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27 July 2006, 18:21
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Server move 27 July 06
The forums will be closed for half an hour or so later this evening while we move to a shiny new server.
I'll try to make sure that everything is back up and working as quickly as possible.
John
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27 July 2006, 20:17
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OK we're back on after only ten minutes down time 
RIBnet has now made the leap to a dedicated server, which means we've got loads of space to grow into. You should find that things run a bit faster too.
Everything looks OK right now, but please let me know if you get any teething problems.
Thanks!
John
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27 July 2006, 20:25
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Town: Exmouth, Devon
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Image thumbnails aren't appearing for me? Anyone else?
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27 July 2006, 20:25
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Member
Country: Other
Town: Principalite d'Chaos
Boat name: The Nashers Revenge!
Make: Windsor Brothers
Length: 6m +
Engine: Optimax 225
MMSI: "Mmmmm SI" she said!
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Same for me!
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27 July 2006, 20:27
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Me too . . .
OK, I'll see what needs to be done.
John
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27 July 2006, 20:39
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Country: Other
Town: Oakley
Boat name: Zerstörer
Make: Ribcraft
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Engine: Suzuki DF 140
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John,
Good move. Most things are nice and fast now.
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27 July 2006, 20:44
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The image thumbnails should be back in a few minutes . . .
John
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27 July 2006, 20:50
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OK, that seems to be sorted now.
Anything else?
John
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27 July 2006, 22:21
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
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OK, that seems to be sorted now.
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How about being able to upload bigger images? Say 800x600 or even 1024x768???
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28 July 2006, 19:39
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Country: UK - England
Town: I.O.W/Switzerland
Boat name: HotShot
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Engine: 90hp Tohatsu TLDI
Join Date: Jul 2003
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my mate see's a pic of my rib every time someone posts the grinning face smiley (  ), hahaha...anyone else have this problem? I don't.
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28 July 2006, 23:35
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Country: UK - England
Town: Devon
Boat name: White Ice
Make: Ranieri
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 115hp
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Awww, the poor thing's already a bit tired, bless!
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29 July 2006, 22:14
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Country: Ireland
Town: Dublin
Boat name: Platypus
Make: Parker 630
Length: 6m +
Engine: 1.7 Mercruiser DTI
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that brings back memories
its all 1's on a 24 bit machine (8388608) !!!
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31 July 2006, 20:02
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How about being able to upload bigger images? Say 800x600 or even 1024x768???
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Personally, I find that 640 x 480 is plenty big enough for this sort of use. There are dedicated photo hosting sites which you can use if you want to upload bigger images (if anyone wants a recommendation then www.smugmug.com is one of the best of the bunch, although it's not free).
I'm open to persuasion though, if enough people think that it would make the forums better.
John
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31 July 2006, 20:04
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OK, that wasn't a problem with actual memory on the machine (which was a relief!). Turns out to be due to a default setting which was a bit on the low side.
Please let me know if anyone sees any more problems.
John
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31 July 2006, 20:16
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RIBnet admin team
Country: UK - Scotland
Boat name: imposter
Make: FunYak
Length: 3m +
Engine: Tohatsu 30HP
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Personally, I find that 640 x 480 is plenty big enough for this sort of use. There are dedicated photo hosting sites which you can use if you want to upload bigger images (if anyone wants a recommendation then www.smugmug.com is one of the best of the bunch, although it's not free).
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John I agree with you. 640x480 is plenty sufficient for the site. Perhaps the irritation is not the viewing it is the uploading - I don't know if it is feasible to have the server do the resizing rather than the "post-er". I realise how stupid it is in terms of bandwidth etc. but it is probably the most common problem new users have uploading and the biggest nuciance for regular picture post-ers.
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31 July 2006, 20:19
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That's got to be possible, and would definitely reduce headaches for a lot of people! I'll have a look round and see what's available.
John
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06 August 2006, 08:38
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OK, a new version of VBulletin (the forum software) was released this week and it includes this feature. Looks like I'll have to make some time for the upgrade now!
John
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06 August 2006, 14:00
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Town: swansea
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John I agree with you. 640x480 is plenty sufficient for the site. Perhaps the irritation is not the viewing it is the uploading - I don't know if it is feasible to have the server do the resizing rather than the "post-er". I realise how stupid it is in terms of bandwidth etc. but it is probably the most common problem new users have uploading and the biggest nuciance for regular picture post-ers.
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No that is not the prob for me. So many people post such stunning pictures 640x480 just doesn't do them credit - most people have a little more than 1m pixell cameras these days!!!
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