TVCH FORUMS HOME . JOIN . FAN CLUBS . DONATE . CONTACT . CHAT  
                  Quick Links   TOPICS . TREE-VIEW . SEARCH . HELP! . NEWS . PROFILE
Archive through September 20, 2008

Reality TVClubHouse Discussions: General Discussions ARCHIVES: Jan ~ Apr 2009: Moderator Messages & Information (ARCHIVES): Archive through September 20, 2008 users admin

Author Message
Karuuna
Board Administrator

08-31-2000

Monday, September 15, 2008 - 7:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
We're moving!!

After being graciously hosted by Bomis/Wikia for many years, TVCH is on the move to a new home! We are so grateful to Wikia for all those years of support and generosity, and we're gonna miss our pals there!

But time moves on, and so are we!

This means many things to our posters:

Sunday September 21, the board will have a final back up made and we'll close up shop on this server. We will have a thread or two here to update you on our progress, and for you all to chit chat. Please note that these temporary threads will NOT be moved to the new board.

There will also be a link to our new location once TVCH has been moved.

Once the new board is up and running, you will be able to post there. This server will just contain a help thread while the redirection of www.tvclubhouse.com propagates through the internet.

What does that mean? It means that when a domain name (tvclubhouse.com) is redirected to a new server, it can take some time before everyone automatically gets directed to the new server, and for awhile, if you use that web address, you might still end up here. We'll be taking steps to make sure that you can get to our new home while the propagation takes place.

This may mean that you will need a temporary set of new bookmarks to our new home, that you can use until your old bookmarks start working again.

In all other respects, please be assured that the new board will be very similar to our current set-up and there will be no change to our current policies. It will just be on a different server.

Confused? Don't worry, we'll be around to help you, wherever you are!

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Monday, September 15, 2008 - 8:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
What time of day are you "closing up shop" on Sunday? Just wondering if/how that could affect the Football Pool game. Since Sunday AM will be the deadline for next week's picks. And Monday PM is when I post the following week's picks, and send out e-mails (with direct links to that week's game) for those who asked to be on the e-mail reminder list.

Of course I don't expect the board to do anything around the game, but just trying to prepare myself to do whatever I need/can do to help the players get to the game to make their picks.

Twiggyish
Member

08-14-2000

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - 5:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
I'm glad you're keeping this format. It just wouldn't be the same without it!

Mocha
Member

08-12-2001

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - 7:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Uhh will the new server have an ignore button?? :-)

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - 8:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
HA!

Karuuna
Board Administrator

08-31-2000

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - 9:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
We will be closing up as early as possible on Sunday, and hope to have things back up in a few hours. You should tell folks to have their picks in by Saturday night, or Email them to you!

Rosie
Member

11-12-2003

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - 10:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
Good luck for smooth sailing Mods!

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - 11:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Gotcha Kar! Thanks!

Karuuna
Board Administrator

08-31-2000

Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 10:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Don't forget, tomorrow is the big day!

Chewpito
Member

01-04-2004

Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 11:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chewpito a private message Print Post    
OK, Im a little bit confuzed, will we still get here the same way...is it still tvch or will that change???....passwords/screen names...all the same???...thanks ahead of time...lol

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 11:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Call me confused too. Will there be a different "address?" or will tvclubhouse.com still get us "in?"

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
and how will we be able to tell if we are at the new house or the old one?

Chewpito
Member

01-04-2004

Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 11:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chewpito a private message Print Post    
Thanks Julie, now I dont feel so alone....

Still waiting for answers.....cause I will feel lost with out this place....

Karuuna
Board Administrator

08-31-2000

Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 11:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Good questions!

TVCH will still be all the same, just a new server/company will be hosting us.

Tomorrow, come here (to the home page, www.tvclubhouse.com) just like you always do.

There will be one or two threads here to keep you updated and let you ask questions about the move.

Other than that, posting ability to all your favorite places will be gone for a few hours. That's what it will take to back up this whole site (as it is) and move it to its new address.

When TVCH is up and running at the new address, we will provide a link for you. TEMPORARILY, it will be a new address (similar to www.tvclubhouse.com, but not exactly the same).

You will still have the same name, etc. The ONLY change we will make is a slight diff in background color, so you'll know you're at the new home.

A day or two or three later, that new address will be gone, and everything will go back to tvclubhouse.com.

The new temporary address will allow everyone to always be in contact with us, at this old server or the new one.

Hope that helps!

Prisonerno6
Member

08-31-2002

Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 11:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
See! I said over in News and Views it was like when I was a kid and my parents would threaten to move without telling me where they were going! Glad I'm not the only one.



Chewpito
Member

01-04-2004

Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 12:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chewpito a private message Print Post    
Thanks Karuuna.....

this is the first place I check with my morning coffee and sooooo....its scary to think of it going away....lol.
I Need all you folks in the Box'...without you Id be lost....

Karuuna
Board Administrator

08-31-2000

Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 12:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
No worries, Chewpito. We're doing all we can to make sure it's a smooth transition.

We also hope the new server will help us during those few high traffic times each year, you know, the BB endurance comps.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 12:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Speaking of the high traffic times, do you know if the traffic in the BB area is higher, lower or about the same as it's been in past years? Seems to me the traffic is lower. Or is that just cuz this place is running faster??

Karuuna
Board Administrator

08-31-2000

Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 1:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
I don't know the stats, Julie. Remind us to look them up after the move, when we'll have more time. Okay?

Colordeagua
Member

10-25-2003

Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 2:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Prisonerno6, I'll always be thankful to you for pointing me to TVCH from the Starting Over message boards.

Thank you

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 5:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
There there, buck up, little figments of my imagination. Everything will be fine. I will imagine all of you over at the new place tomorrow, and poof, we will all be there.



Mameblanche
Member

08-24-2002

Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 6:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
My folder here is my homepage... this should be interesting...

Dolphinschild
Member

06-22-2006

Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 6:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dolphinschild a private message Print Post    
Since things are going to be backed up, does that mean we don't lose our messages that are already posted and in our folders too? Thank you for all your hard work and for all the information you have been sharing with us.

Karuuna
Board Administrator

08-31-2000

Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 7:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Make sure you come to www.tvclubhouse.com, not any other home page. :-)

Dolphinschild, no, that's not correct.

At the time we put this board into maintenance mode tomorrow, we will do a backup (which is a complete copy of the board as it currently exists). That backup will be used to restore the board in FULL on the new server.

So, we shouldn't lose anything.

Draheid
Board Administrator

09-09-2001

Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 7:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Draheid a private message Print Post    
First of all, please do not change or delete any of your current favorites or bookmarks for the board. Once the move is complete, there will be a temporary 'special' address to the new server. After a couple of days, once the move has been updated across most of the internet, we will switch back to the old address. At that time, all of your old favorites and bookmarks should work as before the move.

As for the move itself, I plan to begin around 5:00AM board time. At that time, this board will be placed in Maintenance Mode. As it always is during the backup, nobody can post anything. You will be able to read some public areas but posting will be suspended during the backup.

Once the backup is complete, I will disable most of this copy of the board except the system area and this general discussions area. I will also be removing everything from General Discussions and placing 2 new threads here. One will be for updates and questions about the move, the other for general chit-chat/discussion. Please note that these threads and any posts in them will not be moved!

My goal for this move will be to have everything moved and completely setup on the new server before 10:00AM board time tomorrow. Providing no unforseen problems, this should be no problem. I will try to post in the Move Updates/Questions thread how the move is going as it is happening.

Once the move is complete, we will post links in the update thread to the new board. Monday morning we will replace the main page on this server with a redirect page to the new server.

PS: As Karuuna stated, everything on the board at the time the backup is started will be restored on the new server. No messages should be lost in the move!