After contacting hosting company about our OS upgrade, we have a new plan. Hopefully it will be ‘invisible’ to users. They will set up a new server, I’ll move our chez and gladiators files over there, and then Angie and I will work through any issues until the site works properly.
Once our testing indicates that all is working, I will put up another notice here for a day or two, and then pull the plug on the old server (more literally, turn off it’s web interface). I’ll then copy over the up-to-date game and user files, then instruct our hosting company to turn off the old server and then move the DNS reference to the new server (meaning your browser can find it automagically after at least an hour has passed).
During the transition phase, the site will be unavailable for a few hours.
I’ll see if I can get them to set up a new server by this weekend, and within a couple weeks, hopefully we’ll be done and then finalize the transition. The last thing I’ll do is deactivate the web interface on the current server (to freeze everyone’s games), then move the current game and user files to the new server, and then ask them to take the final steps.
