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From the Our Locality Blog
- Free Webspace and Free Support (since 2010)
Since 2010 we have provided free webspace and free support for all kinds of locally based projects. From 2018 we introduced paid plans. Free support continued on the forum. As of 4 April 2023 we are withdrawing the forum entirely, as no one has asked a question for 18 months. OurLocality remains open to anyone,… - New Year’s Resolution: Delete everything and start again
So, you’ve created your new site OR you want to start over but from a clean slate … Here’s how: Delete pages and posts selectively If you have spun up a new website as a test and want to remove the placeholder content, this is what to do:- Do not delete the content on an… - What have we done in ourlocality?
Over the last 16 months – if memory serves me well: 2022 Achievements 1000s of updates Every day quietly someone is updating their website, perhaps adding the minutes of boring meetings that they have diligently compiled and that until now you thought no one ever read – well you are wrong, it seems they do!…