Downtime: new server...

[kudos]

haha

[chigley]

Originally Posted by kudos

Do you use version control? It makes life so easy, especially when developing locally on a mac and using a linux server.

I checkout a working copy from the repository on the server, make my changes, and then commit back to repo when done. I have special "hook" scripts that I wrote to automatically push the changes out to all 7 KUDOS sites. Ive not looked back!

For the new KUDOS design I setup a branch line of development so it wouldn't interfere with the production code. This can then be merged back to the trunk when Im ready to launch and all 7 sites will be updated automatically!

If you dont use it you should! Especially since Textmate has a SVN bundle built in!

I use it for large-scale projects, especially if I'm working with a team.
Probably wouldn't use it for something like a redesign, though.

Charlie

[kudos]

Im glad I did use it for this redesign. Its taken so long and Ive literally recoded the whole site (so I shouldnt really call it a "redesign", more a total recode!). When Im ready Ill just replace the trunk with my branch and away we go

There are downsides with this method I know but overall it achieves what I need.

[Tippy]

Hey Lee,

When will Apple Kudos be up & running as i am still getting the under construction page.

Thank you

Tippy

[kudos]

I honestly didn't think it would take this long. Most of the country should be seeing the sites from the new server. Whats happening is the internet is caching the old connection or your browser is caching the old site.

It should sort itself out by this evening.

Sorry for the unprofessional delay!