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Old 02-11-2004, 02:13 PM   #241
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Any forum changes will probably be a little while from now. At the end of the month we are looking at changing servers. Morgan and I both consider the "virtual server" to be a failed experiment. We have had to many slow downs and problems behind the scenes lately to continue this way. After the changeover when vB3 gets a version out that looks fairly solid then we will be changing over to that. There isn't any sense making many changes at this point, and then having to redo them later.
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Old 02-11-2004, 02:42 PM   #242
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That's cool, I just thought I'd mention it, it's just a matter of replacing one .ico IIRC...
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Old 02-11-2004, 04:02 PM   #243
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vBulletin 3
Once we switch to vB3, we're on vB3. Moving vBulletin from one server to another is a matter of backing up the database to a file and copying the Avatars, Smilies, and Attachments folders. There's no complex installation so-to-speak.

My concern about running with vB3 here is that vB3 uses more RAM than vB2 and we're already bumping into the RAM ceiling on here.


Hosting
I can't reiterate enough that "Virtual Private Servers" are a failed experiment.

A regular web hosting account or "virtual hosting" ($9-30/mo) is typically on a computer shared by 50-100 websites. Busy websites can trip over each other or hang the whole machine.

A dedicated server ($99-199/mo) is a single PC used for just 1 web host. 60GB hard drive, 512MB RAM, 1GHz CPU. Overkill for our needs.

A "virtual private server" is where they take a high-end PC and split it up into partitions and each person has their own dedicated "slice" of the machine with a fixed amount of RAM, hard drive, and bandwidth.

Sounds like a great idea, but I guess the cost of overhead is such that a VPS with 1/16th the resources of a dedicated machine costs almost as much as a dedicated host. Now don't get me wrong, the tech support is invaluable, but still, the price is just out-of-control in my opinion.

I just don't understand why nobody has found a way to split a dedicated server 4 ways and allow 4 people to use the server for a cost of ~$50-70 a month.

Now, I could do what is called reselling. Once we switch to the dedicated host, I could parcel out parts of the server and people could put their own .com name on their part of the server. If I ever set up an independant business, I'd run it as a secondary account on the same server as FeldonCentral.

I considered setting up a photography site where people can host their photos, but PBase.com is already established, cheap, and seems to be running a good, stable set of software.


Icons
The problem with the .ico files is that you can only have 1 per server. So the logo for the entire FeldonCentral site would be a fish (not that that's bad!).
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Old 02-23-2004, 06:36 AM   #244
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Folks, If everything goes according to plan, you will probably see everything locked down sometime within the next 24 hours while we move. After that, hold on too your horses. Our resources will be heads and tails over what we had, all for the same price. So all this slow foolishness should be a thing of the past soon.
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Old 02-23-2004, 09:39 AM   #245
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Just a suggestion:
On the members profile page, you have
ICQ Number:
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Yahoo Instant Messenger Handle:

I think there could also be
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Many people use it.
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Old 02-23-2004, 01:07 PM   #246
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I'll add those when we move over to vB3. Also "DVD Profiler page" will be a button.
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Old 02-24-2004, 04:32 AM   #247
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SWooosh. That was the forum loading. Now that we have moved we are blazingly fast. Comments, problems, anyone?
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Old 02-24-2004, 04:44 AM   #248
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Fast even over here...
Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think.

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'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.'
I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.
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Old 02-24-2004, 04:53 AM   #249
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Very fast, indeed...
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Old 02-24-2004, 05:35 AM   #250
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My cable modem thanks you, very speedy indeed...
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Old 02-24-2004, 06:07 AM   #251
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As you say, - SWooosh! ... Thanks for all the work you must have put in.

Clock a bit 'ify' here! (+2 hours)
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Old 02-24-2004, 06:28 AM   #252
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Yeap, noticed that one already. It will be taken care of.
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Old 02-24-2004, 07:31 AM   #253
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Whooo - hooo! Blazing.

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Old 02-24-2004, 07:57 AM   #254
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Wow! What a difference
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Old 02-24-2004, 08:49 AM   #255
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Old 02-24-2004, 09:00 AM   #256
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We are now looking at going ahead and changing to vB3. It seems to be decently bug free with the last update. We don't currently have a color style to match the green that we have now, but there is a blue one made so far, and the default style which basically has no style at all, purely functional. There are many more options with vB3 and we can create the styles after we're up and running. So, any opinions?
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Old 02-24-2004, 10:10 AM   #257
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Go with the blue initially but try to recreate the green one we are using now when you can.

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Old 02-24-2004, 10:11 AM   #258
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Go with any color you want. It will be a nice change.
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Old 02-24-2004, 11:10 AM   #259
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Mauve and Chartreuse?
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Old 02-24-2004, 11:36 AM   #260
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Dark... Just keep it dark... Light text and dark background... My eyes thank you.
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