A number of years ago, the Codex of Greyhawk hosting was allowed to expire -- it wasn't being actively maintained anymore, as I had little time to devote to it, and my active participation in the GH online community waned with the introduction of Living Greyhawk.
Before taking it down, one of the co-hosts of the site told me he had arranged for the material to be archived at Canonfire. I've seen a couple of posts to that effect from abysslin and grodog, but I haven't ever seen the material appear.
I've also seen posts looking for this material. For those interested, the hosting company seems to have the site still floating around (years later)on an active server -- there is no URL, but rather an IP address of the server:
I thought this site was gone forever... I may need help in tracking down some of your old contributors so that I can get permission to utilise their work.
Before taking it down, one of the co-hosts of the site told me he had arranged for the material to be archived at Canonfire. I've seen a couple of posts to that effect from abysslin and grodog, but I haven't ever seen the material appear.
Yes, as I understand it, this is still a project that Gary does intend to tackle someday. No idea when, though.
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I've also seen posts looking for this material. For those interested, the hosting company seems to have the site still floating around (years later)on an active server -- there is no URL, but rather an IP address of the server:
Yes, as I understand it, this is still a project that Gary does intend to tackle someday. No idea when, though.
There's two main factors at play that have delayed getting this material live on CF, as far as I know from infrequent discussions about it with Gary.
1. To put it bluntly and right out in the open, money. CF is already bursting at the seams diskspace and bandwidth wise, and there's only so much of the burden we can rightfully ask Issak (of greyhawkonline.com) to share. CF needs a hosting upgrade before the nearly 600 megabytes of material from the Codex can be added, and that's, as I understand it, going to take some time to arrange.
2. As I understand it, and Gary or Kent can correct me if I'm mistaken, the material will probably not retain quite the same organizational structure it has on the Codex website, specifically the javascript based scrolling scroll menu. All the material will undergo reentry into a distinct category of pages on CF. This is an important benefit, and not just to make the pages look pretty like the rest of CF (though, IMO, there's absolutely nothing aesthetically wrong with the Codex site), it will also allow the Codex material to be fully integrated into CF's search engine, effectively combining the two sites into one giant searchable archive of material. The downside of this is that there is a ton of material on the Codex site, next to CF, it's the biggest GH website ever produced (yes, even counting WotC's!), and that means a lot of tedious copy/paste and html tweaking for some hapless CF admin(s).
Fear not though, the material hasn't been forgotten, and will be integrated eventually, allowing that Kent and his colleagues still wish that to happen. I'm glad to see the original resurface for the time being though, it's an excellent resource every GH fan should be able to peruse. _________________ What would Raxivort do?<br />
This site was so awesome! I am glad for the chance to revisit it. Many great ideas came from perusing this site. If you haven't checked this site out, take the time and do so as soon as you can get a chance.
that means a lot of tedious copy/paste and html tweaking for some hapless CF admin(s).
Which is TONS of work. I remember the first few cracks at copying the GreyChronodex over. Ick! _________________ Kneel before me, or you shall be KNELT!
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