POSSIBLE FORUM DOWNTIME THIS WEEKEND

Started by Jeff, April 07, 2006, 05:42:17 AM

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Team-G

Cool!  This is going to make me faster, right??

mike_rbm

Gotta ask - How profitable is a chat room?

I'm all about bikes and have wasted more money then I'll make but why a chat room? Exposure? Not CCS but your own name and biz. Like advertising? What's are the rough costs of setting one up?

I know people have a passion for different things but why spend time and money on a server? It's either got to cost very little or sponsors paying to get on make it profitable.  ;) Could you make a living having one? Thanks.

r1owner

Quotewell, if the convert package already exists and works, why the complaining about how much easier it would be if it were DB driven?  

Probably cause trying to figure out where each one of a possible 115000 files goes to is a lot more of a pita than a database that might have some relationships... and meaningful table names...

Jeff

Adam, it's easier to work with if it's all in a database, but regardless, I did find a decent path forward.  Tested it yesterday and today and it works.

Hawk - The issue is getting the DNS changed from the existing server to our new server.  It's a registrar change and a dns update.  However, there will not be any significant downtime as there will be a domain change with this as well but don't worry, info will come out and there will be redirects, etc.

Mike - It depends on what you're chatting.  Chat on anything porn related and you can make money.  other than that, it's hit & miss.  It takes a lot of time and effort.

Can you make money?  Yes.  
Can you make a living from it?  Probably.
Do I make a living from it?  Nope


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There will be no downtime this weekend.  Once I get the domain change completed for where the forum will be, I will take this forum offline for about 6 hours while I backup, transfer, convert and upgrade it to the new code.  At that time we will be live at the new site.  I will then place a redirect from www.racemotorcycles.com to the new site.

I'm hoping to do this sometime this week.  

You will all be notified...
Bucket List:
[X] Get banned from Wera forum
[  ] Walk the Great Wall of China
[X] Visit Mt. Everest

mike_rbm

QuoteMike - It depends on what you're chatting.  Chat on anything porn related and you can make money.  other than that, it's hit & miss.  It takes a lot of time and effort.

Can you make money?  Yes.  
Can you make a living from it?  Probably.
Do I make a living from it?  Nope..

Thanks for info Jeff.

Off to start my own porn chat room!  ;D

Thingy

Hey Jeff, can we have some new 'post levels' with the new forum?  Maybe more levels, or fun names?  For instance, the first level could be 'backmarker' or 'Squid'.  If Super Dave is an administrator, we could call that level 'Grand Poobah'.

I just don't have enough entertainment in my life...
-Bill Hitchcock
GP EX #13
Double Bravo Racing
'01 Ducati 748

Tuck your skirt in your panties and twist the throttle!

Jeff

Bucket List:
[X] Get banned from Wera forum
[  ] Walk the Great Wall of China
[X] Visit Mt. Everest