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There were a few hurdles encountered today, so the new server did not go live, but some good progress was made, and the way should be paved for tomorrow.  The maintenance mode for image additions/editing will continue on until then.

All systems are a go at this time.  We should be able to remove "maintenance mode" in the AM.  Thanks for hanging in there.  We're almost to the finish line.

The new server is live now.  It may take up to 24 hours for the change to propagate to all Internet service providers around the world.  The following areas have been removed from maintenance mode: adding images to packaging, sell sheets, publications, and to personal collections.  If you can make it to those pages without encountering the maintenance page, that means you’re on the new server.  If all goes well, more areas will be opened back up throughout the day.

At this stage, it looks like it's about 60/40 between people on the new server and people still on the old server.  We'll keep some of the areas in maintenance mode until we reach the 24-hour mark to avoid any potential issues.  I've added a quick test to see if you're on the new server or still on the old one below. 

https://www.tcdb.com/NewServerCheck.cfm

If you see the thumbs up, you're on the new server.  If you get a "page does not exist" screen, you're on the old server.

All areas have been removed from "maintenance mode" now.  

There is still a small percentage of traffic coming through the old server.  If you're still on the old server (see test above), you might need to try a few actions on your end to try to get things to cut over like restarting your device, clearing out your browser cache, or even flushing your DNS cache as you'll likely start experiencing error messages while browsing around the old server as new images are added to the new server which aren't present on the old server and soon, the old server will be taken offline possibly leaving you unable to reach the site at all if you don't take action.  

There have been a couple of hiccups, but everything appears to be running well overall.  Between last year's database migration and now this host migration, we should be in good shape for a while (knock on wood).  Thanks for your patience through this process and continued interest in the site!

Started seeing some server performance degradation starting yesterday evening, will be working with the host provider today to see what needs to be adjusted.

There was an additional fix implemented this afternoon.  Looks like pages are loading faster now.  We'll continue monitoring the situation.