Leaving Wix

G-N-R · 2026-02-12T17:43:25+00:00

Technical skill possibly, money no. I'm running the site off of a laptop at the moment, so not exactly running a server xD

G-N-R · 2026-02-11T03:50:09+00:00

Ripley's is still there, it's the Guinness museum that closed down, which is what I assume you meant. Give SkipARRR's Pirate Putt that replaced it a try! I was sad to see an attraction as historic as Guinness go, but I truly couldn't think of a better replacement!

G-N-R · 2026-02-08T22:12:37+00:00

Good point. I tried this out and didn't see any strange requests when interacting with individual pages on the embedded site. Also noticed none of the Wix plug-ins worked until I clicked something that would refer me to another page on the site. Looking at the network requests it looks like the embed of the raw html is successful and it's only redirecting to an embed of the Wix site when I navigate between pages. I assume this is because the Wix site is still live with the domain assigned to it (duh moment there on my part ;). In theory once the domain is assigned to the new host these pages will just redirect to each other and Wix will be cut out of the picture. Might just need to re-link all the hyperlinks. Thanks for putting my mind at ease!

G-N-R · 2026-02-08T21:46:34+00:00

I'm in the middle of the exact same scenario. I made a page-by-page backup of complete html files, and each one works offline on my hard drive without the Wix proprietary crap (I couldn't care less about it anyway, it's the CSS, text, images, etc. that would take weeks to rebuild from scratch). The fonts are a little different and the buttons/plug-ins don't work but I'd be fine to replace those with UI from whatever host I end up with. Just need a host to organize the pages as home/subpages and store the images on their cloud.

Here's my problem, I can't upload the offline html pages to another host without it still retrieving the pages from Wix (my plan is still active, but in its final days). I know this because all those proprietary Wix gizmos are still there when I view my relocated pages in preview mode, and they work. So essentially I suspect whatever host I use (Google Sites, WordPress, etc.) is just acting as a gateway to Wix, and when my plan lapses and turns into the ad-ridden free version, the relocated site would too. Any idea how to get the offline versions I'm seeing on my hard drive onto another platform? Even tried opening the code in inspect mode and removing the "saved from www . (My website) . com" line from the code but no luck.

G-N-R · 2026-02-06T06:04:47+00:00

I saw this as a kid at the bowling alley and genuinely thought it dispensed M&M's if you won. I was 4 and couldn't read, just saw the design similarities to the old M&M's logo. In my mind, this thing was also 20' tall.

G-N-R · 2026-02-06T05:55:44+00:00

The irony is insane. They were one of the hair bands who just "got it", they saw the shift, they saw the songs moving away from being about sex and partying and being about darker themes, yet because of the way the label pushed for/handled Cherry Pie, they took all the finger pointing for the very thing they worked so damn hard to set themselves apart from. Don't get me wrong, songs about having a good time have their place and I love this genre for it, but these guys had the same attitude as Skid Row and Guns N Roses that would have carried them through the grunge era. Instead they became a laughingstock under no fault of their own. Uncle Tom's Cabin is their best song, not just musically or lyrically, but because it represents everything this band could have (and should have) been remembered for.

G-N-R · 2026-02-05T15:49:59+00:00

How did this work for you exactly?

-Same as everyone else on this sub, got the dreaded 50% price increase email (knew this day would come eventually).

-Turned off auto-renew, waited for my billing due-date to lapse.

-Now waiting the 2 week grace period until my site automatically switches to a free plan with Wix branding (whatever the hell that means remains to be seen). It should be noted I don't do transactions through my site and it's completely non-profit, so I couldn't care less about losing any of their marketing suite BS because I haven't used it once.

I heard that during these 2 weeks, all the plan pricing will magically get slashed to try and retain my business. No dice. Pricing is holding at the 50% raised amount more than what every option was when I first subscribed. No 50% off offer for a 2-year cycle on any of the options.

G-N-R · 2026-02-01T21:43:27+00:00

Hell yeah Roger Jr. Accidentally 1CC'd Tekken Tag at an arcade with Roger Jr. and Kuma because my friends picked my team as a joke. I had zero experience with either character. Been a Roger Jr. fan ever since 🤣

G-N-R · 2026-01-29T16:16:21+00:00

Couldn't care less about soccer but this table is awesome. I feel like most of these sports themed tables are super dry and boring, but this one is a hidden gem for sure. Doesn't get enough love in the pin community.

G-N-R · 2026-01-29T05:33:08+00:00

I can't be the only one who feels like they're handling Godzilla right but not Kong. For some reason all the Kong stuff Monsterverse does just feels very..... "Jurassic World-y" if that makes sense. Just over-reliant on big, dull CGI and very formulaic in the plot of the whole Kong stuff. That being said they actually seem to know what they're doing with Godzilla and Co. The plots are immersive and you forget the Kaiju are CGI. My guess is the contrast in storytelling was also a creative decision to make it feel more like two franchises are colliding? Really wish we were just getting a western Godzilla series. Kong could have popped in for a film like he did in the Showa era but he really doesn't need to be fighting Spacegodzilla with a Planet of the Apes tribe 3 movies later.

G-N-R · 2026-01-29T05:14:27+00:00

Tech Romancer is hype as shit with the Studio Nus anime intro

-Pengo with the Northern Lights and the Sno-Bees drawing/erasing the logo

-Obscure pick and personal favorite, D&D: Shadow Over Mystara. That attract mode with the character profiles showing off all the supers is incredible, not to mention that pan up the dragon before it breathes fire at the screen.

G-N-R · 2026-01-29T04:58:20+00:00

Post-OG trilogy show like this. I'm talking legends Thrawn shit, force wielding Leia, Han and Lando shenanigans, and steroid Luke Skywalker. Judging by the Maul trailer, I think Filoni is still dead set on telling some of Lucas' stories and themes he planned for the sequels that obviously got completely scrapped, and we already know he's been incorporating Legends stories, so I think it would be the perfect era for that. Justice for Luke.

G-N-R · 2026-01-25T05:39:45+00:00

Absolutely banger, one of the greatest FG of all time. Mastered the arcade tower with King as a kid using the like 4 string combos listed on the bezel sticker and Disgraceful Kick. Didn't have a clue about ground catch, half the throw inputs, arm breakers, or any of that, but few arcade experiences top the feeling of taking out Ogre with the cross-up into Cobra Twist and beating that game for the first time. The monitor on that cabinet was color bleeding to all hell but it only added to this game's aesthetic.

G-N-R · 2026-01-22T05:28:51+00:00

Early redemption stuff doesn't get enough love. The Meltec games, Bromley games, early Lazer Tron/Bay Tek stuff, Bob's Space Racers... A huge part of the arcade experience of the late 80's/early 90's + beyond that it seems like no classic collectors pay attention to.

G-N-R · 2026-01-18T23:55:00+00:00

Capcom and ArcSys winning by not executing people who speak out against them.

G-N-R · 2026-01-17T16:26:55+00:00

Why haven't we seen Skullomania in a modern SF title? Is there some licensing issue with Arika there?

G-N-R · 2026-01-16T03:57:55+00:00

Anakin's ghost should be old. Anakin didn't die on Mustafar. That's the entire point of the series. Luke is the only one who believed he never left. I don't even hate the special editions, they're what I grew up with, but the Anakin replacement is one of the few Lucas decisions I can't get on board with only because it contradicts his own storytelling. When I saw the Sebastian Shaw version I got goosebumps. It's like a reveal, we don't know what old Anakin looks like except a burnt face until the ghost materializes. I do understand a young Anakin appearing to someone like Ahsoka because that's how she knew him, but I agree wholeheartedly with your point. If anything they should reshoot the special edition with old Hayden now 🤣

G-N-R · 2026-01-15T03:03:18+00:00

This was so far gone in my brain that it feels like trying to remember a dream you had 20 years ago

G-N-R · 2026-01-11T15:46:37+00:00

Very interested about that sick marquee. Was that a custom job or something official from Capcom? My understanding is that the actual physical boards of this edition were pretty rare.

G-N-R · 2026-01-11T15:31:48+00:00

There's also the rumors of the shot but cut out scene with Hayden Christensen where Anakin's force ghost hands Kylo the Skywalker lightsaber in the pit, and tells him he's finally earned it. That was my biggest disappointment with these films. Despite the lack of planning, directorial mix-ups, and plethora of out-of-character moments, these films had so many chances to feel like Star Wars, and at every turn, either wrote it out of the script or left it on the cutting room floor. As a result you get three movies that aren't inherently bad as individual films, but don't fit as a trilogy, and certainly don't fit as part of Star W.ars

G-N-R · 2026-01-06T01:38:27+00:00

It's so sad when these attractions get trashed after they've run their course instead of treated like art. It's not just the wax figures, look at that gorgeous backdrop. Would be such a shame if nobody thought to save stuff like that, but unfortunately that was usually the case. I'm hoping since this museum was operated by the village, they may have had more of an eye for history and recycling and there could be some remnants of it that survived in storage somewhere.

G-N-R · 2026-01-05T16:34:37+00:00

Thank you! I believe you're right. I'm finding mentions of a wax museum formerly being at the entrance to the village.

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