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EverettB 
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 Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2024 6:46 am Post subject: Samba server upgrade - September 16, 2024 |
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Update: September 17, 2024: Some pages were not coming up and gave a "500" web page error. They were not copied over correctly and should all be fixed.
Update: September 16. 2024: Issue with using and viewing special characters like the ', ", and the Euro monetary symbol is resolved
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September 16th, 2024.
I am planning to move the site to a new larger server (more space, newer) today, September 16, 2024.
The site would be down for a few hours from approx. 5:30 AM - 9 AM.
(California time, PST)
There is a message at the top of the site with a notification.
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KTPhil
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| Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2024 8:02 am Post subject: Re: Samba server upgrade - September 12, 2024 |
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| EverettB wrote: |
The new server had a last minute issue so it has been delayed.
I will update this thread with a new date/time when I have information. |
I was sure you had upgraded since we just had a level 5 earthquake here! 
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Glenn
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| Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2024 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: Samba server upgrade - September 16, 2024 |
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55 years in IT and we always did upgrades Sundays around 3:00am.
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Glenn
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| Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2024 3:54 am Post subject: Re: Samba server upgrade - September 16, 2024 |
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| Yes, it would be nice to do it on super off hours but my current provider isn't available in the middle of the night for non-emergency stuff. |
Must be nice...
Just proves that today's generation is just spoiled and lazy.
Flame on Gen X/Y/Z.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2024 9:51 am Post subject: Re: Samba server upgrade - September 16, 2024 |
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Did the default character set of the pages change with this upgrade? All the non-alpha-numeric characters are broken now (maybe it's non-ascii characters).
An example:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=10282572#10282572 (apostrophes in this post, also the title of this thread)
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| Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2024 10:17 am Post subject: Re: Samba server upgrade - September 16, 2024 |
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| Glenn wrote: |
| EverettB wrote: |
| Yes, it would be nice to do it on super off hours but my current provider isn't available in the middle of the night for non-emergency stuff. |
Must be nice...
Just proves that today's generation is just spoiled and lazy.
Flame on Gen X/Y/Z. |
It really proves that today's labor force has a healthy work/life balance.
Salute them for earning and taking rest that our grandparents fought for.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2024 11:07 am Post subject: Re: Samba server upgrade - September 16, 2024 |
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| Glenn wrote: |
| EverettB wrote: |
| Yes, it would be nice to do it on super off hours but my current provider isn't available in the middle of the night for non-emergency stuff. |
Must be nice...
Just proves that today's generation is just spoiled and lazy.
Flame on Gen X/Y/Z. |
It really proves that today's labor force has a healthy work/life balance.
Salute them for earning and taking rest that our grandparents fought for.
Robbie |
An hour's pay for an hour's work.
Plenty of people work overnight hours.
Doctors, cops, fireman and so on. If everyone only worked the hours they wanted to, this world would be in bad shape.
But, YES... there needs to be a balance between work and family.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2024 11:53 am Post subject: Re: Samba server upgrade - September 16, 2024 |
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Non-standard characters, like the degree, ellipsis, and copyright symbols are giving me an "error in posting" when replying to threads.
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Plenty of people work overnight hours.
Doctors, cops, fireman and so on. If everyone only worked the hours they wanted to, this world would be in bad shape. |
I'm worried your generation can't tell the difference between a life-saving service and a toy car website.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2024 11:58 am Post subject: Re: Samba server upgrade - September 16, 2024 |
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I can not seem to renew a couple ads now, gives me a contact someone message. Not a big deal, just saying.
Thanks for this great place.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2024 12:08 pm Post subject: Re: Samba server upgrade - September 16, 2024 |
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| airschooled wrote: |
Non-standard characters, like the degree, ellipsis, and copyright symbols are giving me an "error in posting" when replying to threads.
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Plenty of people work overnight hours.
Doctors, cops, fireman and so on. If everyone only worked the hours they wanted to, this world would be in bad shape. |
I'm worried your generation can't tell the difference between a life-saving service and a toy car website. |
An internet hosting company doesn't look at the business they are hosting.
The data center I still work for supports, hospitals, insurance companies on mainframes and also does business hosting. We don't care what their business is. We give 24x7x365 support.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2024 5:56 pm Post subject: Re: Samba server upgrade - September 16, 2024 |
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| airschooled wrote: |
Non-standard characters, like the degree, ellipsis, and copyright symbols are giving me an "error in posting" when replying to threads.
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Yes, there's some issue with special characters like that right now which I am investigating to fix.
It also includes more common stuff like the ' and " marks but only if they are the "special" ones that I think mostly Apple devices use.
So don't use those for now. 
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| Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2024 5:58 pm Post subject: Re: Samba server upgrade - September 16, 2024 |
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| Long-roofs wrote: |
I can not seem to renew a couple ads now, gives me a contact someone message. Not a big deal, just saying.
Thanks for this great place. |
Renewals should work now.
There was an issue sending out emails for a short period so if someone was watching your ad to get an email update, this may have caused an error.
I think this is what was wrong but if not, post an ad # or link and I'll check it out
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| Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2024 2:58 am Post subject: Re: Samba server upgrade - September 16, 2024 |
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a couple of the links to upholstery books on the type 1 paintcodes page are coming up with internal server error 500
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/paintcodestype1.php
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| Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2024 9:33 am Post subject: Re: Samba server upgrade - September 16, 2024 |
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EDIT: NVM…caused me trouble for a couple days but it’s working now! 
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Can’t post in Vanagon forum, every attempt comes back “error in posting” message.
I’ve tried with & without special characters, even with no punctuation at all…no good.
I’ve logged out & back in several times, same story, only on the Vanagon forum.
Works here, obviously.
Just me???
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