[07-MAR-2016] Current status of BLF upgrade process

BLF Site-related Issues
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Thank you so! The layout is a bit weird tho

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Sb, I've got to tell you, this is just over the top fantastic. You really nailed it

Thank you!!!

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Oh, and you forgot #7 SB, make me one of your moderators.

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Weā€™re back! Those who have slower DNS can access BLF at the following temporary URL:
http://budgetlightforum.ddns.net

I guess I have slow DNS as I have to access BLF at the temporary URL. If the temporary URL is temporary, how would I access the site when it is removed? Thanks.

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Thanks sb

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Thanks for the temp URL

Is the one post a minute but able to edit thing working on the new system?

My signature seems to have not migrated properly :frowning:

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Thanks sb for the effort in this marathon upgrade. The things you do for love aye. :slight_smile:

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Good to see BLF back online, looks great!

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Well done and thanks

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The proper URL will start working soon enough, but your DNS-servers will cache the old address for up to 24 hours, sometimes even longer. Iā€™m guessing the temporary address will be up for a couple of days at least :slight_smile:

sb56637: Awesome work mate, I know how horribly wrong upgrades can go sometimes and itā€™s no fun at all. Thanks!

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The new site seems snappier, is that temporary or because of improved inefficiencies of the new software?

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The new software is more efficient, although I havenā€™t had time to optimize its caching settings or the underlying OS performance settings yet. Also weā€™re still under very light load at the moment, so that probably has something to do with it.

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No, not yet. (Shhhh! Donā€™t tell the spammers!)

Yep, sorry about that. I did try long and hard to migrate the signatures, but I finally had to give up. (Actually the first 255 characters of your signature are in tact, if thatā€™s any consolation.)

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Aka: Your signature was too damn long! :lol:

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Well said.

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Looks great! Thanks for the good work

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Looking good.
I wrote ā€œitā€™s done when itā€™s doneā€ tonight but man, I am glad it is done for the most part!
THANKS!

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Thanks sb

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Looks like youā€™re still editing the site code. Itā€™s almost mesmerizing watching the PHP error types and line numbers change. :slight_smile:

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Oh, also looks like signatures may have been truncated to 255 characters. Iā€™m not sure what the old limit was, but apparently it was at least slightly longer than that.