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Wouter Melissen
09-03-2004, 04:48 AM
We will be carrying out extensive maintanance to the site's backbone tomorrow (Sept 4th) in the afternoon CET. The main page will most likely not go out at all, but the forums will be shut down for about 4-6 hours.

The end result will be a much faster site and car pages and the daily reset at 1 pm CET will no longer occur either.

Our apologies for the downtime, but it's required to move the forums attachments, which take up over 7 gb at the moment.

UK CARS
09-03-2004, 04:55 AM
Where are the attachments going?

Mustang
09-03-2004, 04:57 AM
Kool. are there going to be bigger file sizes allowed now ??

bigger than the 488.2 fir pics and 2mb for movies ???

also are ther going to be colour changes or are we keeping these ones ?

edit, is it going to be like sc.net where there whole forums are deleted and they start from new again ? PLZ NOOOOOO !!!

UK CARS
09-03-2004, 04:59 AM
"downtime" makes it sound like the end of the world is coming!

Matra et Alpine
09-03-2004, 05:14 AM
WOuter and Chaos will be busy getting this set up to go, so a quick summary.

UCP is moving servers and updating the backend software.

NOTHING will be lost in the move ( fingers crossed ). Wouter's been working to make sure it all happens without us realising.

SO no need to panic, nothing lost. Wouter had already posted a link to the 'new' server to guage opinion before it goes 'live' and it had the forums as we know and love them.

So, everyoen, calm down. Trust Wouter/Chaos and don't hassle.
Wait till you see it/play it before jumping to conclusions :)

henk4
09-03-2004, 05:20 AM
I had a sneak preview too, and it does work faster.

UK CARS
09-03-2004, 08:00 AM
Do you mean Chaos, as in the meaning of the word..or is their a someone called that.
The way you said it could have confused people.

Ok all happy here, no prob, good luck.

baddabang
09-03-2004, 08:04 AM
Do you mean Chaos, as in the meaning of the word..or is their a someone called that.
The way you said it could have confused people.

Ok all happy here, no prob, good luck.

Theres an administrator with the username true chaoz or something like that.

SlickHolden
09-03-2004, 09:25 AM
Doesn't that meen when someone says don't panic we panic :eek:.

Will we be able to have bigger avatars ?

New color for UCP ??

drakkie
09-03-2004, 09:47 AM
well, good luck tomorrow wouter.i guess ill miss it .....the one day ban i had was almost unbearable,so i guess we cant go on it again, too bad,m but i guess it is necessary.GOOD LUCK !!!

d-quik
09-03-2004, 10:02 AM
No need to apologize, it is your website and you can do whatever the **** you want to do with it.:)

Matra et Alpine
09-03-2004, 10:33 AM
Doesn't that meen when someone says don't panic we panic :eek:.
Refer to your Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy :)
http://people.delphiforums.com/white_raven/MDIA1205/HHGTTG/images/Dontpanic.jpg


Will we be able to have bigger avatars ?

hope not, still a pain for anyone on dial-up !!

New color for UCP ??
Hope not.

AFAIK the plan is NO perceivable change for the users.
best that wat, changing too many things at the same time can just cause things to break adn people get upset :)

H2G2 warning (http://www.ka.net/ametz/sounds/other/towels.wav)

Mustang
09-03-2004, 12:42 PM
H2G2 warning (http://www.ka.net/ametz/sounds/other/towels.wav)


haha what the hells that about ? :p:p:p :p

Matra et Alpine
09-03-2004, 01:07 PM
http://people.delphiforums.com/white_raven/MDIA1205/HHGTTG/images/Dontpanic.jpg[/IMG] ..
H2G2 warning (http://www.ka.net/ametz/sounds/other/towels.wav)
Couldn't resist, hope the new movie doesn't ruin it all.

Something to do whilst waiting for Wouter and True_Chaos to bring it all back into your life :) .... http://www.xcalibur.co.uk/games/hitchhik.html


I see UCP as the Hitchikers Guide to Cars.....
- Many ommissions
- Much that is apochryphal
- equally wildly innacurate
- it is even MORE slightly cheaper than H2G2

It is indeed more popular then the Celestial Homecare Omnibus
and than 53 More things to do in zero gravity. No debate that it is more controversal than Ooolong Kaloofud's trilogy of philosophical blockbusters.
All we need to do is add a nice "DONT PANIC" on the new UCP and we'll be as good as H2G2 :)

Enjoy :)

Matra et Alpine
09-03-2004, 01:12 PM
haha what the hells that about ? :p:p:p :p
At the end of each show broadcast on BBC radio, a proper BBC announcer would add things like that.

It all added to the fun of the day.
One of the BEST all-time radio series and better than the TV shows and probably the movies too :(

If you don't understand the towel reference, then you have no hope when they come to destroy the Earth to make way for another hyper-galactic bypass. Vogon Industries are ruthless !!

You can find all the radio shows on-line. Do a search for audio "guide to the galaxy" and you'll find them. Better learn fast where to fit a Babel Fish or it could all be very embarrasing for you !!!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhikers/gallery/images/640/babel2.jpg

Just tryign to lighten your day and give you something to do for 4 hours on Saturday :)

Mustang
09-03-2004, 01:29 PM
Better learn fast where to fit a Babel Fish or it could all be very embarrasing for you !!!!

http://www.notbored.org/maybe-you-can-help.jpg

werty
09-03-2004, 05:29 PM
why does ucp need to be faster, its already lightning fast

ps- i really hope this works and no pictures get lost

Wouter Melissen
09-04-2004, 02:41 AM
Well they're building a gallows outside my cell I've got 25 minutes to go
And the whole town's waitin' just to hear me yell I've got 24 minutes to go
Well they gave me some beans for my last meal I've got 23 minutes to go
But nobody asked me how I feel I've got 22 minutes to go
Well I sent for the governor and the whole dern bunch with 21 minutes to go
And I sent for the mayor but he's out to lunch I've got 20 more minutes to go
Then the sheriff said boy I gonna watch you die got 19 minutes to go
So I laughed in his face and I spit in his eye got 18 minutes to go
Now hear comes the preacher for to save my soul with 13 minutes to go
And he's talking bout' burnin' but I'm so cold I've 12 more minutes to go
Now they're testin' the trap and it chills my spine 11 more minutes to go
And the trap and the rope aw they work just fine got 10 more minutes to go
Well I'm waitin' on the pardon that'll set me free with 9 more minutes to go
But this is for real so forget about me got 8 more minutes to go
With my feet on the trap and my head on the noose got 5 more minutes to go
Won't somebody come and cut me loose with 4 more minutes to go
I can see the mountains I can see the skies with 3 more minutes to go
And it's to dern pretty for a man that don't wanna die 2 more minutes to go
I can see the buzzards I can hear the crows 1 more minute to go
And now I'm swingin' and here I go-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!

Wouter Melissen
09-04-2004, 02:41 AM
Seriously; 40 minutes to go.

henk4
09-04-2004, 02:45 AM
at least enough time to carefully read the Cash lyrics :)

Coventrysucks
09-04-2004, 07:21 AM
How come I'm not seeing attachments anymore?

From the bottom of the page:
You may post new threads
You may post replies
You may not post attachments
You may edit your posts

:confused:

admin
09-04-2004, 08:34 AM
We are working on the attachments. They have all moved over to the new server.

werty
09-04-2004, 08:51 AM
We are working on the attachments. They have all moved over to the new server.
once they are there and we can start seeing them again, whats going to be the major differences we see.....will they load and download faster? will they be bigger?

Matra et Alpine
09-04-2004, 09:13 AM
once they are there and we can start seeing them again, whats going to be the major differences we see.....will they load and download faster? will they be bigger?
These answer are already given in a thread on the issue (http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7020)
:)

SlickHolden
09-04-2004, 09:28 AM
Can we see the new site have a cap cook ?

Matra et Alpine
09-04-2004, 02:32 PM
UPDATE

As you may already have noticed, the attachments aren't in any of the psots.

The good news is they are all transferred and in the database.

New attachments can be added in new posts and THEY can be viewed.

Wouter will be working tomorrow on the minor glitch (!) causing the original attachments not to be in the views.

Sorry for the hassle from the UCP team.

SlickHolden
09-05-2004, 08:49 AM
We don't see rep anymore ?

UK CARS
09-05-2004, 08:53 AM
we will S/h.

SlickHolden
09-05-2004, 08:59 AM
I gunna messenger you to ask you was the update going on cause when i woke up it was down, that was a long time ago i started to think i had a problem :D
It might be better not to show rep in the threads :confused: only in user cp ? what you think ?

Matra et Alpine
09-05-2004, 09:11 AM
I gunna messenger you to ask you was the update going on cause when i woke up it was down, that was a long time ago i started to think i had a problem :D
It might be better not to show rep in the threads :confused: only in user cp ? what you think ?
It used to show the rep count beside the green box.

BUT, when it went to 2 green boxes it then showed the rep count twice !!

One or other seemed to be the choice :)
It's back the way it was just before the sewitchover, so you only see the number of green boxes and no rep count.

SlickHolden
09-05-2004, 09:18 AM
It used to show the rep count beside the green box.

BUT, when it went to 2 green boxes it then showed the rep count twice !!

One or other seemed to be the choice :)
It's back the way it was just before the sewitchover, so you only see the number of green boxes and no rep count.
I think it's better that way, Less time to think about rep and more time to concentrate on good posting ;)

Karrmann
09-05-2004, 09:30 AM
why can't I see my rep number?

SlickHolden
09-05-2004, 09:34 AM
Matra stole it lol :D :p

UK CARS
09-05-2004, 10:29 AM
why can't I see my rep number?
Oh mY god...what are you on slowy??? :D



I saw pirus today for the first time, what a peica of shit! looked like a disabled frog, it had lexus stly rear lights, and a badge saying "privilage" or sumit.

Ferrari Tifosi
09-05-2004, 11:43 AM
Ummm, on my computer its still showing up as the forums being "down". Had to get on someone else's computer to log on. What could be the problem?

SlickHolden
09-05-2004, 11:48 AM
I had the same probelms to thing it's just glitches that will be irioned out soon :D

Mustang
09-05-2004, 12:23 PM
why can i only see pics that have been postsd oday, i cant see anyting that has been posted bnefpre the server change

SlickHolden
09-05-2004, 12:25 PM
I got the same problem maybe they are not bringing them back cause they took up so much more room ?

Mustang
09-05-2004, 12:31 PM
I got the same problem maybe they are not bringing them back cause they took up so much more room ?


if that is what they are doing then they might as well of started parts of the forum like milti from freash dont you think ??

has anyone checked it we can still se matts pics ?

EDIT/ nope cant, well atleast i cant, matt wont be happy :p :o

Matra et Alpine
09-05-2004, 12:32 PM
OK, here we go.

The internet uses a 'thing' ( not getting too techy :) ) that lets everyone know whre a computer is. So that a name can be converted to an address.
ultimatecarpage.com 'lost' it's master DNS record ( the 'thing' ).

This then gets spread around the internet as all the DNS 'bits' get updates. These happen at different times for different networks and some can take DAYS to get updated. Some can take hours :) So if you lost UCP you were on one that took hours !!

Anyway, the master DNS is OK now and it is making it's way around all the DNS 'bits' updating the ultimatecarpge.com address. If you're not getting to the site it's because your ISP hasn't updated it's DNS yet. It will all sort itself out. ( anyone desperate can PM me and I'll send you instructions to prevent the DNS lookup :) )

NEXT... the attachments have a problem :(
Wouer is trying a numebr of potential fixes so you may see minor differences in the pages ( eg the rep score for one :) ) as he tries diffferent things.
New posts with new attachments will work all the time, it's just getting everything synchronised for the old attachments has a hiccup that he's working on.

NOW is not the time for wild conjecture or people like Mustang just get their knickers in a twist. So PLEASE, don't throgh in wild ideas on what you THINK the problems might be as you will be 99.99999% wrong. If you think you're good enough to be the 0.00001% then PM me :) But only if you're serious !!!

oh I see Mustang is now giving it WILD conjecture. Matt's pics are fine. YOU can't see them, they are there.

Ferrari Tifosi
09-05-2004, 12:37 PM
Thanks for sorting that out Matra. Just found out that UCP is working on my other browser, just not Explorer.

Blue Supra
09-05-2004, 05:03 PM
So when you have 2 green bars of rep you have 2 numbers? :confused: I liked it better with the number there to see so you could tell who was a quality poster and who was a BS artist. now all you see is post count which doesnt say whether theyre a quality poster or not, they could have 1 rep or 99 rep and you wouldnt know. Bring back the rep scores for all to see :mad:

Matra et Alpine
09-05-2004, 05:24 PM
So when you have 2 green bars of rep you have 2 numbers? :confused: I liked it better with the number there to see so you could tell who was a quality poster and who was a BS artist. now all you see is post count which doesnt say whether theyre a quality poster or not, they could have 1 rep or 99 rep and you wouldnt know. Bring back the rep scores for all to see :mad:
CONJECTURE.

Please, guys, just sit on your hands for a while, huh ??
Second guessing what defects are staying isn't helping anyone and given the number of times I've posted explaining and asking everyoen to stop it's just convincing me that the average UCP IQ is extrememly low :(

Blue Supra
09-05-2004, 05:37 PM
Sorry Matra, ill behave now. :)

SlickHolden
09-05-2004, 07:24 PM
CONJECTURE.

Please, guys, just sit on your hands for a while, huh ??
:p Did that once didn't feel so good :eek: :D

Blue Supra
09-05-2004, 07:41 PM
dirty dirty little man :p :D

Matra et Alpine
09-06-2004, 01:06 AM
:p Did that once didn't feel so good :eek: :D
ok, get the g/f to sit on them :) She'll say different :)

SlickHolden
09-06-2004, 02:46 AM
ok, get the g/f to sit on them :) She'll say different :)
:eek: Dirty mind you have there :D I like it :D Good idea if i could find one :o

SlickHolden
09-06-2004, 02:48 AM
dirty dirty little man :p :D
HEY HEY HEY!!!! I'm Not little :p :D

fpv_gtho
09-06-2004, 03:11 AM
looks like you were about to have a moe sizlak moment there :p

SlickHolden
09-06-2004, 03:14 AM
:eek: :D

fpv_gtho
09-06-2004, 03:21 AM
i take it you know the simpsons episode im talking about there

SlickHolden
09-06-2004, 06:31 AM
i take it you know the simpsons episode im talking about there
No :D Sorry i thought it was funny but :D :p I should have asked my neice she watched simpsons :D