GTPlanet Forums Scheduled Maintenance Sept. 9 (Now Complete)

[UnionStrike]

Will this patch finally bring premium features to standard users?!

 

[TB]

Best of luck with the transfer, boss. 👍

 

[P0UP0N]

Thanks Jordan! Good luck on the transition!

 

[dxm8975]

Okay Sir, good luck with the transition of GTPlanet. 👍

 

[Coxis]

Will you update GTP's UCD while you're at it? We haven't had an update in months.

 

[Aqua F1]

Late notice?

 

[AOS-]

I'm glad this won't affect me at all since I'll be at work during the downtime. 👍

 

[easyasashii]

Thanks for the heads up and good luck ! 👍

 

[DQuaN]

Good luck Jordan! Remember, a 5lb hammer can fix most issues.

 

[TB]

Remember, a 5lb hammer can fix most issues.

Trust us - we know.

 

[Darren.]

Trust us - we know.

Don't think I'll ever be hit by one of those anytime soon.

 

[Pyle_PMG]

Trust us - we know.

The emotional impact that device creates far exceeds that of the physical variety.

 

[Gturbo5]

Good luck

 

[Jordan]

Thanks for the well wishes, guys. 👍

One off topic question. what is the point of the ":@:" smilie?

That's so you can post an email address without "revealing" it to automated page-scrapers used by spammers.

When does the site change in appearance/functionality anyway? Is it every few years or...?

Generally once per year. GTPlanet's new redesign, GTP11, will be launched in a few weeks. I have to get the site over on new hardware before I can finish it, though.

You actually maintain a server room yourself? I'm surprised the site isn't on a commercial hosting site.

No, I don't, the site is hosted at 111 8th Avenue in New York with Voxel.net, along with content delivery servers in Chicago, California, Amsterdam, and Hong Kong. I do all the server management remotely.

 

[Darren.]

GTP11 in a few weeks?! We're nearly there... just make sure you upgrade standard features to premiums.

 

[Pyle_PMG]

Generally once per year. GTPlanet's new redesign, GTP11, will be launched in a few weeks. I have to get the site over on new hardware before I can finish it, though.

Can you give us hints to what it looks like?

Black and red would look epic.

 

[20832]

I don't really care what it's gonna look like.
I trust Jordan on that one.

I mean, I'm not the oldest member here, but all the things I've saw here it's probably the site with the most members, that is so "controled", whatever this means

Anyway it's one of the nicest comunities, that does not care that about, when someone can't speak proper English, and that is, what makes this forum so much more.

 

[Robin]

No, I don't, the site is hosted at 111 8th Avenue in New York with Voxel.net, along with content delivery servers in Chicago, California, Amsterdam, and Hong Kong. I do all the server management remotely.

Didn't you once have to rush down to some data centre in Texas when the site suddenly went down due to a massive hardware failure? I seem to remember that happening a few years ago. Jordan to the rescue! 👍

As always I appreciate all that your putting into the site, thanks also for the maintenance heads up.

Robin.

 

[bass264]

Good luck Jordan!

 

[Jordan]

And...we're live, an hour ahead of schedule! Welcome to the new server, everyone, and thanks for your patience.

Let me know if you have any problems.

 

[Solo]

Wow that was fast, top work Jordan 👍

 

[boiltheocean]

I'm impressed you managed to make this already super fast site load even faster, nice!

 

[Dennisch]

That was a quicky, awesome. 👍

 

[VTiRoj]

It's almost too fast now. My browser can't keep up!

 

[SVX]

Great job Jordan, no delays what so ever.




in before PD joke

 

[Ross]

Top work Jordan, that was the speed of an F1 pit stop.

 

[jjaisli]

Hi Jordan--I think I may have found a problem. It seems I no longer have access to any of my photos here on GTP. At least, I can't view them anymore inside my albums--only the thumbnails.

 

[Spacegoat]

Generally once per year. GTPlanet's new redesign, GTP11, will be launched in a few weeks.

Great, I can't wait to see what it looks like.👍

 

[Owen.C93]

No, I don't, the site is hosted at 111 8th Avenue in New York with Voxel.net, along with content delivery servers in Chicago, California, Amsterdam, and Hong Kong. I do all the server management remotely.

Very classy, I know imgur is hosted on Voxel and is the fastest image hosting site I know, it's crazy the amount traffic it can handle.

I can't say GTPlanet has been slow or had any downtime since GT5 got released early. Nice to see you're still looking to improve.

 

[Jordan]

Can you give us hints to what it looks like?

Black and red would look epic.

The general color scheme will remain the same, though a bit more refined. You'll just have to wait and see.

Didn't you once have to rush down to some data centre in Texas when the site suddenly went down due to a massive hardware failure? I seem to remember that happening a few years ago. Jordan to the rescue! 👍

As always I appreciate all that your putting into the site, thanks also for the maintenance heads up.

Robin.

I believe you're referring to the time when I the hosting company I was using went out of business without warning, and the only way to get the site's data back was to essentially "buy" the server from data center which had it. Duke and several other users donated money to make this possible, otherwise it would have been lost forever. This was in 2004 and it was a real mess. Afterwards, I realized the site had to begin earning revenue so I could afford to host it with more reputable service providers.

It's almost too fast now. My browser can't keep up!

That's a good problem to have!

Hi Jordan--I think I may have found a problem. It seems I no longer have access to any of my photos here on GTP. At least, I can't view them anymore inside my albums--only the thumbnails.

Thanks, this issue should be fixed now.