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Katie: /* Email sign-up and Inferno */

2026-04-22T18:20:56Z

‎Email sign-up and Inferno

Katie: /* Email sign-up and Inferno */

2026-04-22T18:20:33Z

‎Email sign-up and Inferno

Katie at 18:20, 22 April 2026

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Katie: /* boardsofcanada.com */ Further detail

2026-04-22T18:10:35Z

‎boardsofcanada.com: Further detail

Katie: Added details

2026-04-22T17:48:57Z

Added details

Fredd-E at 11:52, 17 July 2025

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Fredd-E at 14:13, 11 September 2021

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67.195.37.90: Text replace - 'name1' to 'name'

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 === Email sign-up and ''Inferno'' ===
-On April 16, 2026, for the first time in a decade, the BOC site was updated to a non-redirect. It had a form to enter an email. This was updated on April 22 to announce the release of ''[[Inferno|LP5]]'', with links to pre-order, pre-save, and another form for an email, hinting at "first access".
+On April 16, 2026, for the first time in a decade, the BOC site was updated to a non-redirect. It had a form to enter an email. This was updated on April 22 to announce the release of ''[[LP5|Inferno]]'', with links to pre-order, pre-save, and another form for an email, hinting at "first access".
 == hexagonsun.com ==

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 === Email sign-up and ''Inferno'' ===
-On April 16, 2026, for the first time in a decade, the BOC site was updated to a non-redirect. It had a form to enter an email. This was updated on April 22 to announce the release of ''[[Inferno]]'', with links to pre-order, pre-save, and another form for an email, hinting at "first access".
+On April 16, 2026, for the first time in a decade, the BOC site was updated to a non-redirect. It had a form to enter an email. This was updated on April 22 to announce the release of ''[[Inferno|LP5]]'', with links to pre-order, pre-save, and another form for an email, hinting at "first access".
 == hexagonsun.com ==

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 == hexagonsun.com ==
-The domain name <tt>hexagonsun.com</tt> was registered on September 9, 1999.
+The domain name <tt>hexagonsun.com</tt> was registered on September 9, 1999. The earliest archive dates to February 24, 2001. It had a simple white background with images linking to pages titled "index", "pictures", "clips", "records", "sounds", "misc", "links", "contact", and "credits". This is where the first mentions of [[Discography#Rare.2FEarly_Releases|BOC's lost releases]] likely come from.
 [[Category: Stubs]]
 [[Category: Websites]]
 [[Category: Website]]

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 === Redesign for TCH ===
-The ''Geogaddi'' site design stuck around in some form until August 2005, when the main page of the site was changed to promote the release of ''[[The Campfire Headphase]]''. It was a simple design, featuring the album cover and text reading "released 17 october 2005". This was further changed in 2006, where sections for "News", "Discography", "Pictures", and "Contact" were added.
+The ''Geogaddi'' site design stuck around in some form until August 2005, when the main page of the site was changed to promote the release of ''[[The Campfire Headphase]]''. It was a simple design featuring the album cover and the text "released 17 october 2005". This was further changed in 2006, when sections for "News", "Discography", "Pictures", and "Contact" were added.
 == hexagonsun.com ==

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-Boards of Canada has had an online presence for most of their career.  These websites provide an interesting glimpse into the non-musical artist output of both the band and the Hexagon Sun collective.
+Boards of Canada have had an online presence for most of their career.  These websites provide an interesting glimpse into the non-musical artist output of both the band and the Hexagon Sun collective.
 == EHX ==
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 The relaunched site was greatly expanded from the original EHX page, with multiple pages including an illustrated discography and audio clips.
-The band finally left EHX in March 2000 when the page moved to the boardsofcanada.com domain name.
+The band left EHX in March 2000 when the page moved to the boardsofcanada.com domain name.
 == boardsofcanada.com ==
-According to [[wikipedia:whois|whois]] records, the domain name boardsofcanada.com was first registered on September 9, 1999.  The [http://web.archive.org/web/20000818075233/http://www.boardsofcanada.com/ earliest known archived copy], dated August 2000, was largely identical to the previous EHX sub-site.  The front page changed from time to time but the main structure of the website remained the same.
+According to [[wikipedia:whois|whois]] records, the domain name boardsofcanada.com was first registered on September 9, 1999.  The [http://web.archive.org/web/20000818075233/http://www.boardsofcanada.com/ earliest known archived copy], dated August 18, 2000, was largely identical to the previous EHX sub-site.  The front page changed from time to time, but the main structure of the website remained the same.
-By July 2001, <!-- idm-l post Jul 2 2001 --> the web page suddenly "went dark"; the previous multi-page site was replaced with a single front page with an image of the band, contact information and background music. [http://web.archive.org/web/20010818015723/http://www.boardsofcanada.com/index.html]
+By July 2001, <!-- idm-l post Jul 2 2001 --> the web page suddenly "went dark"; the previous multi-page site was replaced with a single front page with an image of the band, contact information, and background music. [http://web.archive.org/web/20010818015723/http://www.boardsofcanada.com/index.html]
 === Shockwave animations ===
-The site was remodeled for the release of ''[[Geogaddi]]'' by [http://web.archive.org/web/20020324083805/http://boardsofcanada.com/ March 2002].  The new site featured a series of [[wikipedia:Macromedia Shockwave|Macromedia Shockwave]] animations accompanies with music, including songs from the upcoming album.
+The site was remodeled for the release of ''[[Geogaddi]]'' by [http://web.archive.org/web/20020324083805/http://boardsofcanada.com/ March 2002].  The new site featured a series of [[wikipedia:Macromedia Shockwave|Macromedia Shockwave]] animations accompanied by music, including songs from the upcoming album. The site was designed by designer James Tindall.  A [http://www.atomless.com/projects/boc/site/ copy of the site] was hosted at his page, [http://www.atomless.com/ Atomless], along with [http://www.atomless.com/projects/boc/info/ his comments about the site].  The site was awarded a [[wikipedia:Prix Ars Electronica|Prix Ars Electronica]] award for Net Excellence in 2003. [http://www.aec.at/en/global/press_detail.asp?iPressID=18]
-The site was designed by designer James Tindall.  A [http://www.atomless.com/projects/boc/site/ copy of the site] is hosted at his page, [http://www.atomless.com/ Atomless], along with [http://www.atomless.com/projects/boc/info/ his comments about the site].  The site was awarded a [[wikipedia:Prix Ars Electronica|Prix Ars Electronica]] award for Net Excellence in 2003. [http://www.aec.at/en/global/press_detail.asp?iPressID=18]
+=== Redesign for TCH ===
 == hexagonsun.com ==

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	== EHX ==		== EHX ==