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AEA wrote:Lots of images not showing up in posts (using FF with auto load images active).

Not sure if it is the posters not posting them correctly or what. But Charles, your image test of the NRA meeting showed up fine.

I am seeing a lot of just the word "Image" (non link) and no pictures.

EDIT: Images are working correctly. One of the Mods posted a image test and it worked fine for me. I am seeing other images as well from other posters in various sections.

So the ones I saw that just said "Image" are actually a problem with the way it was posted.

Sorry for the false alarm.

It wasn't really a false alarm. It seems that images that were posted or embedded in a post are showing up fine. However, if an image was made an attachment to a post so that there was a thumbnail created with a link to the full image pre-mirgation, they aren't working now. I tested both images and attachments and new ones (i.e. post-mogration) are working fine.

I have a support ticket in progress.

Chas.

JJVP wrote:

Charles L. Cotton wrote:The TexasCHLforum will be moving to a different web host in the next few days. I had hoped to get through the legislative session without having to deal with this issue, but my current host is really pushing to get it done.

I'll let everyone know when a date is set, but I expect it to be around the first of February. Hopefully, the Forum will only be down a few hours, if that. The transition should go smoothly but I obviously want to test the new installation before going live.

Chas.

If you still asking for voluntary contributions, how do we do that?

Yes, I'll be setting that up on the revised http://www.TexasFirearmsCoalition.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; website that should go live today or tomorrow. Thanks for asking.

Chas.

The TexasCHLforum will be moving to a different web host in the next few days. I had hoped to get through the legislative session without having to deal with this issue, but my current host is really pushing to get it done.

I'll let everyone know when a date is set, but I expect it to be around the first of February. Hopefully, the Forum will only be down a few hours, if that. The transition should go smoothly but I obviously want to test the new installation before going live.

Chas.

Shoot_First wrote:Chas.,

Any update on this? We are departing later this month for a 3 month visit to Vietnam so I would like to contribute before I leave if that is possible.

Thanks,

Dave

Thanks Dave. I've been swamped and just haven't had time to deal with it. Hopefully my current web host won't get too upset with me talking longer than I planned.

Thanks for asking,
Chas.

The TexasCHLforum has outgrown shared hosting and will have to move to a managed dedicated server or VPS. For quite some time now, the site has far exceeded the allowed CPU minutes per day, but the web host has been great and only yesterday notified me that I had to either reduce services (absolutely not!) or move to a dedicated server or VPS.

The move will take place over the next few weeks and the new installation will be fully tested before we make the move. They want me to have everything done in the next 4 to 5 weeks and that not too demanding. (The timing sucks, but that's not their fault.)

The costs associated with either a managed dedicated server or VPS are not even in the same league as shared hosting. I want TexasCHLforum to remain non-commercial and I will not accept any advertising, so a supporter donation system will be set up soon. It will be voluntary and there will be two levels. Forum supporters will have a "supporter badge" in their signature line, but they can choose not to display it if they wish. The supporter badge will not count as part of any current or future signature line size or content limitations. To keep from negatively impacting people reading the Forum on mobile devices, the supporter badge will not be large.

I want to be candid about the market section. While supporter donations will be entirely voluntary, consideration is being given to making the market sections and training class sections available only to Forum supporters. It only seems fair that people wanting to make money on the Forum help to support it's continued existence. If this policy is ultimately adopted, the rules for posting in the market sections will not change; i.e. the current limitations will continue to apply. The market sections will remain a place for occasional posting by Members.

I will update our Members on the move as new information comes available.

Chas.