[U2Lynne]

UPDATE: we possibly have someone to update our site software. However, this may mean we need money for a second server while this happens. BUT, we still need a Site Admin. Someone needs to take over running this site and making decisions about this site. I will help you. You will not be alone (I was still around when Bradley took over). If no one takes over as a Site Admin, then this site is gone.


This is a thread for anyone who may be interested in taking over the site and keeping it alive. I'd like to only have comments here from people who would want to help keep the site open. Please do not be upset if your comment gets deleted if you are only posting here to chitchat/complain. I want to actually see only who is interested in saving the site so that they can get together and do so.

First off, I have not contacted anybody regarding taking over the site at all. Ideally, I would have one person take over as the main site admin and they can figure out where they want the site to go from here and then coordinate with the appropriate people to make it happen. The people who 'make it happen' will need PHP/MySQL knowledge and also some server knowledge.

One of the main things that needs to be figured out is exactly where to go from here. Bradley actually has a thread where he outlines some of his ideas - TTD reimagined research and ideas. I am not the right person for this since I have not kept up with software or programming since leaving vBulletin several years ago, nor have I kept up on what other music sites are doing these days.

TTD is making due right now, limping along, but it really isn't sustainable. We are running on old PHP/MySQL software and old vBulletin software. I do have newer vBulletin files to upgrade the site to use newer PHP/MySQL, but someone with PHP knowledge will need to actually go through and compare the old files to the new files, upgrade the files, and then also upgrade the PHP modifications and the tracker for the site. Someone will also have to upgrade the PHP/MySQL for the site. This is NOT an easy job to do which is why I am not wanting to do it again (I've already done it about six times for this site so far). It's not easy, as I said, but it obviously is doable since it has been done several times already.

So, who may be seriously interested in helping to keep the site alive? Please be specific on what you are willing to do.

Thanks!

(I am user number 1, since I installed the original software for the site. My start date here was October 19, which I will consider the start of the site. So, I figure if we are going to close our doors, then we will close them on October 19 so that we can say we were around for a whole 20 years. Who woulda thought we would last that long? I know I never even thought about how long the site would last when we first created it!)