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Post by RubberToe » Tue Sep 16, 2014 7:17 pm

Ok, I've been busy testing out cloudatcost.com with the possibility of moving the site over there. IIRC we have until Sept 22 to move or pay another $350 (plus tax?) to Siteground.

I signed up for a Developer 2 host, only paid for one month at a mere $10 plus tax. I figured it was worth the risk to test it out. If we move we can buy it out for $70. If it doesn't perform well enough we can upgrade to Developer 3 for another $70. Still, it's way cheaper than Siteground and worth the risk. Having our own host is better in a lot of ways too, gives us a better idea what's going on with the site and the ability to make it run better, control over mail, and other stuff.

You can check it out at http://dev.brewnosers.org/forums" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

There's some broken images but I'm tired of trying to figure out why / where they're hardcoded to "www.brewnosers.org" even though I have the board set to otherwise. So don't worry about that, the images are there.

Moving the site needs to be done in steps. Siteground hosts our actual domain registry as well so I'd like to transfer it to another registrar that I use. I have no idea what Siteground charges for that but their interface sucks ass. I'd use domainsatcost.ca (about $14 per year) and host the DNS at Amazon. If we decide to move I'd like to do this as soon as possible. That way I can lower the TTL (time to live) on the www record and we can leave Siteground without worry that they'll mess us up.

I have a script on the cloudatcost host that dumps a couple databases (wordpress one too), sync up the site files, and loads the new database on the other end. This means we can move the site pretty quick when we go to do it.

I also don't want to do this too hung over or right before Hoptoberfest. I should be ok by Sunday evening lol.

So, what do you all say?

It's really about money at this point I think. I already have too much time into this as well.

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Post by RubberToe » Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:26 pm

Hang tight, having problems...
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Post by CorneliusAlphonse » Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:26 pm

I think it sounds great, but I get a forbidden error on that site.
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Post by mr x » Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:43 pm

Way over my head. If you think it's the best move, I say do it.
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Post by RubberToe » Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:45 pm

It's working now. Note the wordpress stuff is all linking to "www".

I forgot I had a password over the whole site, when I took it off everything was forbidden because of a higher level security thing. Fixed now.
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Post by jeffsmith » Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:58 pm

I'd say go for it if you have the time. It'll end up giving us the room we need to grow without paying through the nose for it.

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Post by chalmers » Tue Sep 16, 2014 10:12 pm

Likewise, I say go for it!

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Post by LeafMan66_67 » Tue Sep 16, 2014 11:32 pm

At the end of the day, if you're willing to put the time in to reduce our costs, then go for it. Makes sense given the growth we've had over the past year.
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Post by amartin » Wed Sep 17, 2014 8:05 am

While I may be heavily reliant on the internet, my understanding remains somewhat limited. If Rob thinks moving is best, I'm inclined to trust him.

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Post by GuingesRock » Wed Sep 17, 2014 8:15 am

I tried the link. Seems to work well and everything is there.
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Post by Keith » Wed Sep 17, 2014 8:30 am

:cheers2: Let me know if I can help Rob.
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Post by TimG » Wed Sep 17, 2014 1:32 pm

mr x wrote:Way over my head. If you think it's the best move, I say do it.
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Post by Brewnoser » Sun Sep 21, 2014 3:17 pm

As per the above comments. If you don't mind spending the time then cutting the coat while obtaining more control seems great. [THUMBS UP SIGN]
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Post by RubberToe » Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:15 pm

Hey guys, the domain name still hasn't transfered yet. Regardless I'm planning on switching the site over sometime in the next couple of hours using the DNS on the current provider. Because the Siteground account expires tomorrow and the domain might not be transfered tomorrow, there's the chance of an outage until that happens.

BTW, the ip address of the new site will be 162.244.25.26.
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Post by RubberToe » Sun Sep 21, 2014 9:30 pm

If you're reading this you're on the new site and it has been moved. We still may experience an outae tomorrow with the domain transfer to the new registrar.
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Post by Jimmy » Sun Sep 21, 2014 9:44 pm

As I've already said, thanks for your work on this, Rob :cheers:

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Post by RubberToe » Sun Sep 21, 2014 9:53 pm

Glad to help, everyone.

Still working on some email stuff.
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Post by chalmers » Sun Sep 21, 2014 9:59 pm

Woohoo! Thanks Handsome Rob! :)

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Post by LeafMan66_67 » Sun Sep 21, 2014 10:13 pm

Great job Rob.
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Post by CorneliusAlphonse » Sun Sep 21, 2014 10:54 pm

Thanks man!!
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Post by jeffsmith » Mon Sep 22, 2014 12:06 am

Thanks, Rob!

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Post by GuingesRock » Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:42 am

Thanks Rob.

ps. Is it me, or are the pages loading much faster?
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Post by RubberToe » Mon Sep 22, 2014 6:26 am

GuingesRock wrote:Thanks Rob.

ps. Is it me, or are the pages loading much faster?
I've noticed that too. However, I've also noticed some periods of poor performance while working on the system. Not often though.

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Re: site move

Post by Keith » Mon Sep 22, 2014 6:51 am

Cheers.
Not sure if it is tapatalk but went to give a cheers and I don't see the current beer inspired emoticons
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Post by LeafMan66_67 » Mon Sep 22, 2014 7:04 am

Keith wrote:Cheers.
Not sure if it is tapatalk but went to give a cheers and I don't see the current beer inspired emoticons
Most emoticons weren't available on Tapatalk anyway (or at least my version)
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