Ok, here's the deal. XLInternet, the people that are hosting this site, have gone tits up. I received an email this morning saying that everything must be removed from their servers within 72 hours. Naturally, this is not a whole lot of notice, but given XLInternet's past performance I'm surprised they gave any notice at all.
I have already purchased space at GoDaddy, and have initiated the transfer of this domain name. I'm also working with Eric and Alex to get everything transferred over (hopefully there will be no Cougarnuts-esque loss of data). The problem is that this may take more than 72 hours - even the domain tranfer can take as much as five business days. For that reason we will very likely have a blackout of a few days. I do not know exactly when XL will flick the switch, but it could be any moment. When you come to this site and see "this page cannot be displayed" you'll know they've pulled the plug.
That's the bad news. The good news is that GoDaddy should be a much faster, more reliable host, and you can be assured we'll be back.
You've been warned. Blackout ahead. Commence looting :evilgrin:
That sucks, I hate moving..
Once the swap has been completed will the site have the same name or will it be something totally different?
Carm, normal propogation for a domain name is 48-72 hours...usually within 48 though. We'll be alright. Hosts just tell you up to 5 days in case one of the major backbones for the Internet goes out. Basically it only takes 24-48 hours for all the domain servers in the world to note the change to your domain's IP address, then everyone can access it equally.
There shouldn't be much of a problem transferring the site. Alex did my site quickly because, well, he's the man. We'll keep everyone updated here.
Once we're on the new host, the domain will be the same, board will look the same, even the login info should work the same. Except things will be much, much quicker. :)
Awesome but im with the rest i dont like moving :mad: :mad:lol anyway this should be intersting.
The site always went down here for short periods anyway. Also that one time for almost a week. Can't be much worse than that.
Yep and when the site returns it'll be on a new and faster host. So a little downtime is a small price to pay for overall better results
How about broadcast e-mail the ip address to all registered users? Provided that all the users have entered their e-mail address in thier profile and have "Receive Email from Administrators" checked in thier options. That way the regular users will have access while the rest of the WWW waits for the DNS to catch up. Just a thought...I'll have withdraw symptoms if I have to wait 72 hours to get back here. :)
SWEET!!!! I'm swiping the banners!
We could always use the old site as a kinda backup. Use it to let everyone know what is going on. But for the life of me I can't seem to find the address.
Man and I just joined here. Darn, I move to much. Good thing I have a truck. :hick:
What is up for grabs???? lol:evilgrin:
Mass e-mailing being sent...
just got my email. what am i going to do all day until the move is done?:D
/me gets my floating cooler and a ski mask...
I call weasle's car!
That sucks, but I appreciate the work you guys are doing to make sure we have another site asap. Thanks!
:laughing:
Mass? i don't live anywhere near there any more so don't waste your time :raspberry :D
:iagree:
so do i.... especially when it's for all the wrong reasons;)
besides whats the sense it's about 80 degrees out side.. :D and i just moved here about 7 months ago.. now why would i want to do that? i hope where we are moving to is'nt to cold :flip: :D
I"M ALL SET!!!:giggle:
have a nice day everyone
Nick (aka) tree hugger
Thank goodness, its about time something happend. It seems to go down about once a day.
I changed my e-mail from the one im registered with to pillittokillit@aol.com
so i didnt recive this mass e-mail:(
If you guys want you can hang out in my forum untill this place is back up and rolling. I would be glad to have you guys over:)
http://www.phpbbplanet.com/forum/index.php?mforum=chattanoogastre (http://"http://www.phpbbplanet.com/forum/index.php?mforum=chattanoogastre")
:nono: :nutkick:
( sneaks up in SCREAMMING :banana: YELLOW COUGAR, swipes banners from nirvanagod, puts banners in cougars2go's front lawn :cool: )
I found the old board, still have the link on my old yahoo site.
http://p089.ezboard.com/bfoxthunderbirds
Pop-up central there though . I had a whopping 93 posts there lol
Might as well. Half the cars pictured in the banners belong to him anyway! :D
Is it that I'm not a member or because ezboard lost everything that I can't see any posts?
No some time back the site crashed and they lost all the posts. So its a baren waste land now..
Accourding to the E-mail I'm number 68. Sheesh kinda like prison where you have a number and not a name. :D
I'm 21 :p
lol didnt notice that, I can imagine a creepy, raspy voice saying 'hello 21'
I was trying to find a post on the old site but its gone... guess i'm sol
:rolleyes: Why is it men always think faster is better?:shakehead
Thanks for the heads up.
Now what am I gonna do for 5 days?:drink:
Bake things for us to buy when the new site is up and running.:D
i stealing all the extra toilet paper and bottled water and then i'll charge twice the price muh muh hahahaha
:laughing: :laughing:
for two years you busted my ba!!s about getting a ride in my cougar and when you did. you could'nt get out fast enough "quote" holly shiznit this is insane get me out of here"end quote" :rollin:
even though you where scared shiznitless which would you rather have a supercharged V8 or a y little V6 i'm sure you answer is the V8 so yes bigger is better :D
besides a woman can push a volkswagen out from between their lags.. so i doud something half the length and the width of a 68 volkswagen bug tail pipe is going to do the trick.. so yes bigger is better:D
Now Nick , you know that wasn't he exact quote!
It was more like "Holy shiznit! YOU are insane...I'm a mama and don't wanna die....don't make me kill you!"
:rollin:
And dude...why he HELL would I want a tailpipe between my legs?? You sick MF!! :APPLES: :D
Any particular one? As I said in This post (http://"http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?t=3"), I saved most of the messages off the old site.
Aye Aye Captain... #19 standing by ...
#8 on standby!
Go Go Power Rangers!
#193 waiting with bags all packed.
(Hmm, maybe I should change my plates)
Agent 378 ready.
WOW! thats a joke... o well... it should be a very intersting switch
agent 857 ready to move out
(http://bestsmileys.com/army/4.gif)
Negative Ghostrider, the pattern is full..
#15 on ready stand-by cat. 3.
Private 1233 read for duty sir [SIZE="1"]sir[/SIZE] [SIZE="1"]sir[/SIZE] [SIZE="3"]Echo[/SIZE] [SIZE="2"]echo[/SIZE] [SIZE="1"]Echo[/SIZE]
I can't see the front!!
HAAAA.... I'm #87
I'm sorry! :(
Agent 63, out.
I didnt get the e-mail because the army decided to cancel my e-mail account.... asswipes. I'll change it right now, can someone e-mail me?? Pleeze??
#1132
jus got my walkin papers. see yous on the other side...
still havent got this mass e-mail :(
Dayum...1031!!! Do I feel low on the totem pole! :(
I wonder who got 69?!?! Eric?????
i be #105