Travis Posted October 19, 2009 Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 Well, last night, my webhost upgraded the mysql databases and we lost the wiki. I'm hoping to be able to recover the data, but the wiki software is insanely complicated. Since I'm not a computer or software engineer, this is no easy feat. Hopefully I'll be able to figure it out. Until then, the wiki has been removed from the navigation bar. Wish me luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted October 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2009 Well, it's been quite an adventure with some good news and bad news. I was able to upgrade the wiki to the latest version and I restored a backup of the database. Bad news is that the database is 5 months old. Which means we lost some material. I don't think it's a lot of stuff since only small handful of people contribute to the wiki. But we did lose some really good content none-the-less. OK....back to the good news. Google will often cache certain webpages. By searching their archives, I might be able to recover some of the lost content by copy&paste. I just recovered the Understanding Copyrights article, which I'm thrilled about. Its tedious work and I'll be spending the next couple days rebuilding the wiki as best I can. The moral of the story is: Back up often! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted October 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 So I stayed up pretty late last night recovering everything I could from the Wiki. I think I was able to recover most of the information using Google's cached versions of the wiki. Unfortunately, some pages were not cached, so those were lost. If you created a page or added info to an existing page, check to see if its there. If you can remember what you did, please resubmit it. Many of the updates on the Commercial Pattern Vendor's page were lost. So if you sell patterns, check to see if you're there. If not, be sure to add yourself to the list. Most of the Clubs & Organizations remained intact. However, if you belong to a club, check to see if your club is listed and the club page is up to date. And lastly, we lost the Stack Cutting page. If anybody is feeling up to it, could someone recreate that? It was a great resource and I was sad to see it unrecovered. If anybody is willing to help out on the Wiki to bring it back to its former glory, please check it out and add pages, or info where you see fit. Thanks y'all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadylady0447 Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 Thats too bad, Travis. Sorry you had to spend your days recovering this Wiki. Hopefully whoever posted about the stack cutting will recreate it. Thanks for all you do to keep the Village running smoothly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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