Thanks to those Talk of the Sound supporters who contributed funds to make it possible, we are ready to make the big move to our new web site along with a brand new server. As part of the move we are going to be upgrading our system to the most current, stable version of Drupal, the content management system we use to run Talk of the Sound. All the posts and comments on the site are contained in that database. We estimate it will take about 10-12 hours to set everything up on the new site. If we did not disable comments and posts during that time and then migrated the database to the new site any changes made in the interim would be lost. To prevent that we will lock down the database on Friday night and work over night to get everything done. The current site will be exactly the same — you can read it you just cannot comment or add new posts until the new site.
One last note, these sorts of things never go as planned. We are starting Friday night so that when, inevitability, things get bolloxed up we will have a full 48 hours to fix them before opening for business again on Monday. So, if we get lucky the site will be online and open for your posts and comments on Saturday; realistically it may be late Saturday or Sunday but hopefully, definitely Monday.
Between now and Friday night the site will function normally. When the site is locked down on Friday there will be a clear message to this effect on the home page.
Thanks for your support and thanks in advance for your patience over the coming weekend.
Can’t you wait until after the election?
Does this maintainence really have to come right before the election?
Where’s anyone going to get information?
Can’t you wait until after the election?
Does this maintainence really have to come right before the election?
Where’s anyone going to get information?
Knockem dead buddy
south side man,
All good things are worth waiting for .
Take your time and do it right.