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We have Moved

06 Jul 2014 15:09 #37169 by fats
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hi all,


Welcome to the new host, and welcome to the new improved SWM. It's taken a whole lot to get here but here we are. I would like to thank all the people who have put their hands in to their pockets and put some money to making this site a better place.


So what has happened and what should I see

  • First of all you will see a new masthead (big graphic at the top) this item was a collaborative effort between Lfan and G7 and i think it's rather good.
  • Second you will notice the new theme, this theme has some nice features some that are in place and some that will come in the weeks ahead.
  • Third the image galleries are back, with the ability to upload images to your own gallery, but a large note of caution, i'm monitoring them very carefully, anyone who abuses the galleries by posting content that is either illegal or is hotlinking the images to their own website will be BANNED, there will be no warning, just a straight ban. This is to protect the site and to prevent any additional costs to the site.
  • Forth you will notice that i've reintroduced the IM system that allows users to real time chat with each other there is also a chat room that can be used, we will retain access to the irc chat room but that will be used as a backup/emergency chat room rather than the main one.
  • Fifth the tag cloud is back, it's one of the most requested features that i've been asked for and it's back.
  • Sixth there are a number of little setting changes in the background that would make the site better

I would like to thank everyone's patience in the move it's been a real headache that it has taken so long for the DNS to be sorted but now it has full steam ahead.

I would also like to put my personal thanks to Lfan, G7, the donors and people who has offered me help and support, thanks guys.



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07 Jul 2014 20:06 #37194 by fats
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Just to update this post, all top level DNS servers have now propagated the address to the new server, so no one should be seeing the "site offline" page.

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07 Jul 2014 22:37 #37199 by mo
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Thanks guys - it's looking really cool :)

Sorry if I've missed this elsewhere but was there a definite payment plan decided in the end? I'm gonna donate soon but I don't know if there's a particular amount I should pay.

I know it probably does say somewhere but I'm just being lazy...

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08 Jul 2014 01:45 - 08 Jul 2014 01:49 #37203 by Jabbrwock
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Liking the new site look. I'm having issues with the chat room, though. I can't seem to actually get anything to type in the chat field normally. If I insert a smiley first I can type stuff after the smiley, but nothing if there isn't something already in the chat field.

Using Chrome on Windows 7 64 bit.

Just checked using Firefox, same computer, and it mostly works. The chat field is somewhat obscured by the options above it, but at least I can type stuff into it without using a smiley first.
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10 Sep 2014 08:38 #38072 by oldHarmonyMotion
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Not sure where to post, so I'll put it here

Thanks for getting the site back up fats. Maybe it's just psychological, but it seems like the site is running smoother than before. I was going to suggest getting rid of underused features as a potential way to lower the complexity and memory use of the site too :P

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10 Sep 2014 12:59 #38078 by brantley
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Earlier this morning, I couldn't reach the site -- just got an endless Trying to Connect signal -- but it's okay now. Maybe it was just heavy traffic.

--Brantley

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10 Sep 2014 13:23 #38079 by eepisski
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Thank you!!

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