Help! Demonland Downtime Today (1/5)

[Demonland 73,867]

There is going to be some scheduled downtime today while we upgrade the storage space on our servers. 

Demonland is growing all the time and this growth is requiring us to expand our home. 

This upgrade unfortunately comes with a significant rise in costs to our monthly web hosting and other associated costs in running Demonland. 

I haven't come cap in hand this year as I have done the past few years but I'm afraid I have to now. 

I'd also like to throw a few Demonland dollars Nashers way as he's always in the trenches during outages. 

There are a few ways you can help us out. 

You can take out a Demonland Annual or Lifetime Subscription to remove the ads that you see on Demonland:http://demonland.com/forums/store/category/2-subscriptions/

If you are already a Subscriber and would like to assist further you can always donate to Demonland: http://demonland.com/forums/clients/donations/

If you want to help out Demonland and also look cool doing it you can purchase some Demonland branded merchandise: http://demonland.com/forums/store/category/3-merchandise/

Thank you for any help that you can give. I truly do appreciate it.

The site may be down for some time during the day whilst the upgrade is happening.

[george_on_the_outer 7,855]

OK folks.....what would we do without Demonland and the people who make it happen?

Andy and the team need us to chip in to keep this wonderful site going and they are looking for $2K to do that. 

$200 from me

[Demonland 73,867]

15 minutes ago, george_on_the_outer said:

OK folks.....what would we do without Demonland and the people who make it happen?

Andy and the team need us to chip in to keep this wonderful site going and they are looking for $2K to do that. 

$200 from me

Thanks George. It is much appreciated. I should be paying you for the great match reports you do and for the hard work you put in moderating this site. Thank you.

[old dee 24,028]

14 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Thanks George. It is much appreciated. I should be paying you for the great match reports you do and for the hard work you put in moderating this site. Thank you.

Trying to renew my subscription but I cannot get it to work what am I doing wrong?

[Demonland 73,867]

1 minute ago, old dee said:

Trying to renew my subscription but I cannot get it to work what am I doing wrong?

Looks like you are already an Annual Member so you don't need to renew or can't until the year is up. If you would like to contribute another way you can always do the one off donation. http://demonland.com/forums/clients/donations/

Thank you for your continued support.

[old dee 24,028]

1 minute ago, Demonland said:

Looks like you are already an Annual Member so you don't need to renew or can't until the year is up. If you would like to contribute another way you can always do the one off donation. http://demonland.com/forums/clients/donations/

Thank you for your continued support.

Thought it must be close to renewal time how do I find out when the subscription is due.

[Demonland 73,867]

4 minutes ago, old dee said:

Thought it must be close to renewal time how do I find out when the subscription is due.

I checked and your subscription runs out of the 18/5/17. You should be notified closer to the date.

[old dee 24,028]

2 minutes ago, Demonland said:

I checked and your subscription runs out of the 18/5/17. You should be notified closer to the date.

Thank you.

[McQueen 17,867]

Andy, just a query on the storage space required... Can this not be improved by deleting a heap of old data in the way of threads, filtering out large images, very old content that posters with good memories seem to dig up etc..?

I'm no IT Boffin but are these suggestions in any way plausible? I guess I'm basing it off the way I've managed email inboxes over the last decade or so.

[Demonland 73,867]

2 minutes ago, McQueen said:

Andy, just a query on the storage space required... Can this not be improved by deleting a heap of old data in the way of threads, filtering out large images, very old content that posters with good memories seem to dig up etc..?

I'm no IT Boffin but are these suggestions in any way plausible? I guess I'm basing it off the way I've managed email inboxes over the last decade or so.

Are you implying that Nasher has no idea what he is doing?

[McQueen 17,867]

3 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Are you implying that Nasher has no idea what he is doing?

I thought that was a given.

Are you implying that I'm asking the wrong person?

Case in point, @Nasher dredging up the Cameron Johnstone thread.

Edited May 1, 2017 by McQueen

[McQueen 17,867]

Just flicked you a fiddy to help out.

Cheers.

[Biffen 12,949]

Yes delete most of the trite ,inane,twerpy dull stuff .

That should account for about 98 per cent of the capacity.

[Nasher 33,617]

34 minutes ago, McQueen said:

Andy, just a query on the storage space required... Can this not be improved by deleting a heap of old data in the way of threads, filtering out large images, very old content that posters with good memories seem to dig up etc..?

I'm no IT Boffin but are these suggestions in any way plausible? I guess I'm basing it off the way I've managed email inboxes over the last decade or so.

Not really - the data is really only a fraction of what gets used. The bulk of it is the system software which gets larger with each update.  

Besides, it would be a shame if we had to start deleting stuff out of the archives, there is a lot of history there as the current database has been operating continuously since 2005.

[In Harmes Way 7,842]

I've just bought a lifetime subscription to DL to have Ads removed. If only it would remove all the negative bs that comes when we're three goals down as well.

Love the site and the effort put in by all the mods to keep order (as best you can!).

Keep up the great work. Go dees.

[old dee 24,028]

10 minutes ago, Nasher said:

Not really - the data is really only a fraction of what gets used. The bulk of it is the system software which gets larger with each update.  

Besides, it would be a shame if we had to start deleting stuff out of the archives, there is a lot of history there as the current database has been operating continuously since 2005.

I would be seriously happy if some of mine was deleted Nasher. I 

Edited May 1, 2017 by old dee

[Bombay Airconditioning 6,477]

John Candy is good for another fitty, won't be until tonight or tomorrow though. Currently under the pump at work....

[Bitter but optimistic 22,289]

23 minutes ago, Nasher said:

Not really - the data is really only a fraction of what gets used. The bulk of it is the system software which gets larger with each update.  

Besides, it would be a shame if we had to start deleting stuff out of the archives, there is a lot of history there as the current database has been operating continuously since 2005.

Bah! I reckon I'd have topped 10000 posts if you blokes hadn't deleted many of my informative literary gems.

[Demonland 73,867]

Thank you to all those who have contributed. It is very much appreciated.

[John Crow Batty 8,886]

Normally I make a donation but will sign up for a lifetime subscription since I haven't been banned for long time now. The clutter with ads is also slowing down my browser.

Edited May 1, 2017 by america de cali

[deeko 952]

Love the site, feel guilty I haven't signed up before so just treated myself to a lifetime subscription today.

Cheers Demonland 

[Demonland 73,867]

Thanks guys!!!!

[Call Me What You Will 751]

I'm in! For what is now a lifetime.....Is there any other way to go??

[McQueen 17,867]

1 hour ago, Nasher said:

Not really - the data is really only a fraction of what gets used. The bulk of it is the system software which gets larger with each update.  

Besides, it would be a shame if we had to start deleting stuff out of the archives, there is a lot of history there as the current database has been operating continuously since 2005.

So with another update to the system software, what added features should we be expecting?

Or am I interpreting this incorrectly?

[Demonland 73,867]

22 minutes ago, McQueen said:

So with another update to the system software, what added features should we be expecting?

Or am I interpreting this incorrectly?

I think Nasher is alluding to the fact that the software becomes more bloated each time it updates. They include a lot of features that are either unnecessary or rarely used.