Info Database: *NEW NEWS: TUESDAY 23/05/2017 PLEASE READ*

[Guest Hooli]

Great news. Thanks all involved.

[beko1987]

Excellent news!

[hairnet]

like billy knew what he was typing

 

thanks all - ya slappas

[KruJoe]

Yeah, but I actually understood all that!

Big thanks to Stanky, Slartibart, Billy, and DaveB4Mike for the hard work. VERY much appreciated.

[Split_Pin]

Good news all round, thanks to all involved, I'm very grateful indeed 😀

[Cavcraft]

Yeah, but I actually understood all that!

Big thanks to Stanky, Slartibart, Billy, and DaveB4Mike for the hard work. VERY much appreciated.

 

 

Appreciated and thanks, but it really is down to the hard work of Stanky and Slarty. As Nettyhair correctly spotted, they know what they're typing, we're just messengers!

[dollywobbler]

Excellent. What are the running costs looking like going forward? Not after full profit-and-loss accounting, but would be nice to have an idea so I can have a think about what to contribute.

[Twiggy]

That`s excellent news Cav... thank you to all concerned.

 

Excellent. What are the running costs looking like going forward? Not after full profit-and-loss accounting, but would be nice to have an idea so I can have a think about what to contribute.

 

^^^^^^^  + 1

[KruJoe]

Settle, petal, as the man said:

 

 

Once the changeover has taken place we'll get a sticky post added to the top of the main forum with a breakdown of running costs and a link to a GoFundMe page for those who wish to contribute.

 

 

It'll all happen. It's looking positive.

[Cavcraft]

Announcement due any time now, template looks fantastic.

[Jim Bell]

Skills.

[stripped fred]

Great news. Thanks for all the hard work behind the scenes.

[The Moog]

Fabulous.

[brownnova]

Great!! Thanks for all the hard work keeping this wonderful place on the road!

[Split_Pin]

Mentally high-fiving all 3 of you right now

[Guest Breadvan72]

Thanks muchlies.

[daveb47]

Just thought i would pop in & check progress,,Not a lot it seems.

3 weeks & still running on my server which i paid an extra month on to stop any downtime.ip 107.150.45.138.

Another month due shortly,do i need to continue paying this to keep site up or  is new server that is being paid for by all these donations going to materialise soon.

Not bothered to be honest but need to know.

And to think i took all of 1 and a bit days to totally rebuild & install my server & all hell broke loose.

Just hope things work out.

[chaseracer]

Lots going on behind the scenes, Mike - shouldn't be long now.

[daveb47]

Just cant understand why it is taking so long,it only takes a couple of hours to  provision a server.

[Slartibartfast]

Hi Dave, many thanks for the heads up. Could you specify the exact renewal date so we have a deadline to work towards?

 

The transition has taken a while for a few reasons:

 

1. We wanted a physical server in a data centre we can actually visit. This took longer to provision than a server from a mass market hosting provider based somewhere international would have done, but has advantages that we think were worth the wait.

 

2. We're not moving to a like for like platform. The legacy platform relied on cpanel/apache. The new one is nginx. This saves in licensing fees and is more performant. However it's not a straight forward transition.

 

3. I am risk averse and won't do anything before I've tested it to death first.

 

I really appreciate everyone's patience, especially yours Dave, and thanks for all the help you've provided me and Stanky so far.

[BorniteIdentity]

I am absolutely flabbergasted.

 

Genuinely. I can't find the words.

 

I was beginning to feel a bit bad, and wonder whether a few of us overreacted. This fantastic display of the pot and the kettle has offered much reassurance.

 

Brilliant.

[daveb47]

Just renewed server for another month as i dont want to see autoshite disapear without  trace.

[Mally]

Fair comment from Dave/Mike IMO.

Would like to thank him for renewing and suggest he might be repaid.

[Slartibartfast]

I'd certainly hate for Dave to be out of pocket, that would be very unfair.

[chaseracer]

Be assured, Dave/Mike being OOP while helping with the transition was never an option.  Once we know the server costs he's incurred since passing on the management of the site, we'll see him right.

[drum]

Thanks very much to the new team. Lack of downtime while work goes on has been great.

[cros]

Dave's patience astonishes me considering the shit thrown at him.

[BorniteIdentity]

Dave's patience astonishes me considering the shit thrown at him.

Everyone's patience astonishes me considering the shit from Dave.

 

Different strokes for different folks I guess.

 

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[alcyonecorporation]

Slarti hasn't angrily stormed off while failing to answer basic questions yet, so I suppose we've got that to look forward to.

[daveb47]

Everyone's patience astonishes me considering the shit from Dave.

 

Different strokes for different folks I guess.

 

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So this shit must include keeping forum online since i packed it all in......

Spending money keeping forum alive....

Some people really amaze me to be honest.