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Posted By: Wordsmith Hardware upgrade - 09/04/10 12:49 AM
After upgrading the server software last month, now we have upgraded hardware. The new server has more memory, more cpus, and more disk.

Apologies for the downtime. Moving everything (mail, web, bulletin board, etc.) to a new server is much more cumbersome.

If something doesn't work please post here. Thanks.
Posted By: Faldage Re: Hardware upgrade - 09/04/10 01:55 AM
I frequently get this error message:

Quote:
The page isn't redirecting properly



Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.
Posted By: zmjezhd Re: Hardware upgrade - 09/04/10 02:29 PM
The page isn't redirecting properly

I saw that once yesterday. The last time I tried to access the site. This morning things are back to normal. I assumed it was some kind of DNS caching problem, but then I've been doing some server building and service deployment myself, too. wink
Posted By: Faldage Re: Hardware upgrade - 09/04/10 09:40 PM
Haven't seen the problem lately. It used to be every other time I tried to go for one place to another. I'd hit Retry and it would come through OK, but next time I tried to go somewhere I'd get the same error message.
Posted By: twosleepy Re: Hardware upgrade - 09/07/10 06:38 PM
Wow! When I first navigated to the site with a bookmark (Firefox - at work), everything looked "normal". Then I logged in, and ka-POW!!! Everything is screwy! Most especially the Active Topics page is nut! What does this mean? Does it help you yo know this? I hope it gets fixed! :0/
Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: Hardware upgrade - 09/07/10 10:43 PM
you need to read the thread immediately below this: Software Updated and change your stylesheet.
Posted By: twosleepy Re: Hardware upgrade - 09/08/10 02:39 AM
Okay, now I have the blues... literally! I liked my sunny page :0(
Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: Hardware upgrade - 09/08/10 01:31 PM
Originally Posted By: twosleepy
Okay, now I have the blues... literally! I liked my sunny page :0(


me, too. frown
Posted By: tsuwm Re: Hardware upgrade - 09/08/10 04:14 PM
and I liked the GooG style. on a related note, I see that the list of all-time top posters has gone away. now if they'd just fix those styles that totally removed the "Stats" column!
Posted By: Wordsmith Re: Hardware upgrade - 09/08/10 07:09 PM
There's a new style called "rounded_corners". Give it a try.
Posted By: LukeJavan8 Re: Hardware upgrade - 09/08/10 08:37 PM

"rounded corners" - bright ! ! !
Posted By: twosleepy Re: Hardware upgrade - 09/09/10 03:39 AM
Thank you thank you!! Now all happy and sunny again! cool Plus bonus: the Active Topics are listed the way they used to be, so big smile! grin
Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: Hardware upgrade - 09/09/10 11:31 PM
yes! thank you!! it's sunny back!! (well, close. sunny dropshadow was a bit softer yellow, slightly easier on the eyes. but I'm happy to have something!)
Posted By: Jackie Re: Hardware upgrade - 09/11/10 03:11 AM
Em--I still have the sunny dropshadow and GooGv2 as options; do you-all not?
JFTR, I love my "snow", both for the color and the evocation.

tsuwm: there's an option to put the stats at the top of the page instead of on the side--would that be better for you?
Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: Hardware upgrade - 09/11/10 11:40 AM
Originally Posted By: Jackie
Em--I still have the sunny dropshadow and GooGv2 as options; do you-all not?
JFTR, I love my "snow", both for the color and the evocation.


I have them, they just don't work anymore.

you and your snow! ;¬ )
Posted By: tsuwm Re: Hardware upgrade - 09/11/10 01:24 PM
Originally Posted By: Jackie
Em--I still have the sunny dropshadow and GooGv2 as options; do you-all not?
JFTR, I love my "snow", both for the color and the evocation.

tsuwm: there's an option to put the stats at the top of the page instead of on the side--would that be better for you?


only helps if it allows the 'space' on the side to be used for posts, when I tried it before it didn't. also, what eta said about those styles that formerly eliminated the Stats. they're still broken.
Posted By: Jackie Re: Hardware upgrade - 09/12/10 01:25 AM
Huh--they both work for me, though sunny~ looks weird: the forum list is W--I--D--E while the actual threads are scrunched up, taking up only about the left half of my screen.
Posted By: tsuwm Re: Hardware upgrade - 09/12/10 04:25 AM
yes, things are slightly better tonight, although GooG is formatted like all the others (i.e., wastes all that space on Forum Stats, etc.) and sunny is as you say, scrunched - but note that the empty space there is just waiting for the Stats to be plugged in; then they will all be the same except for the color schemes.
/whinge
Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: Hardware upgrade - 09/12/10 05:47 PM
Originally Posted By: Jackie
Huh--they both work for me, though sunny~ looks weird: the forum list is W--I--D--E while the actual threads are scrunched up, taking up only about the left half of my screen.


well, that's what I mean by not working anymore...

:¬ )
Posted By: Jackie Re: Hardware upgrade - 09/13/10 01:41 AM
Ah. Finally got it. Sometimes I need to be whacked upside the head with a 2 x 4.
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