Admin
10-26-2006, 08:55 AM
The Forum & Site will be moving to a new server today. You will experience some downtime. It will look like the forum is closed while the new DNS propagates through the Internet.
Anyways, if you want, you can get a jump start on this.
Search in your C:Windows Directory for a file called "hosts" no extension, just "hosts" open it up and put in this line
209.85.114.118 <tab here> www.online-literature.com
Then save.
That is telling your computer what the new IP address is for the website. Also, don't type <tab here> hit the tab key on your keyboard.
Don't do this yet. Save this information or write it down and then when the site stops working for you (it'll say the forum is down for upgrading and not let you post or do anything) do this.
It might not work right away, it will still take me atleast a half hour to move the database. However once that half hour is over you'll be at the new server and can post again, whereas instead it could be 4-8 hours.
Anyways, if you want, you can get a jump start on this.
Search in your C:Windows Directory for a file called "hosts" no extension, just "hosts" open it up and put in this line
209.85.114.118 <tab here> www.online-literature.com
Then save.
That is telling your computer what the new IP address is for the website. Also, don't type <tab here> hit the tab key on your keyboard.
Don't do this yet. Save this information or write it down and then when the site stops working for you (it'll say the forum is down for upgrading and not let you post or do anything) do this.
It might not work right away, it will still take me atleast a half hour to move the database. However once that half hour is over you'll be at the new server and can post again, whereas instead it could be 4-8 hours.