Moving Hosts
August 9th, 2005I thought I’d share a bit about the recent host change for 3hive. The previous host had serious Movable Type issues on the server we were hosted on. I belive this because both the old and new install wouldn’t work. New install had a clean database that was built from exporting from within Movable Type and still locked us out. It’s the same export that the current site was built with. So while the existing site’s database was jacked, something else was going on. What else to do but leave? The customer support was laughable at best. I will be moving this site eventually as well. I’ve been very very lucky thus far, but I can’t count on my current host to be there for me when I’m puking after drinking too much.
We went with Liquidweb, because they’ve seen the mothership through thick and thicker. Their support has been stellar. I only wish that I could do this full-time and we’d have solved this a month ago before all the travelling and pain. I’ve just wanted this nightmare to be over and the sharing to not be so hard.
Normally, moving hosts would be a straightforward affair, doing a MySQL dump and then taking that file on over to the new host and importing it into a fresh database and then moving all the Movable Type files. However, the dorkage meant I had to rebuild the site in much the same way as they did the Six Million Dollar Man; stronger, faster, etc.
Also, like fools, we are going live with the beta of Movable Type 3.2. I’ll be upgrading to the full version once it’s live, but some of the plugins we use (Filter Categories, Catx, Regex and the common anti-spam comment ones) have worked flawlessly with the upgrade. And the upgrade process went like butta. Much better than in the past and much faster. Very pleasing. I think this is what people expected with 3.0. It’s sweet.
Now. Time to take the huge, post-trauma shit. o
August 11th, 2005 at 10:45 pm
yay 3hive! yay jon!
August 12th, 2005 at 7:45 am
I’m so happy it’s been a fairly smooth transition (all things considered), but man, I involuntarily shudder whenever I hear anyone use the phrase “we are going live with the beta…”
I’ve been pushed into goin’ live with beta versions of software, and my misgivings have often been wellfounded after the fact.
Here’s hoping your beta experience is not a traumatic one!
August 12th, 2005 at 9:38 am
Jon - my husband used to use the Ass Clowns for hosting as well but he moved because he started selling hosting and now he has basically free hosting for his company. I can’t remember if he had the same problems as you.
August 12th, 2005 at 12:40 pm
Hey Jon,
Just a thought, check to see if LiquidWeb will move everything for you. I changed hosting providers recently, and the new provider moved and setup a dozen sites, db’s and all, for less than twenty bucks. Spared me long nights, and several post-trauma shits.
G’luck.
August 12th, 2005 at 1:35 pm
A friend who I turned on to free web just sent me the following email:
Um, this is the best thing that’s happened to me since 10 free CDs from BMG in 9th grade.
Thought you’d like that.
August 12th, 2005 at 4:25 pm
Sharing is always hard. But then, I failed kindergarten….
August 14th, 2005 at 6:00 am
been browsing through the blog and found an entry that really surprised me in the article The Scene. was really surprised to find comments from Merkley??? you were in Swim!
and now i have to ask a question. i know this is not in response to this post really, but i have to ask. i have been trying to find a copy of burn swim burn, a good one, seeing as how you were in the band, what’s the chances of payin ya for one, even a burned copy? me and my bro would both have very nifty brain explodies for the chance to once again own a good copy of this cd.
also, any info you can give on the other band members, links to their sites, bands they have been in. all i can say is damn you all are hard to track down