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Base => General => Topic started by: VixyNyan on December 06, 2012, 07:47:01 PM
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To think that this day would happen sooner or later. ^^;
We are going to move the website and message board to another hosting plan, and I wanted to let you all know because the file and database transfer will be a lengthy one. At some point this week, the forum will be put in Maintenance mode, so activity can be put on halt for a short time, while the transfer is happening. The goal is to make sure that every single topic and message are preserved and safely moved to the other hosting server, so because of this, there will be a set time for when it will start and when we expect everything to get back running again.
By the time this topic has been posted, I intend to (temporarily) close the Oekaki and safely move all drawings and content to the new server.
DONE!
Next will be the most important section: The message board itself, and wow, this one takes the cake!
From a perspective, there is a limit to how much database content that can be transferred during an upload, and the over 300,000 messages we have posted alone has cumulated to a total of 150 Mbytes (!!), so the forum upload has to be done in segments, which means that we need a set time to make sure that each topic and message gets uploaded and not a single one gets lost.
I think a good time to start the Maintenance and forum transfer would be:
Friday, 7 December 2012, 15:00:00 = Central European (Sweden, Germany)
Friday, 7 December 2012, 09:00:00 = Eastern Standard (New York USA)
Friday, 7 December 2012, 23:00:00 = Japan Standard (Tokyo)
From that hour and onward, we hope that each topic and message gets transferred safely before the end of the week. Hopefully things goes smoothly from there and we can post on the forum again.
DONE!
In the meantime, have fun, stay sexy, and we will be up and running soon.
Let us know of another place to visit during this time, if you like, until the site is back up again.
^u^o
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*packs a suitcase* So long, old forum. I'll miss you! We've had some good times together!
MEMMMMMMMMMMMORiESSSSSSSSS
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This time the forum moves on OUR TERMS
Not on the terms of some crash
Let's do this!
and hey, on the plus side, we won't have to worry 'bout dat RP gettin' out of control in the meantime :P
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You should just reset the forum for a fresh start. Again.
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You should just reset the forum for a fresh start. Again.
What purpose would this serve
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You should just reset the forum for a fresh start. Again.
From this standpoint, it's mostly a server upgrade, two other sites I go to are going through this too, most notably MFZ. The site is still up, but it will take awhile for "ACT 5" to get into working order. This here is a situation in which we have no backup fourm for the downtime, which should be a good idea. Even though it's still a transfer, I consider it an upgrade, as it involves moving from this one to the new one.
And maybe now this place will see some actual activity going after the move, and less drama.
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What purpose would this serve
What purpose wouldn't it serve
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What purpose wouldn't it serve
I don't follow.
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So how exactly will we find the new address or whatever?
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Well, Vixy was just going to tell you, but I said that'd be no fun. I will leave behind a series of riddles. Each of them will have to be solved before you can piece the puzzle together!
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Goddam you Riddler!
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Let's see... Japan time 11pm...
That means...
10pm my time...
... ONLY 2.5HRS LEFT!?
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Looks like it.
5:30 here (Central Time Zone) Which means its 6:30 in NY.
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Must make haste! *poofs*
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The transfer is done. The last thing left is the site address.
Posted on: December 07, 2012, 19:11:41
Site address still takes a while to be processed for everyone, so a few more minutes or hours should solve it.
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So... that was kind of anticlimactic. Good thing here, I suppose!
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Yeah that only took like 6 hours.
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Is it just me or are servers going down/needing maintenance all over the internet lately? In the past week I've had server issues with 4 or 5 different sites. And Steam as well.
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You can't be rid of me that easily... Server change be damned, I will follow you to the ends of the Earth!
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Wait.
My reign over RPM was only 6hrs?
AND I SLEPT THROUGH MOST OF IT!?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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At least you went to sleep last night.
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NO!
I WANTED MY CROWNING GLORY!!
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I was out getting new glasses when the move took place. Good to see that everything moved without a hitch and that my bookmarks were automatically updated.
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That went smoothly.
Not like I wasn't expecting it to, of course. :D
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When clicking "Mark all as read" (while viewing all unread posts since last visit), I got this:
An Error Has Occurred!
Unable to verify referring url. Please go back and try again.
Seems to have properly marked everything as read though.
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Is it just me, or does the old url (forum.rockmanpm.com) still appear? I thought they were all replaced by the new url.
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Yeah that confused me too.
Unless the new one was temporary.
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Well, I can still go to the new url, but the links to the threads are all the old ones... @_@
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Its supposed to be the old one. Everything has been taken care of. ^^; </phone>
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When clicking "Mark all as read" (while viewing all unread posts since last visit), I got this:
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An Error Has Occurred!
Unable to verify referring url. Please go back and try again.
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Seems to have properly marked everything as read though.
I'm still getting this, but the mark all unread link on the main forum page works fine.
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I'm getting that error. Except that nothing gets marked as read.
I also can't seem to use the "New Posts Since Last Visit" link. It displays absolutely nothing. TxT
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Works fine for me. Maybe there's some IP, domain-redirection or other interference. The domain name is still trying to sync up to be accessed by every connection and IP address/proxy out there, so it might take a little while before everything is all set. ^^;
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Is that why we can't access the Map of RPM?
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... I forgot to upload it. My bad. XD
Speaking of files. It's been decided, that the LOL folder will be open for public to access (and abuse) at anytime (http://lol.rockmanpm.com/). I have all the files stored in my HDD and I'm trying to put them back up again.
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Oh, hm. Now both of those functions I mentioned work. Weird...
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A few days ago I did have a bit of trouble logging into the forums due to the site transfer, but everything's all good now.
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I think my problem was I bookmarked the vixynyan.com link to the unread posts thing, works fine now that I changed it back.
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Anyone else having a problem loading the forum sometimes or is it just me?
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Sometimes it tells me page cannot be found, or just 404's me. I figured it was residual bullshit left over from the whole transfer deal, domain name and all.
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I haven't had a problem yet. Is this intermittent, or does it seem to occur at a certain time?
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I think it's in the morning between 10-12 or something like that. I didn't really pay much attention to the time.
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Might be a high-traffic period... or just some daily maintenance being performed. Or, as Flame said, residual crap leftover from the move. Some pages may be trying to look for the new vixynyan address, even though they shouldn't be, and the redirect just hadn't kicked in.
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Or it could be the Nazis.
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The moon Nazis?
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My god Align, you're right. It's GOT to be those lunar facist bastards!
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My god Align, you're right. It's GOT to be those lunar facist bastards!
*fascist
B(
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My god Align, you're right. It's GOT to be those lunar facist bastards!
Why is this making me laugh way more than it should? XD