Know Your Xixax: Donation begging and site news

Started by Xixax, December 02, 2006, 08:52:14 PM

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72teeth

thanks for all your hard work JB  :bravo:

may the props i give you be saved
Doctor, Always Do the Right Thing.

Yowza Yowza Yowza

Jeremy Blackman

Thanks. Maybe the universe will make an exception. :yabbse-grin:

Jeremy Blackman

New posts will now be saved, but we're not quite done.

The long version:

We're hung on the last step, waiting for approval from the previous registrar. It's a formality, but it looks like they're doing it manually. It could be 1 day, or it could be 7 days.

I will make a backup right before I finalize the transfer (saving everything posted until that moment), and that's when I'll announce the ACTUAL period of lost posts, which should only last a couple hours at the most. I will make frequent backups until then, just in case something goes haywire.

72teeth

Doctor, Always Do the Right Thing.

Yowza Yowza Yowza

Jeremy Blackman

I'm planning to switch the servers tonight.

Like before, I'll post a "lost posts" warning before I download the site. It will be 8 PM central or later.

Jeremy Blackman

Starting now, new posts will not be saved!

Hopefully this won't take too long.

Jeremy Blackman

This could take a while.

It's working, but the upload is very slow.

Jeremy Blackman

Well kids, looks like it's delayed again. We have a few things to figure out. But posts WILL be saved now.

Commence posting!

Jeremy Blackman

I'm fairly sure I've figured everything out. I now have a cloned version of Xixax running on a different domain, as a test, and it appears to be working.

I will start the process for real within a couple hours. I will put the forum in Maintenance Mode, so you won't be able to post. All posts until then will be saved, so feel free to keep posting until the forum gets locked down.

If things go according to plan, it should be finished tonight.

However, in some cases a nameserver switch can take up to 48 hours. But sometimes it's instant. So it could be the luck of the draw.

polkablues

All my fingers are crossed with all my other fingers.
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Reel

The internet was boring me to tears these past few hours without xixax. Glad we're back, thanks JB. So what's different?


Jeremy Blackman

test

(Okay, not really a test. I just needed the first post on the next page.)

Jeremy Blackman

What's different

- We used to be hosted by Dreamhost, and registered with Directnic. I switched us over entirely to Go Daddy.
- In short: it's better and cheaper.
- We now have unlimited bandwidth.
- Improved security.
- The search function works.
- We have more storage space than we'll ever need.
- The site definitely seems faster to me. (Anyone else?)


A call to action

- Please post here if you find any problems.
- Use the search function! I'd like to see how it holds up.
- Donate if you'd like.

polkablues

Search seems to be working great. When I have a moment, I'll kill the ugly Google bar at the top of the page.
My house, my rules, my coffee