TWHL is Moving!
Posted 13 years ago2011-03-12 08:45:04 UTC
Good news, everyone!
After some discussion, the admin team has decided to purchase a new domain and hosting for TWHL and migrate the site across. This means that, finally, work on a site redesign (TWHL4) can begin.
The new domain is twhl.info. Not exactly the greatest domain, but the .com, .org, and .net variants of the domain have already been taken - so we'll have to take what we can get.
The official changeover is scheduled for next weekend. That's Saturday the 19th of March to Sunday the 20th. During this time, TWHL will be offline. This is to give me time to download the site's content and upload it to the new domain. There will be a way for the admin team to provide information as the upgrade happens, and we encourage anyone who wants to to join the IRC channel or the Steam group for updates.
Once the update is complete, any links pointing to the old domain will automatically be forwarded to the new one. Once the change happens, remember to update your bookmarks! You will need to log into the new domain at least once, so make sure you haven't forgotten your password. All data will be transferred including map downloads, user accounts, forum posts, and so on.
EDIT: For the people who are confused, next weekend is NOT when TWHL4 will be done. We are moving this website to the new domain only. Work on TWHL4 has started but will take a while to make - you probably wont even see it until next year. When we move on the weekend, everything will be exactly the same in every way, except the domain will be different.
After some discussion, the admin team has decided to purchase a new domain and hosting for TWHL and migrate the site across. This means that, finally, work on a site redesign (TWHL4) can begin.
The new domain is twhl.info. Not exactly the greatest domain, but the .com, .org, and .net variants of the domain have already been taken - so we'll have to take what we can get.
The official changeover is scheduled for next weekend. That's Saturday the 19th of March to Sunday the 20th. During this time, TWHL will be offline. This is to give me time to download the site's content and upload it to the new domain. There will be a way for the admin team to provide information as the upgrade happens, and we encourage anyone who wants to to join the IRC channel or the Steam group for updates.
Once the update is complete, any links pointing to the old domain will automatically be forwarded to the new one. Once the change happens, remember to update your bookmarks! You will need to log into the new domain at least once, so make sure you haven't forgotten your password. All data will be transferred including map downloads, user accounts, forum posts, and so on.
EDIT: For the people who are confused, next weekend is NOT when TWHL4 will be done. We are moving this website to the new domain only. Work on TWHL4 has started but will take a while to make - you probably wont even see it until next year. When we move on the weekend, everything will be exactly the same in every way, except the domain will be different.
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We'll miss you, twhl.co.za. Thanks for the great times, and may you have a good site when the domain is eventually bought again.
Congratulations(for you the admin team and all of us), and I can't wait!
edit: I'd also be interested to know the size of TWHL's active content.
I think twhl.info is fantastic.
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2MB might be one of them, but that change might come later on down the road.
Oh wait, congrats!
I still think we should have called it The New Half-Life.
Also everyone re-read it. This is not TWHL4, this is TWHL3 on a new server. He just said it means they can START making TWHL4.
Really think about design and function here. I say open up design dev feedback to the public, like windows 7.
Aaaaaaaaaaah Ah!
We come from the land of the .info, from the midnight site where the map springs glow.
...Or something.
Will be looking forward to visiting the wrong domain next week.