TFF Moves 2: Electric Boogaloo

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TFF_Admin

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A wise man once said: Fuck it, we're doing this LIVE.

Hello everyone, Watashiwa here. Over the last several months our site has started to lose functionality, taken hits from the ugly stick, and otherwise been inconvenienced. The Ero-Sennin and myself have talked about fixing TFF by moving to Xenforo but we didn't make any solid plans. And so April turned to May and we talked so more and then we realized we were getting to be a bit too much like a former TFF overlord by letting things go when we really should fix it. So we set up a server move.

For today.

So I'm backing up the database and Ero is setting up the FTP and we should be settled into Xenforo this weekend. Some of you have kindly offered to help us defray the cost of this/ongoing maintenance. That's deeply kind of you, and we'll talk about that and things like new themes/features in a week or so.

For now? Hoist the mainsail and scuttle the jib, we're sailing into unknown waters!

(oh and we'll be down for a few hours tonight and maybe tomorrow. Sorry for the lack of heads up but things should be better soon)
 

The Ero-Sennin

The Eyes of Heaven
Staff member
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Update: Due to some unforeseen circumstances in our grand scheme, we've called the coast guard to guide us through said uncharted waters. The move's looking to begin late Monday.
 

da_fox2279

California Crackpot
#4
I don't envy you guys. I hope everything goes well.
 

PCHeintz72

The Sentient Fanfic Search Engine mk II
#5
I guess I'll have to prep to redo my 161 links to this site. Oh well...
 
#6
Wait, what are these issues? Other than the borked code on old TFF threads and the Rating system being turned off I haven't noticed anything odd.
 

Shirotsume

Not The Goddamn @dmin
#7
iirc, it's the combination of a bunch of stuff. Like pictures being fucked.
 

Lord Raa

Exporter of Juice Tins
#8
In the event that this move mangles some forum posts like previous updates have done, let me know which of my threads you want stories reposting to.
 

seitora

Well-Known Member
#9
Okie doke, sounds good.
 

Schema

Well-Known Member
#10
Any... In case of emergency find more information at... 'blah' ?
 

Shirotsume

Not The Goddamn @dmin
#11
Probably discord.
 

PCHeintz72

The Sentient Fanfic Search Engine mk II
#13
If people need to go to that link for information on TFF... then most will not be able to get it... I'm being asked to log in before will show anything... but I do not have a Discord login. I'm assuming most here would not.
 

Shirotsume

Not The Goddamn @dmin
#14
About ~80 people are on the TFF discord already. And pretty much everyone I know that games has an account.
 
#15
Lord Raa said:
In the event that this move mangles some forum posts like previous updates have done, let me know which of my threads you want stories reposting to.
Lets just make this simple and say all of them that you reckon you'll keep writing.
 

PCHeintz72

The Sentient Fanfic Search Engine mk II
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gemmaethanwhitaker said:
Lord Raa said:
In the event that this move mangles some forum posts like previous updates have done, let me know which of my threads you want stories reposting to.
Lets just make this simple and say all of them that you reckon you'll keep writing.
Yeah... but I track 42 of his stories here. :)
 

Lord Raa

Exporter of Juice Tins
#17
I think most people understand just how inspiration for creative writing works, right?

I would love to be able to focus on a single story for a couple of months to complete it. But it doesn't work like that. It's easy to lose focus with a story, you hit a block as to what should come next and sometimes you get bored with the characters you're working with.

This is why I flit between different stories all the time.

Not to mention, some things that I write are just to explore an idea. Most of the gambling themed NGE fics I started are basically early drafts.

As for what I'm currently working on, well it's a little bit of SEED of Tomorrow and and a little bit of Cold Truth. Who knows what nonsense I will feel like working on tomorrow. Maybe I'll revisit Snake. Maybe I'll finally work on the bit in Can't Believe where Shinji is in Rei's apartment.

Maybe I will work on nothing and watch documentaries instead. Who can say?
 

The Ero-Sennin

The Eyes of Heaven
Staff member
#18
So due to financial circumstances beyond my control, the move is on hold again. Bear with us.
 

AoMythology

Apparently a report-er
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The Ero-Sennin said:
So due to financial circumstances beyond my control, the move is on hold again. Bear with us.
Can we help?
 

Shirotsume

Not The Goddamn @dmin
#20
Do keep in mind I'm willing to lend some aid if needed.
 

chronodekar

Obsessively signs his posts
Staff member
#21
I'm willing to pitch in financially as well (though with the exchange rate, I'm not sure how much it will end up being). A larger concern of mine is how long would the funds last, till we need to pitch in again?

-chronodekar
 

The Ero-Sennin

The Eyes of Heaven
Staff member
#22
Pardon our dust... but expect things to start happening over the course of the weekend.
 

The Ero-Sennin

The Eyes of Heaven
Staff member
#23
So an update on the situation with the move:

We have the Xenforo Software, but we can't update because we don't have access to the root directory of the server to install it there and begin the migration. So, if anyone is willing to offer some assistance on how to sort that out, we can get this going again.
 

T.L

Well-Known Member
#24
Sounds like your going to have to move to a new server.
I assume that Icyboards only have root access to this server,
Do Xeno have free hosting?, if so can we move there?
See if someone can do a site scrape for you and redirect the url to the new host.
 
#25
T.L said:
Sounds like your going to have to move to a new server.
I assume that Icyboards only have root access to this server,
Do Xeno have free hosting?, if so can we move there?
See if someone can do a site scrape for you and redirect the url to the new host.
I agree. If Icyboards doesn't give you the access you need, then you are going to need to find another host.

After a quick scan of Xenforo's website, it appears that they do not offer hosting services themselves.

I'd recommend reaching out to the Question Questing, Spacebattles, and/or Sufficient Velocity admins, as they all use Xenforo.
 
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