*** NB *** Sorry about board problems ***

[Karlin]

I am having a horrendous time trying to move this board over to a new hosting service. The problems relate to incompatibilities betwen the database application at the old host and the new host (different releases of the same databse ).

I've had to redirect the address of the board back to the old host until I can figure out a way around this. At least that way the board stays live, though I seem to have lost some changes to the site design in the meantime!

I've spent 5 days on this and am no further along.

[Karlin]

Ok, the very kind support people at hosting365.ie actually set the database up for me and brought everything across. I've lost some template changes but those are cosmetic and I'll get to those in the next day or so. But AT LAST we are back in business!

[Linda]

Oh Karlin, we missed the board so much.
You are so sweet, I am sure it must be frustrating for you.

[size=6][/size]WE ALL LOVE YOU

[Bruce H]

Hoorayyy, the board is back!!!!

Thanks for all the hard work Karlin. I can only imagine how frustrating it was. Well done!

[Nicki]

Karlin it's just wonderful to have you and the board back...thank you so much for all your hard work, it's much appreciated.

Missed you all

[Jen]

Thanks for all you do!!

[Lorraine]

Great to be back,

And i am lovin' all these new smilies!

[Claire]

Wicked to have you back - Thank you Karlin for all you hard work doing this it is appreciated by all of us...

[Karlin]

Thanks all; the saga isn't quite over yet but it is for now anyway. It turned out that what I had THOUGHT was the safely moved board was actually the OLD board and database -- that;s when I made the posts of the 19th and 20th and some of you may have been online then.

The database still isn't working with the new host so I redirected the servers back to our board based at the old hosts. Hence we have all the posts back from the 19th and 20th and at last, the board is up.

I will not move the board til the new hosts update their database software! I tried twice to move it yesterday and was at my wit's end -- the board would come up but then you couldn't post anything to it! So I took it back down, redirected the servers, and we all had to wait for that to percolate thru the net world. I have been checking and checking and am so happy to see it is now back up.

Now here we are and we aren;t budging until I know the databse versions will work together properly.

I'm just sorry it took SOOOO long for the board to reconnect to the old servers! When I moved it the other time it did this in under an hour; this time it took 36 hours!!

[Forest]

Isn't the technological age wonderful!!!! When it works!!! Karlin for all your hard work. You are an
Julie and the girls