SLO Bytes Bulletin Board

General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: rsutter on July 08, 2019, 03:09:36 PM

Title: Migration of SLO Bytes Web Site to New Host
Post by: rsutter on July 08, 2019, 03:09:36 PM

Hello All,
Today, I signed up with NameCheap.com to host the SLO Bytes web site.  The migration will take place in the next few days.
With the move away from hosting by GoDaddy.com, I may have to recreate the SLO Bytes Bulletin Board.  Whether the current bulletin board survives the move or not, it will still be accessed at the same URL.

I have backed up some of the content of the bulletin board but not all.  I suggest that users save locally any posts that they find relevant in order to have that information regardless of the success of the SLO Bytes Bulletin Board move.

Ralph Sutter

Title: Re: Migration of SLO Bytes Web Site to New Host
Post by: rsutter on July 12, 2019, 09:20:57 AM

Hello All,
Today, I completed the migration of the SLO Bytes web site from GoDaddy to NameCheap.
NameCheap mirrored the existing site so that I could determine if everything worked.  It did, including this bulletin board.
Over the next 72 hours, I expect the migration to be complete. 
At that point, I expect to see https in the url instead of http.

If you are a registered SLO Bytes Bulletin Board user and encounter problems with the recreated bulletin board, please post details here.  If you can't post, e-mail me at ralph@rsutter.com

Ralph Sutter

Title: Re: Migration of SLO Bytes Web Site to New Host
Post by: dick on July 12, 2019, 09:11:55 PM

Ralph,
Congratulations on getting the BB successfully moved!
dickJ

Title: Re: Migration of SLO Bytes Web Site to New Host
Post by: rsutter on July 16, 2019, 02:10:34 PM

Hello All,
I successfully updated SMF, the software that runs the SLO Bytes Bulletin Board, to the latest version.  On previous occasions, with a different web host, attempts to do this resulted in losing the bulletin board. 
I also adjusted the location of certain configuration files for which I had been receiving warnings that the path to them was incorrect.
I also purchased an SSL certificate.  Once installed, it should remove the Not secure warning that currently shows up in the address window of Chrome and other browsers.
Ralph Sutter

Title: Re: Migration of SLO Bytes Web Site to New Host
Post by: rsutter on July 17, 2019, 03:48:20 PM

Hello All,
the SLO Bytes web site now displays https in the address bar of browsers that visit it.  The setup will be really easy if I ever do it again.  That was not the case in the initial configuration.
Fortunately, NameCheap Chat walked me through the difficulties that I encountered.

NOTE to users of the SLO Bytes Bulletin Board
Please let me know if you notice odd website behavior.
You can either post your observations here or e-mail me at ralph@rsutter.com

Ralph Sutter

Title: Re: Migration of SLO Bytes Web Site to New Host
Post by: Doug on July 23, 2019, 10:59:58 PM

The BB is working fine as far as I can determine.