Forum upgrade today!

Jason · 13th August 2009, 01:02 AM

The forum will be upgraded, starting today.

Due to the fact it hasn't been upgraded in half a decade (or more), it's going to be a long process but once it's done we're going to be on a great footing for the future. The upgrade will give us many new features and enhancements and let us upgrade again very easily in the future.

The new forum won't be perfect from the start - it will always be a work in progress. We have had to draw a line in the sand and as it turns out the 18th of August is the 10th anniversary of the very first post on diyAudio - so we are going to do our best to try and make the upgrade by that date and celebrate with a new and modern home for the next decade.

We have performed dry run test upgrades, using the beefiest amazon servers we can get our hands on, and the process has been calculated to take 5 days (really).

During these 5 days, you'll be able to read all existing discussions, but you won't be able to add to them. You will only be able to start new threads and continue discussions in a new forum which will be created called "upgrade island".

Any discussions on the island will not be part of the complicated upgrade process and so the discussions will not be ported to the new forum until a few days after we launch.

Please consider this a great time to finish some of your projects, or perhaps mingle with other members on upgrade island!

Thank you for your support and apologies for the late notice!

Jason
diyAudio Founder

Geek · 13th August 2009, 02:13 AM

Thanks for the info!

I don't envy you the process... I had enough trouble transferring a forum with just 20,000 posts

Good luck!

poynton · 13th August 2009, 02:49 AM

Good Luck to all involved !!!!

Andy

Samuel Jayaraj · 13th August 2009, 03:19 AM

Thanks for one of the greatest forums on cyberspace.

kevinkr · 13th August 2009, 04:51 AM

I'm just hoping for the smoothest possible upgrade.

Good Luck!

Zen Mod · 13th August 2009, 05:20 AM

break a leg !

Jason · 13th August 2009, 05:25 AM

Here we go... please swim to upgrade island to continue discussions!

Variac · 13th August 2009, 05:54 AM

Quote:

I'm just hoping for the smoothest possible upgrade.

Aren't we all!
Mark

Wavebourn · 13th August 2009, 06:52 AM

Do you need some help? I can donate Sun Netra T1, or even Sun Enterprise 4500 with spare boards.

Cobra2 · 20th August 2009, 07:08 AM

WoW!!! I just logged on to the "new place"...
This looks great !!!

Cheers!

Arne K

(who really need to work out those abstinence-symptoms, after 2+ days without diyaudio)

13th August 2009, 01:02 AM	#1
Jason :) diyAudio Administrator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Melbourne Blog Entries: 1	Forum upgrade today! The forum will be upgraded, starting today. Due to the fact it hasn't been upgraded in half a decade (or more), it's going to be a long process but once it's done we're going to be on a great footing for the future. The upgrade will give us many new features and enhancements and let us upgrade again very easily in the future. The new forum won't be perfect from the start - it will always be a work in progress. We have had to draw a line in the sand and as it turns out the 18th of August is the 10th anniversary of the very first post on diyAudio - so we are going to do our best to try and make the upgrade by that date and celebrate with a new and modern home for the next decade. We have performed dry run test upgrades, using the beefiest amazon servers we can get our hands on, and the process has been calculated to take 5 days (really). During these 5 days, you'll be able to read all existing discussions, but you won't be able to add to them. You will only be able to start new threads and continue discussions in a new forum which will be created called "upgrade island". Any discussions on the island will not be part of the complicated upgrade process and so the discussions will not be ported to the new forum until a few days after we launch. Please consider this a great time to finish some of your projects, or perhaps mingle with other members on upgrade island! Thank you for your support and apologies for the late notice! Jason diyAudio Founder

13th August 2009, 02:49 AM	#3
poynton Magneto the Gravity Man diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: A life on the ocean waves when I'm not at home in N. Wales (but I'm not Welsh so no sheep jokes!)	Good Luck to all involved !!!! Andy __________________ If it ain't broke, break it !! Then fix it again. It's called DIY !

13th August 2009, 03:19 AM	#4
Samuel Jayaraj diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bangalore, India	Thanks for one of the greatest forums on cyberspace. __________________ Sam

13th August 2009, 04:51 AM	#5
kevinkr diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Blog Entries: 6	I'm just hoping for the smoothest possible upgrade. Good Luck! __________________ "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." - Carl Sagan

13th August 2009, 05:20 AM	#6
Zen Mod diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: ancient Batsch , behind Iron Curtain	break a leg ! __________________ my Papa is smarter than your Nelson ! tnx to clean thread ; Cook Book ; PSM LS Cook Book ; Baby Diyaudio FORUM ; Mighty ZM's Bloggg;I'm dumb


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13th August 2009, 02:13 AM	#2
Geek diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2004	Thanks for the info! I don't envy you the process... I had enough trouble transferring a forum with just 20,000 posts Good luck!

13th August 2009, 05:25 AM	#7
Jason :) diyAudio Administrator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Melbourne Blog Entries: 1	Here we go... please swim to upgrade island to continue discussions!

13th August 2009, 06:52 AM	#9
Wavebourn diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Pleasant Hill, CA	Do you need some help? I can donate Sun Netra T1, or even Sun Enterprise 4500 with spare boards. __________________ If I disappear suddenly, that means I finally created a time machine and pushed wrong button that brought me to Stalin's Russia. In any experiment any result is the result. Even if it is negative.

20th August 2009, 07:08 AM	#10
Cobra2 DIY ! diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Stavanger, Norway	WoW!!! I just logged on to the "new place"... This looks great !!! Cheers! Arne K (who really need to work out those abstinence-symptoms, after 2+ days without diyaudio) __________________ Ars longa, vita brevis

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