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Old 01-11-2012, 07:09 PM   #1
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Default Site Upgrade **Sunday 4/11/2012**

Good evening

Following on from the cloning of the test server last weekend and the upgrade work performed on the test server, it is now time to perform the same upgrade on the live server.

At this stage, we are planning around an upgrade window between 0400 and 0700 on Sunday morning and during that time the server will be unavailable.

Like most things of this nature, there is always an element of potential for things to not go as planned and there are quite a few steps in the process that have to be performed in order for the customisations and other non core software (such as the gallery, tech portal etc.) to be successfully migrated but the test enabled us to iron out most of the busg with the help of an enthusiastic team of members who have been perofrming that testing.

There are a couple of unresolved issues currently but they are not critical to the forum operaiton and thus the upgrade can be performed.

The basic look and feel will remain the same as we are migrating our existing stylesheets as part of the upgrade however, there are a number of new features that come with the upgrade - not all of which will be activated initially.

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Old 01-11-2012, 08:29 PM   #2
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Looking forward to using some of the new features. Thanks for the update Russ. Hope it all goes well for you

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Good luck Russ!
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Old 02-11-2012, 09:30 AM   #4
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good luck with it russ if there is any help you need let me know
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Old 03-11-2012, 09:38 AM   #5
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go for it.

ill check in from time to time until its back up.

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Old 03-11-2012, 09:56 AM   #6
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no worries.....best of british to you.....may I say this is a very good forum thanks to you lot slaving away behind the scenes..well done
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Go for it Russ, you manage to keep the whole shebang up and running sweetly, so thanks for your continued efforts mate.
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Thanks for the news, just getting back into the group again.
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Old 03-11-2012, 11:01 AM   #12
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there are a number of new features that come with the upgrade - not all of which will be activated initially.

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Go for it should be good
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Wealth of knowledge & talent in this forum, keep it up Russ & crew, Can't really get better 'n' this can it?
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love how this site has many people who not only own nice cars ect but who are willing to assist with ones issues and problems they might have and all i can say is keep up the great work and help from everyone who makes a post of some sort and guys my hats off to all of you
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Thanks Russ and good work mate,
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All good Russ, go for gold!
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Alot of effort going on in the background....thanks
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Oh crap!! I'm going into anticipated withdrawal symptons already, not sure I can handle no access to this wonderful site for a few hours. Looking forward to the improvements though, keep up the good work....
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--------but the test enabled us to iron out most of the busg with the help of an enthusiastic team of members who have been perofrming that testing.

There are a couple of unresolved issues currently but they are not critical to the forum operaiton and thus the upgrade can be performed.



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Cheers hope it goes well
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Good stuff, Russ.
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Good luck guys you do a great job keeping this forum running
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Old 04-11-2012, 07:56 AM   #29
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Slightly over time but the upgrade looks to have worked fine.

Link to the new thread HERE

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