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SITE MOVE- READ THIS, ITS IMPORTANT
« on: April 20, 2011, 08:36:39 AM »
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Hi everyone
This forum and site will be moved to a new web host within the next 24-48 hours.
I am doing everything I can to make sure this transitions smoothly without data loss.

The site will experience some downtime, which is unavoidable. There may be cases where your threads/topics/posts made in the last few hours might be lost, I apologize for that in advance and ask that you please bear with me.

Thanks in advance
Jason
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Re: SITE MOVE- READ THIS, ITS IMPORTANT
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2011, 01:36:20 PM »
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No problems....
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Re: SITE MOVE- READ THIS, ITS IMPORTANT
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2011, 04:55:56 PM »
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Jacques has kindly offered to install the databases on the new hosting because I admit I am unsure if I can do it. The last time I tried I ended up losing the entire site. That was way back when anime-za.net had a forum, in '04.

All the preparations have been done so this is my last post here until the move is done.
See you all on the other side.
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Re: SITE MOVE- READ THIS, ITS IMPORTANT
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2011, 05:59:08 PM »
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Testing to see if I can post on the new server.
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Re: SITE MOVE- READ THIS, ITS IMPORTANT
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2011, 04:18:16 PM »
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Gave me a weird error when I tried to login... but then logged me in anyway... so here I am
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« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2011, 04:35:31 PM »
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Ok - So the site has officially been moved then, because these last messages were present on the temp URL and are now visible on the normal www.digitalnatives.co.za url.


Thanks Jason & Jacques :)
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Re: SITE MOVE- READ THIS, ITS IMPORTANT
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2011, 04:45:00 PM »
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I just received confirmation of the DNS transfer 5 minutes ago - surprisingly quick resolution.
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Re: SITE MOVE- READ THIS, ITS IMPORTANT
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2011, 10:07:55 PM »
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Site seems to be up and running
Jacques, I PM'ed you about images not loading.... please disregard that... it was my computer... something messed up the memory and when I rebooted all was fine.

So here we are folks, the site is now up and running on a hosting package, by the kind people at Texo.co.za
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« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2011, 03:26:38 AM »
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So here we are folks, the site is now up and running on a hosting package, by the kind people at Texo.co.za


Cool Jason. Who are they (Texco) b.t.w?
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Re: SITE MOVE- READ THIS, ITS IMPORTANT
« Reply #9 on: May 31, 2011, 08:22:09 AM »
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Texo... run by Steve and Gaye Venter, operating out of Fish Hoek, Cape Town.

I met Steve on MyBroadband.co.za some years ago before Rudolph became a chop, back when Steve started the business. I've had websites with him before, his service levels are of the highest order.

Because I cannot afford the electricity anymore to run servers at home, nor deal with the incessant hacking attempts and having to put up hardware firewalls, I opted to host my sites on his shared hosting packages, at a fraction of the cost. As you know I live in Roodepoort, which is notorious for the WORST quality power in SA, I also couldn't deal with all the power outages and power surges that blow up the server power supplies.
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