Downtime, Server Switch, Upgrades, Rewrites and Turkey...

[Brandon Martus]

... not necessarily in that order.

Starting this Saturday(?) the site may be on/off/unavailable for the next week. Here is what I'll be doing:

• moving to our own 100% dedicated server (bigger, faster, stable..er, etc)
• Upgrading to 'vB3 Gamma'. They say 'Late November', I hope they mean this weekend or next week.
• Making vB3 look like it belongs on ChiefDelphi.com
• Re-writing Image Gallery, White Papers, UFH, Ventures, etc.
• Eating Turkey. I don't really like turkey, actually, so maybe not.
• Relaxing. It's my vacation, and I'm upgrading the site -- I'm insane. I guess this is my build season.

[edit]sanddrag asked if PM's and such will be kept. Yes, all data (user accounts, pm's, threads, posts, pictures) will be moved to the new server & be available when the new server is online.[/edit]

Anyway -- if you get to the site and stuff is turned off, broken, or not responding -- you are hitting it mid-switch, and should try back again. It won't help to keep refreshing or anything. If you want a semi-accurate update on what is happening with the site, bookmark this link: http://cd.pubarso.com/ I will update it every so often, if I know the site is having issues or unavailable.

I thought I'd just post this to give some of you time to start preparing for some downtime. What ever will you do?


[edit]11-23-2003: Still no vb3. Waiting till Tuesday/Wednesday[/edit]

[edit]11-24-2003:Just put in request to have DNS changed/configured. If the site dies, check the link mentioned above for updates.[/edit]