I am very happy that our tech guys took our site down at 9 AM CST this morning, and were able to get the new server completely functional in just one hour, so there were just 60 minutes when our site was unavailable.
The new server has far over twice the space as our old one, and is far more powerful, and early signs are that all aspects of our site will load *FAR *faster than they have in the past, a huge benefit to everyone! Our programmers went over the entire site (especially our auction galleries, checkout, and Auction History) to check for any problems that may have arose from this change and they found no problems. *HOWEVER, IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY ODD BEHAVIOR ON OUR PART 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, and then we'll get those pages fixed ASAP. Thanks! On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Bruce Hershenson <[email protected] > wrote: > 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> > > > > -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 26 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. 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