Just to fill you in on what's happened in the past week or so....

we originally were supposed to move to the new server about a week ago-- if you recall, we shut down then, but the move was not made. apparently the tech support folks had some trouble moving the database.

now.... on the 13th, they again did a full backup of they system in preparation for moving... and this included the main site plus the forum.... however, they were not going to be able to schedule the actual move until the 15th.

I told them if that was the case, they would have to make a new backup of at least the forum database to account for new posts.

on the evening of the 15th, around 10pm, we closed the forum after having been told by tech support that it would take two hours to make the new backup and move everything....

so i waited.. and waited .. and waited... and finally around 4am, having not heard much from them, i pointed out that we were six hours into a two hour project-- they said they were having a problem with the database due to it's size.... finally around 6am, i called it a night....

i'm not sure exactly *what* the problem was, or how they tried to resolve it-- but it looks as if they only restored certain tables from the database.... for instance, i noticed that on a post of mine from the 14th, that the post was there, but it had lost links to the pictures that were uploaded with it.... PM's from early august no longer showed as having been read.... although later PM's were present and marked as 'read'....

so we're just guessing exactly what happened, and just making the best recovery we can...

at this point, if you're missing posts, but are only worried about your post count, just contact an admin to have your post count adjusted.

if you're missing a major post, you can still access the old forum here: http://72.36.192.235/ThePub/

you can go there, copy your post, and then come back here and paste it as a new topic....

i realize some will be out of sequence, but at least they'll be recovered....

do not worry about trying to recover every little post--- it's not worth the effort to recover "lol"....

if you're an uploader of guides, etc. you may have to go there and recover any recent updates you have made. you can still access the old site via FTP by using the ip# instead of the domain name.

Thanks to Glodenox for trying to keep things as straight as possible under the circumstances. Please do not overload him with trying to recover small topics/posts... if it's important and you can't just copy/paste as above, then contact him... just be sure it's something important.

sorry for all the confusion with everyone-- it's just one of those things that sometimes happen in the wonderful world of computers.... but hopefully, we'll get it all straightened out, and enjoy the newer, faster server (with more memory!).

Err...

What is the time period of this?

Because on a topic, someone posted in it TODAY, but I can only view posts up to the 10th of August, so I posted in the topic and can't view my own post either.

Just wondering on whether this is a continuous thing.

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Yeah I was wondering... I couldn't get on in the middle of the night.. Was waiting for a global and here it is! ^_^

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Well it seems to be working now. Good work Hiker, as always

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I got the guide alterations back.

So I'm happy. xD

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It also seems that multiple-page topics repeat posts. It seems that on most topics it repeats the last three posts from the previous page.

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It was quite a surprise when I returned to have nothing here working, haha. But all appears well in the village now, so I can't complain.

Cheers hiker and Glode!

Is this normal?

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Movoda

It is normal seeing some posts were lost causing the forum's counters to be incorrect.

I'm afraid there's little we can do to that now. Hopefully it'll clear up in the future, but I'm personally afraid those topics are going to contain such mistakes forever now.

- Greetz Glodenox

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Glode = admin CP theres a Re sync button, If RV's style doesn't have it - i can give a direct link ?

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Just as a heads up to the mods, if you delete the duplicate post then the original vanishes as well. I found out from experience. >_>

Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a hassle-free server transition, just once. Every RV server move has involved difficulties of one sort or another. And I'm sure we'd have a lot more difficulties but for the tremendous work Glode and hiker have put in.

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lol, problem with PMs...

I recieved a pm from Avian Maid, but the "To:" section indicates that it is a pm meant for Hoof Hearted. It is marked as read.

I also recieved a pm from Skulled Robe which was meant for Donut Juice. Also marked as read.

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Ha. And I received another part of that PM conversation from me to Hoof which is marked as read. And one from Andrey to IKermit....

Hope there weren't too many other issues like that.... X_X

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Oooh! I have lost 30 posts. Oh well, im too lazy to do anything about it.

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My new years resolution is 1680x1050.

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TheAnimal is one cool dude.

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There's a demo. Play the demo. Form your own opinion.

Aww ive got no PM's

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My post count was 15381, someone fix that plz.

What about how some people can't seem to flush the DNS cache properly and are stuck on the old server? It happens to me when I'm on another connection, not this one.

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Thats your ISP - give them time to update - some dont update too open - can take 24 hours +

if you have a router - Best chance to get update is Power down router - Close all browsers - ipconfig /flushdns (assuming everyone is on windows) - now power up router again, That should work (providing the ISP is up-to-date)

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Unfortunately I'm in Hawaii, hijacking two different wireless connections from two routers depending on which one is functioning at the moment So, I don't even know where the routers are so I don't have much choice here. I'm just stuck with it as is.

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