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August 13[edit]

Unable to open a website[edit]

My colleague along with me run the Sherlock Holmes of India Website. I am unable to access it as it repeatedly says "www.sherlockholmessociety.in’s server IP address could not be found". I am not technically proficient. Can esteemed members suggest what should be done to get the site up and running?Sumalsn (talk) 07:52, 13 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The domain name www.sherlockholmessociety.in is registered at www.godaddy.com with Domain ID: D7108653-IN. You need the service of an ISP (Internet service provider - see article) to host your website. Free ISPs exist but cannot be relied on. DroneB (talk) 09:58, 13 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your assistance. I am deeply obliged. Can you please tell me how I can recover that website now? Sumalsn (talk) 07:39, 14 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that you do not understand the difference between a website and a domain name. The domain name "sherlockholmessociety.in" is a convenience service. It maps the words to a computer name, which is a number. Right now, as I type this, sherlockholessociety.in is being managed by INRegistry, but the service has lapsed. It is a yearly service to map the domain name to the computer's number. If you don't pay, the service is canceled and anyone in the world can take over use of the domain name. But, none of that has anything to do with the website. The website is a collection of files sitting on a server somewhere. The problem is that we have no means of identifying what the computer's number was. So, we can't go directly to the computer. At some point, someone created the website. That person SHOULD have kept a backup copy of the website. But, in the real world, nobody makes backups. So, you are left with two needs: First, register the domain name again and make sure you keep paying for it. Then, recreate the website. If you get the original person to remake it, tell him or her to make a backup. 135.84.167.41 (talk) 12:03, 14 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

According to the last surviving copy of the website in archive dot com, the site looks like it's hosted by Blogger.

If you still have access to the Blogger account and you still own the domain, it may be a simple matter of making sure the domain is configured properly.

here is one of many guides on pointing your domain at a Blogger blog.

Hope this helps. ApLundell (talk) 17:20, 14 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]