Can we use a Opendataday.org subdomain

Hegazy

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Jan 19, 2016, 9:26:07 AM1/19/16

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Dear Open Data Day group,

I hope you are doing well.

I am writing on behalf of the organising committee of Open Data Day Cairo 2016. For 2016, we are planning a big event in Egypt with many stakeholders.

I wanted to ask about the possibility of using an Opendataday.org subdomain, for example Cairo.Opendataday.org
Is that possible?

I look forward to hearing from you.

Cheers,
M. Hegazy

David Eaves

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Jan 19, 2016, 9:37:12 AM1/19/16

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Hi Believe you can, I think Eric Mill did some work around this. Ccing him, Eric, sorry if I’m remembering incorrectly.

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Eric Mill

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Jan 19, 2016, 11:13:52 AM1/19/16

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Yes, this is possible, though it needs someone in control of the opendataday.org DNS to set a CNAME record to the hostname of your choice.

In our case, we gave the opendataday.org team an intermediate hostname that someone on the DC organizing team controls ("opendata.konklone.com") and then we set a CNAME for *that* record to point to our actual hosting service (currently GitHub Pages).

By using an intermediate hostname we control, we can change hosts without having to go back to the opendataday.org team each time, by changing what the intermediate points to ourselves. We have changed hosts once already, it used to be Amazon.

I believe OKFN staff control the opendataday.org domain, so you would need to petition Rufus or someone else there, I think.

-- Eric

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Mor Rubinstein

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Jan 20, 2016, 6:43:34 AM1/20/16

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I raised this issue with the tech team at OK. I am waiting for their reply.

Mor Rubinstein

Community Coordinator

Open Knowledge International

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Hegazy

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Jan 20, 2016, 6:46:29 AM1/20/16

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Hi Mor, Eric & David,

You guys are awesome for the quick/coordinated reply and an amazing reminder of why I like being part of the Open Movement.

I asked for an introduction to OK’s Egypt ambassador to run it through him.

Rock on!

Hegazy

Mor Rubinstein

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Jan 20, 2016, 6:59:06 AM1/20/16

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Oh, Tarek, our ambassador for Egypt is awesome as well! :-)

Will keep you both posted.

Hegazy

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Jan 20, 2016, 7:13:41 AM1/20/16

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Hi Tarek,

we had conversed earlier last summer about opening up some CAPMAS data.

This year I am planning a biggish event for Open Data Day here in Cairo. I’d love to tell you more about it.

Cheers,

M. Hegazy

Mor Rubinstein

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Jan 20, 2016, 9:41:41 AM1/20/16

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OK, Open Knowledge will take it from here if still needed.

Thank Eric and David!

Adolfo Antón Bravo

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Feb 2, 2016, 3:55:09 PM2/2/16

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Hi Mor and OK tech staff

I would like to ask for a subdomain for madrid if possible. The current website is http://hackaton.okfn.es

Looking forward to hearing from you, thanks in advance!

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