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Ok, I just completed purchasing the new hosting account for ASV. And I will soon start migrating the site over to the new host. One thing that impressed me already about the new host is that they actually CALLED me (on a Sunday, no less) to confirm the account purchase. The analyst said that they actually turn down 5-10 account purchases a day because they deem them as "fishy or suspect" ..sounds good to me.

Anyway. There will be a small delay for the name servers to get updated and in place, but the site will be accessible first through http://www.astrosafaivans.org. asv.com and asv.net will be pointed to the new server once thesite is ready for use.

First point of order is moving the "shell" of the site over. I may redesign the front page at the same time.

After that, i will be moving the forum over. The forum will still be phpBB like we are currently using. I currently do not have the funds to purchase vBulletin since the domain name transfers and new hosting took up pretty much all of the donations. I think there is about $40 left in the accout right now. :)

I would ask everyone to back up and save thier entries in to how to section and members gallery sections as I don't know If I will be able to migrate them properly or not. And we may be going with a different package for the how to section.

I'l also be moving the chat server as well, and may be upgrading the chat software.

Once I get the page setup and the forum moved, the site will be opened for use on the new server.

more to come.
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Post by justice »

well...i can already get to http://www.astrosafarivans.org/

please try and let me know if you can get there as well.
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justice wrote:well...i can already get to http://www.astrosafarivans.org/

please try and let me know if you can get there as well.
I could get to the new page using the second link to ASV.org

Thanks for the update on whats happening Dow,looking forward to seeing
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justice wrote: I would ask everyone to back up and save thier entries in to how to section and members gallery sections as I don't know If I will be able to migrate them properly or not. And we may be going with a different package for the how to section.

I'l also be moving the chat server as well, and may be upgrading the chat software.

Once I get the page setup and the forum moved, the site will be opened for use on the new server.
more to come.
I have made a copy of the How To forum just in case anything should go wrong during the transfer,let me know if you need it Dow.
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Post by justice »

you made a copy of it?
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Link worked for me!
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And the link worked for me, too. =D>
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Post by astrozam »

justice wrote:you made a copy of it?
Yep (not today) used HTTrack,nice little program
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NIce work Justice! And thanks for copying the H2 section Zam!!
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more reasons to like the new host. I was doing some testing on the new site and for some reason, it would not let me delete a directory I had created. I was able to delete the others, but for some reason, this one would not delete.

I subbmitted a trouble ticket and had response and resolution within the hour. Very nice.
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Thats the kind of customer service weez lookin for =D>
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The link worked for me. Thanks for all of your hard work.
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Post by justice »

and the forum is moved..the data is saved...

and i still have some tweaking to do with the graphics and smilies....
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Post by justice »

ok, got the smilies and avatars fixed.
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Post by justice »

and now the template/styles are reinstalled and working again....

please let me know if you notice anything out of place on the forums.
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