Website/forum server upgrade on Monday 1/18

[JimF]

Motoscrubs will be upgraded to a new, more secure and reliable platform on MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 2010. The upgrade will be at approximately 7:00PM CST. We anticipate an upgrade window of less than 12 hours.

[DewCatTea-Bob]

Why? ... What will be the expected "upgrade"?
This has been working well (so far), just as it's been!
(I sure hope that this isn't going to be like one of those regretful times when something that gets fixed (when it wasn't really broke in the first-place), and the 'fix' is then what actually ends-up causing a real problem!)
I'll have my fingers-crossed !

Hopeful-Cheers,
-Bob

[JimF]

I hope this upgrade goes smoothly.

I was trying to upload new stuff to the website and my file transfers weren't working. I checked my "usage" details and had a ton of disk space left (according to what I pay for.) I filed a service ticket thinking I was doing something wrong and hoping to get some help. Was up until 2:00 am trying to figure it out.

The web hosting company wrote back to me that the server's disk was full, that they cleaned up some files on the server's disk and my files transfers should start working again. And they told me that MotosScrubs' server was an old Linux box. They saidthey would migrate the website, DNS and everything else to a new server for free. The new server is supposed to be faster and more reliable.

Supposedly, other than the down time, everything will come back up just as it used to be...

[DewCatTea-Bob]

____ I had thought that there might be more to it than that.
Other than the down-time, there shouldn't be any notable changes then.

__ I had sorta hoped that there would also be some kind of advantages upgrade to look forward to as well. _ Such as a tree-structure to better handle all the threads which are fastly building-up. _ Cuz such an orderly structure would more logically arrange the accumulation of diverse TOPICs, (for easier filing & hunting!).

GoodCheers,
-Bob

[JimF]

This post serves two purposes -

The first is to see if the list is still working post-server upgrade.

The second is to address Bob's comment about a possible tree structure.

We could set up a tree structure. My concerns are that when faced with a tree structure the forum's users have to click on the limbs to see all the new postings. While this is fine if you are looking for a specific topic, it would likely impede someone from happening upon another user's new topic of which they have knowledge they can contribute.

The current structure means you log in and see all the topics, freshest first, and perhaps you see a chance to contribute knowledge or information to another member in a timely fashion.

Similarly my concerns are that users find it easy to check in on the list in a few seconds rather than having to click around. I personally like to log in quickly and see all new activity, and then log off just as fast.

The search function may be the way to go for finding topics of interest. Or perhaps we work together to combine specific threads and build 'topic specific' web pages out of the information.

[DesmoDog]

I personally like to log in quickly and see all new activity, and then log off just as fast.

I'm right there with you on this one. A tree structure would be very unappealing to me, and judging by the total lack of forums set up that way, I think a lot of others would agree.

[Teckhardt]

I'm right there with you on this one. A tree structure would be very unappealing to me,

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