Post by: chocadmin on February 21, 2007, 12:36:34 am
OK, after the mild disaster that was Pipex's hosting service I've got another potential provider on-line.
Rather than just switch over and then have the pain of some bits (mostly this rather old forum) going super slow I've got it mounted on another URL for testing.
Please check out http://www.choctest.fast2host.com/ it's a straight copy of the site and database. Anything you do in there will be overwritten once I re-copy the live site (assuming it performs ok). Let me know if you find any speed issues in there (particularly with reading and posting to the forum).
If it all goes ok then I'll recopy the database and switch the addresses around - if not, then I guess I'll move to the next hosting provider on my list.
Thanks for all your help.
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on February 21, 2007, 09:10:16 am
I hope everyone else had better luck than me!
Post by: on February 21, 2007, 09:46:16 am
Post by: kermie on February 21, 2007, 10:13:48 am
Post by: chocadmin on February 21, 2007, 02:12:41 pm
Post by: chocadmin on February 21, 2007, 02:31:55 pm
Post by: chocadmin on February 22, 2007, 11:27:41 am
OK I've fixed the posting problem.
All seems OK at the moment (support from these people is much better than pipex was).
I'm going to test out scenario's for updating to the latest version of this forum too (although it'll produce slightly annoying banner ad's it's supposed to be a lot quicker).
Please continue to feedback your experiences with the copy site.
Thanks.
Post by: Forth Bridges on February 22, 2007, 11:38:33 am
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on February 22, 2007, 12:57:46 pm
Post by: chocadmin on February 22, 2007, 03:16:16 pm
Yes, I think when it's not been used for a little while it drops some kind of cache. Once you've browsed through a couple of pages the database is re-cached and everything moves along fine.
Much better than yesterday, but I'm still going to try upgrading to the new version of the forum and see what it looks like (assuming I can remember all the changes I made to the current version...)
Post by: Velvet Darkness on February 22, 2007, 06:04:00 pm
I would love to try and help but thanks to Tiscali and their pitiful excuse for internet service I am back on dial up at the moment, and everything is running like it's wading through treacle.
Hopefully I'll be back on broadband soon with a new provider.
Post by: chocadmin on February 25, 2007, 11:17:52 pm
Hi,
Can I urge you all to give this a go again please and feedback via this posting.
I've updated the forum to the latest version of the software (sadly that means some adverts - I could pay 60quid to get rid of them but I intend to move to a different forum system when I next do a major update of the site). There are a few new features and the forum behaves slightly differently (some pages run a lot quicker than the current version).
Thanks.
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on February 26, 2007, 09:06:06 am
I can't get in to the forum, it says :
| Error |
The Username or Password entered is incorrect. Please try again. |
Post by: goldencup on February 26, 2007, 10:37:07 am
Post by: on February 26, 2007, 10:42:09 am
Post by: chocadmin on February 26, 2007, 12:27:10 pm
OK, I must've mucked something up 
Somehow must've got myself into the updated forum db with the right password. I'll get Mrs Chocadmin to test it with her account so I can trace where the problem is.
Thanks.
Post by: chocadmin on February 26, 2007, 10:24:53 pm
OK, think it's sorted now. The Mrs has reported getting in ok (and her account is no different to the rest of you 
).
So now you're fed up with me asking but please please give the new site a go and let me know any problems you have.
Assuming all is ok I'll make the switch on Wednesday night (i.e. start the new host for the 1st March).
Post by: goldencup on February 26, 2007, 10:53:22 pm
Post by: loulou on February 26, 2007, 10:57:16 pm
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on February 27, 2007, 08:16:15 am
Post by: kermie on February 27, 2007, 10:05:45 am