Caves.org is changing servers

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Caves.org is changing servers

Postby Cheryl Jones » Dec 27, 2006 12:42 pm

Caves.org is changing servers

Last updated: Dec 26, 2006

The NSS is moving caves.org from ValueWeb to 1and1.
The move is targeted to complete by Jan 31st, 2007.

Current status:

Caves.org services already moved:
* email
* forums
* DNS

Services to be moved:
*web/ftp servers
* secure web server

What does this mean for you?
If you just use the caves.org website, email, and/or forums, nothing. The move will not affect you.

If you host your site on caves.org, your site will be copied to the new server, and you will be using a new FTP server with a new user name and password. You will find your new user name and password in a file called hosted.txt, which will be in your site's directory on the old server, ftp.caves.org. Sites are being copied across to the new server throughout January 2007. All sites will have their hosted.txt file by Jan 31st, though some sites may receive it well before then.

How do I know that my site will work on the new server?
As of Dec 2006, all sites are automatically synchronized from the old server to the new server, approximately once per hour. You can check on your new site, now, at http://hosted-www.caves.org/ (NOTE: After the move http://www.caves.org will be updated to point to the new server – the “hosted” prefix will be unnecessary).

What if I have a database on caves.org?
You will be contacted individually with a new user name, password and database server name. Your database will be copied across.


If you notice any problems with your site on the new server, please contact Josh Bailey, NSS IT Committee Chairman at webmaster@caves.org
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Postby Cheryl Jones » Feb 3, 2007 6:24 pm

The migration of the NSS Web site to a new hosting service has been completed.

Web masters with sites and pages hosted on caves.org. please check your pages to make sure they are functioning properly. Go here for information about the move that may be helpful.

If there is a problem for which you need IT Chairman Josh Bailey's help, let him know. He's unavailable now until mid February, but will be happy to assist you then. josh att vandervecken dott com

Moving a Web site as complicated and large as ours is no simple task. Josh did a terrific job of methodically, meticulously, and stealthily transferring our Web site, a process that took him three months of steady work. :thanks: :patriotic: :wtg:

Josh's biggest challenge was contacting Web masters for all of the NSS committee pages and the Internal Organization sites hosted on caves.org. So, committee chairmen and grottos: :idea: Please make sure that Josh has the contact information for your Web master, and very importantly, when the information changes be sure to update Josh, so he can get in touch with the Web masters as needed in the future.

Thanks,
Cheryl
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Postby Cheryl Jones » Feb 4, 2007 10:16 am

OK, Ok, it's not really "completed".....

Alex Sproul of the IT committee explains:

We have abandoned the ValueWeb host and the entire site has been relocated to 1and1.com. But Internal Organizations' Web masters' access to the new server has not yet been completed. Until it is, they will continue to make changes via ftp.caves.org, which now is a temporary copy of the entire site, located on a temporary server.

Any changes written to that site will be automatically copied over to the new site within a few minutes. So if your update does not appear on the web right away, just be patient.

All Web masters should have new logins/passwords by the end of the month.

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