FU 2 was a success - we are on the new server

[LFG]

Thanks to Niber for staying up all night migrating us to the new server and host. Forum Update 2 (FU 2) appears to be a great success!

It will take up to 24 to 48 hours for the DNS to resolve for some users. There is still a significant amount of tweaking to be done, and Niber should have things exactly like they were before within the next few days or so.

We are now on a completely different host and IP number.

If you hear of anyone still unable to access the site, and it appears that would be a lot of people because our current on line number is about half of what it normally is, this is what finally worked for me:

1. Clear the cache in your browser - if you don't do that, your browser may continue to try and access the old site.

2. Unplug both your cable or DSL modem and your router, and leave them unplugged for at least a full minute.

I wasn't able to get onto the site until I did both of those things. But once I did, boom, here I am.

So far, this new site seems to be everything we had hoped for. I'm getting immediate response on page loads, pages are popping open rather than lagging open. This is a massive performance increase.

Next up is FU 3, scheduled for the 2nd week of July approximately. FU 3 will bring a brand new forum design and multiple new capabilities intended to turn this site into a veritable EQ2 activity center, including:

-Our new advertising format and opt-out system.
-A ventrillo server for use by our members
-A chat server as good or better than Allakhazam's. We are going to allow other EQ2 community sites to schedule chats on our chat server free through our "safe" domain address, which is soefan.com.
-Our new EQ2Flames on line store through Cafepress.
-A Counter-Strike server (hopefully, this one is up to Niber's discretion).
-The most ownage Arcade selection on the Internet!

Thank you for your continued use and patronage of EQ2Flames during our upgrades!

[Shaggis]

WOOT grats on FU 2 LFG

[Tion]

Gratz on the move, was getting so restless with nothing to do while at work, that I actually decided to get some work done. Glad I won't have to do that again, heh.

[LFG]

Originally Posted by Tion

Gratz on the move, was getting so restless with nothing to do while at work, that I actually decided to get some work done. Glad I won't have to do that again, heh.

Lol, reminds me of a story from a long time ago. After I got out of the Army, I took a job in San Francisco. One day, on my lunch break, I was tired so I went out front of my building and sat on the curb.

Before long, a wino came up and sat down next to me, and offered me a swig from his bottle. Apparently he thought I was a fellow wino.

I said thanks but no thanks, I have to go back to work.

He stood up immediately as if he was talking to the devil himself. With a look of fear in his eye, he said: "Work?!?!?!?!?" and took off running down the street.

[Illuminator]

Holy fucking assfuck I feel the difference.

[Snark]

yay grats

[Cupcake]

Good work, much appreciated.

[Illuminator]

FYI: "http://www.eq2flames.com" gives me timeouts, you may need to omit the "www." to get a successful page load.

[Snark]

Illum: open RUN and type in "ipconfig /flushdns" see if that helps. works fine for me.

[LFG]

Originally Posted by Snark

Illum: open RUN and type in "ipconfig /flushdns" see if that helps. works fine for me.

That's the ticket, based on my lesser technological sophistication, I unplugged my cable modem and router for a bit and it seemed to do the same thing.