Scheduled Maintenance

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So we're changing DNS and there may be a brief hiccup in service.

But it was scheduled, we just didn't have a day or time it would, you know, actually engage.

But you can go join Twitter and talk to @absolutewrite about kale, and there's a G+ Google group right here:

https://plus.google.com/communities/106986359845173594962

You can talk about kale there too!

Or even, you know, writing.
 

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But, AW is where I go when I'm procrastinating writing! Now I'll have to talk to my husband, or something :)

Fingers crossed that propagating takes less than 24 hrs.

We mirror AW on absolutewrite.net/forums/

Tell your friends :D
 
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We’re going to have a short break in Absolute Write service from 9 am Saturday, May 9 2015, to 9 pm, Sunday, May 10 2015, Pacific Time, for server maintenance and a software upgrade.

The official discussion thread where you're welcome to whimper, ask questions, or make helpful suggestions is here.
 

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We had a brief outtage today; about an hour.

It's very very hot, and that was part of the problem.

We're back, but given the temps, I'm not making any promises.
 

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Going to shut AW down tomorrow AM Sunday May 27.

Server will be shut down between 7 AM and 11 AM Eastern.

This is for scheduled maintenance; I don't know how long it will take, but it would go much faster if people would not log in "just to check."

I'll announce it on Facebook and Twitter when we're back in business.

This is scheduled maintenance.
 

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We're back.

Thanks for your patience folks.

Just a note for future reference: what should have taken about an hour took just over two because of people logging in "just to check if AW is back yet."

While I appreciate your enthusiasm, that really slows things down.
 

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Hey AWers! Going to do a little emergency maintenance tonight, Tuesday November 27.

AW will be offline for a bit tonight starting at 8:00 PM Eastern.

Please log off then and stay logged off until I announce an all clear. The Hamsters will be grateful.

You can follow status on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LisaSpangenberg

And you can do your bit to help, too.

Thanks much
 

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We're back.

Things took about 40 minutes longer because of a few people who wouldn't log off, and /or kept logging back on "just to check."
 

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Probably the same ones who can't stop driving to text. :rant:
 

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Now that we've changed the SSL security certificates, I'm going to shut down AW for some maintenance tonight.

Shutdown starts at 8 PM Eastern U.S. Time, 5 PM Pacific Time.
I don't expect it to last more than two hours.

PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF HAMSTERS JUST LOG OFF.


There are a few members who keep refreshing.

There are things I really can't do if people are logged on and on the site. This means waiting.

I had to temp ban people last time because they wouldn't log off.

Please just be patient, and close AW so you're not showing as logged in.

We'll announce that the forums are back on these places:

On Twitter
@lisaspangenberg

On Facebook
AW Facebook Page

And the Brand New and Still Ugly Status Blog
Absolute Write Status Blog
 
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Forgive me if this is a dumb question but: When you say log off, do you literally mean click Log Out, or is it sufficient to close the browser and not have an active tab that is looking at the forum during the time when you are doing the work?

:e2coffee:
 

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Forgive me if this is a dumb question but: When you say log off, do you literally mean click Log Out, or is it sufficient to close the browser and not have an active tab that is looking at the forum during the time when you are doing the work?

:e2coffee:

If you've sufficient will power to stay off the site for about two hours (assuming all goes well), just close the tab or window that has AW and don't open it again until you've seen the All Clear Come Back! message.

And thanks for checking.
 

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Thanks all; I appreciate your patience.

I'll be working for a bit more, but we're back.
 

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Randomly decided to click on the box with AW in it on my screen, and was so happy and shocked to see it come up. Yay!! And thank you all for your hard work behind the scenes.
 

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Sunday October 4, 2020 from 2 pm EST to 7 pm EST/US Boston time the forums will be shut off for maintenance.
https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com

This is routine and preventive rather than an emergency.

I will announce that the forums are back on ASAP.

When the forums are back on I’ll announce it in these places:

* AW Hamster Herder Twitter
https://twitter.com/AWHamsterHerder

* AW Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/AbsoluteWrite/?created

* AW Status Blog
https://absolutewritestatus.blogspot.com

Please do not stay logged on or log on “just to check” because you slow things down and make it more difficult for me to work.


Even if the forums seem to be back on, if I haven’t announced it, they’re on just so I can run certain tests, and I’ll then shut them off again.

Certain members persistently ignore my polite request to log off and stay off. You know who you are. I've tried PMing. I've tried temp bans.

I will ban you permanently for interfering with the process.

It's already difficult to perform maintenance because of having to deal with bots from the 2010-2020 DDOS attack. Don't add to the problem.
 

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Absolute Write forums are back on. I'm still working on things, so please be patient, and thank you for staying off the site. I really appreciate it.
 
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