New Pet of the Day, Cat of the Day, Dog of the Day and Pet Talk server upgrade

[Paul]

   In the next couple of weeks, we will upgrading our webserver to take advantage of the hardware and software advances of the past couple of years. There will be a few hours during the transition when Pet Talk will be closed. I will try to start the transfer in the early morning of a weekend day to minimize the disruption. Ideally, most people should not notice any large changes. However, since our IP addresses are changing and some ISPs will cache (remember) are old addresses for days longer than they should the will be some small problems with the transition.

   It would be helpful if everyone knew their user name and password just in case the new server asks you to log in again.

   You should be using our domain name, PetoftheDay.com as in http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/, instead of our current IP address http://67.15.70.205/talk/ because in a couple of weeks we will no longer be at this address and we have no idea what kind, if any, of website may be here in our place.

      Paul

[Rachel]

Will the new upgrade have a spell check feature? That's something I've been wishing for.

[Paul]

   We will upgrade to the current version of vBulletin, the software that runs Pet Talk. vBulletin does not list spell check as a feature. However they say on their board, "IE users will have IE spell available by default. Firefox 2 users will have Firefox's built in spell checker available by default."

   I have not used IE spell.

      Paul

[Catty1]

Will this have any effect on the "post theft" that has happened recently?

[Paul]

   Unfortunately, a faster server may make such theft easier.

      Paul

[Hellow]

Do you know of any specific date and time that Pet Talk will be closed?

[jennielynn1970]

Will this have any effect on the "post theft" that has happened recently?

Since I don't use boards that often, I'm not familiar with "post theft". You mean someone took posts off a thread or what happened??

[vinjashira]

Since I don't use boards that often, I'm not familiar with "post theft". You mean someone took posts off a thread or what happened??

this is the thread of the "post theft":
http://www.petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?t=131271

[KittyGurl]

Since I don't use boards that often, I'm not familiar with "post theft". You mean someone took posts off a thread or what happened??

Some people found PT posts on other websites and they didn't have the right to copy everything down.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

***We will upgrade to the current version of vBulletin, the software that runs Pet Talk. vBulletin does not list spell check as a feature. However they say on their board, "IE users will have IE spell available by default. Firefox 2 users will have Firefox's built in spell checker available by default."

***I have not used IE spell.

******Paul

My IE does not have a spell check now. Never did since I got my new computer with Windows XP. My old computer had it.

[Freckles]

Is it "a couple of weeks" yet?