I need your input.

[hzl eyed grl]

The guy that runs/hosts my forums with me had some system problems. We have to start completely over with my forums. *UGH* My question is this.... Should I keep the addy the same (www.gigglygrinch.com/forums) or should I change it to www.forums.gigglygrinch.com? Or...any other ideas? We're also switching from UBB to Invision Power Board.

Thanks.

 

[WarmAndSCSI]

Originally posted by: hzl_eyed_grl
The guy that runs/hosts my forums with me had some system problems. We have to start completely over with my forums. *UGH* My question is this.... Should I keep the addy the same (www.gigglygrinch.com/forums) or should I change it to www.forums.gigglygrinch.com? Or...any other ideas? We're also switching from UBB to Invision Power Board.

Thanks.

should be forums.gigglygrinch.com ... looks best. It's always best to have your forums running in a separate virtual server.

 

[aphex]

http://forums.gigglygrinch.com

Good choice with Invision 🙂

 

[hzl eyed grl]

Originally posted by: aphex
http://forums.gigglygrinch.com

Good choice with Invision 🙂

Thank you. We were running a test forum with Invision and everyone seemed to like it for the most part. I thought it looked really nice and I liked the admin part of it.

 

[hzl eyed grl]

Any one else?

 

[Jugernot]

I agree, forums.gigglygrinch.com is better. The only place that I know of that doesn't use that protocol is fatwa11et.

Anyway, good luck with the new board.

 

[hzl eyed grl]

Originally posted by: Jugernot
I agree, forums.gigglygrinch.com is better. The only place that I know of that doesn't use that protocol is fatwa11et.

Anyway, good luck with the new board.

Thanks. The sucky part is that we can't get any data back from the database. 🙁 That means all pictures and stuff I had stored there are gone. 🙁 (I have some backed up, but not all.) Also, when we redo the forums, that means everyone will have to re-register. It's a fresh start.

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: hzl_eyed_grl

Originally posted by: Jugernot
I agree, forums.gigglygrinch.com is better. The only place that I know of that doesn't use that protocol is fatwa11et.

Anyway, good luck with the new board.

Thanks. The sucky part is that we can't get any data back from the database. 🙁 That means all pictures and stuff I had stored there are gone. 🙁 (I have some backed up, but not all.) Also, when we redo the forums, that means everyone will have to re-register. It's a fresh start.

Ahhh... that's too bad that you lost those pics.... *whistling* 😉

amish 😀

 

[Jugernot]

Originally posted by: hzl_eyed_grl

Originally posted by: Jugernot
I agree, forums.gigglygrinch.com is better. The only place that I know of that doesn't use that protocol is fatwa11et.

Anyway, good luck with the new board.

Thanks. The sucky part is that we can't get any data back from the database. 🙁 That means all pictures and stuff I had stored there are gone. 🙁 (I have some backed up, but not all.) Also, when we redo the forums, that means everyone will have to re-register. It's a fresh start.

I had this happen a few years ago... I ran a board with several hundred users, then one day the server died. My host tried to restore from backups, but apparently they were no good either.

It sucks, but sometimes it's a blessing in disguise. 🙂

Good luck! Grrrr..... 😀

 

[NogginBoink]

One word: backups. 🙂

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: WarmAndSCSI

Originally posted by: hzl_eyed_grl
The guy that runs/hosts my forums with me had some system problems. We have to start completely over with my forums. *UGH* My question is this.... Should I keep the addy the same (www.gigglygrinch.com/forums) or should I change it to www.forums.gigglygrinch.com? Or...any other ideas? We're also switching from UBB to Invision Power Board.

Thanks.

should be forums.gigglygrinch.com ... looks best. It's always best to have your forums running in a separate virtual server.

I agree, good choice on InvisionBoard it's free, efficient and has a ton of mods/skins available for it.

The URL should be forums.gigglygrinch.com

 

[hzl eyed grl]

Ahhh... that's too bad that you lost those pics.... *whistling*

Shhhhhhhh! Not *everyone* needs to know about those! 😛

I had this happen a few years ago... I ran a board with several hundred users, then one day the server died. My host tried to restore from backups, but apparently they were no good either.

It sucks, but sometimes it's a blessing in disguise.

Good luck! Grrrr.....

Ick. That sucks. I think we were at around 331 members if I remember right. Not all were active, so I suppose it will be nice to have a fresh start. I'm just bummed that I lost all the stuff that I had stored there. It would have been really hard for me to back everything up before. I didn't have a burner. I do now, (as of March) but I didn't even think about it.

🙁

 

[hzl eyed grl]

I agree, good choice on InvisionBoard it's free, efficient and has a ton of mods/skins available for it.

Yeah, we had a test forum up and running with Invision and I really liked it. I know there will be a period of getting used to it, but it seemed really nice. 😀

 

[Mustangrrl]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Ahhh... that's too bad that you lost those pics.... *whistling* 😉

amish 😀

:Q Maybe someone saved them to their own hard drive? :Q

That blows that you lost everything, Heath... but starting anew is fun, too 🙂

 

[hzl eyed grl]

Originally posted by: Mustangrrl

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Ahhh... that's too bad that you lost those pics.... *whistling* 😉

amish 😀

:Q Maybe someone saved them to their own hard drive? :Q

That blows that you lost everything, Heath... but starting anew is fun, too 🙂

Yeah, in a way I kind of like starting over...but it will be a PITA. 😉 What do *you* think about the addy? www.gigglygrinch.com/forums or www.forums.gigglygrinch.com.

BTW: I tried to edit the original post because I forgot to include a poll....and I didn't see that I could do it. Is it possible to edit and add a poll or did I screw up and it's too late?