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Title: More improvements coming
Post by: plyonsMC9 on March 06, 2010, 03:51:02 PM
Greetings fellow busnuts,

We are moving the BusConversions.com site and forum to a new and better web server.  The new server will have even more capabilities to better serve this awesome busnut community!!

We will do our best to minimize any interruptions in forum availability.  But in any change there is the possibility of "hiccups".  We do expect one hard down time that could last 3-8 hours as we make the final switch over to the new server.  We will do our best to schedule that to start after midnight (Central Time).  The exact night isn't known yet, but we will make an announcement ahead of time once it is known.

Tonight there may be a few hours that our busconversions.com email addresses (info@busconversions.com, webmaster@busconversions.com, editor@busconversions.com, etc.) will not work while the domain registration changes.  During that time you can still contact Mike, Chad or me, or any of the moderating team through the PM system of the forum.  Our email accounts should be back to normal by morning.

Thank you for your patience.

Kind Regards, Phil
Title: Re: More improvements coming
Post by: Melbo on March 06, 2010, 04:06:46 PM
Thank You Phil Mike and Chad

I appreciate all your work to keep this site up and running well.

The improvements are always nice to have.

Melbo
Title: Re: More improvements coming
Post by: cody on March 06, 2010, 04:15:51 PM
Does this mean I have to get dressed and comb my hair?
Title: Re: More improvements coming
Post by: buswarrior on March 06, 2010, 04:18:17 PM
cody, you'd better focus more on the pants and shirt component...

happy coaching!
buswarrior
Title: Re: More improvements coming
Post by: cody on March 06, 2010, 06:49:41 PM
Rats, I was just getting comfortable. Drafty? is this house drafty or is it just me.
Title: Re: More improvements coming
Post by: Just Dallas on March 06, 2010, 06:57:41 PM
Removed
Title: Re: More improvements coming
Post by: HighTechRedneck on March 06, 2010, 07:55:50 PM
Actually choosing to stay at GoDaddy.  They seem to be making a lot of progress on features and stability.  Once we put in some protection against DoS and DDoS attacks, that solved the crashes we were having about a year ago.  I've actually been pretty impressed with them lately.  Besides, with a new server you get a few laps around the Daytona 500 track in Danica's car.  Ooops I wasn't supposed to mention that!  :o  Just kidding.

If RackShack/EV1 were still in business and owned by Robert Marsh, that would be a nobrainer.  There was nobody that could touch that team on service and commitment to excellence.  But when Robert had a heart attack that almost killed him, he decided to sell EV1 to that holding company that also bought The Planet.  Then they merged the two and it pretty much ruined EV1 in the eyes of a lot of us.  Mario left and customer service went down and several of the good tech people left.  And several people from The Planet were moved over and it changed the whole attitude of things there.
Title: Re: More improvements coming
Post by: |@n on March 07, 2010, 05:24:32 AM
I know what you're going through guys. Best of luck in the server move! If there's any way I can be of any assistance, you know you have only to ask.

See ya on the other side  ;-)


Ian
Title: Re: More improvements coming
Post by: plyonsMC9 on March 19, 2010, 10:20:14 PM
Thanks Ian!  Your offer is very much appreciated & generous.  We will see how things go - as -


*** TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT ***

Hello fellow busnuts.

We will be locking the board down tonight (this morning).  Posting will be unavailable.  Time will be displayed in a post which will spell out the downtime hours.

We will likely be down a few hours.  More details will be following shortly.

Thanks for your patience!!!

Kindest Regards, Phil, Mike & Moderating team.

Title: Re: More improvements coming
Post by: jackhartjr on March 20, 2010, 05:09:38 AM
Now Ian...that was just dowright classy! 
And Phil, your answer to his was just as classy too!
I LOVE this bus nut communuty!
Jack
Title: Re: More improvements coming
Post by: PCC on March 20, 2010, 08:32:41 AM
Just a comment as I logged on this morning, I was asked about security certificates. Having not seen that before, I was wondering what Cody or BK, or others of their ilk, had done during the change-over, to make my computer question their security.

Just a note about the switch, in case it is important.   The rest - 'I just made that up'.