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It looks like we just lost a toughbook site

Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 12:30 pm
by ADOR
http://toughbook.wikispaces.com is now down, the links now have a message. Going to where that message directs they are cutting out all the free wiki's unless its used for education. If it's not considered educational, it's pay for only.

Re: It looks like we just lost a toughbook site

Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 12:40 pm
by WittgensteinSergeant
ADOR wrote:http://toughbook.wikispaces.com is now down, the links now have a message. Going to where that message directs they are cutting out all the free wiki's unless its used for education. If it's not considered educational, it's pay for only.
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Re: It looks like we just lost a toughbook site

Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 12:50 pm
by ADOR
Crap, Looks like I need to pay better attention at work, lol.

I do see part of the site can still be seen at the web archives, but some of the links like PDF's can't though.

Re: It looks like we just lost a toughbook site

Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 1:41 pm
by Rob
We need to figure out how to take over this site..... Then it'll NEVER expire... :)

Thanks!

Re: It looks like we just lost a toughbook site

Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 2:14 pm
by toughasnails
It looks to me we have one option here...pay the $50.00 per year. Does anyone know who started this site ? If he does not want to pay the $50 then I will pay the yearly fee.

Wikispaces is no longer offering free non-education wikis

By Adam | Published: September 16, 2014


Today we are announcing that Wikispaces is no longer offering a free option for non-education wikis.

We are even more committed than ever to offering our free services for anyone in education, and we are building more and more great free functionality for teachers and others in education every day, but for anyone outside of education, Wikispaces is no longer offering a free option.

Existing wikis on Wikispaces that are not categorized as being used in education, have started displaying a banner that shows three options:


1.If the wiki is being used in Pre-K, K-12, or Higher Education, you can choose the option to categorize your wiki as an education wiki. Once we verify that your wiki is being used in education, it will remain active and will be free going forward.

2.If the wiki is not being used in education and you want to keep it, you may choose to upgrade your wiki to our Plus plan ($50 per year, or $5 per month) or our Super plan ($200 per year, or $20 per month). If you have several wikis you want to upgrade you may want to consider our Private Label service which gives you unlimited wikis with more integration and administrative options starting at $1,000 per year for 100 users.

3.If you no longer wish to keep your wiki active, you may allow your wiki to expire and it will be deleted. If you would like to export the contents of your wiki you can download the contents of your wiki in wikitext, HTML, or PDF format.

Re: It looks like we just lost a toughbook site

Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 2:37 pm
by Rob
We need to find out.

Between all of us here we can EASILY pay $50/year.... Hell, I'd be willing to drive for 5 years!

HOWEVER, if we do this we NEED to be in control of the site!!!

Re: It looks like we just lost a toughbook site

Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 2:45 pm
by Shawn
try here to start....help@wikispaces.com

or here

Contact us.
Call us: 415-863-8919

Re: It looks like we just lost a toughbook site

Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 12:19 am
by canuckcam
Why not just take the info and post it on toughwiki.com?

Re: It looks like we just lost a toughbook site

Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 12:48 am
by toughasnails
canuckcam wrote:Why not just take the info and post it on toughwiki.com?
No info to post...it's all gone at the moment until the wiki's subscription is renewed.

Re: It looks like we just lost a toughbook site

Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 1:15 am
by toughasnails
I just sent them a email to find out if I can take it over and pay the $50.00 per year. We will see what happens.