MyDSLWebStats is Moving next Sunday 16th November 2014For a number of reasons but primarily due to a lack of enough donations from our 90 registered users (63 of whom currently upload) to support even the first month of the £120 a month that the dedicated server rental for this facility costs, MyDSLWebStats is moving to a new web site URL and much cheaper server next Sunday 16th November 2014 at 10:00 GMT.
There is a danger that the new server will not cope but that remains to be seen as it's only been possible to carry out limited stress tests. The current server monthly rental expires on 19th November and it hasn't crashed/failed or been overloaded since it was started up back in July.
However,
IF any of you out there who find the facility useful want to help keep the current server going via donations for at least a couple more months to evaluate a way forward then that is a possibility and the change could be avoided, possibly permanently. And many thanks to those who have donated so far.
If the change goes ahead, the site will still be known as MyDSLWebStats but the access URL from the 16th will be:
http://www.livedslstats.co.uk/This new site is active but there is just a holding home page at the moment until the 16th.
This will inevitably result in some disruption but this will be minimised as much as is possible. If you are uploading then you need to read this post carefully as you MUST make changes if you are to continue uploading.The changeover will start at 10:00am local time. From then on you will automatically be diverted to the new site holding page as far as viewing results go. The holding page will auto update every few minutes and change to the normal Home page with a Log On link etc when it is available again. Everyone using the site to VIEW data will then need to Log On on and set up their pane(s) again. All other user data is still there, you do NOT need to Register again. The site should then operate as before for you.
Please make sure that you are permitting Cookies from the new site (as
www.livedslstats.co.uk).
If you are UPLOADING then then there are ESSENTIAL additional changes...At 10:00 GMT, no further uploads will be accepted by
www.mydslwebstats.co.uk and nothing will be processed. Your upload program will appear to have lost connection to the site and you may as well switch uploads off.
In the background, there will be a lot going on to finish the remaining transfers to the new site, much of which is already done and tested.
While this is happening, YOU MUST UPGRADE YOUR STATS PROGRAM BEFORE YOU CAN UPLOAD AGAIN.Both HG612 Modem Stats and DSLStats will have new versions available by 10:00 GMT. After upgrading PLEASE WAIT until 10:15am before trying new uploads which will then automatically go to the correct place only IF you have upgraded. Before that they will likely be ignored unless the database is available earlier, but there are no guarantees with the availability time. The site itself may not be available until later for viewing.
There will be more info available on the upgrades from Bald_Eagle1/Ronski and roseway nearer the time.
If you hit any problems after the upgrade, or nothing happens at 11:00, please don't post a multitude of
Help! It isn't working messages here as we probably know about it! There will be a post in the Kitz MyDSLWebStats thread if there is a hold up or as soon as it is available.
If for any reason the time or date changes or the change is cancelled then there will be a another post made.
Thanks for bearing with us and those of us on the development end hope you find the facility useful.