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Planned Release - Site Down 18th Aug 2011

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philmoir

philmoir Report 17 Aug 2011 16:52

We are planning to release changes to the website tomorrow, Thursday 18th August 2011, at 9:45 AM (BST) . The site will be taken down for up to 30 minutes while we perform this release so you will see a "Release in Progress" page if you try to access any functionality during this period. If you are performing an action when the site becomes unavailable, I am afraid that this will not complete, and you will have to resubmit the request after the site has returned.

If you are using a "remember me" login, you should be logged straight back into the site after it has been released. If you experience any login problems, I would thoroughly recommend clearing your cookies/cache from your browser. This can be done by pressing CTL+SHFT+Delete altogether, and then clicking on the relevant dialogue box to complete the request. After you have done this, click on the Genes Reunited logo in the top left to refresh your session and put you on the home page. From here, you can use the normal login process.

We apologise for the site being unavailable during this release.

Researching:
I am the former lead developer for the Genes Reunited website team and the former lead developer of the Findmypast Tree team. I do not work for this company anymore. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions. My research areas of interest are East London, North-West Cumbria, North-East Scotland and Edinburgh.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 17 Aug 2011 21:05

May we ask what kind of changes are planned for the website?

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 18 Aug 2011 08:56

Thanks Phil

At least you are still around, not having 'seen' you the last couple of days I thought you may have jumped ship Lol!!!!

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 18 Aug 2011 09:08

Should have been stickied on all boards !!!!!!!!!!!!

Not on General Chat, Genealogy Chat or Find Living Relatives Boards.

Only 135 people have actually viewed the two postings.

There are going to be a lot of unhappy members when the site goes down.

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

philmoir

philmoir Report 18 Aug 2011 10:18

Every day, I seem to be learning a bit more about what I should do. I promise I (it) will get better as I gain a bit more experience.

Researching:
I am the former lead developer for the Genes Reunited website team and the former lead developer of the Findmypast Tree team. I do not work for this company anymore. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions. My research areas of interest are East London, North-West Cumbria, North-East Scotland and Edinburgh.

philmoir

philmoir Report 18 Aug 2011 11:14

I sadly have to apologise. The new release has not been deployed, and we are continuing to investigate the issues that we have not witnessed in our test environment but occur after deploying to our live environment. I will let you all know when the release will go ahead.

Researching:
I am the former lead developer for the Genes Reunited website team and the former lead developer of the Findmypast Tree team. I do not work for this company anymore. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions. My research areas of interest are East London, North-West Cumbria, North-East Scotland and Edinburgh.

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 18 Aug 2011 11:29

Oh dear you are having problems. Hope you can get them sorted. Who'd be a software developer?

I did put a thread on gen board so people should have seen it.

Researching:
Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 18 Aug 2011 13:30

I THINK I know what you mean Phil........ :-D :-D

Researching:
ADVICE: Click on 'My Threads' over on the left to find your replies. Please respond to your replies by typing in the Add Reply box at the bottom of the page. Enjoy!

Joy

Joy Report 18 Aug 2011 14:10

Oopsadaisy ;-)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) Report 18 Aug 2011 18:19

Don't you just love it when these young men talk in complete gobbledigook? My son does that a lot!!

Jill

Researching:
London: Faber, Haysey, Spicer ...

Jonesey

Jonesey Report 18 Aug 2011 21:53

The best laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft a-gley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promised joy.

R Burns

Researching:
Don't put off until tomorrow doing what you can do today. If you like doing it today you can do it again tomorrow. Be kind to your children for it is they who will decide which care home you end up in.

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 19 Aug 2011 10:11

Even if you post the message on every single board and it is read by, say, 1,000 members, you are still only reaching 0.01% of the GR membership.The remainin 99.99% will be blissfully unaware that anything is going on.....!