Help Unblock DLO
by DLWebmaestro / 03/25/2019 03:24 PM

First of all, if you don't already have an account at OpenDNS, you'll need to create a free one at https://signup.opendns.com/homefree/. This is a great service for controlling internet access in your home, btw. Hit me up if you want a tutorial. Anyway...

After you've signed up, please go to https://domain.opendns.com/drumlines.org (you will have to be logged in to your OpenDNS account) and vote "Yes" for an appropriate tag of "Music" for Drumlines.org.

Why? Drumlines.org is listed on OpenDNS as being a parked domain. As such, any organization or home that uses OpenDNS and chooses to block parked domains will effectively be blocking Drumlines.org.

I know this is a somewhat involved process, but the sooner we can get enough votes the sooner we can ensure people don't get blocked from our community.

Thank you!

"I'm gettin' the band back together"
by DLWebmaestro / 03/21/2019 04:12 AM

I for sure and 100% positive that I had downloaded a backup of this Website's database back in the day for future restoration. I cannot, however, for the life of me find where it is. I have all kinds of data from as far back as 1997, but cannot locate the backup. As a consolation, the Internet Archive Wayback Machine at https://archive.org was at least available to allow me to replicate the structure of the forums.

I hope some of the old hats find their way back here after being offline for a little over 4 years. This past February marked 20 years since I launched Drumlines.org. I imagine by now some of the kids of the original members could be here. Maybe it's better the old posts don't exist after all.... ;-)

Everything is pretty vanilla now, feature-wise. I had heavily modified the Website, but those are all absent for the time being. I may be adding some of the old features back over time, and making other changes depending on the consensus and if/when this place becomes hoppin' again.

Cheers!