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Mage Wars => General Discussion => Topic started by: SeanDeCoy on November 06, 2012, 06:00:35 PM

Title: Website Server Work Being Done Tonight
Post by: SeanDeCoy on November 06, 2012, 06:00:35 PM
Hey guys,

Just a heads up, we'll be doing some work on the backend of both magewars.com and arcanewonders.com from about 2am CST to probably about 10am CST. We've chosen this time as it is a generally low-traffic time.

The general changes we'll be making are that the magewars.com and arcanewonders.com sites. We'll be combining the two databases, so that when you sign on to magewars.com, you'll be able to stay signed on at arcanewonders.com, etc. This has a lot of benefits for you guys, and we've fixed a lot of the problems with registration, and I believe we've dealt with one of the dreaded "invalid token errors" that a lot of users have reported.

Again, I have full faith in our programming team and I fully anticipate everything going smoothly, but if you have any problems with your account, please e-mail me at seanmccoy@arcanewonders.com and I'll get it taken care of for you!

Thanks for your patience, your support has grown this community immensely and it's because of that, that we've tried to improve the site and its features as much as possible.

Anyways - here's to a smooth transition!

Thanks again,

--Sean
Title: Re: Website Server Work Being Done Tonight
Post by: SeanDeCoy on November 07, 2012, 09:25:11 AM
Just a quick update: Our team worked through the night, but they did not finalize the implementation, so they will be going through this again tonight.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Website Server Work Being Done Tonight
Post by: Hedge on November 08, 2012, 04:57:55 PM
DId they finish, Because my Profile says that it doesn't exist. and my post count went to zero and I have a info message at the top of the Page.


Info: Assign the Component VirtueMart to a menu Item.
Title: Re: Website Server Work Being Done Tonight
Post by: Shad0w on November 08, 2012, 05:02:34 PM
Sean looks like I got down graded in the move. :S and my posts got reset
Title: Re: Website Server Work Being Done Tonight
Post by: Shad0w on November 08, 2012, 09:15:20 PM
Well they did not get reset it looks like some of the old account got split apart. We now have 2 of me
Title: Re: Website Server Work Being Done Tonight
Post by: SeanDeCoy on November 09, 2012, 08:05:54 AM
Sorry about the post redistribution guys, I'm taking a look into this right now.
Title: Re: Website Server Work Being Done Tonight
Post by: Koz on November 09, 2012, 04:43:01 PM
Man, everything is severly screwed up for me.  My avatar is gone, when I try to go into my profile it tells me I haven't been approved by an administrator or some such thing and I have to enter captcha to post something...

Any word on when this server maintenance will be done?  If it is done, any word on when all of this will be corrected?  Or how to fix it ourselves?
Title: Re: Website Server Work Being Done Tonight
Post by: paradox22 on November 09, 2012, 05:59:11 PM
What Koz said  :(
Title: Re: Website Server Work Being Done Tonight
Post by: SeanDeCoy on November 10, 2012, 09:03:43 AM
Hey guys,

The large part of the server merge is finished. So, we're pretty happy about that. Our guys are now looking into fixing the avatar and post count situation. Thanks for bearing with us!

--Sean
Title: Re: Website Server Work Being Done Tonight
Post by: Shad0w on November 10, 2012, 01:08:37 PM
Well my post count got reset again. other than that so far so good. BTW pics are working again you just need to add them again
Title: Re: Website Server Work Being Done Tonight
Post by: Koz on November 10, 2012, 04:50:08 PM
Hmmm, avatars seem smaller than before.  Do not like.  :(
Title: Re: Website Server Work Being Done Tonight
Post by: Shad0w on November 11, 2012, 12:34:58 AM
Quote from: "Koz" post=3253
Hmmm, avatars seem smaller than before.  Do not like.  :(


Its like a postage stamp.
Title: Re: Website Server Work Being Done Tonight
Post by: paradox22 on November 11, 2012, 12:59:16 AM
Looks like your post count is back Shadow.  Wonder if the rest of us will get ours back.  If not, no biggie.
Title: Re: Website Server Work Being Done Tonight
Post by: Nihilistiskism on November 11, 2012, 04:01:38 AM
It's weird. When I post, now, it works fine, but going to look at an older post I'm a visitor with no picture and no post count. :-P

-nihil
Title: Re: Website Server Work Being Done Tonight
Post by: Nihilistiskism on November 11, 2012, 08:18:31 AM
Also: Signature lines?

-nihil
Title: Re: Website Server Work Being Done Tonight
Post by: SeanDeCoy on November 12, 2012, 10:11:01 AM
My web guys assure me that they're working on the post count - I'll check into the avatar thing though. Thanks for your patience guys!
Title: Re: Website Server Work Being Done Tonight
Post by: Shad0w on November 12, 2012, 11:50:45 AM
Quote from: "SeanDeCoy" post=3531
My web guys assure me that they're working on the post count - I'll check into the avatar thing though. Thanks for your patience guys!


Mine was working over the weekend but now we are all back to Nub
Title: Re: Website Server Work Being Done Tonight
Post by: Nihilistiskism on November 13, 2012, 09:45:08 AM
So it looks like stuff that is posted now is looking ok (except Avatars are still tiny). Are old posts forever going to be in that ugly limbo of not having avatars or signatures? Or clickable user info at all, apparently?

It's kind of neutering my desire to post when I don't know if my post will be there tomorrow, if it is there if it will be recognized as mine, or if this site is going to explode the internet and be the downfall of modern communication mediums.  :P

-nihil
Title: Re: Website Server Work Being Done Tonight
Post by: SeanDeCoy on November 13, 2012, 10:02:00 AM
Haha - thanks for your patience Nihil. My guys are working right now to restore the old posts and post counts. We'll find a way!
Title: Re: Website Server Work Being Done Tonight
Post by: Nihilistiskism on November 13, 2012, 10:12:37 AM
Quote from: "SeanDeCoy" post=3567
Haha - thanks for your patience Nihil. My guys are working right now to restore the old posts and post counts. We'll find a way!


Am I the only one who finds it odd that apparently the only person who isn't even remotely "fixed" is the board administrator?  :whistle:

-nihil
Title: Re: Website Server Work Being Done Tonight
Post by: Shad0w on November 13, 2012, 12:11:45 PM
Quote from: "Nihilistiskism" post=3569
Quote from: "SeanDeCoy" post=3567
Haha - thanks for your patience Nihil. My guys are working right now to restore the old posts and post counts. We'll find a way!


Am I the only one who finds it odd that apparently the only person who isn't even remotely "fixed" is the board administrator?  :whistle:

-nihil


It took pointy sticks & black magic but it is slowly getting better.