Moving Day Set for June 17th!

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Moving Day Set for June 17th!

#1 Postby mf_dolphin » Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:16 pm

I hope everyone planned their downtime activites! The STORM2K site will be down starting early in the morning on [b]SundayJune17[/b] for our move to the new server! It's Father's day so take the time away from the keyboard to wish thank your father!

We expect the outage to last somewhere around 12 hours. For the last week we have been running a parallel site on the new server and have even had a few board members helping us test phpBB3. The tests have gone wonderfully (except when Chad broke things) and everyone that's seen the new site seems excited. :-) Additionally we will be implementing the phpPortal system replacing phpNuke and a new Member's Gallery. I think everyone will be pleased with the changes and for the first time in our history we will have full control of the server. What that really means is that when things happen we have direct control over getting them fixed.

I'd like to also thank x-y-no for jumping in with both feet on the technical side of the server. His contribution has and I'm sure will continue to be outstanding!

As we progress through the move and conversion we'll post updates on http://www.myspace.com/storm2kweather Once we're done we'll post the new IP address since it will take the DNS servers a while to update.
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#2 Postby TreasureIslandFLGal » Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:34 pm

Thanks for the "head's up"! :D
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#3 Postby Bellarose » Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:37 pm

Good luck with the switch! I look forward to seeing the new site!
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#4 Postby JonathanBelles » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:08 pm

What did Chad break?? lol

Im excited
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#5 Postby sweetpea » Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:14 pm

Good luck with the move. I will actually be on vacation so wouldn't be on anyway. I lurk all the time don't post much, but when it goes down, I panic :D Glad to know I won't be panicking wondering what happened.
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#6 Postby O Town » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:06 pm

YeeeeHaaaaaaaaw! :cheesy:

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#7 Postby TexasStooge » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:27 pm

Thanks for the heads up!
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#8 Postby Swimdude » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:39 pm

Ok: I need to get this absolutely straight...

S2K will be moving June 17th. Any information thereafter can be found on the myspace page. On that page, you will place the NEW link, correct?

Just verifying. :)
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#9 Postby AnnularCane » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:59 pm

Will all the old posts be lost?
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#10 Postby mf_dolphin » Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:07 pm

Swimdude wrote:Ok: I need to get this absolutely straight...

S2K will be moving June 17th. Any information thereafter can be found on the myspace page. On that page, you will place the NEW link, correct?

Just verifying. :)


You get a gold star. Absolutely correct. :-)
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#11 Postby mf_dolphin » Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:10 pm

AnnularCane wrote:Will all the old posts be lost?


The reason it's going to take 12 hours is because we're moving and converting the existing database. All posts will be on the new board. :D Moving the database is about a 2 hours process. The conversion will take somewhere around 7 hours after that complete. The last step is some conversion clean-up and testing then we let everyone loose :-)
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#12 Postby ohiostorm » Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:46 pm

I'm glad this is happening. I'm sure you've been getting frustrated with the board being down. Would turn alot of people away if there was a big system approaching. Good work guys.
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#13 Postby MississippiHurricane » Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:51 pm

Can i pack my blanket? lol. Seriously, Im glad we will move and no more server problems and s2k getting ripped from it
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#14 Postby MomH » Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:31 pm

Thank goodness. I have been without S2k for 4 days now and I don't like it one bit. I'll keep my fingers crossed and say a little prayer that all goes well with the transfer. Thanks to everyone involved.
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#15 Postby StormScanWx » Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:35 pm

Moving is not fun sometimes, I know from experience!

I hope nothing goes wrong, good luck! :)
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#16 Postby Janie2006 » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:40 am

Sounds good, Chad!
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#17 Postby AussieMark » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:56 am

will storm2k still have same domain name?
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#18 Postby chadtm80 » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:59 am

We will have the same domain name Aussie.. However when we first move you are going to have to use the IP addy.. We are going to try and have it posted on the homepage, our myspace page, and hopefully be able to send out a mass email with it as well
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#19 Postby southerngale » Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:34 am

Everyone, please check your profiles and make sure your email address is valid. When you change your email, check the new email account for an activation email. If you have any problems with it, post in the Tests, Help, & Suggestions forum. You don't have to be logged in to post there.
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#20 Postby abajan » Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:44 pm

I'm glad you're making the switch now rather than at the peak of the season (unlike the previous board I belonged to who in their infinite wisdom totally botched things up in early September of '03!)

Hope the migration goes well.
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