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Maybe add a banner to point to the web archive of the previous site? Life moves on and domains are ultimately rented much like our time here. Having a new busin

• fprct 5y ago
  Yes, some way of remembrance somewhere came to my mind. But ultimately it felt somewhat intrusive to me and not particularly fitting the new character of the site.
  • pacifika 5y ago
    Another option migth be to explain the history of the domain as part of the About page, if that suits better?
    • notRobot 5y ago
      This is what I would do!
    • fprct 5y ago
      Yes, like some small annotation at the bottom. That's the maximum I could imagine.
• mcv 5y ago
  Pointing to the original content on web.archive.org is a really nice idea. That keeps the original content accessible and gives people the opportunity to remember the deceased person.
• gdcbe 5y ago
  Personally I would add the mention as a comment section in the HTML Source. It gives attribute without it really impacting your site's content. The same way as I treat credits where credits are due but aren't really directly related to the product built.
• richliss 5y ago
  This could be a win-win. Take the time to take snapshots in whatever appropriate method to archive his site, spawn a new static site under the name of "rememberingjoebloggs.whatever" and add a banner to your own site at his old domain at the top saying that you are honouring his life by keeping the site alive at a different address. Then go and post on Hacker News what you've done and then contact some journalists who want feel good filler content. Just make sure the person wasn't on a sex offenders register or anything else that would be brand damaging by association.