COMPLETED: Notice:9:45am BST Saturday - Server Migration and phpBB Update (minimal offline time expected)

[BaZ4096]

Morning all

I'm migrating this phpBB forum to a newer, higher spec server. Well, it's already done, but I need to swap the DNS on the domain name, so to prevent posts being lost on the older server before the DNS change propagates for everyone, I'll put this copy into maintenance mode later this morning.

The TTL on the DNS is an hour, so things shouldn't be offline for too long. Hopefully nobody will notice.

Whilst migrating the site, I've also taken the opportunity to update to the latest phpBB.

If anyone spots any problems, please let me know, I'll be subscribed to this thread, and will post in here once things are complete.

Many thanks!

Chris / baz4096

[BaZ4096]

This reply is posted on the new server. The migration and upgrade appeared to go smoothly. Please do let me know below if anything isn't working as expected.

Many thanks!

[Preppie]

Everything working ok for me, just a shame there's so little activity.

[BaZ4096]

Agreed. Tatung machines are rather niche I guess.

[Preppie]

It doesn't look like I can post a poll, could you activate them please.

[BaZ4096]

By default, polls are off for non-Admins. I've enabled it for Registered Users, which you should see when creating a new topic.

[BaZ4096]

Apologies for any downtime recently, our new server has had some teething problems. Should be good now, but I'll keep a close eye on things moving forwards.

Thanks for your patience!