AALBC is Moving to a Bigger, Badder Webserver

[Troy]

As part of the AALBC upgrade, I have to move to a dedicated server. The shared environment I current run on is not allowing to add the features I'd like to add and to make aalbc.com a truly world class website.

 

This discussion forum may experience a brief outage (hours not days). It is also possible some posts may be lost depending upon when you make them.  So please do not share anything you do not want to lose until I give the all-clear.

 

Finally, I will probably migrate to newer discussion forum software (...ugh, I know).  The problem with this software is that they are pushing upgrades to a cloud-based solution which is much more expensive.  I'm basically broke; so, I (1) can't afford the software and (2) I don't think it is worth it.  There are better solutions that I can more easily integrate with aalbc.com and I will pursue one of those.  I'm open to suggestions.

 

This software will remain in place, but I will probably lock down the discussion forums and encourage people to begin using whatever new platform I launch.

 

I believe this is the best chance for increasing the number of engaged active users of the site and ultimately building something that someone else or another team and actually maintain after I'm gone. (Sidebar: in the longer term I doubt websites will continue to be a thing, but there will always be a need for to Black-operated and owned platforms we Black people communicate and curate out culture we can't leave this up to Elon and Mark).

 

 

[Troy]

I forgot there will almost certainly be MORE problems in the short term, so lease grant me some grace, as it is the nature of these things.

It is still just little 'ole me running the beast of a website 

[Pioneer1]

4 hours ago, Troy said:

It is still just little 'ole me running the beast of a website 

@aka Contrarian  ain't workin' right now.
Tell her to put the phone down and help you get things going....lol.

[Troy]

Truth be told, you both have helped immensely.  You have that in common 

[ProfD]

@Troy....thanks again for everything you're doing to maintain this site.

[aka Contrarian]

O@TroyI appreciate and admire your dedication and sacrifice. Always have. Wish I was about the future, instead of the past. Needless to say, I wish you well.

 

[Pioneer1]

2 hours ago, aka Contrarian said:

 Wish I was about the future, instead of the past. 

It ain't too late to turn a new leaf, and start over again.
Do you need help?
Do you need guidance?
Do you need someone to show you where to start?

[aka Contrarian]

@Pioneer1What a bunch of silly questions. Nothing can deter the natural  progression of aging and eventual death. 

How the hell is a 92 year old woman who knows zilch about computer technology going to help a web master like Troy? The future for me amounts to one day at a time.

 

You're who needs help in getting over your need to micro-manage everything.

 

[Troy]

Well, the site has been migrated and there are a lot of problems.  This discussion forum does not appear to be one of them....

[ProfD]

On 4/2/2026 at 8:53 AM, Troy said:

Well, the site has been migrated and there are a lot of problems.  This discussion forum does not appear to be one of them....

I notice my posts from Wednesday & Thursday are gone.

[admin]

I'm sorry @ProfD and everyone else.  

 

I was waiting around for the techs to download a backup of my site to move it to the new server they did not tell me in advance and I discovered Thursday morning that it was done the previous afternoon!  I spent 12 hours yesterday fixing problems with this version of the site (I'm still not done) and it simply did not occur to me to lock down this forum so that no one could post.

So we are on a new server now I'm still searching for a fixing residual problems.  Fortunately the forum did not experience an issues that I have detected -- save the lost of roughly 36 hours of posts, and sign up requests.  

Technically the old posts are still on the old server, but restoring them would be a real main in the butt.  

[ProfD]

1 hour ago, admin said:

I'm sorry @ProfD and everyone else.  

 

So we are on a new server now I'm still searching for a fixing residual problems.  Fortunately the forum did not experience an issues that I have detected -- save the lost of roughly 36 hours of posts, and sign up requests.  

Technically the old posts are still on the old server, but restoring them would be a real main in the butt.  

No worries bro.  Appreciate everything you're doing to keep this place running.