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Important Forum Announcement - Please Read
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James J
16-12-2016
"Hi all,
Welcome back! We have successfully completed the migration of all the user data from 2000 through the Wednesday we placed the forums as read-only.

This preliminary process was necessary as we needed to check that all user associated data - private messages, posts, threads, polls, emails etc - can come across seamlessly. We identified a few issues that we can now iron out when we do a final migration of all user data from this point on.

We appreciate your patience and we apologise for the interruption to your forum enjoyment. We are hopeful that when we begin the next migration, we can take our learnings and speed up the process."
James J
16-12-2016
Are we due another lengthy period of downtime at some point then?

Can DS mods clarify this?
Richard46
16-12-2016
Perhaps search works now?
jp761
16-12-2016
Originally Posted by James J:
“Are we due another lengthy period of downtime at some point then?

Can DS mods clarify this?”

Aren't you a mod. ? You posted post 201 above.
stargazer61
16-12-2016
Originally Posted by James J:
“"Hi all,
Welcome back! We have successfully completed the migration of all the user data from 2000 through the Wednesday we placed the forums as read-only.

This preliminary process was necessary as we needed to check that all user associated data - private messages, posts, threads, polls, emails etc - can come across seamlessly. We identified a few issues that we can now iron out when we do a final migration of all user data from this point on.

We appreciate your patience and we apologise for the interruption to your forum enjoyment. We are hopeful that when we begin the next migration, we can take our learnings and speed up the process."”

What!!!! You mean you are going to leave us alone and adrift in a cold, uncaring internet AGAIN! You guys certainly do know how to be cruel.
Mince pie, anyone?
jjwales
16-12-2016
Originally Posted by Richard46:
“Perhaps search works now?”

Not yet!
jp761
16-12-2016
Originally Posted by stargazer61:
“What!!!! You mean you are going to leave us alone and adrift in a cold, uncaring internet AGAIN! You guys certainly do know how to be cruel.
Mince pie, anyone? ”

Yes please. You'll have plenty of time to buy more when we disappear into that cold land again.
blueblade
16-12-2016
Originally Posted by jp761:
“Aren't you a mod. ? You posted post 201 above.”

Yeah, that's a bit weird. Where did he get the quote from?

Anyway, search still not fixed.
Tess-g
16-12-2016
Originally Posted by blueblade:
“Yeah, that's a bit weird. Where did he get the quote from?”

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/annou...hp?f=100&a=399

Sorry I should have said that it's at the top of the SCD page.
blueblade
16-12-2016
Originally Posted by Tess-g:
“http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/annou...hp?f=100&a=399”

Oh right, thanks. Seems to be everywhere except GD
Richard46
16-12-2016
Originally Posted by jjwales:
“Not yet!”

Oh well at least I can post on my 70th Birthday after all; even if we do not have the present of a shiny new forum. I have my avatar all ready and waiting.
njp
16-12-2016
Originally Posted by James J:
“Are we due another lengthy period of downtime at some point then?

Can DS mods clarify this?”

My guess is that they'll need another, much briefer interruption to migrate the data that has accumulated since the forums went back online today.
Dan Fortesque
16-12-2016
Didn't they say it was going to take 72 hours? I guess we will go offline again soon.
Lisa.B
16-12-2016
A dummy run just to do some in-house testing and see what still needs ironing out before it goes live then? Fair enough.
Tess-g
16-12-2016
Originally Posted by njp:
“My guess is that they'll need another, much briefer interruption to migrate the data that has accumulated since the forums went back online today.”

For purely selfish reasons I'd like to beg the staff not to do anything before Sunday. There's a rather important final on BBC 1 tomorrow night
Billy244
16-12-2016
Originally Posted by njp:
“My guess is that they'll need another, much briefer interruption to migrate the data that has accumulated since the forums went back online today.”

I think you might be right, on the avatar thing mentioned higher up the page I don't think they're having them are they on the new setup. [which is a shame]
jp761
16-12-2016
Originally Posted by blueblade:
“Oh right, thanks. Seems to be everywhere except GD ”

Hmm yes an heres me thinking GD is top of the bill around here.
StrictlyEastend
16-12-2016
Originally Posted by Tess-g:
“For purely selfish reasons I'd like to beg the staff not to do anything before Sunday. There's a rather important final on BBC 1 tomorrow night ”

I do too.
jp761
16-12-2016
Don't fret, while strictly is on Mods will be to busy joining in doing the Rumba in their living rooms..
anne_666
16-12-2016
Originally Posted by blueblade:
“Oh right, thanks. Seems to be everywhere except GD ”

It's the first announcement of the three at the top of GD.

Announcement: Forum Upgrade - Update

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/annou...hp?f=100&a=399
jp761
16-12-2016
Originally Posted by anne_666:
“It's the first announcement of the three at the top of GD.

Announcement: Forum Upgrade - Update

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/annou...hp?f=100&a=399”

Oh haha Me and blueblade are typical men I guess we don't read instructions/notices!

What can you do haha
sorcha_healy27
16-12-2016
Originally Posted by pad_ehh:
“Everything looks the same...!”

I know
Zeropoint1
16-12-2016
Originally Posted by pad_ehh:
“Everything looks the same...!”

True, but on my clunky old tablet it does seem to be running slightly faster than before. Probably just a coincidence though.
Zeropoint1
16-12-2016
Out of interest does anybody know roughly how much data 16 years worth of the forums would take up?

I know text is quite small but I imagine there's a lot in the case of DS.
Pencil
16-12-2016
It sounds like the main site's dumbification is being extended to the forum.

Still, I'm grateful the forum isn't being retired.

Thanks DS.
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