Coleslaw Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Hey everyone, We will be taking the site offline in order to complete a full server migration. Our stability issues currently have severely hampered our progress on backups for migrating the entirety of our forums and language partner sites, so to ensure we have enough time to complete the transfer, we're planning for downtime between 12:00 PST Friday, November 18th, through 18:00 PST Sunday, November 20th. Over the course of that window, we will be performing a series of upgrades on our forum and many of our partner language forums. Our forum software will be upgraded to version 4 of Invision Power Board. Of the many improvements it will bring, you will most noticeably receive a fully responsive forum browsing experience, bringing AVEN to phones and tablets in a reliable format, and there will be numerous performance improvements to the database, which will be a welcome change to most everyone. While we are down, please use the backup board, as it is unattached to our server and will be unaffected. Once we finish our transfer, we will post an announcement. Thanks for your continued patience, Coleslaw (and the whole tech team) Link to post Share on other sites
Homer Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Thank you guys so much :) Link to post Share on other sites
argar Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Thank you for all you do, and for the heads up. Link to post Share on other sites
SkyWorld Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Thank you so much! I am really excited. :D Link to post Share on other sites
Philip027 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Hooray! :cake: While we are down, please use the backup board, as it is unattached to our server and will be unaffected. So where is the backup board? :P(I know where it is, but might be helpful to include the location here) Link to post Share on other sites
michaeld Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 I can't wait!!! :cake: Thanks again everyone who donated to make the new server possible, or who provided support in a myriad of other ways! Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 It will be posted on the main page after the downtime like last time, I believe. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 AVEN BACKUP BOARD CAN BE FOUND HERE. Link to post Share on other sites
kelico Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 :wub: :wub: :wub: :D :D I'm so excited!! Thank you so much for the news and all the hard work, Cole and team!! And huge thanks to everyone that donated as well. : )) Link to post Share on other sites
fuzzipueo Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Yay! Happy to have helped in some way too!! :D Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Yay thank you <3 Link to post Share on other sites
NinetyFive Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Hooray! I can hardly wait~ Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 (tried to like all the posts, but you know how it goes) Yay! Great news! :cake: :D Link to post Share on other sites
Tanwen Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Fantastic news! At the risk of being very boring - don't forget - if you haven't already registered on the back up board, you'll need to do it. You aren't automatically added :) Link to post Share on other sites
Snao Cone Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 I'm so happy to hear this! Thanks so much Cole, and the tech team. I'm so glad to have contributed to this by donating to AVEN :) Link to post Share on other sites
Autumn Sunrise Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 That's great news - thank you! Link to post Share on other sites
Luftschlosseule Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Awesome, thank you! Link to post Share on other sites
Sally Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *marked in calendar so I won't bitch* Link to post Share on other sites
Myssterry Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Great. :) Link to post Share on other sites
Skycaptain Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Great news Thank you everyone for your donations which have made this possible 🎂 🎂 🎂 🎂 Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 ITS ABOUT TIME!!! :cake: :cake: :cake: Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Finally. I could use some good news this week... and this is good news indeed. :cake: Link to post Share on other sites
WinterWanderer Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Thank you, thank you! Link to post Share on other sites
BobRossRules Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 WOO-HOO! :o :D Link to post Share on other sites
Vega91 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Awesome! :D Link to post Share on other sites
Ashmedai Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Does this mean we'll have themes again as well? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jetsun Milarepa Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 Brilliant! Absolutely fantastic! Whoooooo! Thanks guys, you superheroes! Link to post Share on other sites
Techie Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 Been there, done that. Server migrations are a real pain in the rear. Looking forward to the improvements. Link to post Share on other sites
Finding myself Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 Massive thanks to all involved in this. Link to post Share on other sites
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