Now that the new server is here, the transfer of the media has begun, so things could be 'slow' on the old server, while 'fast' on the new (even though it'll be slowed down by the transfer as well).
Will you notice much? Hopefully all you notice is the extra speed, but some functions may fail, for example, stats will be out of wack, if not completely unavailable during this transfer.
How long will it take? Best guess is somewhere around 13 days.
Please note ANY and ALL errors here.
W.
Old media server is down for a reboot, may take up to an hour before it's online.
Any media on the new server will be fully functional.
W.
Problems logging in:
As always, if you have problems logging in, manually delete any and all cookies from:
www.nowhereradio.com
nowhereradio.com
media.nowhereradio.com
Clear your cache, and log in again.
W.
[quote]Please note ANY and ALL errors here.[/quote]
I can't upload anything. It cycles through the upload and recognizes the name of the song, but the file size is listed as 0.0 MB. This happened on both a file update I've been trying to upload since yesterday, and a new song I uploaded today as a test.
I don't know if this is something that occurred because of the server changeover or what.
Make 100% sure your cache is cleared and that you are NOT visiting the old artist administration (URL will be media.nowhereradio.com on the old one, www.nowhereradio.com is the new one) via. a bookmark or something like that.
Uploads are fully functional (over 30 today) on the new server.
Note: The update feature will most likely fail until the transfer is 100% complete, avoid using it.
W.
Full procedure to login/upload, do NOT skip any steps:
1) CLOSE ALL BROWSERS. Make sure absolutely NO browsers are open before you open a browser to do this. If you have IE, don't even open a browser, just right click on the icon and go to properties/options.
2) Delete all of your cookies, you may have to manually delete those for nowhereradio, specifically: media.nowhereradio.com, www.nowhereradio.com, and nowhereradio.com. ALL must be deleted, or logins will not function properly.
3) Delete your temporary internet files/internet cache/website cache entirely. You may need to manually delete the files, there will most likely be hundreds, even thousands. In IE, make sure you check 'delete all offline content'.
4) Close your browser, and even reboot your computer to ensure nothing is remaining in the RAM.
5) DO NOT visit the site from bookmarks/favorites/external links, etc.
6) If you are in the artist administration system, and the address bar reads http://media.nowhereradio.com/... then you are seeing a cached page either from your ISP, or your computer, repeat the above steps, do NOT skip anything. This does not apply to the login, which still requires bouncing between both servers.
7) When you visit the site, and if you get a 'not found' or any non-NWR (if it has the NWR logo, then pay attention to the message, it's not a bug in the site, this won't work) error page FORCE a refresh, this is Ctrl-F5 in IE. Do NOT refresh if step 6 is true.
8) If you've done all of the above, and are still having problems, send a screen shot of your browser immediately before, and immediately after the error, as well as the source of the page to me.
W.
OK! All is cool. I can't say exactly what happened but I suspect there were some errant cookies left after the initial crumb-cleaning.
Thanks!
Media transfer is 100%, logins have now been incorporated and moved (no longer needs to rotate through multiple servers) to the new server.
This means you may need to repeat the above steps, and that the update feature should function normally now.
As always, report any erroneous behavior.
W.
Old media/database server is completely offline, report any dead/broken links, etc.
W.
Thanks for your hard work as always W the new song streams are spot on.
Noticed the shop link isn't working from the nav links at the top of the pages.
Cheers
Mani
Good catch, fixed.
W.
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haha~ a nice topic~ ;D ;D