SRGC Website - major update work in progress

[Maggi Young]

SRGC Website - major  update work in progress

Fred Admin  is engaged in major update  work on the SRGC websites - this includes a server change. While this work continues, which may take some time to complete, given the  complexities and  size of our sites, there may be  periods when  parts of the site and the  forum may be  offline and so inaccessible.  The  work being done will bring the Club's server right up to date and  will we hope, mean that the whole resource we curate here will be safeguarded for  some considerable time before another   major update is required.  It is the nature of the internet that ongoing work is required to keep  up with  changes and security needs and so on.

 We would ask you for your understanding  during this  time.

 Kind regards,

 SRGC WebTeam

[Maggi Young]

Scottish Rock Garden Club

Do you regularly read the Forum , the Bulb Log or the International Rock Gardener ?
Do you really enjoy visiting the Forum and have registered to enable you to take part?  Do you just come here as a happy "Lurker" to read and enjoy the Forum?
Here is a request to those of you reading this who are not fully paid up members of the Scottish Rock Garden Club, but who nevertheless are able to search these pages and benefit from them:
Please seriously consider joining the SRGC....  it is easily achieved online, see here: http://www.srgc.net/site/index.php/extensions/join-renew 

As part of the remit of the SRGC to encourage the interest in  and knowledge of rock garden plants, the website and forum is (with the exception of a tiny area only for registered forum members) open to all to read, enjoy, register and contribute to the Forum.
Provision of this facility  does not happen by magic, however: it takes effort, and, as with most things, certain amounts of cold hard cash! While the costs of hosting the website and forum, (the payments for bandwidth and so on) are minuscule in comparison to the costs of producing the Journal  (and capable of reaching far larger numbers, it must be said)  they are still costs which must be met by the SRGC.

All of the work of the SRGC is done by volunteers, of course.

I would like to urge all  of you who  appreciate this website and Forum to give thought to how, very simply, you might easily help to support its future.... Join the SRGC.... you will not only have the satisfaction of knowing you are contributing to the upkeep of this place, but also you will receive the super twice yearly journal, be eligible to take part in the seed exchange, have free entry to all SRGC Shows, the chance to become a member of a local Group for those of you in the UK
.....goodness me.... how could you resist? 

Or, as an alternative:

The sharp eyed amongst you will have noticed a new banner at the foot of each Forum Page
 


This enables anyone to make a donation to the Scottish Rock Garden Club, via PayPal.

We know that many folks who are not members of the SRGC do find the Forum very useful, in so many ways and this is a simple way for them to make a gift of money to the Club in appreciation of information the Club and the Forum has provided. Or you may just feel the SRGC website and Forum are an integral part of your gardening life and want to show your thanks 

For whatever reason, we hope the addition of this facility will prove useful to those of you who have asked how you might easily make a contribution to Club Funds in thanks for 'services rendered' !

The PayPal system is secure, none of your card details are passed to the Club.
You may use it to make any donation large or small.... all will be gratefully received to help support the Club in its work online.

Thanks to those asking how they can contribute to the work being undertaken to  keep this site up to date.  The SRGC is  most grateful to those who  do donate via the  link at the foot of these pages and gifts  to the Club to help with  these  current forum costs will, of course, be just a gratefully received. 

[admin]

Attachments have now been disabled until after the transfer has completed. you can still post, but not attach pictures until this is done.

[Maggi Young]

Tomorrow - 24th March - the SRGC Forum will be unavailable while updates are implemented.  It is hoped that this will not last more than one day  but we cannot be sure.

[Maggi Young]

Great news -
 as posted by Ian Y .

"Fred has done most of the work moving the Forum overnight so it is now fully operational again - other parts of the site have still to be moved so may become unavailable while they are being moved over to the new server.

Thank you Fred."

[David Nicholson]

Very many thanks Fred.

[David Nicholson]

Much faster loading too, to my eyes

[Maggi Young]

I thought that too, but  wasn't sure.     Hope so!

[Matt T]

Well done!! 

[Matt T]

I'd agree, it does seem to be faster.
A good job well done and well worth doing.

[Maggi Young]

Fred still has a big job to  move all the main website, he is working  at full tilt!

[admin]

It will hopefully be a bit faster, the new server has a much higher spec. The old one was over 5 years old and really due for replacement.