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Announcements => Site Announcements => Topic started by: Oldiesmann on March 03, 2023, 01:52:47 AM

Title: FYI: Server Move (again)
Post by: Oldiesmann on March 03, 2023, 01:52:47 AM
Not the announcement I wanted to make so soon, but I recently got an email from my host saying they're raising prices by 20% starting next month (last year they were purchased by another company and now that company has apparently decided to raise prices and merge everything into their own brand). Another well-known company offers a very similar plan (although with only half the disk space, but we're only using 28% of what we have now anyway so that's not a big deal) for about half of what I would be paying for the current plan with the price increase (and a little more than half of what I'm currently paying).

I don't have an exact date for the transfer but it will probably be within the next week or so. I've already set up a server with the new host so at this point it's mostly just a matter of configuring it the way I want it before moving everything over.

Like last time some of you might experience a slight delay in being able to access the site when the move does occur, but as always I can be reached via email if you have any problems (several of you already have it - feel free to send me a PM here if you don't and would like it).
Title: Re: FYI: Server Move (again)
Post by: Amy on March 03, 2023, 07:13:36 AM
Thank you for letting us know and for all you do to keep us together.. :smitten:
Title: Re: FYI: Server Move (again)
Post by: RAMMEL on March 03, 2023, 09:54:07 AM
 :thumbup:
Title: Re: FYI: Server Move (again)
Post by: Oldiesmann on March 05, 2023, 09:12:34 PM
Still working on getting things configured, but if all goes well I will likely do the move either this coming weekend or the weekend after that. I've already moved a couple of domains that I use for test sites, but I can't access one of those at the moment (and I'm not sure why), so I want to get that figured out before I do anything else - I want to make sure the sites will be fully accessible within a reasonable amount of time once I do the move.
Title: Re: FYI: Server Move (again)
Post by: RAMMEL on March 05, 2023, 09:20:03 PM
:thumbup:
Title: Re: FYI: Server Move (again)
Post by: Oldiesmann on March 09, 2023, 10:38:14 PM
Quick update... I fixed the issues I was having and both of the domains I moved are working fine on the new server. I plan on doing the move this weekend - probably late Saturday night into Sunday. Like usual, I will put the site in Maintenance Mode before I do the move so nothing gets lost in the shuffle.
Title: Re: FYI: Server Move (again)
Post by: Oldiesmann on March 11, 2023, 08:21:04 PM
Plan on doing the move tonight, about 11:30 my time (a little over 3 hours from now). Shouldn't take long to move everything but could take a few hours for your computer to notice the change.
Title: Re: FYI: Server Move (again)
Post by: Oldiesmann on March 12, 2023, 08:36:17 AM
If you're seeing this the site has been moved successfully 🙂
Title: Re: FYI: Server Move (again)
Post by: Vanilla-Jackie on March 12, 2023, 08:39:37 AM
Michael, yes i am seeing it... :thumbup: well done...
Title: Re: FYI: Server Move (again)
Post by: RAMMEL on March 12, 2023, 10:11:18 AM
 :thumbup:
Title: Re: FYI: Server Move (again)
Post by: so_P_bubble on March 13, 2023, 04:26:03 AM
After cleaning history cache and cookies, all is well with me.

But Patricia- Angelface is unable to login :(

Michael, can you look into it?  Thanks!
Title: Re: FYI: Server Move (again)
Post by: Oldiesmann on March 17, 2023, 09:21:52 PM
What problem is she having when she tries to log in? The server move shouldn't have affected anyone's ability to log in at all
Title: Re: FYI: Server Move (again)
Post by: RAMMEL on March 17, 2023, 09:27:27 PM
Patricia has been posting so I guess she can log in OK.
Title: Re: FYI: Server Move (again)
Post by: patricia19 on March 17, 2023, 09:52:24 PM
A little late, but thanks guys; Bubble and Amy fixed my issues.