FORUM - I'm going to switch over to another host next week

[aron]

I'm going to switch the site to another host next week, somewhere around the 17 or 18. This will mean a few days transition time as the DNS servers get updated.

The forum performance has been decent but the current hosting support has been declining.

[gez]

Good luck with the move.  Thanks for all your hard work.

[AL]

Thanks for the update Aron. Everyone really appreciates your work. 

AL

[Fp-www.Tonepad.com]

Cool. I hope you can find a host that suits the forum's needs.

Fp

[Paul Marossy]

Cool. I hope you can find a host that suits the forum's needs.

Fp

I'll second that! 

[troubledtom]

thank you aron, you're the man!!!!
           peace to you brother,
                   - tom pollock

[Threefish]

Thanks for the news.
Good luck.
Thanks for the forum. I don't know where I'd be without it.

[Steben]

Going to Zion... 

[MartyMart]

Thanks aron and good luck with the "move" .. I hope its a help for smf ...

MM.

[aron]

I think I have a plan. I will lock this forum at some point and put a thread pointing to the new forum's direct URL.

After a while, you won't have to use the direct URL and diystompboxes.com/forum will point to the new forum. That way no messages will be lost.

Aron

[WGTP]

I'm already Jonesing.   

Thanks again Aron, your a true Hero.   

[squidsquad]

 
Thanks again Aron for keeping this wonderful place alive & well.  SO many owe SO much to you for your work.  I'ma thinkin you have quite a big stash of good Karma from all this!

[Pedal love]

Thanks for everything Aron. I know its going to be great.pl

[nelson]

Am I the only one who is thinking, O no not AGAIN?
Why, this place is functioning, really fast, and really well. Atleast for me.


I do appreciate all your efforts Aron, and trust your motives for needing to change to a new forum.


But Why?

The current hosts seem great, atleast from an end user perspective.

Please, humour me.

What specifically about the support has been lacking?

[Paul Marossy]

Am I the only one who is thinking, O no not AGAIN?

No, I'm thinkin' the same thing. However, if it's for the better, then I say "do it!" 

[Ben N]

As an end-user, I also think the forum has been running great.  Trouble is, all I do is log on, lurk around, and then throw in an inane comment or two here or there.  Aron & Peter are standing there behind the curtain pulling all the levers, and if the thing is turning into a PITA for them, that is not good for any of us, even if we don't feel it right away.  So if Aron says the forum is going to a new host, then migrate with him I will, and with a big dumb grin on my face, all the while yelling, "Captain, My Captain!" 

Ben

[aron]

I have this host for one year. If the new one has problems we can always come back BUT, I do need tech support to report to. Since the last time the forum went down, I haven't been able to "talk" to tech support. There's no forum to report to, there's no one on the online chat, and there's only an email address and they haven't replied in weeks.

hmmmmm....

[Steben]

Yes it's a bit like cars isn't it?
You're smitten on a model and start mocking around when it's revised into a new one...until you drive thàt one and realize it's even "more to be smitten on". 

[Paul Marossy]

There's no forum to report to, there's no one on the online chat, and there's only an email address and they haven't replied in weeks.

I wouldn't even consider a host if they don't offer any support. I have been using simplehost, and they have been pretty good to me and reliable, too.

[Herr Masel]

I sense a broken record loop going on, but I really can't let myself not say a big thanks as well, so thanks!