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JCsites.com
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Posted 8/15/2003 9:02 AM (GMT -6)

If you've tried to post on this board with the past three hours, you couldn't get the site to load. How frustrating!

I apologize for the site being down. Blush

Normally there would have been a warning. But due to last minute schedule changes, the only and best time I had to perform the latest site upgrade was today. Big Smile

On with the announcement...

I am pleased to announce that this discussion board is now powered by a much better database. This should result in faster page loads and better overall performance.

Most importantly, you should all be able to use the board "search" feature without any fear of crashing the site. Or without having to wait 2 years for results to appear. Here's a link to the search feature:
www.christusvictorministries.org/gbfront/forum/search.asp Viking

The board has a 172 MB database, so don't expect search results to be instant, but they will appear within 30 seconds or so. A VAST improvement from what we used to experience! So knock yourself out on research TGB!!! Bandit

The migration to a better database completes this round of upgrades to the CVM discussion board. Here's what's been accomplished as of late:

Snitz Board software upgrade latest version

IP Gate Member Ban Mod (behave everyone!)

Smile Manager Mod

Poll Mod

Spell Check Mod

Data migration from Access2000 to MS SQL Server database

This new database is capable of storing terrabytes of data and is very fast. So CVM shouldn't need a database upgrade for what, 2 years? Clown

The database is far more reliable and should allow for many people to use the board for theology research needs.

So anyway, hope you all notice a bit more speed, and enjoy the searching capabilities. Big Smile

JC Sites Guy

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Tigress
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Posted 8/15/2003 9:21 AM (GMT -6)

quote:
Originally posted by JCsites.com

If you've tried to post on this board with the past three hours, you couldn't get the site to load. How frustrating!

I apologize for the site being down. Normally there would have been a warning. But due to last minute schedule changes, the only and best time I had to perform the latest site upgrade was today.

On with the announcement...

I am pleased to announce that this discussion board is now powered by a much better database. This should result in faster page loads and better overall performance.

Most importantly, you should all be able to use the board "search" feature without any fear of crashing the site. Or without having to wait 2 years for results to appear. Here's a link to the search feature:
www.christusvictorministries.org/gbfront/forum/search.asp

The board has a 172 MB database, so don't expect search results to be instant, but they will appear within 30 seconds or so. A VAST improvement from what we used to experience!

Yayyy!

Thanks JC Sites! I was wondering what was up!

Tigress

"Name a shrub after me. Preferably one that's prickly and difficult to eradicate."

-Captain Jack Aubrey
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JCsites.com
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Posted 8/15/2003 9:42 AM (GMT -6)

Well, I see a small problem already. Somehow I disabled the Poll Mod.

I'll have to try and fix that asap.

Sorry Disapprove

JC Sites Guy

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DLW
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Posted 8/15/2003 9:46 AM (GMT -6)

quote:
Originally posted by JCsites.com

Well, I see a small problem already. Somehow I disabled the Poll Mod. I'll have to try and fix that asap.

Sorry

JC Sites Guy

And you dare have the initials JC in your moniker!!!! Knife

Just make sure it don't happen again... Bandit

dlw

Niebuhr thought that sustained moral energy in politics depended on religion's power to mobilize reason along with self-transcending love. The prophetic tradition, meanwhile, gave Jews and Christians some protection against the temptation to identify their social causes with God's will. Lincoln's second inaugural address expressed the prophetic insight, "The almighty has His own purposes."

Tom
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Posted 8/15/2003 9:49 AM (GMT -6)

JC-

Thanks very much for all your hard work.

Can I ask one last favor? Can you recenter the "Christus Victor Ministries Discussin" banner?

Tom Bandit

JCsites.com
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Posted 8/15/2003 10:01 AM (GMT -6)

TGB,

I'll try to remember to do that when I fix the poll feature. Sorry I keep forgetting.

Really bugs you huh? Big Smile

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Tom
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Posted 8/15/2003 10:05 AM (GMT -6)

JC: Really bugs you huh? Big Smile

Tom: You should see my office! Borg1

Just be glad I'm not asking you to entirely redefine the categories!

Tom

JCsites.com
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Posted 8/15/2003 10:29 AM (GMT -6)

quote:
Tom: You should see my office! Just be glad I'm not asking you to entirely redefine the categories!

If you asked that, I'd think you'd become possessed by DLW!! Evil

JC Sites Guy

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DLW
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Posted 8/15/2003 11:14 AM (GMT -6)

I'm the ghost Knife

of Davy Crocket 'n I say this board'll fit right well intuh mah pawcket!!!

Borg1

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dlw

JCsites.com
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Posted 8/15/2003 5:13 PM (GMT -6)

o.k Tom there ya go. Centered again. Evil Tongue

JC Sites Guy

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Tom
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Posted 8/15/2003 5:16 PM (GMT -6)

JC: o.k Tom there ya go. Centered again.

Tom: All is well with the world once again!

Tom

JCsites.com
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Posted 8/15/2003 5:32 PM (GMT -6)

o.k, got the Poll Feature working again. Didn't watch my version control as well as I should have. Left out four needed lines of code.

*kick* Bad JC Sites Guy! Blush

Enjoy!

JC Sites Guy

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Springs
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Posted 8/15/2003 7:00 PM (GMT -6)

Great job JC! You are a saint. King

-S

might-be-don
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Posted 8/16/2003 4:36 AM (GMT -6)

One thing...

Not real excited about the "dynamic" signatures. I understand the advantages to the database, reducing the size, but I much prefer to have the sig I used at the time I wrote the message to remain.

peace, don

"Life is a gift from God, but the years have weight in them."
Terry Scott Taylor

JCsites.com
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Posted 8/16/2003 5:23 AM (GMT -6)

Don,

Guess what? you can get your way too! Just go to your member profile to edit. Near the bottom right of the edit profile page, CHANGE the drop down list that's pre selected as YES, to NO where it says: "Signature checkbox
checked by default?:"

By changing this to NO, you will be able to type whatever signature you'd like at the moment and that will be preserved.

As for your old posts, well changing this setting won't put those back. But moving forward it will work the way you'd like.

Sorry. But the needs of the many...

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might-be-don
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Posted 8/16/2003 9:23 AM (GMT -6)

Thanks for the info on the sig choices. I admit I haven't explored the profile page.

peace, don

"Life is a gift from God, but the years have weight in them."
Terry Scott Taylor

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