TexasCHLforum.com

NcongruNt wrote:Thanks Chas!

If you still need someone for the query, let me know. I do sysadmin work and know many people whose MySQL-fu is greater than mine. I know that several of my coworkers are members here, and I'm quite certain some of them could construct this handily.

I'll have to take you up on this very kind offer at some point. This part of the migration is going to be more difficult than i thought and far beyond my capabilities.

Chas.

I changed a few settings that may help with the logon issue. I still have to login each time, but the cookie is saving the username and password.

I've noticed a couple of other bugs. I have my browser set to launch links in a new tab, but now when I click a link the new tab opens with me not being logged in. I wish I had known how TexasCHLforum was going to grow when I launched it in Dec. 2004; it would have been on its own server from the beginning! My one hour migration estimate was off by five hours and it appears I'm still not finished.

Chas.

Oldgringo wrote:I'm here but I have to log in each time. Is this right?

I am too, but that problem existed for some people even before the move. It's different now because the logon form is not automatically filled now.

Chas.

The migration to the new server went okay, but I still have to get the header logo and NRA photo ironed out. I'll also work on the posts containing links to other threads in the next few weeks.

Chas.

Correcting links to other threads in posts is going to be a much bigger problem than I thought. I'll have to correct those at some point after the move to the new server and I'll probably be asking someone for help formatting the MySQL query.

Chas.

If all goes as planned, TexasCHLforum will be moved to a new server tonight. I'm more than a little concerned about the "search and replace" query that I have to run on the database, so the site will be down for more than one hour as I anticipated earlier. After the database maintenance is complete, I want to check several posts with links to other posts to make sure everything is working.

Remember to reset your bookmarks to http://www.TexasCHLforum.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, if you are using http://www.TexasShooting.com/TexasCHL_Forum" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, as this link won't work after the site moves.

Chas.

dicion wrote:

NcongruNt wrote:What about all the links in posts that point to other topics? Surely there are going to be many thousands of these. Will you be doing a database scrub to rewrite them to the new URL?

Pipe the entire database through sed :P

Once more in English please. I was planning to run a search and replace through phpMyAdmin, but this may be easier.

Chas.

I'm moving TexasCHLforum.com to a new server on Friday, Oct. 30th at 10:00 pm. The website will be down for approximately 1 hour for the move and updating the software.

If you have a bookmark set to http://www.TexasCHLforum.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; then you don't need to change anything. However, since the forum is currently in a subdirectory on TexasShooting.com, some people have bookmarks for TexasShooting.com/TexasCHL_Forum and those will not work after the website is moved.

Chas.