Tantek Çelik<p>⚠️ .io domain<a href="https://tantek.com/2024/285/t1/io-domain-suggested-steps#t5ZT1_note-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">¹</a> likely being phased-out<a href="https://tantek.com/2024/285/t1/io-domain-suggested-steps#t5ZT1_note-2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">²</a> — seven suggested steps<br><br>Good article in The Verge summarizing recent .io related events, see that for more context if this is news to you:<br>* <a class="" href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/8/24265441/uk-treaty-end-io-domain-chagos-islands" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/8/24265441/uk-treaty-end-io-domain-chagos-islands</a><br><br>It looks likely .io (and .io domains) will go away in the next few years (as .cs and .yu did<a href="https://tantek.com/2024/285/t1/io-domain-suggested-steps#t5ZT1_note-3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">³</a>), so here are my suggested steps to take depending on your usage of .io domains:<br><br>1. Avoid buying new .io domains (or making plans with existing ones; sell if you can)<br>2. If you currently run a .io service<a href="https://tantek.com/2024/285/t1/io-domain-suggested-steps#t5ZT1_note-4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁴</a> (for a company or community), make and publicize a transition plan (like a new domain, redirection, orderly shutdown plan for redirects)<br>3. If you have a personal site on a .io domain<a href="https://tantek.com/2024/285/t1/io-domain-suggested-steps#t5ZT1_note-5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁵</a> or subdomain, make your own transition plan, and perhaps post about how others should link to your posts<br>4. If you are using someone else’s .io domain to publish (like <a class="" href="https://indieweb.social/tags/GitHubPages" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span class="p-category">GitHubPages</span></a><a href="https://tantek.com/2024/285/t1/io-domain-suggested-steps#t5ZT1_note-6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁶</a>), make a transition plan to publish elsewhere and leave a forwarding note and link behind<br>5. If you use a .io domain as your Web sign-in login on any sites, switch them to another non-io personal domain<br>6. Similarly if your site accepts <a class="" href="https://indieweb.social/tags/WebSignIn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span class="p-category">WebSignIn</span></a> logins (via <a class="" href="https://indieweb.social/tags/IndieAuth" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span class="p-category">IndieAuth</span></a>, <a class="" href="https://indieweb.social/tags/RelMeAuth" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span class="p-category">RelMeAuth</span></a>, or even <a class="" href="https://indieweb.social/tags/OpenID" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span class="p-category">OpenID</span></a>), consider discouraging any new sign-ups from .io domains, and warning any existing users with .io domains to switch per # 5<br>7. If you have posts (or a whole <a class="" href="https://indieweb.social/tags/indieweb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span class="p-category">indieweb</span></a> site) with links to .io sites or pages (like those in 2-4 above), make a plan for editing those links to point to an alternative or an archival copy (like on the Internet Archive) <br><br>And of course, post about your <a class="" href="https://indieweb.social/tags/dotIO" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span class="p-category">dotIO</span></a> plans.<br><br>Glossary<br><br>Domain<br> <a class="" href="https://indieweb.org/domain" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://indieweb.org/domain</a><br>IndieAuth<br> <a class="" href="https://indieweb.org/IndieAuth" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://indieweb.org/IndieAuth</a><br>Internet Archive<br> <a class="" href="https://web.archive.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/</a><br>OpenID<br> <a class="" href="https://indieweb.org/OpenID" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://indieweb.org/OpenID</a><br>Redirect <br> <a class="" href="https://indieweb.org/redirect" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://indieweb.org/redirect</a><br>RelMeAuth<br> <a class="" href="https://indieweb.org/RelMeAuth" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://indieweb.org/RelMeAuth</a><br>Web sign-in<br> <a class="" href="https://indieweb.org/Web_sign-in" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://indieweb.org/Web_sign-in</a><br><br><br>References: <br><br><a href="https://tantek.com/2024/285/t1/io-domain-suggested-steps#t5ZT1_ref-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">¹</a> <a class="" href="https://indieweb.org/.io" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://indieweb.org/.io</a><br><a href="https://tantek.com/2024/285/t1/io-domain-suggested-steps#t5ZT1_ref-2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">²</a> <a class="" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io#Phasing_Out" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io#Phasing_Out</a><br><a href="https://tantek.com/2024/285/t1/io-domain-suggested-steps#t5ZT1_ref-3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">³</a> <a class="" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.cs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.cs</a><br><a href="https://tantek.com/2024/285/t1/io-domain-suggested-steps#t5ZT1_ref-4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁴</a> E.g. <a class="" href="https://indieweb.org/webmention.io" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://indieweb.org/webmention.io</a> or <a class="" href="https://indieweb.org/granary.io" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://indieweb.org/granary.io</a><br><a href="https://tantek.com/2024/285/t1/io-domain-suggested-steps#t5ZT1_ref-5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁵</a> E.g. <a class="" href="https://indieweb.org/werd.io" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://indieweb.org/werd.io</a><br><a href="https://tantek.com/2024/285/t1/io-domain-suggested-steps#t5ZT1_ref-6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁶</a> <a class="" href="https://indieweb.org/github.io" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://indieweb.org/github.io</a> <br><br><br>This is post 25 of <a class="" href="https://indieweb.social/tags/100PostsOfIndieWeb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span class="p-category">100PostsOfIndieWeb</span></a>. <a class="" href="https://indieweb.social/tags/100Posts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span class="p-category">100Posts</span></a><br><br>← <a class="" href="https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tantek.com/2024/283/t1/metaphors-constructive-cooperative-joyful</a><br>→ 🔮</p>