New Web Server coming

[Valtam]

First of all, thank you all for your patience during this big move to a dedicated server. We've kept everyone up to date via Social Media, so I hope you've been following our progress there.

The main website itself was ready the next day. So were the Forums.

The Forums - because we have a new DNS, you have to wait until all Countries pick up the new server. This process is known as DNS Propagation. Here's a pretty good article on it for those that want to understand why the Forums weren't reopened the next day despite the fact they were ready - https://www.square2marketing.com/blog/wh...es-it-work

Today, there are still areas of the World that haven't got the new DNS, but they will soon. Today, I made the decision that despite not 100% everywhere can access us, 80% is good enough. We have people that have waited nearly a week for Support.



I've eliminated a number of bugs in the Forums on the new server, hopefully, that is all. The Edit Reason mod caused some headaches and is no longer available. If you edit a post and see the word 'Array' beside your edit comment, just ignore it. It's cosmetic and can be cleaned up later. Please report any bugs or quirks in this thread directly with a clear explanation of the process. The more information you can give me, the quicker I can pinpoint and resolve the issue. Like the last website move (this is our 2nd), unfortunately people who used custom avatars on their profile, lost them. This is an SMF thing, no way to fix that I can see. Just re-add your avatar again under your Profile settings.

Install Updates - slight bump in the road here, just had to add a new A record and all was well. May have caused issues for some, for no more than 7 hours.

Hardware Database - this was a tricky one. 2 days in the fixing. Mostly PHP code adjustments, but we got there. Special shoutout to the 2 devs I worked with, they were amazing, professional and always at hand.

Summary - It's been a costly move, both in finances and in time. But we needed it. This will future-proof us for years to come. We now have a server that I have full control over, and most importantly, this kind of message should be a thing of the past during our most busy periods.



Cheers

Jerry