Pet Talk Now

[Karen]

Okay, Pet Talk is open again - with a couple caveats.

Go ahead and post, but right now "New Posts" will not work. We have disabled the search feature entirely, as we need to rebuild the index for all 2.6 million posts, but cannot do that until we move to the new server, hopefully tomorrow.

So just until then, if you post anythings you really really value, keep a copy for yourself on your own computer.

And yes, you read right - we are having to move to another new server, as the one we moved to over the weekend has a fatal flaw with its drives. Scary, frustrating and because of the holiday, we know we won't get a new machine today, hope to get it tomorrow.

Thanks you all for your patience, please bear with us!

And for now, be leery of attaching anything, wait until we are on a stable server again!

[Catty1]

Oh YOW - I hope that server is under warranty! Will post carefully....promise!

[pomtzu]

I think I'll just lurk after this post, till things get straightened out. Who said this would be easy - right??

[Alysser]

Thanks for posting this warning Karen. I was going to post some pics from my vacay (really cool stuff - visited a rainforest, etc.), but I'll wait till we're on the stable server. I didn't recognize PT when I was logged on this morning from my phone, it was a bit of a surprise to say the least

[Grace]

I think I'll just lurk after this post, till things get straightened out. Who said this would be easy - right??

What she said. Lots of crossed fingers and toes, and good luck wishes for both of you

[Karen]

Thanks for understanding, folks. And no, Candace, there's kind of no such thing as "under warranty."

Once we are stable, we hope to add new layouts for phones, too, Alysser! But right now, the priority is stability, of course.

[ChrisH]

The forum disappeared just as I was posting a new thread and I panicked and thought I'd broke it for a minute. From now on I think I'll just lurk until you give us the green light.

[chocolatepuppy]

Wow, sorry this is turning into so much work for Paul and worries for you Karen. I'll be patient, Pet Talk is worth waiting for!

[sana]

Gosh! Pathetic servers! Hoping the next will be great and won't cause any problems. Good luck and lots of prayers that everything goes swiftly and fine! Will be patient...will try to be patient...probably won't post...

[Karen]

I know this can be disconcerting, we'll be making some changes over the next couple days. Anyone who wants to post, go ahead, just keep a copy for yourself just in case. There are a lot of things to configure, but of course we'll wait until we are on the new server for that.

Thanks everyone for your patience in all of this. As I said before, we had hoped to do the upgrade carefully and test everything before we opened it up to everyone. But the hackers necessitated the move, and the faulty new server means moving it all again. And as you can imagine, doing anything with a board with thus many users and posts takes time!

[Randi]

Karen, we'll be patient, so take your time and do what you need to do. What a nuisance that the first new server had a flaw.

Good luck!

[smokey the elder]

The hackers probably did something to the old site that made it no longer "safe for work". It is now, btw.

[Karen]

No, the people who attacked the old server, as far as we can tell, were using it for phishing and sending out spam attacks. I will be glad when we are on a stable machine again, and I don;t have to continually check and make sure the websites still exist!

[Karen]

We have not gotten the new server yet, we hope that will happen today, but cannot be sure. I will keep you all updated when I know anything more.

[cassiesmom]

What she said. Lots of crossed fingers and toes, and good luck wishes for both of you

Agree, agree, agree!

I have one comment and that is -- I miss the birthday list on the bottom of the page. The new PT looks great and I am getting the hang of it!