Month: June 2024

Migrating your website to a .barcelona domain: Everything you need to bear in mind

Posted on by Lluis Ouro

If you’ve recently registered a .barcelona domain and you already had a website, now it’s time to migrate your website to the new domain. We know this can be a complex task and that it needs to be planned properly. While we advise you to do this with the help of a programming professional, here we explain what you need to bear in mind when it comes to the migration.

1. Planning the migration and assessing the current site

Before you start the migration, you need to plan the change properly and review the state of the current website. This is a good time to produce an inventory of the content and decide what we want to keep and what’s now obsolete.

One way of knowing what content generates the most interest is to analyse the traffic that your site gets, this way you can see which pages get the most visits and the resources used the most by your visitors.

2. Preparing the new domain

If you haven’t done so already, before the migration you need to register the .barcelona domain: Make sure the new domain is registered and configured correctly. To do this, check the list of accredited registration companies that appear on our website. Here you’ll find the services they offer, as well as their set-up and renewal charges.

Once you have the domain registered, you need to configure the new hosting: If you’re changing your hosting service provider, make sure the new server is ready for your website. If you’re unsure, contact your new provider for help.

3. Transferring content

This is one of the key points in the migration. We recommend that from this point on you proceed with the help of somebody with programming knowledge.

You’ll need to make a complete back-up copy of your current site, including all the files in the database. Once you’ve made a copy of the files, the transfer to the new server associated with the .barcelona domain can be carried out.

Besides the files, you also need to migrate the database from your current website and import it to the new server.

4. DNS configuration

DNS configuration is crucial for your new .barcelona domain to lead to your website correctly. You need to access the control panel of your domain and update the A and CNAM registers with the IP address of your server. These changes can take up to 48 hours to be applied across the whole of the internet. Finally, you need to check that your website loads correctly and that all the links work.

5. Redirections and SEO

To maintain site traffic and SEO when you carry out the migration to the .barcelona domain, you need to configure 301 redirections from the former domain to the new one and ensure that visitors and search engines are directed correctly. You will also need to update all external links, as well as sitemap.xml and robots.txt files to reflect the new URLs. The permanent redirections will help preserve the position of the website and the authority of your website.

6. Verification and testing

After migrating to the .barcelona domain, check that all the pages load correctly and there are no 404 errors. Check all the forms and links work as they should. You can add the new domain to the Google Search Console to monitor its performance and ensure that Google Analytics is configured to monitor the traffic to the site. Keep checking the website to detect and solve any issues.

7. Communication with users

After migrating to the .barcelona domain, inform your users and customers of the change through communications and updates on social media. Make sure that all platforms and marketing materials reflect the new domain. Establish a support channel to help users with any problems they might have. Monitor your site to identify and quickly solve any issues that appear after the migration.

Finally, we recommend you carry out the migration at a time when your website has little traffic, so if something isn’t working you can always recover the website with the back-up copy you made at the start. We hope this step-by-step process will help guide you with migrating your website to the .barcelona domain.

Il·lustració amb dos ordinadors que intercanvien dades.

We meet the registration company cdmon to promote the .barcelona domain

Posted on by Lluis Ouro

We recently had the chance to meet part of the team from cdmon. We spoke to David Blanch, Digital Director, and to Marina Moreno, Marketing Specialist and Content Writer with the registration company.

cdmon is one of the official registration companies for the .barcelona domain. As you know, all domains must be registered through a registration company accredited by the ICANN, and domains cannot be acquired directly.

During the meeting we addressed various topics to help promote the .barcelona domain in this new stage. cdmon showed great interest in exploring new forms of collaboration that can help boost the presence of .barcelona domains in the digital market. Their experience and knowledge of the market and its needs make them an essential partner for the future of the domain.

We hope soon to be able to outline some of the initiatives we are working on with cdmon for the .barcelona domain. The aim of all of them is to offer the best possible service and promote the values and advantages of the .barcelona domain in the digital sphere.

Representants de cdmon i de Punt Barcelona posen en una foto de grup.

Barcelona’s summer festival is called festivalgrec.barcelona

Posted on by Lluis Ouro

One of Barcelona’s classic summer events is back. The Grec festival goes into its 48th edition with a return to its origins. This year’s programme is an inner journey, in search of the essence of this performing arts event and looking back at the history of the theatre. Most of all, the event seeks to celebrate artistic friendships and the alliances formed over the last eight years.

The programme includes big names from the international scene, essential figures in theatre, dance and circus arts: Lola Arias, Angélica Liddell, Christiane Jatahy, Jan Lauwers, Krzysztof Warlikowski, William Forsythe, Johan le Guilhem and Hofesh Schechter will be bringing their projects to the Teatre Lliure, the Mercat de les Flors and the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya.

Artists and companies with strong ties to the Grec also play a prominent part in this year’s programme. Silvia Pérez Cruz will be opening this edition with the project Circular, based on her latest disc, Toda la vida, un dia, offering three days of performances surrounded by artist friends. Other names at this year’s Grec include Antònia Font, Pau Vallvé and Kae Tempest.

The festival extends to more than fifty venues in Barcelona from 26 June to 4 August, with 81 shows and over 51 parallel activities. You’ll find full information and ticket purchasing on the website: festivalgrec.barcelona.

Una foguera crema al mig de l'escenari del Teatre Grec de Barcelona. L'acompanya la llegenda "Grec. Festival de Barcelona. Estiu 2024."

Imatges.barcelona surpasses 17,000 free photos

Posted on by Lluis Ouro

Can you imagine a website where you can download over 17,000 free photos of Barcelona? It exists, and it’s called imatges.barcelona, a repository created at the end of 2020 and allowing users to dip into a huge archive of photos of the city in different resolutions.

You will also find them organised into themed galleries, such as those for Sant Jordi 2024 and the Pla Endreça. In addition, the site offers a selection of the best photos every month in the current gallery. If you’d like to know where they are from, you can activate the map to automatically geolocate them.

Once you select the images you want, bear in mind that they are subject to a Creative Commons licence, which allows them to be published freely, but they must be duly accredited and not used for commercial purposes or any works that result from them.

We recommend you spend some time browsing the archive and discovering everything that imatges.barcelona has to offer. Remember it just keeps growing too! When you come back you’ll always find new photos of the city.

Públic contemplant les obres de la pintora Suzanne Valadon a l'exposició del MNAC.