IMPORTANT, MEMBER WEBSITES...

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Registered: 02-04-2005
IMPORTANT, MEMBER WEBSITES...
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Fri, 02-18-2005 - 7:11pm

discussion title:
Important message~Member Websites...
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As an iVillage member who has created or currently has a Member Website, we have some important news to share with you. iVillage will no longer be providing this service as of February 28, 2005. Over the next week, Lycos, Inc. will be providing an option to relocate or move your Member Websites to its Tripod Website development hosting service. Lycos Tripod will offer you this service for free, or if you prefer you may choose one of its many premium services at an additional fee. Please take a moment to read the information below to find out why we are making this change and what you will need to do to maintain your site.

iVillage has provided free Member Websites for approximately seven years. During that time, there have been significant improvements in Website development services across the Internet. Lycos Tripod, one of the first companies to offer free Websites, is committed to providing high-quality service, and, with your permission, will be taking over maintenance of your Member Website through its Tripod service. Lycos Tripod currently provides access to many features that are not available with your existing Website, including additional page templates; the ability to FTP files, online journals and photo albums; and the option to purchase additional file storage space for your site. We're pleased to announce that Lycos Tripod has offered to host the sites that you and all of our members created.

In order to move your site, we need your permission. If you want your site moved over, please complete this simple form so that Lycos Tripod can contact you and move your site. On this form, you will be asked to provide iVillage with permission to send Lycos Tripod your iVillage user name and email address, as well as a new password that will be used to create your Lycos account. To use Lycos Tripod services, you will need to become a member of Lycos Tripod, and as such you should review its Privacy Policy: http://info.lycos.com/privacy/privacy.asp and Terms of Service: http://info.lycos.com/legal/legal.asp as they differ from those of iVillage. Your permission will not affect any other aspect of your iVillage membership. If you have multiple accounts using the same email address, your permission is only required once to move ALL of your iVillage Websites to Lycos Tripod. We anticipate that the migration will take place in the next two weeks. During the migration, your site may not be accessible. After completion, Lycos Tripod will contact you again to provide you with the new URL for your site. Please be aware that if you do not want your site to be moved or you do not fill out the form by February 28, 2005, your site will no longer be accessible.

We are sorry if this change causes any inconvenience to you. However, we believe that you will be pleased with the service Lycos provides.

We appreciate your understanding with this matter. Please feel free to contact MemberWebsites@mail.ivillage.com if you should have any questions.

Please share this with your communities. To get started on the migration process, all members have to do is fill out the password field, and check the box at the bottom of the form. Then iVillage can provide Lycos with their membername and email address, and Lycos will take it from there.

Lisa ~ Assistant Community Moderator

iVillage Health & Well-Being

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iVillage Member
Registered: 02-04-2005
Fri, 02-18-2005 - 11:05pm
I hope anyone with a website is reading this. I will move it to the announcement's section probably after monday.
Thought I would put it up here to be sure those who apply don't miss it.
K,
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iVillage Member
Registered: 10-06-2001
Sat, 02-19-2005 - 12:04am

I received an email from iVillage about this, but I'm bit confused. I clicked the link in the email, and it asked me to create a password, etc.

~Ginny~ <-- Click to send me email

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-15-2004
Sat, 02-19-2005 - 12:08am

Ginny, I don't know anything about what is going on with the member websites, I don't even have one. But if you are running windows XP you should be able to go to the items you said you don't ahve saved anywhere else and right click on them and save them to your computer. Then, if you need to re-create all the pics will be there.


I think.


LOL!


Hugs,


Sandra

Sandr

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-04-2005
Sat, 02-19-2005 - 12:43am
Ginny,
The way it sounds, they will just be moving the sites. They need your info in order to do so. It is a free account like before and I believe they said you can pay for upgrades.
Hope this makes you feel better.
If I were you though, just in case, maybe you could download your site to your hard drive and burn it to a cd?
Just a thought, 7 years is a long time.
And now I am curious and will visit your sites.
You did the right thing giving them the password.
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iVillage Member
Registered: 02-04-2005
Sat, 02-19-2005 - 12:45am
Thanks Sandra,
Very good info to know!
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iVillage Member
Registered: 10-06-2001
Sat, 02-19-2005 - 12:47am

Sandra,


Thanks for the suggestion, but there are at least 200 files that would have to be manually opened and saved. It

~Ginny~ <-- Click to send me email

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-06-2001
Sat, 02-19-2005 - 12:55am

How do you download a site to your hard drive? I don't have a CD burner.


One of my sites

~Ginny~ <-- Click to send me email

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-15-2004
Sat, 02-19-2005 - 10:26am

Ginny,


It was so nice to hear the Rainbow Connection song again - it brought back wonderful childhood feelings......


Sandra

Sandr

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-23-2005
Mon, 02-21-2005 - 3:40pm

Member Website Q&A
In order to activate my website, do I need to go to the Lycos site and join Lycos? No. Go to http://build.ivillage.com, then log in. When the announcement about member websites, pops up,