Pet Talk Now

[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!

[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!

[lizbud]

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!

I see the B-day list at the bottom of the page.

[Karen]

Okay, folks, big update! We will not be getting the new server until Saturday. But then it will be a brand new machine, and hopefully stable for many years to come. Thank you for all your patience, and bearing with us. This server seems stable for now, but we will continue to monitor it closely. Go ahead and post, but of course, Search and "Today's Threads" will not be available until we are on the new server, as we know this one cannot handle the search process.

[Randi]

I don't know much about servers, but I hope it will live up to your expectations! We'll be patient - and anyway, things work fairly well now - we can view and post.

[pomtzu]

Okay, folks, big update! We will not be getting the new server until Saturday. But then it will be a brand new machine, and hopefully stable for many years to come. Thank you for all your patience, and bearing with us. This server seems stable for now, but we will continue to monitor it closely. Go ahead and post, but of course, Search and "Today's Threads" will not be available until we are on the new server, as we know this one cannot handle the search process.

So you and Paul get to spend yet another weekend, serving another server. You certainly have put a lot of work - expected and unexpected - into this move. Hopefully all will go smoothly this time. Fingers and paws crossed here.

[Freckles]

I have an avatar, but it didn't show up in my recent post showing in the right hand columns of Forum threads and New Forum Posts. I see other avatars there, so why not mine?

[Karen]

That may be related to the search engine being turned off, or something to do with the image database that will need to be rebuilt. There's a lot we cannot explore right now, as my avatar doesn't show up in those places either. I will be glad when we are on the new server and can uncripple things.

By the way, folks, we fixed the blue text under the profiles in the "green" format, just so you know!