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Growing Pains

May 21, 2007

Eagles,

Approximately two months ago, the GOE site suffered major downtime and poor support from its previous host. It was these events that caused me to join the GOE effort. Since then we have moved GOE to a new server and upgraded the site significantly. At the time, the move seemed more than sufficient for GOE and its growing mission and user base.

Now, barely two months after the upgrades, we have realized that the GOE site has outgrown its host once again. This is NOT a bad thing, it only shows the incredible appeal of our effort and the determination of Eagles like yourself. So, once again it is time to upgrade the home of GOE.

The previous upgrade was a bit last minute and because of this proper planning was not accomplished. This led to some minor data losses and downtime. This upgrade has been carefully thought through and planned. Every detail of this upgrade has been thought out and put into a neat graphs and charts. The goal of upgrading any “living/growing entity”, such as GOE, is limited data loss and downtime. We have come up with a solution that will not only virtually guarantee zero downtime, but also, zero data loss.

We are not only moving to a “bigger and better” server, but we are also implementing many upgrades to the GOE site. One of the main focuses of this upgrade is security. As Eagles, you are all entitled to a safe and secure browsing experience when visiting the site. With the upgrade, your data will be encrypted using secure server technologies. We will be switching to a new email system that will include some of the best security and SPAM technologies in the world. You will also soon be seeing a new lightweight forum. This forum will be fully integrated into the GOE site. Say goodbye to the days of having multiple user accounts (ie. one for the main site and one for the forum.).

Although considerable planning has gone into this upgrade, some downtime might be possible. I would highly doubt it, but we always have to plan for the unexpected. I will update you in the following days with further information and when to expect downtime, if any.

Eagles Up!
Anthony

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7 Responses to “Growing Pains”

  1. joyjoyfromnj on May 21st, 2007 10:15 pm

    Thanks for all your hardwork! Just for the record, I’m typing this about 12:15 AM Tuesday (not sure if comments have a time stamp); about 10-15 minutes ago when I tried to access this main page, nothing showed up some programming language. I could get to the forum, though. Not sure if we were hacked again or if this was part of your planned chaos :-)

  2. Anthony on May 21st, 2007 10:20 pm

    Yikes, I really should have announced that upgrade. I just performed an upgrade to the site in preparation for its upcoming move. However, I thought nobody would be online during the upgrade, I guess I was wrong.

    No hacks, just me purposely breaking stuff. Sorry for the inconvenience.

  3. Clyde"Zeke"Conner on May 21st, 2007 10:20 pm

    This is good news! I just had to come over via Kit’s link after getting thismessage
    Fatal error: Cannot redeclare register_sidebars() (previously declared in /home/gatherin/public_html/wp-includes/widgets.php:15) in /home/gatherin/public_html/wp-content/plugins/widgets.php on line 22 when I tried to get on thru “Favorites.

    And I’ve recently had repeated “Invalid Post” resubmit messages at the Forums
    Wishing us all good luck with the new server. EAGLES UP !

  4. Clyde"Zeke"Conner on May 21st, 2007 10:24 pm

    Phwew. Oh never mind.
    Fatal error: Cannot redeclare register_sidebars() (previously declared in /home/gatherin/public_html/wp-includes/widgets.php:15) in /home/gatherin/public_html/wp-content/plugins/widgets.php on line 22

    Wow,demo and reconstruction immediate.
    Impossible a little longer?

    GarryOwen

  5. mtngrandpa on May 22nd, 2007 3:02 pm

    Kit or Anthony,

    On the main page right hand column near the bottom, there is a red link that says: “> View my profile”

    I thought it would be my username profile, but instead links to this: http://www.technorati.com/profile/euphoriadev

    I think that may be a wrong link?

  6. susan on June 6th, 2007 7:28 pm

    i have repeatedly tried to rgister on the forum but always get the invalid response about getting the “secret code” wrong. I have sent emails to the adminisrtator and NNNNnno resoponse. I would REALLY like to post on my ohio forum but cannot . PLEASE HELP. please advise atmamma12151@yahoo.com

  7. susan on June 6th, 2007 7:29 pm

    that should read
    mamma12151@yahoo.com

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