ALL SCI-FI

[Bud Brewster]

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Our web host, Dreamhost, has been telling me since January (when we first moved All Sci-Fi to their service) that we needed to update our old PHP software before they do an update on their servers.

They've told me that their update might crash the board if our software isn't current.

I know our PHP software update will change the look of the board (something I don't really want to do), but I'm not sure how MUCH it will change. Raj Patel, my tech-savy friend, is going to try to update All Sci-Fi this weekend. Dreamhost told me today that their own update is imminent, so I'm desperately hoping Raj will get the job done by Monday.

However, the "worst case scenario" is not a catastrophe. Here's what might happen.

(1)The Dreamhost update will happen before Raj is finished.

(2) All Sci-Fi is wrecked by the change and goes offline for a few days.

(3) Raj installs the updated version of our software on the Dreamhost server and then he reinstalls a copy of our database . . . which will be fairly recently, because I'll be making a new backup every 12 hours or so, starting today. (I've been doing it once a day for months).

I'm hoping the familiar look of the board won't change much, but if it does, I'm sure we'll all adapt to it fairly quickly.

But I promise you this; All Sci-Fi will not cease to exist, nor will we loose more than a few hours of data. I'd recommend starting a file right now and putting a copy of each post in it until the update is behind us. We might not need the copies, but it would be nice to have them, just in case.

Thanks for your patience and loyalty, guys.

Bud
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Bud Brewster]

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Good news!

Dreamhost explained to me exactly what I had to do to keep All Sci-Fi exactly as it is now!

By moving it to a "dedicated server", All Sci-Fi is able to retain it's "vintage" software and not have to convert to something new \which (trust me, guys) we would not like.

I know this because the old board (2007 to 2014) was forced to update the software back around 2010, and the members absolutely hated the way it changed the board. I sent the web host several messages telling them that we did NOT want the update, and they finally agreed to leave it the way it is now.

Anyway, All Sci-Fi has survived yet another attempt to change-or-destroy it, thanks to the heroic effects of your brave site admin!

Bud__
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)