Important: New forum software discussion

[Frankie 8,562]

Anyone having issues with the site today?

[JFK-1 1,693]

Looks normal to me.

[Gribz 850]

It was down for me yesterday from 3pm my time which was 7am UK, tried again a few hours later and still could not be found. All good now though.

[pete 2,499]

Yes it was down the whole day for me.

[Whosthedado 1,685]

Was down most of yesterday for me, but seems to be back up and running fine now

[Frankie 8,562]

We're now starting to do preperative work for the forum move.

 

As such it may mean this forum is closed for short periods outwith busier times (e.g. early morning, late night) so we can do some work. You may also experience the odd error during such times.

 

[Frankie 8,562]

Heads up for all:

 

1. Tomorrow (4th January) at 7.30am the forums will be closed for up to 90mins to allow me to do some preparative work for the move to the new software.

 

2. Around 9am the forums will be switched back on.

 

3. Later that evening, they will be turned off again for good as we migrate the existing Vb database to our new IPS software.

 

4. Keep an eye on Twitter, Facebook and the main Gersnet.co.uk site for updates on that and the link for the new forum when we're ready to go live. This could take up to 72 hours so we apologise for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

 

5. If you have any questions during the downtime or have difficulties accessing afterwards, please email me at info@gersnet.co.uk

[Franc Ergs 1,651]

[Frankie 8,562]

I'm definitely Leslie Neilson in this operation.

[Bluedell 5,624]

What's going to be ported across to the new site, if anything? Threads? PMs?