Planned server maintenance.

[StubbsUK]

Hey everyone, I'm one of the boot room staff here at BRFCS, I look after the servers and make sure they don't fall over ... or rather, get them running again when they do, I'm BRFCS' Mike Pettigrew if you will.

With that in mind that I've been doing some work with the admins and mods to try and make the site a bit more resilient, it's no Vince Grella for staying on it's feet as it is, but it's no Derek Fazackerley either, it could be better.

Over this coming weekend there will have to be some downtime (not during the game, I'll be watching that) as I start the work, then again in a few weeks there will be a bit more while I do some more work. I'll try and do it during quiet times, but inevitably there will be some who cannot access the site when they would like ... sorry about that.

[Herbie6590]

Thanks Stuart - just to reiterate - hours of work behind the scenes here from Stuart & Andy to keep this train on the tracks. 
A round of virtual applause ??????

[StubbsUK]

Had to delay the upgrade, we found a couple of things in testing and they just need fixing before we go any further.

[StubbsUK]

If you're reading this then the server migration has finished and (almost) everything went well. Some of the images are AWOL, but they'll be back when they see fit, and the front page still needs a bit of TLC, but by doing this upgrade we've opened up a whole range of possibilities so rather than just do what we had before, we'll leave it as is and just make it better. Forum threads & indexes look much better right from kick off though!

[Herbie6590]

You may notice that we* have started tinkering with the format & layout following the upgrade so things like the “Like” button are now more obvious, the home page layout has been improved & a few other features that are now open to us in the latest version are being tested.

If anyone has any format/layout suggestions, please feel free to DM me on here & we can add to our Snagging List & see what is possible.

 

 

*Not me...obviously...I can’t code to save my life...all the thanks to Stuart & Andy 👍🏻

[StubbsUK]

Right then! The final bit of server maintenance (for now) is happening today, the site will be down for a bit while it's makes its way over to it's final destination. There's been a couple of hiccups, but the only one I think you've all spotted was the missing "Like" icon ... if only all IT upgrades went as smoothly!

See you all soon!

[StubbsUK]

and ... we're back.

 

If anyone's really interested in what's been going on, send me a DM and I'll spell it out in glorious nerdy detail.