Moving Servers

[yeszir]

Talksox may be down for a few hours tomorrow (Monday, August 30th) as I move it to a new server. You'll see a message at the top saying "You are currently viewing Talksox on the OLD server, any posts here will not be transferred to the new server" once the transition begins. From that point on it should be a few hours before the new site is up, but any posts made in the interim will not be transferred. After the move, everything will look and behave exactly the same.

Hopefully everything goes off without a hitch. There might be some hiccups over the course of the day as I iron everything out. If you notice problems or experience errors after the move, please post in this thread and tell me what's up. I'm doing it on an off day for the Sox so if there are issues we won't miss out on any super important discussion.

[Spudboy]

Are you moving Talkpats as well?

If not, I could start a Sox thread over there and everyone could post there while the change is taking effect.

[yeszir]

Talkpats is staying put. The site should only be in flux for a few hours but if you want to start an interim thread over there that's fine.

[Spudboy]

OK.

Anyone that wants to post during the transition should go to talkpats.com where I will have started a Sox thread. See you there!

[Spudboy]

Done. There is a thread for talking Sox in "Other Sports" on talkpats.com..

You'll need to create an account. No big deal. It just takes a minute.

I hope to see you there.

[yeszir]

Testing to see if new server works

[yeszir]

Testing again

[yeszir]

Someone post in this thread please?

[boston22407]

whats up

[yeszir]

Awesome. Are you seeing the domain talksox.com or something else in the URL bar?

[bsox0407]

http://www.talksox.com/forum/showthread.php?p=575041#post575041

[yeszir]

Ok, I'm 80% of the way there. I need to clean up the URLs so they look like they did on the old server. At least I didn't break the place!

Also, search may not be working quite yet.

[Spudboy]

When I refresh nothing happens.

[yeszir]

When I refresh nothing happens.

What do you mean?

[Spudboy]

I read the three threads that were posted on and when I hit the refresh button they stayed the same.
They stayed bold yet there were no new posts.

After I posted and hit refresh, my name showed up in stead of yours.

[italstallianion]

I read the three threads that were posted on and when I hit the refresh button they stayed the same.
They stayed bold yet there were no new posts.

After I posted and hit refresh, my name showed up in stead of yours.


Same happens to me. After a certain point, threads won't become unbolded, even after I've read what's been posted.

[yeszir]

This is a cookie issue. I think I know what's causing it, but I need to wait for the DNS to propagate entirely before I can fix it.

You might try to clear your cookies, or you can use the "mark forums read" link on the main page near the bottom of the forum list. You're able to read and make new posts though, correct?

[Spudboy]

I cleared my coolies and now the top three threads refresh. When I click on the bottom five threads I get that message about an invalid link. And they do not refresh either.

[Spudboy]

So now the gt and clay threads don't refresh. When I click on the post your pic thread I end up on this thread.

The last thread works.

[yeszir]

I can't replicate this because the domain hasn't shifted over for me yet. You're saying when you click on the post your pic thread you get taken here instead? Are you clickig the thread title or one of the page numbers?

[Spudboy]

I can't replicate this because the domain hasn't shifted over for me yet. You're saying when you click on the post your pic thread you get taken here instead? Are you clickig the thread title or one of the page numbers?

I have been clicking the blue box fro most recent post on the left.

[yeszir]

Hmmm ok well give it some time. Can someone try and create a test thread in the front desk forum? I'll delete it.

[Spudboy]

I tried but got a data base error page.

[yeszir]

Craaaap can you try again and copy and paste the contents of the error? Its weird, none of this is affecting me.

[yeszir]

I disabled plugins. Are you still seeing the same errors? I know that the width of the page is now messed up....

[yeszir]

I think I fixed it, can someone confirm?

[Spudboy]

I just got back from another site. I'll try.

[Spudboy]

Database Error Database error
The Talksox - Red Sox Forum / Message Board database has encountered a problem.
Please try the following:

* Load the page again by clicking the Refresh button in your web browser.
* Open the www.talksox.com home page, then try to open another page.
* Click the Back button to try another link.

The www.talksox.com forum technical staff have been notified of the error, though you may contact them if the problem persists.

We apologise for any inconvenience.



I tried!

[yeszir]

Oh i meant the issue with the last post button. I'm looking into database errors now.

[Spudboy]

Oh i meant the issue with the last post button. I'm looking into database errors now.

OK. Let me check. But the new psot page only has this thread so that's nice!

[Spudboy]

With no new posts other than what we have been doing I can't replicate the conditions.

All those funky thread problems appear to be gone.

I test posted on the Meet The Mods thread.

Things seem to be working!

[yeszir]

Fixed the new thread problem. Please try again.

[Spudboy]

Fixed the new thread problem. Please try again.

OK.

[yeszir]

Ok, that's working now. If anyone else experiences an error please let me know.

[yeszir]

I made another change testing if posting works

[Youk Of The Nation]

I noticed an error with the new server. Apparently Im not an administrator. :D

[yeszir]

I noticed an error with the new server. Apparently Im not an administrator. :D

That error was intended on my part :lol:

[Spudboy]

The Talksox logo on my toolbar has been replaced by a V Bulletin logo.

[yeszir]

The Talksox logo on my toolbar has been replaced by a V Bulletin logo.

Oh crap, fixing right now. I think this is the last bug to squash.

[yeszir]

Is the site running slowly and sporadically for anyone else?

[Spudboy]

I had trouble getting on a few minutes ago.

[yeszir]

And now it's blazing fast. I just called tech support and there wasn't a reason for it to be down. Work in progress.

[yeszir]

Might be speaking too soon, but it seems to be better for me. Anyone still having slowness issues?

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

I'm running fine.

[italstallianion]

No slowness issues, although occasionally my page will change to an error page. Something like a 404 or 505 error. I'll be more specific the next time I see it.

[yeszir]

No slowness issues, although occasionally my page will change to an error page. Something like a 404 or 505 error. I'll be more specific the next time I see it.

Yea, it's not so much slowness as it is just crashing. Like the site goes down for 20 seconds to a minute.

[Spudboy]

No slowness issues, although occasionally my page will change to an error page. Something like a 404 or 505 error. I'll be more specific the next time I see it.

Same here. 404.

[yeszir]

On all pages? Or is just a specific type of page? Does it resolve itself quickly?

I need ammo for when I call them again haha

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

On all pages? Or is just a specific type of page? Does it resolve itself quickly?

I need ammo for when I call them again haha

Seems like the internal error comes up when I click new posts on the upper right.

[Spudboy]

On all pages? Or is just a specific type of page? Does it resolve itself quickly?

I need ammo for when I call them again haha

I just saw it once today and I don't remember what I was doing.

But it hasn't happened in many hours. Since about 2-3.

[Spudboy]

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@talksox.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.


Navigating between pages has been slow.

I left for another VB board (worked fine as do all the other sites) so it's not Firefox or my ISP.

Trying to get back on Talksox I encountered the above problem.

[Spudboy]

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@talksox.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

I just got this when going from one page to another. And everything is as slow as what I remember dial-up to be.

[Spudboy]

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@talksox.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

I just hit refresh on the gt. this is what I got after 2.5 minutes of waiting.

[italstallianion]

I had the same thing.


Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@talksox.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Apache/2.0.63 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.0.63 OpenSSL/0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 mod_jk/1.2.28 mod_python/3.3.1 Python/2.4.3 Server at www.talksox.com Port 80


And it just now worked.

[jacksonianmarch]

SLOWWWWWW tonight. And a few times I couldnt connect to anything

[yeszir]

So the issue is on the hosting company's end. They think they know whats going on and they're going to fix it tonight...it might take a few hours and the site will be down when they reboot the server. It should be good to go in the morning though, fingers crossed.

[yeszir]

I think it's been fixed, the site is working really fast for me now

[VA Sox Fan]

The site is fine when I'm home.

When I'm at work it's the old talksox. Guess it's a work thing

[yeszir]

The site is fine when I'm home.

When I'm at work it's the old talksox. Guess it's a work thing

It's a DNS thing. Basically the fact that Talksox now lives on this new server has to travel around the world and all service providers need to acknowledge the change. Your work is just behind your home. I bet it'll be switched over by tomorrow.

[VA Sox Fan]

It's a DNS thing. Basically the fact that Talksox now lives on this new server has to travel around the world and all service providers need to acknowledge the change. Your work is just behind your home. I bet it'll be switched over by tomorrow.

Thanks for the good news sir! :)

I'm off until Sept 8th!!!!! Will let you know.