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Re: Forum Moving

Post by Xjmt » Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:31 pm

"I feel the Earth move, under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down...." :bdsmile:

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Re: Forum Moving

Post by AnneB » Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:33 pm

Actually, if he changes the name servers for the web host before the two weeks is up, you won't know you are on the new site, But this is an active forum so there will be some posts or threads that don't move.
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Re: Forum Moving

Post by Xjmt » Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:04 am

IOW a post at rest tends to stay at rest? :lol:

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Re: Forum Moving

Post by lswot » Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:48 am

Xjmt wrote:IOW a post at rest tends to stay at rest? :lol:
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Re: Forum Moving

Post by trucker2000 » Thu Feb 05, 2009 12:30 pm

Saterday, this saterday, Feb. 7, I will be changing nameservers. While the change is going on, I will be doing another backup of the forum, then shutting the forum down. If the forum is running when you come online, we've eather already moved, or I haven't shut it down yet.
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Re: Forum Moving

Post by brian » Thu Feb 05, 2009 1:59 pm

I think I'll do my last posting on Friday, then hold my breath for you all day Saturday. Then I'll log on Sunday and see how it went. :smile:
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Re: Forum Moving

Post by Henry J » Thu Feb 05, 2009 2:08 pm

Keep the oxygen on standby...

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Re: Forum Moving

Post by Xjmt » Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:02 pm

Damn the shutdown! Lock and load the torpedoes Mr Sulu!! :-D

whoops...i think i got carried away :oops:

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Re: Forum Moving

Post by trucker2000 » Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:04 pm

The forum is actually up and running nicely on the other server. No need to hold your breath. I just have to backup this forums posts and add them to the new server. Then change the address of the website. That's it. The hard part is done.
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Re: Forum Moving

Post by Xjmt » Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:05 pm

I just knew threat would work. :rotfl:

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Re: Forum Moving

Post by lswot » Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:07 pm

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Re: Forum Moving

Post by brian » Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:17 pm

Trucker, if it's not too much trouble, could you post an announcement when the backup/move starts, then a reply to it when it's over? That way, folks can avoid posting notes that would otherwise get lost in the transition. Thanks! :biggthumbup:
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Re: Forum Moving

Post by trucker2000 » Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:16 am

Once I shut the forum down, no one will be able to post. You'll know when the internet has found the new site when it's no longer closed. It's the only way I can think of to make this move without losing any posts. A pita yes, but works.
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Re: Forum Moving

Post by brian » Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:32 am

Well that works, too! :biggthumbup:

I thought the forum would be live during the backup.

Nevermind. :smile:
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Re: Forum Moving

Post by AnneB » Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:21 am

brian wrote:Well that works, too! :biggthumbup:

I thought the forum would be live during the backup.

Nevermind. :smile:
I thought it would too, so I probably contributed to the confusion. Sorry about that. :oops:
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