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Thursday, May 4, 2023 12:14 PM
There is currently a large scale network disruption occurring at the hosting location causing the site to be inaccessible at times or display a certificate error. It is being worked on. Will hopefully have more related info later on in the afternoon which I will post here. Apologies for the inconvenience.
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Thursday, May 4, 2023 6:39 PM
The problem seems to be largely resolved at this point according to the hosting company. If you're still getting the certificate error, try clearing out your browser cache. More information on the situation will be forthcoming.
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Saturday, May 6, 2023 7:35 PM
A quick update on the situation. The site's been with the same hosting company from the beginning (over 15 years now). Unfortunately, their ability to provide a stable environment has slipped recently with network outages occurring almost daily now. A few days ago, after the extended outage, the process was started to find different accommodations. Additional info will be posted in this thread once a timeline is established. Again, apologies for the inconvenience.
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Friday, May 12, 2023 11:03 AM
Latest update: A new web host has been identified, just working out all of the details. More updates to follow.
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Saturday, May 20, 2023 6:55 AM
The setup process with the new host continues. I'll be sure to let everyone know ahead of time when the cutover will take place and if there will be any associated downtime.
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Saturday, May 27, 2023 10:45 AM
The migration process has begun in the background and will continue on for a couple of weeks as approximately 33 million files get transferred over to the new host. These are strictly image and site files and does not impact any database data as that was already migrated after the outage of October 2022. I will unpin this thread in the next day or so as this process continues and re-pin once there’s news of the next phase.
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