Scot Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Our webhost is moving our forums database to a different server in the near future.They predict at least a two-hour downtime. It's quite possible the downtime will be longer because I need to do things on the backend to make the forums come up again.It is possible that I will take the forums down, or that they will just pull the plug. I've asked for a warning. Or it's possible you will just see a MySQL error.Also, I've changed the order of the forums, placing the Windows, Linux, and Mac forums at the top. I think this organization makes more sense. Hope you agree.Thanks,-- Scot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James M. Fisher Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Also, I've changed the order of the forums, placing the Windows, Linux, and Mac forums at the top. I think this organization makes more sense. Hope you agree.Thanks,-- Scot Looks great, Scot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Also, I've changed the order of the forums, placing the Windows, Linux, and Mac forums at the top. I think this organization makes more sense. Hope you agree.Good plan Scot ! :thumbsup: Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scot Posted November 5, 2006 Author Share Posted November 5, 2006 I've reopened the forums for now. IX has not yet performed the migration of the databases, and they also haven't told me when they're going to do it. Hopefully they will communicate before they pull the plug. I'm taking backups every 12 hours or so.-- Scot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Also, I've changed the order of the forums, placing the Windows, Linux, and Mac forums at the top. I think this organization makes more sense. Hope you agree.Now to stir the pot just a bit ....... "why not in alphabetical order" .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 Also, I've changed the order of the forums, placing the Windows, Linux, and Mac forums at the top. I think this organization makes more sense. Hope you agree.Looks great Scot! Good plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Yes and the Forum is more responsive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scot Posted November 7, 2006 Author Share Posted November 7, 2006 You may have seen a MySQL error for a while this evening. IX finally made the database change (without warning me). And it was out for a while after they fixed it because their trouble ticket system doesn't have email notification, so I just happened to check and lo and behold, forum error. Which meant I had to reconfigure for the new MySQL host address. Long and short, we've moved the databases to a new server.So, the planned outage is over.-- Scot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_P Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Now to stir the pot just a bit ....... "why not in alphabetical order" .... Sorting by number of topics or number of replies with higher numbers on top would seem like a more logical choice also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Thanks ScotI happen to think you have it right on for the All Things forums. Ed has a great idea but I think that should only be for those from Browser through Web Development. The Water Cooler and Forum topics at the bottom are very much in the right place.So far, so good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 FWIW.... the alphabetical order was meant for ATL, ATM, ATW,, ONLY,,,, not the entire forums site ................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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