Site Upgrades/Hosting Outages
By Chuck
Please note: we’re in the process of adjusting our hosting service and Galactica Watercooler may experience brief outages. But don’t worry — we’re not going anywhere. We’re just working out some kinks to bring you the first of some of the planned GWC site upgrades.
Update #1: We’re deploying some of the changes. We’re poor, so we don’t have a dev server. We have to tweak while live. We very much appreciate your patience.
September 12th, 2007 at 8:53 am
Explains why I haven’t been able to download the podcast through iTunes yet. Happy switching/upgrading, guys!
September 13th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Kinda figured, but I have been going through withdrawls - haven’t been able to download the podcast.
Plus I have things to share from Dragon*Con (basically video of the panels and an interview one of our group did with Jamie) - I’ll send the links to you guys and we can post the links some where
September 13th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
gotta love that there 21st century tek-no-loggy
September 13th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Aieeeeeeeee! Where did the website go? DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN…SAVE US ALL!
…wait, what was that first part?
September 13th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
Well I stole Racetrak back whilst Armando wasnt looking, good luck on the upgrade
September 13th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
I’m a long time listener and have been meaning to comment for a long time. I just wanted to say that when I visited the page today, my jaw dropped. It looks AWESOME!
September 13th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Very nice!!!!
September 13th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
Whoa! Well worth going through withdrawal over the wait.
September 13th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
The Forum link! It does nothing!
September 13th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
Nice, Shaymus. Yeah, it doesn’t look that that or the store(?!) are enabled yet.
Hmm. Thought I posted this earlier, but the redesign is still a bit funky in Safari. The BG behind the posts and comments is very white. Looks like tranparency gone awry.
Other than that it looks fantastic. The banner is interesting. Is that a resurrection ship behind the logo? And where is that viper-cum-mecha ship from?
September 13th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
Shaymus22: Indeed. I’m posting about that right now.
Pike: Nope, the white background behind comments is on purpose. The smaller text hides in the image background on darker monitors, so the white background helps. There are actually no BSG components in the header (besides the similarity in logo font). It’s all Sean’s original work.
September 13th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Nice! Right now it looks like cosmetic changes…there are probably more changes to come I guess?
Sean’s 3d art is very nice, but not BSG, are you worried about copyright problems in recreating vipers and stuff? I guess you have to be these days.
September 13th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
Chuck, as long as it’s intentional!
RP, no, it’s different enough that they’re good. (Don’t get me started about copyright law. You wouldn’t like me ranting about copyright law.) Sean’s got more tricks up his sleeve than I realized. Remind me not to take quarter bets from him.
September 14th, 2007 at 8:44 am
Ooooh…colors changing…ground shifting…where will it end? Will any of us survive the transition? Dogs and cats, living together….MASS HYSTERIA!
September 14th, 2007 at 8:57 am
“Well I stole Racetrak back whilst Armando wasnt looking, good luck on the upgrade ”
CURSES!!!!!!!
But hey, this is the new BSG after all. Surely we can learn something from Baltar, Six and Three?
September 14th, 2007 at 8:58 am
“. (Don’t get me started about copyright law. You wouldn’t like me ranting about copyright law.)”
Oh come on, as someone who benefits (well, theoretically anyway) from copyright law, I have to know. (Maybe when we finally get a DC meet up going?)
September 14th, 2007 at 10:19 am
Armando, yeah, it’s better in-person conversation. Speaking of, aren’t you back down soon?
September 16th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
OK, this is weird - same computer - I can log at work network, but not when I am home….but when I am on the work network from home - I can see it. To bad the work network blocks the podcast.
Chuck/Sean - any ideas, or it is just a timing thing - you can e-mail me since it seems I can only get on here occasionally.
Hurry - I am going into a bit of GWC withdraw.
September 16th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
Raemani: I’ll email you with some tips that might help.
September 17th, 2007 at 10:36 am
Thanks Chuck - I’ll check it out when I get home…at least I am not alone, Armando is having similar issues with the work vs home. Several others that have posted over at Facebook can’t get on at all
I know some of the Mac users are having issues and several of the PC users are too. And I personally have tried with 2 versions of EI and Firefox
If I can get something to work I’ll post here and over there. I was shocked when using the same computer I could get on at work but not at home, unless I was on the work network - odd I tell ya - frakin Cylons have invaded my computers.
September 18th, 2007 at 8:51 am
Well incase you come here first (I sent you an e-mail too), I am resolving to the correct IP address, but when I ping it, it comes back with basically server not responding.
September 18th, 2007 at 10:19 am
I tried pinging from home earlier today but got nothin’. I’m starting to fall behind on the blog as well as the podcast. Frackin’ cylons!
September 18th, 2007 at 8:36 pm
Well I am finally in at home - without doing anything - weird.
Chuck - I sent you an e-mail last night, but it bounced back at me - I’ll try and resend….of course most of it is a mute point (other then there a few people over at facebook who still can’t get on (or at least couldn’t as of earlier today).
I do have stories to tell and pictures to share, but that will have to wait until this weekend.
September 19th, 2007 at 12:14 am
Thank the gods! I’m finally on! The podcast is downloading–I smell goo.
I have been in sever withdrawal. I need the cast to get through my Sunday into Monday study time.
The site looks cool but I have not seen all of it yet. Can’t wait…