This is Bruce Hershenson. *THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT OUR WEBSITE, EMOVIEPOSTER.COM!*
I want to let you know that this Sunday we are upgrading our website to a much superior server, which means a faster, more dependable experience when you are on our site (as well as paving the way for future improvements that this much better server allow us to add), but in order to make this change, the *ENTIRE* site must be "down" for several hours. We intentionally scheduled this downtime on Sunday while we have no auctions ending for two full days after the downtime, so while our bidders *WILL BE* slightly inconvenienced by this, its effect will be somewhat minimal (and it absolutely had to occur if we are to continue growing our site as we have the past several years). *WHEN: The "downtime" will begin Sunday the 19th around 9 AM CST, and it will last until the switchover is complete. This will take at least 4 to 6 hours to complete, but it is impossible to exactly state how long it will take. We anticipate having the switchover completed by no latter than 5 PM CST on Sunday, and possibly sooner, but of course if we run into some sort of complications, it could take even longer.* *DURING THIS ENTIRE TIME:* While the site is "down", it will display a maintenance message along with links to our auctions (which are hosted on an external server). While you will be able to browse, search, and bid on auctions through our *auctions.emovieposter.com* site, our auction galleries will not be accessible, so the search functionality will also be limited (you would only be able to search the contents of listing titles only; here is an example of a listing title: "3f613 PULP FICTION teaser 1sh '94 Tarantino, sexy Uma Thurman smoking Lucky Strikes in bed!"). Therefore, you might want to simply not look at our auctions during the downtime, but if you want to do so, here are the links to our auctions that will continue to work throughout this switchover: *Browse Featured Items <http://auctions.emovieposter.com/> Browse Auctions By Category<http://auctions.emovieposter.com/AuctionHelp.taf?_function=category> Advanced Item Search <http://auctions.emovieposter.com/AuctionHelp.taf>* *IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS (likely 4 to 6 hours after the downtime begins): *Our programmers will also be going over the site (especially our auction galleries, checkout, and Auction History) to check for any problems that may have arose from this change and they will have most "issues" fixed soon after the server comes back up. *HOWEVER, IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY ODD BEHAVIOR ON OUR SITE (BROKEN PAGES, "HANG UPS", ETC), PLEASE CONTACT US RIGHT AWAY<[email protected]?subject=URGENT%20PROBLEM%20WITH%20NEW%20SERVER>AND BE SURE TO GIVE US THE URL (LINK) OF THE PAGE WHERE THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AS WELL AS A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HAPPENED. *Any additional information you can supply (such as what web browser you are using, type of computer, etc) would also be useful. Of course, we hope that everything will go smooth and everything will be back to normal (but faster!) with minimal impact. Thanks for being understanding of this rare but necessary scheduled downtime. In return for being inconvenienced for a small portion of a day when we have no auctions closing, we will have a much faster more dependable website that will serve our needs far into the future! -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 26 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
