F150online Is Moving!
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Well, we're getting there.
Email functionality in the forums (reporting posts, thread notification, password resets, etc.) should now be working again.
The "Contact Us" form now works again.
I just have a few more things to do behind the scenes, including figuring out why Webmail passwords are not resetting, and then should be all done.
Performance of the new server seems good. It's working about 15% as hard as our previous server and I think the connection speed is just as good.
Please let me know what you think of the performance...
Email functionality in the forums (reporting posts, thread notification, password resets, etc.) should now be working again.
The "Contact Us" form now works again.
I just have a few more things to do behind the scenes, including figuring out why Webmail passwords are not resetting, and then should be all done.
Performance of the new server seems good. It's working about 15% as hard as our previous server and I think the connection speed is just as good.
Please let me know what you think of the performance...
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From: NH
If you recall I had mentioned it seemed very sluggish where the “icons” (not sure what they are called) like the light bulb images etc were taking a few seconds to load and I am on cable.
Now everything loads instantaneously it is very quick and seems much quicker then before the move. Outstanding job Steve…
Now everything loads instantaneously it is very quick and seems much quicker then before the move. Outstanding job Steve…
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From: TEXAS
Originally posted by webmaster
Your login cookie for the f150online.com domain, unless you deleted it manually, should still be there. When the DNS changes are complete, you should be logged in to the domain. (if you were in the first place)
A quick primer on DNS, as I have received a lot of questions about it:
DNS = Domain Name Service
Every computer (server) connected to the Internet is identified by an IP address, a unique set of four numbers (like 66.179.14.118 in our case), that identiy where on the Internet it resides. When you type the www.f150online.com domain name into your browser window, a DNS server behind the scenes (perhaps setup at your ISP) "resolves" that domain name to a physical computer on the Internet.
There are DNS server's all over the world, so when a site administrator requests a change to DNS information, the change has to propogate across all of the DNS servers around the world. The change may take two hours to propogate or it could take two weeks. Usually it takes a couple of days.
Hope the clarifies things a bit.
Your login cookie for the f150online.com domain, unless you deleted it manually, should still be there. When the DNS changes are complete, you should be logged in to the domain. (if you were in the first place)
A quick primer on DNS, as I have received a lot of questions about it:
DNS = Domain Name Service
Every computer (server) connected to the Internet is identified by an IP address, a unique set of four numbers (like 66.179.14.118 in our case), that identiy where on the Internet it resides. When you type the www.f150online.com domain name into your browser window, a DNS server behind the scenes (perhaps setup at your ISP) "resolves" that domain name to a physical computer on the Internet.
There are DNS server's all over the world, so when a site administrator requests a change to DNS information, the change has to propogate across all of the DNS servers around the world. The change may take two hours to propogate or it could take two weeks. Usually it takes a couple of days.
Hope the clarifies things a bit.
On the internet all the PC's are really NUMBERS ( ip addresses ) Not NAMES
The PCs all talk to each other using numbers. There is a system that connects a NAME with these numbers to make it easier on the humans... That System is DNS - Domain Name Service...
The inner workings of DNS is a deep dark closely held secret.
Doug
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More DNS Stuff...
If you are a frequent visitor to the site and since our server migration you are still seeing the site address as the IP address rather than the domain name (and you are Windows user), try refreshing your PC's DNS information. To do this:
1) Click "Start"
2) Click "Run..."
3) Type "cmd" (hit enter)
4) Type ipconfig /flushdns (hit enter)
5) Type ipconfig /registerdns (hit enter)
6) Type "exit" (hit enter)
7) Close and re-open your browser.
Do you see the domain name now instead of the IP address? It worked for me, I hope it works for you.
1) Click "Start"
2) Click "Run..."
3) Type "cmd" (hit enter)
4) Type ipconfig /flushdns (hit enter)
5) Type ipconfig /registerdns (hit enter)
6) Type "exit" (hit enter)
7) Close and re-open your browser.
Do you see the domain name now instead of the IP address? It worked for me, I hope it works for you.
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From: NH
Steve, that is interesting you mentioned that about Windows users (I have Windows XP) and seeing the domain name rather then the IP address. When my system (or this site) seemed sluggish I was seeing the IP address.
Until reading your above post I never really looked again. Now I see the domain name instead of the IP address. When my system or this site seemed to speed up much more perhaps it changed from the IP address to the domain name.
I never did anything on my side to change it. Figured I would add that if it assists you at all.
Until reading your above post I never really looked again. Now I see the domain name instead of the IP address. When my system or this site seemed to speed up much more perhaps it changed from the IP address to the domain name.
I never did anything on my side to change it. Figured I would add that if it assists you at all.