Important: Forum URI Change

[~tl]

At some point over the month or two, the forums are going to move from their current home at http://68kmla.org/ to a brand spankin' new server and (not so new) web address at http://68kmla.org/. We don't expect the actual downtime to be more than 24 hours, but due to DNS caching issues it could take longer in some parts of the world. The .net domain will continue to point at the forums right up until the changeover takes place. The .org currently points here too, but it's likely that it will be taken down at some point before the changeover happens to allow pre-setup to happen on the new server. Once the changeover is complete, the .net will then be set up as a redirect, much as .org is now.

This is just a heads up at the moment and I'll announce, closer to the time, when the exact changeover is going to take place. So, I wouldn't go updating your bookmarks just yet, since the .org might go down in the meantime, but be aware that this is happening.

Cheers guys! [)] ]'>

 

[Mars478]

Why on april first?

And don't forget- BACKUP-BACKUP-BACKUP

 

[ChristTrekker]

I'm curious as to the reason for this? Maybe it's an April Fools joke.

 

[Mars478]

Yeah I don't see the reason...

 

[Cory5412]

There are two things.

1. One of the admins with whom we haven't been able to get contact for awhile has control of 68kMLA.net

2. We are changing hosts for the forum, and because we don't have control of 68kmla.net, we can't point it at the new host.

It's not an April Fool's joke, it's just that it was posted on April first.

 

[~tl]

It's not an April fools joke (just unfortunate timing on my part).

Basically we're moving the forums over to a new server, so the DNS records on all the domains need updated to reflect the new name servers. Unfortunately, cinemafia has gone a little AWOL, so we can't get the DNS record for 68kmla.net updated. Therefore, we're going to change over to 68kmla.org since we have control over that domain.

Edit: Cory got there first...

 

[Mars478]

Huh, that's an interesting story. Best of luck, BACKUP!

Hm, let's find Cinemafia:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cinemafia_photography/

He uploaded something to Flickr 3/31/10 I left him a comment....

Last activity on his site was 3/18/10

Hope I helped.

 

[Cory5412]

He's around and doing well, just doing other things, we're not too terribly worried about it as we still have 68kmla.org and all of the other domains (retrochallenge and one or two others I think.)

 

[Mars478]

Great. Keep us updated.

 

[~tl]

Just an update on this folks...

The Wiki has been moved over to the new host already and is now active at http://68kmla.org/wiki/. Please report any problems/bugs to me. The new server is using lighthttpd instead of Apache, so there could be some unexpected problems.

I will probably move the forums over tomorrow or the next day, once I've got the themes ported over. I hope to keep downtime to a minimum, since the DNS has already been changed over it should just be a matter of a DB copy and a few bits and pieces of tidying. So, maybe an hour or two of actual downtime. Of course, there could be unexpected problems, so please bear with me!

 

[~tl]

The move has been made, and everything should be back up here. As always, please report any problems to me!

Edit: Oh, if you're having problems staying logged on, you might need to clear any cookies from 68kmla.net and 68kmla.org (to be safe).

 

[~tl]

I have been notified that the board is not sending e-mails currently. I am looking into this, please bear with me.

Edit: Should be working now!