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Kurt, thanks for all You do to keep this forum going. I hope You realize what a valuable resource this is and how much Your efforts are appreciated, Thank You, Norm

Thank You, Kurt!

Thanks for your hard work Kurt!

Kurt, thanks, as the others have said.

Now, is this a one-time fuckup or something that money would fix - ie is there a newer more stable platform for the forum to run on etc?

Sasquatch wrote:Kurt, thanks, as the others have said.

Now, is this a one-time fuckup or something that money would fix - ie is there a newer more stable platform for the forum to run on etc?

Excellent question. I wouldn't mind contributing some money to get a more stable platform.

Sasquatch wrote:Kurt, thanks, as the others have said.

Now, is this a one-time fuckup or something that money would fix - ie is there a newer more stable platform for the forum to run on etc?

This was a one-time fuckup, compounded by a lack of investment. Database corruption, drive failure, corrupted backups - pretty much the perfect storm of IT-related problems. Like said to someone earlier in the week - if this was the day job, I'd be scolding someone for not testing their disaster recovery plan.

That said, one exceedingly generous forum member has contributed the entire nut required to pretty much ensure this never happens again. After I got over the initial shock, I started working on prepping everything to move to a hosting provider over the next couple weeks. Now that everything is in a "clean" state, it should go pretty much without incident.

--K

Well, I was gonna get Nate to chip in, but now I don't have to.

any photos posted that were lost are still on the gallery because its cached, going to have to figure out a way to clean up the missing posts and links.
http://64.201.111.8/

Thanks to all involved for getting the site up again!
I apprciate all the time and effort!

A big thanks to who ever the generous pipe maker was that paid for the server. hip hip hooray!

Thanks SASQUATCH!LOL. Here"s the question.Do we need contributions?

I join everyone else Kurt, thanks so much for taking the time, effort to put Humpty Dumpty back together!

I would like to extend my thanks again to Kurt for all his hard work at maintaining the forum and for fixing it when disasters happen.

As I'm certain this is already on your list, Kurt, I thought I'd ask: when do you expect TapaTalk to be back online?

you da man Kurt!!!!
thanks for your many hours, days, weeks, and months of work to keep this site running.
most importantly, when is the 'donate' button coming back? many of us are eager to use it

updated gallery its back up and showing new posts, all the photos from june to current still appear in order posted with a subject and they're linked to the author etc, just won't link into the board because the threads are gone. so there's still a photo archive of the missing posts if you want to remenis they span a couple pages.

http://64.201.111.8/

futodugouts wrote:updated gallery its back up and showing new posts, all the photos from june to current still appear in order posted with a subject and they're linked to the author etc, just won't link into the board because the threads are gone. so there's still a photo archive of the missing posts if you want to remenis they span a couple pages.

http://64.201.111.8/

I just added a DNS record for this:
http://gallery.pipemakersforum.com

--K

pipedreamer wrote:Thanks SASQUATCH!LOL. Here"s the question.Do we need contributions?

Kurt has said that contributions are welcome. But the reality is that this forum cost him real money real time and real frustration.
I’ve been lurking around this forum for several years now; I have been very remiss considering the benefit I have received as a carver.
I now think I should donate to this forum regularly; there is always real cost and real work to keep something like this running.
I can’t give a lot of good advice on making pipes but I can and should make a regular donation.

Vermont Freehand wrote:you da man Kurt!!!!
thanks for your many hours, days, weeks, and months of work to keep this site running.
most importantly, when is the 'donate' button coming back? many of us are eager to use it

Steve you don’t need the donate button to donate. Just use PayPal to send a donation. Kurt’s email address is on his web site at http://www.pipecrafter.com/ just say it’s for the forum.

KurtHuhn wrote:

futodugouts wrote:updated gallery its back up and showing new posts, all the photos from june to current still appear in order posted with a subject and they're linked to the author etc, just won't link into the board because the threads are gone. so there's still a photo archive of the missing posts if you want to remenis they span a couple pages.

http://64.201.111.8/

I just added a DNS record for this:
http://gallery.pipemakersforum.com

--K

cool

Thank you Kurt. I know how much work this is.

Kurt, I have to thank you too for getting the forum back on-line and my account back in order. I'm one of the newer members which made it more of a hassle for you to restore my account. Your e-mail replies were very quick and I could tell you worked your butt off without any complaints. Thanks.

P.S. The search function is finally working for me.