Upcoming server shift

by webservant , Thursday, November 26, 2020, 07:47 (1247 days ago)

Hey guys,

The company we've been hosting with is asking far too much to provide us with SSL certificates to improve the security and usability of the site. So sometime over the next month I plan to move to a completely different server structure. It is with a bit of trepidation as I'm not sure what all is going to happen, but will do my best to ensure we have as smooth of a transition as possible. To the best of my knowledge things will remain the same from the user/visitor standpoint, it's mostly a backend thing.

While we're on the subject of the forum, I'm also contemplating locking down the posting to registered users only in order to cut down on the amount of spam/etc that the moderators have to deal with. Very interested in your opinion on the matter as this IS a user owned forum and I know how much we all hate "change for change's sake".