Greg Amy
01-20-2014, 07:04 PM
The process is beginning on moving to a new forum software.
The forum database is currently being backed up as a safety net, in case things go pear-shaped; worst case, we end up where we are right now (would really hate to lose today's posts...)
Once that's complete then Mr Webmaster is building a test forum in an alternate location, restoring today's DB to that test area, and testing the upgrade process from old to new.
Once testing is satisfactory, he'll install the new software over the existing live database.
Configuration and customization of new site.
This forum may experience an occasional outage during that process; don't panic. It's all planned. First outage may be tonight, periodically from 8P-11P EST. You may also experience shorter outages from (9P-10P any night this week.
If you are aware of any spam that's still out there, let a moderator know so we can delete it; we want to avoid bringing that crap over. I'll work on filtering out a spammer user list for Mr Webmaster to look into deleting.
There's no rush, it'll all get tested prior. We'll let you know before the Big Bang...
GA
The forum database is currently being backed up as a safety net, in case things go pear-shaped; worst case, we end up where we are right now (would really hate to lose today's posts...)
Once that's complete then Mr Webmaster is building a test forum in an alternate location, restoring today's DB to that test area, and testing the upgrade process from old to new.
Once testing is satisfactory, he'll install the new software over the existing live database.
Configuration and customization of new site.
This forum may experience an occasional outage during that process; don't panic. It's all planned. First outage may be tonight, periodically from 8P-11P EST. You may also experience shorter outages from (9P-10P any night this week.
If you are aware of any spam that's still out there, let a moderator know so we can delete it; we want to avoid bringing that crap over. I'll work on filtering out a spammer user list for Mr Webmaster to look into deleting.
There's no rush, it'll all get tested prior. We'll let you know before the Big Bang...
GA