Re: apple2clones.com is moving (glitch)

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On Sep 22, 12:34 pm, Warren Ernst <wer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 22, 8:24 am, "History-Student" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
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> > "History-Student" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> > > Hey, folks
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> > > FYI alert:
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> > > I am going to be moving apple2clones.com to a new host, so the site might
> > > be down for a day or two. This should begin either Tuesday (Sept. 18th) or
> > > Wednesday (Sept. 19.) Once the site is moved and working properly, I will
> > > then be giving it a structural upgrade, and perhaps a general facelift as
> > > well.
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> > > Thanks.
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> > > E.
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> > Sorry folks, I ran into a problem moving the site. My database is almost 600
> > megs, and the connection times out after about 4 hours into the database
> > import -from my local computer to the server. I am trying to work something
> > out with the host company, and we'll see how that goes over the weekend.
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> > E.
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> I'm sure you'll get lots of advice anyway but here's mine.
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> I'm assuming you're using MySQL for your site's database, and that you

It seems the site is still down :( I hope everything is ok.

> are therefore using phpMyAdmin to backup the databse on the old
host
> and restore it on the new host.
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> If so, then be sure to enable Gzip compression when backing up the
> database. That has, for example, reduced a 16MB database to 900k, just
> for me last week when moving a site to a new host.
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> I usually follow the directions at:http://fragments.turtlemeat.com/mysql-database-backup-restore-phpmyad...
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> and it all works out fine.
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> But I'm sure your hosting company has already suggested something
> similar.
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> -Warr