hilary
May 29th, 2002, 11:36 AM
News from that techno-pit where I've been lurking for the past few weeks: this website will be changing servers any day now! You don't need to change your bookmarks: the URL will be exactly the same. But the move will probably mean that this forum will be out of action for a few days. So if you arrive and find you can't post, please just come back in a few days and try again. Thank you for your patience!
Technical explanation (or something) for anyone who cares: not only is the website changing servers, but so is the domain name. This takes a couple of days, and it spreads across the internet gradually. So for a time, we'll all go to the same internet address, but some of us will be sent to the old site and some to the new one. This would make conversations rather difficult!
So as soon as I set the transfer process in motion, I'll be turning off message posting at the old site. This means I can take an up-to-date backup of all the messages to install on the new site (barring technical hitches...) and no-one's pearls of wisdom will be lost. (Unless you post a message in the few minutes between my running a final backup and turning off posting - sorry.) After a while, all our ISPs will get the message and start sending us all to the new server.
I'm afraid I don't know how long it'll be before everything gets back to normal. It seems no-one can tell me: estimates range from 2 days to 2 weeks. The I Ching says Hexagram 8 about the move in general (much as I thought - do all the backups before I even mention moving to my current web host!) and 15 changing to 24 about moving this forum. Well, that soothes my frayed nerves somewhat. Hopefully, after a bit more humble toil, the 'Uniting words' will Return without a hitch. See you at the new server!
Technical explanation (or something) for anyone who cares: not only is the website changing servers, but so is the domain name. This takes a couple of days, and it spreads across the internet gradually. So for a time, we'll all go to the same internet address, but some of us will be sent to the old site and some to the new one. This would make conversations rather difficult!
So as soon as I set the transfer process in motion, I'll be turning off message posting at the old site. This means I can take an up-to-date backup of all the messages to install on the new site (barring technical hitches...) and no-one's pearls of wisdom will be lost. (Unless you post a message in the few minutes between my running a final backup and turning off posting - sorry.) After a while, all our ISPs will get the message and start sending us all to the new server.
I'm afraid I don't know how long it'll be before everything gets back to normal. It seems no-one can tell me: estimates range from 2 days to 2 weeks. The I Ching says Hexagram 8 about the move in general (much as I thought - do all the backups before I even mention moving to my current web host!) and 15 changing to 24 about moving this forum. Well, that soothes my frayed nerves somewhat. Hopefully, after a bit more humble toil, the 'Uniting words' will Return without a hitch. See you at the new server!