Christmas, giveaways and the near future. (Jan 2023 server migration)

[CartridgeCalls]

I recommend everyone go to their Itrader ratings now and screenshot your ratings for future reference. that way if anyone ask to see if you are reputable, you can show it.

[Maltese Falcon]

Okay, thanks for the heads up…and again much prayers for your loss.

Screenshots it is for now.

EDIT: I recall selling someone, sight unseen, never met,
$4000 in goods via PP Gift mind you, based on my iTrader ratings alone.

EDIT2: Each screen page requires three shots to get them all.

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[SilveradoColt21]

Thank you for everything Kes! May God bless you and your family! Hoping for a better new year

[2017mini14]

Happy New Year everyone.
Look at all the calguns birthdays for today.

[Kestryll]

Originally Posted by Supersapper

So how will we know what to do to log in? Will we all have the same usernames and passwords?

I've taken screenshots of things like my iTrader, join date, etc, but if the platform is different, how will we know where to go to log in or, in the worst case, reset up an account?

Nothing should change on your account, at least with the server move. We're moving the whole kit and kaboodle over so once the move is complete and the DNS repopulates it should be like nothing happened.

The software update is another story.
Again your account, log in, post count and such should remain unchanged.
However since iTrader is a plug in and not a part of the vbulletin software it won't reload automatically. I'm going to try to install the ancient plug in on the new software, there is a chance it will run it but I'm not holding my breath.

Originally Posted by Kyle1886

I assume this will affect 'Calguns.org' as well?

ETA: Went over to to the sister site and it looks like "Simple Machines" runs it.

Respectfully
Kyle

Calguns.org is on a different server that I maintain for exactly this kind of situation. During outages, updates or moves the community can stay in touch and continue.

Different company, different plan, different everything. It's more of a shared/VPN type server so we could overrun our resources over time but by the time they complain I expect to be back up with CGN.

[M76]

does registering at calguns.org require a different email than the one I used here?

thanks

[Kestryll]

Nope, there is no overlap so no conflict using the same info and name.

[SilveradoColt21]

Didn't even know that there was a backup forum called Calguns.org

[M76]

Originally Posted by Kestryll

Nope, there is no overlap so no conflict using the same info and name.

doesn't work for me

That username does not exist.

[EM2]

Originally Posted by M76

doesn't work for me

You will need to create that username over there.
You can mimic the username & password at the .org site.

[DaveInOroValley]

Hope you had a great Christmas and that Dad is on the mend. Thank you for all the work. Happy New Year!

[Sparrow Dynamics]

Thank you Kestryll for the work you do. Praying for you and your family... and for a smooth transition to the new server.

[Bull Elk]

Originally Posted by Kestryll

First off, Merry Christmas all! I hope everyone has a good day filled with fun and family.

I'm sure some of you noticed that this is the first year I haven't had a Christmas give away. It's been a bit of a tradition and one I planned to continue however this year the last three months I have been focused on my Father and by the time I thought about it we were in mid-December.
Barring anything else catastrophic coming up the give away will return next year.

And the future, things are going to get fun soon.
Our current host, Professional Edge, is shutting down. mcubed is moving on to other things and the hosting has been a losing deal for some time now. It's a hard business for a smaller company to survive in.

We will in the very near future be moving to a new hosting company and this will cause some other changes.
Our current software is far beyond long in the tooth and nearly all hosting companies no longer support the older version of PHP that this software requires. Whether we want to or not we are going to have to update to the latest version of vBulletin likely early in January.

I've held out as long as possible mainly because I have no idea if certain things like iTrader will run on vB 5.x. iTrader is a 12+ year old plug in that hasn't been supported for at least the last eight years.
I know how important these ratings are to everyone and have tried to keep this version of vBulletin viable but we're 5+ years past end of life.

I will of course try to load and run the plug in but I can't guarantee that it will work. If not I'll find a new rating system we can use, hopefully one that can port over the iTrader info.

I'm sorry this is going to be so abrupt and with sort notice. As I said I was hoping to have had the last several months to work on it and give notice but when my Dad fell and broke his hip everything became about taking care of family.

That's pretty much the latest on what is going to happen. Merry Christmas and take a moment to remember tomorrow whose birthday this is and why Christmas time is here.

I hope your father is recovering quickly. I look forward to the new software update. Thank you.

[Bold_Brass]

Its all gonna be okay, looking forward to the updates!

[Dirtlaw]

Upgrading software is sometimes a close relative of waterboarding. Hang in there Kes!

[RifleSupply]

Hope your dad is doing better and Happy New Year to you and your family! I look forward to the changes coming to the website!

[SWalt]

Any updates Kes? Seems some of the natives are restless.

[DrjonesUSA]

I am an IT Pro.

I’d love to help out with this migration if needed, or better yet; introduce you to our senior engineering team who could absolutely assist with / completely handle a migration & the inevitable issues that arise from any & all migrations like this.

I’d be willing to donate up to a couple thousand bucks worth of labor from myself and/or our senior engineering team.

Please DM me if you’d like any assistance from me or my team.

Work has been crushingly busy lately, but I will try my best to check back here shortly.

[DrjonesUSA]

Originally Posted by Dirtlaw

Upgrading software is sometimes a close relative of waterboarding. Hang in there Kes!

That’s a very inappropriate comparison to make.

Water boarding is nowhere near as painful, nor does it last anywhere near as long as major tech software / hardware migrations / upgrades.

What’s the longest you can water board someone before you have to stop, lest you drown them? 5-10 minutes?

Ha!

Tech upgrades can drag on for *weeks* or *months*…..

[DrjonesUSA]

@Kestryll;

You have DM.

[CenterX]

Kestrel,
Family first! Dads are important and need support even when they say they don’t. We in the Calguns world can chill for improvements and healthy family.
Cheers!
CenterX and family.

[Barang]

family first. hope everything is fine with your dad.

[12pewpew]

Hooray!!

No more opening up 30 tabs and then going and taking a shower to browse!

[SilveradoColt21]

Originally Posted by 12pewpew

Hooray!!

No more opening up 30 tabs and then going and taking a shower to browse!

I was able to mow the lawn, take a shower, and go grocery shopping and the site was still loading the page I clicked on, glad those days are over .

[gabe123]

Calgun is so fast today. Whatever you did, thank you so much.

[Oldjedi]

Browsing speed is fast. Thanks.