Lou
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My imagination creates this vision of cartoon adolescent robots wandering around and just randomly attacking things for no good reason. they don't even see this as a "vegan forum". More like bubble wrap.
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My imagination creates this vision of cartoon adolescent robots wandering around and just randomly attacking things for no good reason. they don't even see this as a "vegan forum". More like bubble wrap.
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I've started it up again now, and the search seems to be working again.
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I got myself blocked earlier today when I posted an image! (Well, it was only the link to an image, but still!)
So, looks like I need to tweak the configuration a bit more! Sorry about this, I'm sure others must have experienced the same thing.
So, looks like I need to tweak the configuration a bit more! Sorry about this, I'm sure others must have experienced the same thing.
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I've tweaked some settings again, hopefully things are OK again now.
Yesterday I was thinking "Whoa!... if the Site Administrator is getting blocked, this is a HAL 9000 situation....."
I'm not having any problems so far.
I'm not having any problems so far.
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I've just paid the forum software licence for another year.
About 80% were covered by our wonderful Contributing Members, so thank you! That helps a lot.
About 80% were covered by our wonderful Contributing Members, so thank you! That helps a lot.
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I've just updated the OS with a new kernel version and rebooted so it will run with that version.
The forum was offline for a minute or two. (I didn't see anyone else logged in, so I figured it was a good time for it!)
The forum was offline for a minute or two. (I didn't see anyone else logged in, so I figured it was a good time for it!)
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I've just updated the forum software to the latest patch version. We were offline for a minute or two.
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The operating system which is hosting the site has reached its end-of-life. So, the time has come to switch to a new one.
The process is likely going to be a bumpy ride as I need to switch hosting companies as well, so the domain needs to be re-pointed to a new IP address etc. And the mail server will probably take some work, so you probably won't be receiving any email notifications until that's been sorted.
I hope to get started on this later today.
The process is likely going to be a bumpy ride as I need to switch hosting companies as well, so the domain needs to be re-pointed to a new IP address etc. And the mail server will probably take some work, so you probably won't be receiving any email notifications until that's been sorted.
I hope to get started on this later today.
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UPDATE
The forum is now running from our new server! Sorry it took so long.
I've only just managed to make it work again, and there are several things still broken including Search and email notifications. I will try to fix these things in the coming week.
The forum is now running from our new server! Sorry it took so long.
I've only just managed to make it work again, and there are several things still broken including Search and email notifications. I will try to fix these things in the coming week.
Well that was painful. 
And it really wasn't all that long.
And it really wasn't all that long.
Brian W
Conscientious Christian
Lou
Forum Legend
Brian W
Conscientious Christian
Lou
Forum Legend
Maybe it was just a day. It felt longer.I only noticed it since last night/this morning. If it was down other than that I didn't notice, thank goodness! I've been able to get on every day other than the last 12 hours or so.
I was right in the middle of typing up a new post when it went down.
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I think we were offline approx. 20 hours before.
UPDATE
I've installed and configured the software needed for the search, so the search functionality should be available again.
The main outstanding issue is now the email server. Without this the forum can't send email notifications nor can it send you emails with URLs to reset passwords and also new members are unable to sign up. So it's quite important but also a good bit of work.
UPDATE
I've installed and configured the software needed for the search, so the search functionality should be available again.
The main outstanding issue is now the email server. Without this the forum can't send email notifications nor can it send you emails with URLs to reset passwords and also new members are unable to sign up. So it's quite important but also a good bit of work.
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Have just updated the forum software and a couple of add-ons to the latest versions.
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Today I have deleted our old Linux server.
Apologies for the still missing email notifications. I'm hoping I will find time & energy to work on it in the next few days.
Apologies for the still missing email notifications. I'm hoping I will find time & energy to work on it in the next few days.
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I've made some progress with the email server.
If you're "watching" threads and have opted for email notifications, then you may have received a few emails over the last few days. The sender field should now say "support@veganforum.org" instead of the old "support@veggievews.com" we used before.
I'm still not 100% happy with the configuration, so I'll probably tweak it a little bit further before I open up forum registrations again (which obviously depends on a working email server).
If you're "watching" threads and have opted for email notifications, then you may have received a few emails over the last few days. The sender field should now say "support@veganforum.org" instead of the old "support@veggievews.com" we used before.
I'm still not 100% happy with the configuration, so I'll probably tweak it a little bit further before I open up forum registrations again (which obviously depends on a working email server).
