Richard Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Hi,We are in the process of sorting everything out... I have never moved a forum around before like this, so I don't know if there will be any problems. So far so good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SyrLinus Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 YAY! I was worried there for a bit.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 20, 2008 Author Share Posted January 20, 2008 Yes... The previous hosting company suddenly announced to Robert that they were not going to host us anymore. I can't remember the exact reason, I think it was to do with too much traffic coming to VBB.com, and it was slowing down their server (and other sites they host). So we had about a week to move stuff - and in the meantime they just blocked the site completely, which I thought was a bit rude, as that means that nobody on the forum would know what was happening, it was just an error message. But now hopefully we've done it correctly, and it should be working. It actually seems like the error message, and problems with e-mail might be gone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Thanks Richard! I'll write an explanation later. I'm off to multiple meetings now.... Basically we had to immediately move to a NEW website hosting company without any proper notice (for a variety of reasons) and we were down for a few days trying to get everything moved over to a new web hosting company that fit our needs, wants and website requirements. I'm very sorry we were down for a few days but we seem to have resolved the issues. Thanks to Richard and the other admins who helped pull it together. We're back in Action Making it Happen! Welcome back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lelle Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 right, thanks for bringing the site (and especially the forum) back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SyrLinus Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 Yes... The previous hosting company suddenly announced to Robert that they were not going to host us anymore. I can't remember the exact reason, I think it was to do with too much traffic coming to VBB.com, and it was slowing down their server (and other sites they host). So we had about a week to move stuff - and in the meantime they just blocked the site completely, which I thought was a bit rude, as that means that nobody on the forum would know what was happening, it was just an error message. But now hopefully we've done it correctly, and it should be working. It actually seems like the error message, and problems with e-mail might be gone... Wow. That is rude. Especially if you've been paying for service from them. They could have told you and then given you a time period by which to either upgrade or get a new provider. It sounds like, in the end, it's better that the move occurred. Hopefully, this will help somewhat in regards to the spammers and the like (which, I'm sure, didn't nothing to help on the traffic volume). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalisa Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 I have been totally JONESIN' for this site. I've missed all of these posts for the last few days. I was worried. It is so good to see it back!!!Keep on Rockin' like you all do!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 I was having withdrawals. Seriously. Thanks for getting it all back up and running Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamela Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 I'm glad the site is back up. But my avatar is gone, and it won't let me upload a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasha Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Yaaaaah a day early Thanks Richard and Robert ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xveganjoshx Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 COOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsorlando Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 I'm so happy veganbodybuilding is back up, I missed it sooo much!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 I'm glad to have you all back and I'm very sorry we got shut down. It's somewhat complicated and had to do with some miscommunication between me and my website hosting company that resulted in us being shut down. That is why there wasn't an announcement of any kind before hand. It just got shut down and I had to figure out why. Apparently we were taking up too much CPU power and we slowed down the entire server. They no longer wanted to work with us. But........on the bright side, as many of you recall we had the website shut down about 5 times over the past few months and in 100% of the cases it was because of web hosting issues. So it was a blessing in disguise and now we're with a web hosting company that one of my web guys spent 10-15 hours researching and found. So this web host should be reliable. All I can say is THANK YOU for hanging with us through all our problems. I appreciate it and I'm happy to see you back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CollegeB Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Glad to have the forum operational again. I can sleep easier at night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Yeah, imagine my headache It was week of Now, for the most part its time for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 thanks to all for the effort involved with keeping it up (the site) ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Thanks. At times it can be a lot of work, a headache and in some cases a bit expensive, but we're glad we're appreciated and we're happy to provide this community for people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Veganism Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Yeah, I missed this site ! I was afraid I was banned ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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