Out of the Storm

Board Information => About the OOTS Board => Announcements => Topic started by: Elphanigh on January 13, 2018, 03:00:52 PM

Title: Server maintenance
Post by: Elphanigh on January 13, 2018, 03:00:52 PM
Hi everyone,

Our IT person will be doing server maintaince on the forum. They are trying to keep the disruptions to a minimum, but if you experience any that is why. I imagine any of those will be short lived.

All the best,
Elphanigh
Title: Re: Server maintenance
Post by: Three Roses on January 13, 2018, 04:06:37 PM
 :thumbup:
Title: Re: Server maintenance
Post by: Kizzie on January 14, 2018, 07:07:06 PM
As Elphanigh posted, the OOTS board will be migrated to a new server sometime in the next 7-10 days.  There may be some disruptions to service but these should only be temporary so please be patient and try signing in later.

Kizzie
Site Manager
Title: Re: Server maintenance
Post by: Hope67 on January 21, 2018, 11:45:46 AM
Relieved that the forum appears to be back working again, and I've managed to sign in ok.  Phew!!!  :-)
Hope  :)
Title: Re: Server maintenance
Post by: Three Roses on January 21, 2018, 02:25:10 PM
 :cheer:
Title: Re: Server maintenance
Post by: Blueberry on January 21, 2018, 05:06:40 PM
Yay! We're back up and running!  :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
Title: Re: Server maintenance
Post by: Kizzie on January 21, 2018, 06:58:09 PM
The board is back but I do want to reiterate that there is still some work going on so  perhaps hold off posting too much and/or keep copies of posts in case some get lost. 

Eclipse or I let everyone know when all the maintenance and upgrading has been complete and it's OK to use the board fully once again.

Kizzie

Title: Re: Server maintenance
Post by: sigiriuk on January 21, 2018, 07:20:17 PM
Everything seems ok.......
Slim
Title: Re: Server maintenance
Post by: Kizzie on January 21, 2018, 07:25:52 PM
Eclipse is waiting for an "all clear" from GoDaddy once they are completely finished . So, for now we're just encouraging members to be a bit cautious with posting until we do hear back the board is good to go.  I will post a notice as soon as that happens.

Kizzie

Title: Re: Server maintenance
Post by: Three Roses on January 22, 2018, 02:01:57 AM
 :thumbup:
Title: Re: Server maintenance
Post by: Blueberry on February 03, 2018, 02:07:46 PM
Yay!! It's been done!  :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:
Title: Re: Server maintenance
Post by: eclipse on February 03, 2018, 04:12:03 PM
Apologies to all for what I know has has been a bit of a nightmare this past 3 weeks. OOTS is alive on the new server now and hopefully things can get back to normal.

The old server will stay around until March 31. There's a link from the front page of the new forum to the old forum and vice versa. Take care to be sure you know which version of the forum you're visiting before you delete anything!

Any posts or PM's you made from Jan 25-Feb 2 will only exist on the old server and you will have to cut/paste here or to a backup file if you want to keep these. Sorry there's no easy way to do it other than by copying or quoting post by post. Anyone who registered at the old forum after Jan 25th will have to register again here.

Everyone will have to log in again on the new server. Your password and username should be unchanged. If you changed your username at any time remember you have to log in with the username you registered with, not the name that appears after you changed it.

If the board looks a little funky it may be because you have a cached old version of the board on your browser. Try reloading the page or clearing your cache (your computer's memory).   Google "how to clear browser cache" and the name of your browser (e.g. chrome, internet explorer, safari etc. if you need instructions on how to do that.

Thanks for your patience. I'm not a real IT person just a fellow survivor who taught myself a few tricks!  :heythere:

Thanks to Kizzie and the team for running this much needed great site and service
Title: Re: Server maintenance
Post by: Three Roses on February 03, 2018, 04:20:43 PM
Thanks! You rock  :applause:
Title: Re: Server maintenance
Post by: Kizzie on February 03, 2018, 07:51:11 PM
Many thanks Eclipse for persevering with GoDaddy through this migration to the new server.   We are so glad to be back online !

:hug:
Title: Re: Server maintenance
Post by: Mussymel on February 03, 2018, 10:10:07 PM
Thank you all for your work.
Title: Re: Server maintenance
Post by: Blueberry on February 04, 2018, 08:17:43 PM
Quote from: eclipse on February 03, 2018, 04:12:03 PM
I'm not a real IT person just a fellow survivor who taught myself a few tricks! 

Then all the more thanks and  :cheer: :cheer: for doing the IT stuff you do for us!
Title: Re: Server maintenance
Post by: sanmagic7 on February 04, 2018, 09:59:34 PM
thanks to everyone.
Title: Re: Server maintenance
Post by: Kizzie on February 08, 2018, 08:59:54 PM
The migration of OOTS forum to an upgraded server is complete and it is now fully functional.  The forum has also been upgraded to the latest version of SMF (the forum software platform).  You may post anywhere now. 

Please note that any posts made to the old forum between Jan 25 and Feb 2 2018 have not been transferred over. You can still find and view any "lost" posts on the old server at: http://184.168.77.224/C-PTSD/forum/   We will keep the old server online until March 31 2018, after which it will go offline.   

Title: Re: Server maintenance
Post by: sanmagic7 on February 08, 2018, 09:06:00 PM
thanks, kizzie.
Title: Re: Server maintenance
Post by: radical on February 09, 2018, 02:34:15 AM
 :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

Ditto, Kizzie.

Enjoying being[/b] able to use   :stars:emoticons :whistling: and the other tools.

I think the novelty is starting to wear off now

edit: may need some practice :doh:
Title: Re: Server maintenance
Post by: Three Roses on February 09, 2018, 04:37:43 AM
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Server maintenance
Post by: Kizzie on February 09, 2018, 10:52:13 PM
LOL, too funny Radical   ;D