That doesn't make any sense. They should be building the new site on a backup server. The old site would be on the current (old) server, and just closed so edits can't be made and threads can't be posted. Then, when the new site is ready to go live, you flip a switch and turn off the old server and turn on the new one.
Chris On Feb 1, 9:26 pm, Phil Alberg <[email protected]> wrote: > My understanding is that it's not just an upgrade but rather a > re-configuring of all the database pointers. It's a very delicate > operation. There is no way a static copy could be retained, as all of > the linkages are impacted. > > On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 12:17 AM, TheCat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Why in the world didn't they leave a static copy of the site > > available? At least we could have searched and downloaded files and > > such. Seems a bit crazy to just take the whole site down for an > > upgrade. > > -- > Eastern MA Gaminghttp://www.unitygames.org/ > > "But how do you plan for a bank full of nuns?" > > "When playing a game the goal is to win, but it is the goal that is > important, not the winning." > - Reiner Knizia --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG Down" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/BGG_down?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
