February 2005

Imminent disruption to the site

This site will shortly be moving to a new server — although there haven’t been many problems due to the current server, there will hopefully be even fewer at the new one!

Because of the move a number of things may happen, possibly at some point this week:

• I may switch off the ability to post annotations for a period, possibly a day or so. This will enable me to copy the database to the new server without losing any annotations on the way.
• The process of pointing the domain name (www.pepysdiary.com) to the new server can take varying amounts of time to work its way around the internet, so you might see the server at its new site to different times to other people.
• Some things may well be broken during the move, but bear with me and I’ll iron them out as soon as I can.

I’ll post further details as soon as I know more precisely when the move is likely to take place. Thanks for your imminent patience!

9 comments | Permalink | Monday 21 February 2005 | Housekeeping

Annotations switched off temporarily

As promised, the server is moving, and I am about to switch off the ability to post annotations (it may have happened by the time you read this). This makes it easier for me to transfer the database without losing anyone’s contributions. The site should be back to normal in a matter of hours, although it’s possible these things can take a day or two. Thanks for your patience!

Be the first to comment | Permalink | Thursday 24 February 2005 | Housekeeping

Welcome to the new server

If you can read this, then it means you’re viewing the site on the new server. Phew!

The only thing that’s not working at the moment are the TrackBacks — the lists of pages on other sites that are linking to pages on Pepys’ Diary. But there aren’t many of these, and I’ll work out how to make them show up soon, hopefully. If you do find something else that’s wrong, do email me. Thanks for your patience.

1 comment | Permalink | Thursday 24 February 2005 | Housekeeping

Erratic updates

Well it looks like most things are settling down at the new server. There have been a few little glitches, but I’m hoping this is due to the changes taking a few days to propagate around the internet.

However, so far I’ve had no luck with getting the script which posts new diary entries to run. It should post a new entry every evening, but it’s currently generating strange errors on the new server. So, until I work out how to get it running, updates won’t be as regular as they have been, as they require me to be online to press a button. I’ll do my best to keep up though!

4 comments | Permalink | Sunday 27 February 2005 | Housekeeping