amiga.org down for upgrades?

adz said:
I'm no webdev, but my knowledge of server migration is quite vast and this just reeks of "NFI". I know Karlos was quite prominent on the site still and he contributed quite a lot to the migration of a.org from Xoops to vBulletin, but knowing him like I do, I doubt he's had any part of this change as there is no way he'd let the site go down for such a long time.
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I hadn't even considered the idea that Karlos might still be around. Good man if he is, but that's been what... a decade?

I'm just surprised, and the longer this goes on without an update, the more it feels like a Moobunny/John Shepard situation.
 
I'm guessing it's at least partly to do with complying with the new GDPR regulations.
We've run into a few issues in my work implementing code for this and things have often taken much longer than expected.
Having said all that, this is dragging on even longer than could be reasonably expected for even unforeseen, delay-causing issues.
 
Robert said:
I'm guessing it's at least partly to do with complying with the new GDPR regulations.
We've run into a few issues in my work implementing code for this and things have often taken much longer than expected.
Having said all that, this is dragging on even longer than could be reasonably expected for even unforeseen, delay-causing issues.
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Possible, especially if they're going the "Amiga route" (which is to say the "custom, but most difficult way possible") but most packages, including the newest Xenforo and vBulletin have the new GDPR stuff built in automatically upon the update.

I haven't updated either this site, nor my others in over a year. I should probably get on that...

Wayne
 
JoBBo said:
The value of amiga.org was its name and logo. It is no accident that Amigakit's "Enhancer Package" prominently features the "amiga.org" logo (rather than the official "Amiga" branding), which they acquired along with the website.
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Hmm. Good point. I never considered that Amiga.org had it's own branding, and that would be a valuable thing. But that was one of the few updates I did note when I logged in back before they shut it down, was referencing that Amiga.org was a registered trademark.
 
Update:
Essential Server Work
24 June 2018

We apologise for the continuing downtime of the Amiga.org forums and some other Amiga.org services.

We are still working on the server migration for several other important sites that we operate including this one. Due to recent time constraints and work load pressures, we have not been able to afford as much time as we hoped to the work. Some other website work has overrun adversely affecting the schedule. Please check back here for more information soon as we progress with this upgrade work.
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Wayne said:
I saw that yesterday. Posted only because people on their facebook page were starting to rebel.
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I'm not surprised; when your site's main attraction is facilitating conversation between members, how long can go on not providing that service before you lose those members forever.
For all the user numbers probably aren't great these days, I'd expect this fiasco to deplete them further.

amigaworld.net is the only Amiga place left I visit these days and even then it's about once a week for a five minute browse.
 
Robert said:
amigaworld.net is the only Amiga place left I visit these days and even then it's about once a week for a five minute browse.
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Morphzone is a better alternative, even talking classic Amiga stuff. MZ while mostly focused on MorphOS is run independently while AWN is a corporate A-Eonkit site.

JMO
 
*sniff* *sniff* You smell that? Yup, that's a big pile of bull**** right there :lol::lol::lol:
 
well, I just checked and I can still log into amiga.org - even though it's "working".
 
cecilia said:
well, I just checked and I can still log into amiga.org - even though it's "working".
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Yeah, you can log in. Can't get to anything like forums or PM or anything, though. I wonder when it's safe to say it's dead? Been well over a month. It's a shame. There was a lot of good info there. Of course, it was buried in with over a decade of wreckage, too, though.
 
Robert said:
Meanwhile, anyone have any idea what's going on at Amiga.com?
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Looks like McBill let the domain expire and it was picked up by someone else?

Raw WHOIS Record
Domain Name: amiga.com
Registry Domain ID: 1695881_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com
Updated Date: 2018-06-27T23:42:20Z
Creation Date: 1994-06-25T04:00:00Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 146
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@godaddy.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4806242505
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
Registry Registrant ID: Not Available From Registry
Registrant Name: Registration Private
Registrant Organization: Domains By Proxy, LLC
Registrant Street: DomainsByProxy.com
Registrant Street: 14455 N. Hayden Road
Registrant City: Scottsdale
Registrant State/Province: Arizona
Registrant Postal Code: 85260
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.4806242599
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax: +1.4806242598
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: amiga.com@domainsbyproxy.com
Registry Admin ID: Not Available From Registry
Admin Name: Registration Private
Admin Organization: Domains By Proxy, LLC
Admin Street: DomainsByProxy.com
Admin Street: 14455 N. Hayden Road
Admin City: Scottsdale
Admin State/Province: Arizona
Admin Postal Code: 85260
Admin Country: US
Admin Phone: +1.4806242599
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax: +1.4806242598
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: amiga.com@domainsbyproxy.com
Registry Tech ID: Not Available From Registry
Tech Name: Registration Private
Tech Organization: Domains By Proxy, LLC
Tech Street: DomainsByProxy.com
Tech Street: 14455 N. Hayden Road
Tech City: Scottsdale
Tech State/Province: Arizona
Tech Postal Code: 85260
Tech Country: US
Tech Phone: +1.4806242599
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax: +1.4806242598
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email: amiga.com@domainsbyproxy.com
Name Server: NS15.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
Name Server: NS16.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2018-07-17T15:00:00Z <<<
 
redrumloa said:
Looks like McBill let the domain expire and it was picked up by someone else?
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I don't think so. Looking over history, it looks like it is owned by the same anonymous proxy as it was. And pointed at a parking service, but not using real parking, just a placeholder html.

In that HTML contains a comment:
<!-- Rirel 33 lrnef... -->

Through ROT13, that reads "Every 33 Years..."

Searching on that, I found a post at a place I won't specify in which some people were speculating that the Amiga 1000 was introduced almost 33 years ago. (July 23rd, 1985)

So, sounds like this is probably some intentional thing or another.
 
As I understand it, the forum software is being migrated. To what, I couldn't say, but possibly something bespoke. It was supposed to take around 7-10 days back in May but you know what software estimates are like.

I've not been involved with this migration or any technical aspects of the site since the new owners took over. My last technical contribution was the old browser proxy: https://github.com/0xABADCAFE/aoproxy
 
They killed Amiga.org? What a bunch of wankers (to use a very British phrase). Sure I didn't go there so much when it became an AmigaKit shill site, but it holds so many happy memories for me. RIP
 
Cyberus said:
They killed Amiga.org? What a bunch of wankers (to use a very British phrase). Sure I didn't go there so much when it became an AmigaKit shill site, but it holds so many happy memories for me. RIP
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Don't give up hope just yet.
From the Facebook page:
Amiga.org Forums are now completed and beta testers have private access in advance to the forum being opened for general users. Please stand by for more announcements.
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Looking at the post and topic counts, it seems they've carried the old content across. Here's hoping...
 
Yeah looks like they're some activity finally. I think I was a bit upset when I ranted above. As well as it being a great place to hang out way back when there is so much historical knowledge on that site, glad it won't be lost :banana:
 
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