Coleslaw Posted July 29, 2024 Share Posted July 29, 2024 Hey folks, We will be undergoing server maintenance on August 3-4 and August 10-11 to upgrade our server hardware. We will require small windows of downtime during each weekend to ensure data is backed up safely while our database hardware is upgraded. Where possible, a maintenance banner will be listed and updated with expected downtime. This server upgrade is happening in phases to allow us to roll out a number of software updates and security patches to forums across the AVEN platform, as well as increase our hardware allocation to help improve performance for the AVEN and AVEN partner servers. Additionally, this update will set up infrastructure for auto-upgrades of core software in the future, and expand the roles and access for the tech team to complete more work through the rest of the year. Thank you for your patience as we work to improve the AVEN sites! An update will be posted to the forum once all work has been completed. Best, Coleslaw, on behalf of the full tech team 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveb Posted July 29, 2024 Share Posted July 29, 2024 Yay and thank you! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fragglerock Posted July 29, 2024 Share Posted July 29, 2024 Thank you to you and the team for all your work on this! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tystie Posted July 29, 2024 Share Posted July 29, 2024 Thank you for everything you do to keep the site running. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanwen Posted July 29, 2024 Share Posted July 29, 2024 Thank you Coles ❤️ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelico Posted July 29, 2024 Share Posted July 29, 2024 Hooray! Thank you for the hard work! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snao Cone Posted July 29, 2024 Share Posted July 29, 2024 Thank you! I'm very grateful of all the work you put into AVEN. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted July 30, 2024 Share Posted July 30, 2024 AVEN is behaving very nicely today -- thank you/everyone for working hard on it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autumn ace Posted July 30, 2024 Share Posted July 30, 2024 Thank you so much for your work! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeChat Posted July 30, 2024 Share Posted July 30, 2024 Thank you, and the rest of the Tech team for helping work on this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coleslaw Posted August 10, 2024 Author Share Posted August 10, 2024 Posting a reminder that AVEN will be undergoing upgrades on August 10-11 and may be unavailable at times this weekend. We will provide a full update after the upgrades conclude. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveb Posted August 10, 2024 Share Posted August 10, 2024 Thanks and good luck! I hope it all goes well! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfarer Posted August 10, 2024 Share Posted August 10, 2024 Thank you, glad I just saw this Best of luck with it, and thanks for the hard work! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coleslaw Posted August 12, 2024 Author Share Posted August 12, 2024 Hello everyone, Thank you for your patience, upgrades never go as smoothly as we hope but we've got there. The server migration and software updates have all been completed and the site is slowly coming online for folks as the DNS propagates over the next 48hrs. We are fully upgraded to the latest database, PHP, frontpage, and forum software and our hardware has been modernized to new CPUs and RAM. Over the next few weeks we will continue making improvements, but the bulk of the downtime for the English forums has concluded. We will monitor over the next few weeks to ensure the site is fast and working well and will be working to migrate the Partner site server to our new host in the coming weeks, as well as performing additional updates to the frontpage and to the server for the fall. Thank you again for your patience and your support of AVEN. On behalf of the full team, Coleslaw, for incredimike, Zimou, and AVENguy 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted August 12, 2024 Share Posted August 12, 2024 Yay, we're back! Thanks so much, Coleslaw and everyone else who worked so hard to bring AVEN up to date! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfarer Posted August 12, 2024 Share Posted August 12, 2024 Thank you 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeChat Posted August 12, 2024 Share Posted August 12, 2024 Thank you, for the information and the Tech team for helping work on this. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snao Cone Posted August 12, 2024 Share Posted August 12, 2024 Big thanks to you all 💜 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everywhere and nowhere Posted August 12, 2024 Share Posted August 12, 2024 Thanks a lot for fixing the replacement avatar issue. However, I'm disappointed that visible ranks seem to have disappeared, including custom ones. I liked my own "asexual psychonaut" rank. Edit: OK, I know how to see someone's rank. Can mine be changed to a custom one, then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snao Cone Posted August 12, 2024 Share Posted August 12, 2024 1 minute ago, everywhere and nowhere said: Thanks a lot for fixing the replacement avatar issue. However, I'm disappointed that visible ranks seem to have disappeared, including custom ones. I liked my own "asexual psychonaut" rank. Edit: OK, I know how to see someone's rank. Can mine be changed to a custom one, then? Based on the general admods question thread in Site Comments, they're looking into restoring this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everywhere and nowhere Posted August 12, 2024 Share Posted August 12, 2024 Just now, Snao Cone said: Based on the general admods question thread in Site Comments, they're looking into restoring this. Thank you. I couldn't find that topic, so I asked here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janus the Fox Posted August 12, 2024 Share Posted August 12, 2024 I’m seeing if anything Admins can do to revert the visible changes, if it isn’t, it’s part of all ICS forum software on the internet updated to current version. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autumn ace Posted August 12, 2024 Share Posted August 12, 2024 Thank you for your work!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveb Posted August 12, 2024 Share Posted August 12, 2024 9 hours ago, Coleslaw said: On behalf of the full team, Coleslaw, for incredimike, Zimou, and AVENguy Thank you all! I know rollouts like this can have their headaches and issues, and those like you all working behind the scenes may be the only ones to see some of those. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qiri Posted August 13, 2024 Share Posted August 13, 2024 Thanks everyone! 👍 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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