(this is an old thread: ILX is not moving) EVERYBODY READ THIS! BIG IMPORTANT ALERT! ILE and ILM are moving to a new address and server!

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Well, you probably noticed that Greenspun was down for a lot of last week. We don't know why, and the Greenspun server is provided as a free service, so there's no one to complain to, and nothing to stop it going down forever one day. So, tired of the increasing frequency and length of the outages, the 12ft lizards that rule over you have been making plans. Andrew G has offered us space on his server to host it. I've written new message board software, which some of you may have tried out during last week. It keeps the general look and simplicity of the old site, but with a load of new features. There'll be a FAQ on the new site explaining what's new. David R Popshots has registered ilxor.com for us.

First thing to say, there's no need to stop posting here or start posting there yet, every single message posted to ILE and ILM up until the move date will be copied onto the new server - you'll be able to post to old threads like you could before.

The move is scheduled in for one of the days this weekend (18th-19th August). There's still work to be done from now until then, so it might not happen until the following weekend, and we don't know exactly which day either. There'll be an announcement on this thread as soon as we do.

The plan is to have a fixed point where we all start using the new board - when you came back and see the WE'VE MOVED messages you should no longer post here, and go and post there (we don't have a way of locking the board). Here's what will happen on the day of the move:

One of the boards will be password protected
We download all of the messages and post them onto the new server
When the new board is ready the old board will be unlocked, plastered in WE'VE MOVED messages. We'll probably put automatic redirects on as many threads as possible (linking to the new threads themselves).
Everyone goes and posts on the new board
We repeat with the other board, and there may be some overlap when both are password protected - they may reopen simultaneously.

(Mark S is doing the downloading cos he has broadband and I don't, so thanks to him)

We'll have someone come back afterwards to make sure it's still obvious where we've gone.

― Graham, Sunday, 11 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

The new server is already available at ilXor.com, you can try it out, sign up a user account, and post to the threads we started last week during the outage. I've disabled starting new threads until we actually move there but otherwise it's all fully working.

Questions?

― Graham, Sunday, 11 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

To ilxor we shall take you!!

― Dawnie Lizard, Sunday, 11 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Excellent work so far Graham !

Tom will need to do some work reorganising here: I LOVE MUSIC/I LOVE EVERYTHING Community Front Page

Whose going to do the meta tags/ and search engine submission?

some search engines ADD URL pages:

Google http://www.google.com/addurl.html

MSN/Inktomi Search Index http://www.submit-it.com/msnsubmit.htm

Hotbot http://hotbot.lycos.com/addurl.asp http://www.hotbot.lycos.co.uk/submit.html

AlltheWeb/ Fast http://www.alltheweb.com/add_url.php

Alta Vista http://addurl.altavista.com/sites/addurl/newurl

Wisenut http://www.wisenut.com/submitsite.html

Alexa http://www.alexa.com/help/webmasters/request_bot.html

― DJ Martian, Sunday, 11 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

we thought we'd let them find us on foot

― "Make a Better Mousetrap, and the World Will Beat a Path to yr Door!!" — Ralph W, Sunday, 11 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Also submit page for Openfind that is currently in Beta Testing and claims to have the largest search engine index on the web.

― DJ Martian, Sunday, 11 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

We should also inform rockcritics.com of the switch.

― Michael Daddino, Sunday, 11 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Is it just me, or is anyone else unable to access the new site every few minutes -- it's very brief and intermittent.

― Nicole, Sunday, 11 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Been able to get it so far -- tested it with a new bookmark, slammed over there without a problem. Hm. Something to keep an eye on!

― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 11 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Started okay, but getting bad gateway all the time. Possibly this is just me being shit with computers

― Matt, Sunday, 11 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

do we need a membership?

― anthony, Sunday, 11 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

No, you can post without being logged in or anything like that, just like here.

― Graham, Sunday, 11 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

(do not read if you hate us, heheheh ;))

― katie, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

in the interim - is it better to post here or there?

― gareth, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

here, coz we can't start posts there.

― jel --, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

okay tested it this morning, I usually have to click each link twice to get them to work (first time I always get error messages!). Just thought I'd let you know.

― jel --, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

i get straight through every time, so far

― mark s, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

It's fine at home, but at work it's quirky. Maybe, it's just telling me something.

― jel --, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

is there any way this thread can be made to stick at the top of the new questions view?

― DV, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

DV there is not: new answers yes, new questions no

― mark s, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Are you getting errors like:

No such host ilx.wh3rd.netnewanswers.php?board=1

(I'm not sure what IE says instead). This appears to be a fuckup in Joker's redirect software - Though in a couple of days it'll no longer go through Joker.com and ilxor.com will point directly at the new server.

― Graham, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I think I might have fixed it now.

(also I've set it up so ilm.ilxor.com will redirect to ILM new answers, and ile.ilxor.com to etc etc)

― Graham, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Domain name madness and trickery! And brilliance. Yay! :-)

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

new answers.

― Sterling Clover, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

what sterling said

― Graham, Monday, 12 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

time to get UP!!

― mark s, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

sossages!

― katie, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm great!

― jel --, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

wheeeeeeeep!

― katie, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

http://home.graffiti.net/alantrewartha/tub_cat.jpg

― Alan Trewartha, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

The CD arrived this mornins, it's fine - ILM works out as 171370 messages (12,000,000 words, 430,000 single quotes, 42 backslashes).

― Graham, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Graham: does the cookie not allow you to login automatically? each day i have to log into the ilxor again, yet the expiry date is in 10 years time. hein?

― Alan Trewartha, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

And even after logging in, my name/email don't appear in the boxes, even though (I'm pretty sure) I have cookies enabled on the browser. Is this just because of my ancient versh of Windows/Netscape at work?

― Ellie, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Alan: I think there are problems that because the DNS update isn't complete yet sometimes you get the server at ilxor.com directly and sometimes you get redirected to ilx.wh3rd.net - once you have cookies for both there shouldn't be a problem.

Ellie: Have you tried reloading the thread?

― Graham, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

(ah yes, that makes sense. good)

― Alan T, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Old threads for ILM are very very slowly appearing in the imported category of the new boards (I'm uploading the chunks in no real order, and the chunks I've uploaded might not contain the whole thread, so expect weirdness until it's all done)

― Graham, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Graham: yeh, it makes no diff.

― Ellie, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Does the link at the bottom change to Logout when you reload the page? Do cookies work here to save your name?

― Graham, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

When I log in, the Success! page comes up, but no, it doesn't change to Logout. Cookies work fine for me here. Have I stuffed something up on other registration maybe?

― Ellie, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

http://home.graffiti.net/alantrewartha/ile_resurrect.jpg

― Alan T, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

phe4r my potatoshop skills, and lack of work.

― Alan T, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

that is EFFING WICKED alang!! (only the face should be the looming moderators haha)

― katie, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

No "looming" please! Some people have to look while they are at work!

― David, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

looming haha

― mark s, Tuesday, 13 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

New answer.

― Frank Kogan, Wednesday, 14 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Only one?

― electric sound of jim, Wednesday, 14 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

another

― Graham, Wednesday, 14 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

techno techno techno techno!

― katie, Wednesday, 14 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

!!!!

― Ron, Wednesday, 14 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

I had a few problems reading the CD but eventually got everything off it, and all of ILE up until some point on Monday (211,447 messages) is on the new server, with the rest to follow the day we move.

― Graham, Thursday, 15 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

This Saturday I think.

― Graham, Thursday, 15 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

blimey i dreamt about THE MOVE last night, and all the complicated things i have to do: in my dream i think it involved ticking off each archived post as it was downloaded

― mark s, Friday, 16 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

finally found you all..! fill me in -- what's been said since the move from Greenspun?

― dolly brush, Monday, 2 February 2004 13:53 (twenty-one years ago)

What happened to that Graham dude? He seemed like a reasonable moderator...

― Enrique (Enrique), Monday, 2 February 2004 13:59 (twenty-one years ago)

; )

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 2 February 2004 14:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Haha

(xpost)

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 2 February 2004 14:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Umm Maybe the moderator should remove the BIG IMPORTANT bit from the thread title to read UNIMPORTANT OLD NEWS ALERT!

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 2 February 2004 14:02 (twenty-one years ago)

What a silly idea to revive this thread! I saw it and panicked that we were on the move again. Then I wondered what I would do if you moved servers when I was away on holiday or something, and I couldn't ever find you again. Answer = cry.

It was like a bad dream for a moment there.

― C J (C J), Monday, 2 February 2004 14:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Erm, just google 'rockist' 'geir' 'momus' 'brane' and you're safe, brah.

― Enrique (Enrique), Monday, 2 February 2004 14:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Or email someone and ask, I suppose. D'oh.

― C J (C J), Monday, 2 February 2004 14:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Your search - rockist geir momus brane - did not match any documents.
Suggestions:

- Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
- Try different keywords.
- Try more general keywords.
- Try fewer keywords

― Anna (Anna), Monday, 2 February 2004 14:38 (twenty-one years ago)

How can this be??

― C J (C J), Monday, 2 February 2004 14:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Just for a second imagine a rockist geir momus brane. Just think about it.

― Matt (Matt), Monday, 2 February 2004 14:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Did you mean: rockist enrique shocker

― Enrique (Enrique), Monday, 2 February 2004 14:43 (twenty-one years ago)

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