discussion On the move

[John]

I thought you would like to know where your subscription payments go, most of it is on hosting, I've just signed up with a company called Liquid host, I've got the mid range VPS, they are an American company but I've paid the extra for one in the EU, hopefully it will still work after Brexit it costs $129 pm, it should improve things on the forum, and with it being a cloud VPS, if it needs more space, memory etc, it takes only a couple of minutes to do.

I wanted to be transparent, it's not a money making exercise for me, it's a way of keeping the forum going.

If everything goes according to plan, I will move the site over to the new server in the morning, so it could be inaccessible for most of the day.

 

[Guest]

It's nice to see such honesty John :smiling3:.
What am I going to do for a day without the forum? errrr thats right modelling.

 

[Jim R]

Hi John
Thanks for that. Nice to see the members coming together to support your efforts with the forum. It is a great forum and the response shows how much it it valued and appreciated.
Jim

 

[Guest]

Thanks John, I second Jim R and his comments. There was a forum that we had settled into and then we had the rug pulled from underneath us, not a word. You have behave like a true gentleman and I commend you for that and will support the forum the best way I can.
Cheers, Mike.

 

[AlanG]

John honestly what you just said was total gobble-d-gook to me but thanks for the update and thanks again for the many years of hard work you and the admins past and present have put in.

 

[prichrd1]

John,

Echoing everyone else's comments and well done.

Paul.
:smiling2::thumb2:

 

[Peej]

Thanks John for all your hard work keeping the forum going. Much appreciated.

 

[Guest]

John I think we all appreciate the honesty with you explaining how it works. No doubt quite a lot of time spent sorting this out for the forum when you could be relaxing at home.

Thank you.
John .

 

[Strenko J]

Thanks for keeping this forum going..some great modelers here and I’ve made some friends along the way and continue to learn more and more.. thanks again

 

[John]

The move isn't going to happen until next week now, I've not had chance to scratch my a**e today

 

[BattleshipBob]

John, there's allways time for a good old scratch, however some not in public :flushed:

 

[Guest]

John thank you.
Can stand down then. :smiling:

 

[John]

I'm not happy with the new host, I've raised 2 support tickets and only had an automated response, The host I was with previously didn't want me to leave and have offered 2 months free hosting for the same spec server as we are on now, I'm worried that if something went wrong with the current new host, they would be in no rush to fix it, I've contacted the old host and asked them to set up the new server, they will also help with the migration, the downtime shouldn't be as long, I won't be doing anything until mid next week, but when I do the forum will be turned off while it's moved.

 

[Jim R]

Hi John
Often a case of " better the devil you know than the devil you don't". I sure we can all cope with the site being down for a little while. I'm sure I'm not alone in appreciating the effort that goes into keeping this forum going.
Thanks
Jim

 

[AlanG]

Thanks for the update John. Whatever you feel is best is ok for me.

 

[Jim F]

Hi John
Thanks for the heads up, I think a mve back to the old host is sensible.
Jim

 

[Guest]

It's just like a boomerang,no matter how hard you throw it it just keeps coming back :smiling3:.

 

[John]

It's just like a boomerang,no matter how hard you throw it it just keeps coming back :smiling3:.

This boomerang comes with stressful head aches this times should be straight forward'ish

 

[Guest]

Remember to take time out for yourself.
ps I recieved my ordef from you today thanks.

 

[AlanG]

Remember to take time out for yourself.

+1 from me too