We had some members
ask some very good questions, we have answered these questions and have
added a few to it. Read these over before you decide if you want to have
a ValkyrieRiders.com URL, Thanks
We have
been having so many problems with FTP that we are no longer offering
webpages to those who use FTP for editing, Sorry
Frequently
Asked Questions
Q:
Why are you doing this?
A: One
reason is it is just another great way to show our support for all the
great things our chapters and members do for the VRCC. It will also
give our members an easy URL to tell their friends to go to. Instead
of saying "go to
http://www.myfreewebsite/member/club/vrcc/wi"
you can tell them "go to
ValkyrieRiders.com/wi"
and it will take them right there.
Q:
Do we lose any autonomy to create the state web site or personal web
site the way we want? Many have similarities to the design of F6Rider.com
or ValkyrieRiders.com but some are structured and organized
differently.
A: You
are free to design your site any way you want to. We will give you
pointers on how to do it if you have never built a web page before,
but it is still your web page. All we ask is that you keep the content
clean and that you hold true to the VRCC
Mission Statement. We also ask that you have a banner to the VRCC
Parts Store and the F6Rider Store, this is how we pay for this.
Q:
What do I do with the domain name that I paid for? Now that we
have traffic at myfreewebsite.com, we would hate to loose that
identity. Is there a way to re-direct our URL to your web
server(s) so that we can continue to direct traffic to our site, but
still have you host it?
A: It
looks like all we can do at this time is have you put a link back to
your new URL from your old site. It may be best to just leave your
site the way it is if you don't have a funky URL now. This is setup
more for the folks that want to get off of a free site that has
nothing to do with motorcycles and have those irritating popup
banners. If you are on one of those sites, the best thing to do is
clear the page and point them back to ValkyrieRiders.com/your-name-here.
Q:
Is it your desire to take advantage of our state chapter sites to pump
up page view counts for your national site? Generally speaking, a
site gains market value the more traffic it consolidates and controls.
A: Of
course our page views will go up by doing this, but we now receive
over 4 million hits a month now on F6Rider and ValkyrieRiders. Most of
the chapter pages I have looked at have less than a 1000 hits since
they have been up. By placing your page on our server you will have
the power of the good placement in all of the major search engines. We
come up top 10 in most all of them. Your site will be easy to find
because of this.
Q:
Okay, so what do I
need to get my web page going?
A: What I need from
you is a name that you want at the end of ValkyrieRiders.com/????
Make it easy for folks to remember. If this is a chapter site it will
have the state abbreviation at the end. Then I need a
"User
Name" and "Password",
this is how you login and edit your site.
Q:
How do I edit my site?
A:
MS Front Page is
what we use to build our sites, and that's what we know.
If you using anything
else, your on your own.
This is on an NT server so you will be able to use MS extensions.
We have been
having so many problems with FTP that we are no longer offering
webpages to those who use FTP for editing, Sorry
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