With a bit of luck the forum will move from an account owned by Whitney to one 'owned' by me. This will mean that the forum will not be active from time to time over the next few days. Look out for updates here and on the Facebook Happy Atheist page.
Quote from: Tank on November 10, 2017, 06:51:07 PM
With a bit of luck the forum will move from an account owned by Whitney to one 'owned' by me. This will mean that the forum will not be active from time to time over the next few days. Look out for updates here and on the Facebook Happy Atheist page.
Well shit, there goes the neighborhood! ::)
Are you saying the forum is going to get tanked?
What on earth am I going to do when I have to go for a pee at 4am and can't get back to sleep!?! :Gaah:
Quote from: Tank on November 10, 2017, 06:51:07 PM
With a bit of luck the forum will move from an account owned by Whitney to one 'owned' by me...
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OMG ! It would be difficult to live without HAF, for even a few days. :eyebrow:
Quote from: Icarus on November 11, 2017, 01:43:33 AM
OMG ! It would be difficult to live without HAF, for even a few days. :eyebrow:
It should only be an hour or so. Asmo needs to backup the forum database. Whitney transfers the domain from her hosting agreement to mine. Asmo uploads the forum database to my shared server account and things should start working again.
Quote from: Tank on November 11, 2017, 07:22:55 AM
Quote from: Icarus on November 11, 2017, 01:43:33 AM
OMG ! It would be difficult to live without HAF, for even a few days. :eyebrow:
It should only be an hour or so. Asmo needs to backup the forum database. Whitney transfers the domain from her hosting agreement to mine. Asmo uploads the forum database to my shared server account and things should start working again.
There's a "should" in there . . .
Quote from: Icarus on November 11, 2017, 01:43:33 AM
OMG ! It would be difficult to live without HAF, for even a few days. :eyebrow:
That is true, it will be difficult. On top of that, I am already dreading the week of the 20th, when I will be in Dubai. I am pretty sure our godless site is blocked there, so I will not be able to access HAF again until the 24th, when I get back home.
Quote from: Dave on November 11, 2017, 08:15:37 AM
Quote from: Tank on November 11, 2017, 07:22:55 AM
Quote from: Icarus on November 11, 2017, 01:43:33 AM
OMG ! It would be difficult to live without HAF, for even a few days. :eyebrow:
It should only be an hour or so. Asmo needs to backup the forum database. Whitney transfers the domain from her hosting agreement to mine. Asmo uploads the forum database to my shared server account and things should start working again.
There's a "should" in there . . .
Yes there is. None of us have ever done this before :grin:
8:53 Saturday UK time. Process should be starting shortly.
10.50 UK time
HURRAY
:party:
HAF is back well done!
What did I miss? :query:
:P
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trackie.com%2Ftrack-and-field%2Fimg%2Flayout%2Ficon_quote.jpg&hash=c5a9d5ac5c9c0366d813e18a50510fe9aa16bfc2)Argentium:
What did I miss?
Oh, just bigfoot dancing with Andromeda in front of a band comprised of winged pink elephants lead by Nessie.
Also, Elvis was making grilled peanut butter and banana sammiches.
Quote from: No one on November 11, 2017, 11:59:23 AM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trackie.com%2Ftrack-and-field%2Fimg%2Flayout%2Ficon_quote.jpg&hash=c5a9d5ac5c9c0366d813e18a50510fe9aa16bfc2)Argentium:
What did I miss?
Oh, just bigfoot dancing with Andromeda in front of a band comprised of winged pink elephants lead by Nessie.
Also, Elvis was making grilled peanut butter and banana sammiches.
:notworthy: Oh thank god...for a moment there I thought there were some technical difficulties with HAF. :worried:
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 11, 2017, 12:06:44 PM
Quote from: No one on November 11, 2017, 11:59:23 AM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trackie.com%2Ftrack-and-field%2Fimg%2Flayout%2Ficon_quote.jpg&hash=c5a9d5ac5c9c0366d813e18a50510fe9aa16bfc2)Argentium:
What did I miss?
Oh, just bigfoot dancing with Andromeda in front of a band comprised of winged pink elephants lead by Nessie.
Also, Elvis was making grilled peanut butter and banana sammiches.
:notworthy: Oh thank god...for a moment there I thought there were some technical difficulties with HAF. :worried:
Do keep up, dear . . .
Quote from: Dave on November 11, 2017, 12:26:03 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 11, 2017, 12:06:44 PM
Quote from: No one on November 11, 2017, 11:59:23 AM
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trackie.com%2Ftrack-and-field%2Fimg%2Flayout%2Ficon_quote.jpg&hash=c5a9d5ac5c9c0366d813e18a50510fe9aa16bfc2)Argentium:
What did I miss?
Oh, just bigfoot dancing with Andromeda in front of a band comprised of winged pink elephants lead by Nessie.
Also, Elvis was making grilled peanut butter and banana sammiches.
:notworthy: Oh thank god...for a moment there I thought there were some technical difficulties with HAF. :worried:
Do keep up, dear . . .
I try, but you have to excuse my slowness, it's Saturday morning and I've only just woken up. :P
(Maybe I should drink some more caffeine)
It's not done yet!
Asmo is backing up the data base. The site will close for a while and then reopen. You'll be logged out in that process so you'll need to log back in.
Hopefully all the bits are now in place, it's now a case of shuffling things around.
Only glitch I have found so far is that some of the emojis appear only as text labels, not the image, but I think that started early in the morning, before the swap.
Quote from: Dave on November 11, 2017, 08:15:37 AM
Quote from: Tank on November 11, 2017, 07:22:55 AM
Quote from: Icarus on November 11, 2017, 01:43:33 AM
OMG ! It would be difficult to live without HAF, for even a few days. :eyebrow:
It should only be an hour or so. Asmo needs to backup the forum database. Whitney transfers the domain from her hosting agreement to mine. Asmo uploads the forum database to my shared server account and things should start working again.
There's a "should" in there . . .
Something you learn in the military. All good plans have a couple of "shoulds" in them.
That's why we prefer to have more than one.
^ So what's Plan B? :P
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on November 12, 2017, 12:57:42 AM
^ So what's Plan B? :P
It is a bit like plan 9, but this time not from outer space :)
Well we're back :D
...And look! The emoticons survived! :asmo:
P.S; I do know about the local avatars. Will have a looksie tomorrow.
QuoteThank you, Whitney, for creating and hosting this community for
all those years. All hail Lord Tank!
...And all hail
Lord Asmodean PrimeTech Admin
Administrator
Father Of All Asmos :not worthy:
Whoopee
And thanks to all those who made it possible!
Since I couldn't help directly I sent "Thoughts and Prayers" to the HAF staff,...looks like it worked. 8)
Whew ! That was scary. All hail the Asmo and Tank.
Now that we are back in business, is it time to discuss the dollar/pound/kronar/sheckle cost of making the change over?
Quote from: Father Bruno on November 13, 2017, 08:31:13 PM
Since I couldn't help directly I sent "Thoughts and Prayers" to the HAF staff,...looks like it worked. 8)
:lol:
Asmodean allowed me to enter his
Facebook dungeon while he worked. It was thrilling!
I was like:
"Man! Everyone! Look at all the stuff he's doing!"
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I can't find that anymore. Can we get it back?
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on November 13, 2017, 10:25:18 PM
I can't find that anymore. Can we get it back?
I miss the little YouTube button, it was so cute...sigh I miss the good ole days here at HAD, now it's all square angles, and neat little rows of percent-encoding. :'(
Thanks for all the work, guys. One question: when I try to upload my avatar, it gives the following message.
An Error Has Occurred!
The attachments upload directory is not writable. Your attachment or avatar cannot be saved.
Are there restrictions now on the location or format of avatars?
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 14, 2017, 03:53:45 AM
Thanks for all the work, guys. One question: when I try to upload my avatar, it gives the following message.
An Error Has Occurred!
The attachments upload directory is not writable. Your attachment or avatar cannot be saved.
Are there restrictions now on the location or format of avatars?
This is a known glitch. Asmo to sort out over the next few days.
Thank you or highlighting this.
If you find any other anomalous behaviour please post it here.
The YouTube button has disappeared.
Noted
Quote from: Tank on November 14, 2017, 06:17:30 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 14, 2017, 03:53:45 AM
Thanks for all the work, guys. One question: when I try to upload my avatar, it gives the following message.
An Error Has Occurred!
The attachments upload directory is not writable. Your attachment or avatar cannot be saved.
Are there restrictions now on the location or format of avatars?
This is a known glitch. Asmo to sort out over the next few days.
Thank you or highlighting this.
If you find any other anomalous behaviour please post it here.
Thanks, Tank. It must be divine intervention, but I see that Mags still has an avatar that shows.
Ok, I've fixed the issue with inhouse avatars, but it does seem like a few, my own much-lamented Gray Blob included, were not re-built properly. Dang. Trouble is, I can't actually find them where they were supposed to be on the old site, in backups or... Anywhere. It's a bit weird.
This concerns 34 inhouse avatars. I will see what I can do, but I suppose it's just as easy to reupload.
Uploading of avatars should work OK now. Some absolute path related issues there.
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 14, 2017, 06:51:14 AM
Quote from: Tank on November 14, 2017, 06:17:30 AM
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 14, 2017, 03:53:45 AM
Thanks for all the work, guys. One question: when I try to upload my avatar, it gives the following message.
An Error Has Occurred!
The attachments upload directory is not writable. Your attachment or avatar cannot be saved.
Are there restrictions now on the location or format of avatars?
This is a known glitch. Asmo to sort out over the next few days.
Thank you or highlighting this.
If you find any other anomalous behaviour please post it here.
Thanks, Tank. It must be divine intervention, but I see that Mags still has an avatar that shows.
Presumably because her avatar is linked to an external URL.
Correct. All external avatars, and those internal which were where they were expected to be, are unaffected.
I refer to the Post-Migration (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=15403.0) thread in Forum Suggestions;
Thanks again for all the hard work.
Quote from: hermes2015 on November 14, 2017, 10:22:56 AM
Thanks again for all the hard work.
You are very welcome. 8)