the delay in making this available. It's been a crazy summer -- as usual!
Second, the solution to the loss of the uwolchallenge.com domain is not elegant -- my apologies for that as well. But hopefully you'll find it effective.
Third, I'm still not sure *how* the domain name was lost in the first place. I wasn't originally involved when it was first registered. However, I promise to commit more resources to this and other projects going forward. DVi has been online for 13 years. The forum has been running for 12. The site that DVi grew out of, the old XL1 Watchdog, was started in 1997. Believe me when I say I know a thing or two about online longevity. If I had been named on the contact info for the uwolchallenge.com domain name, then it would still be active today. Certainly not pointing any fingers at anyone here... not in the least... just saying, from now on, if it's a DVi project, then DVi will have the primary stewardship. That way, it can't get lost. Thanks for understanding.
I'm pretty sure I have the old site working right; the main thing to understand is that you are navigating an IP address instead of a domain name.
Point your browser to The UWOL Challenge - Wildlife & Outdoor based film competition (http://uwolchallenge.dvinfo.net/)
All site links, including the Film Vault at the top right of the page, should be working and all of the old clips should be perfectly accessible in all their web-optimized standard definition glory. Let me know if there are any problems, and enjoy!
First, my apologies for the delay in making this available. It's been a crazy summer -- as usual!
Second, the solution to the loss of the uwolchallenge.com domain is not elegant -- my apologies for that as well. But hopefully you'll find it effective.
Third, I'm still not sure *how* the domain name was lost in the first place. I wasn't originally involved when it was first registered. However, I promise to commit more resources to this and other projects going forward. DVi has been online for 13 years. The forum has been running for 12. The site that DVi grew out of, the old XL1 Watchdog, was started in 1997. Believe me when I say I know a thing or two about online longevity. If I had been named on the contact info for the uwolchallenge.com domain name, then it would still be active today. Certainly not pointing any fingers at anyone here... not in the least... just saying, from now on, if it's a DVi project, then DVi will have the primary stewardship. That way, it can't get lost. Thanks for understanding.
I'm pretty sure I have the old site working right; the main thing to understand is that you are navigating an IP address instead of a domain name.
Point your browser to The UWOL Challenge - Wildlife & Outdoor based film competition (http://uwolchallenge.dvinfo.net/)
All site links, including the Film Vault at the top right of the page, should be working and all of the old clips should be perfectly accessible in all their web-optimized standard definition glory. Let me know if there are any problems, and enjoy!