http://www.chessiedb.org/weblog/ Copyright ChessieDB.org - All Rights Reserved General ChessieDB News Items Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:49:16 -0500 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:49:16 -0500 en-us dbmaster@chessiedb.org Jean-Sebastien Morisset weekly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 ChessieDB Weblog http://www.chessiedb.org/weblog/archives/website/2week-delay-in-submission-imports.html Website Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:49:16 -0500 There will be a 2 week delay in submission database imports. Please be patient - all contacts and dog submissions will be imported as soon as possible. Thank you, js.... 54@http://www.chessiedb.org/weblog/ http://chessiedb.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-post.cgi?entry_id=54 Jean-Sebastien Morisset ChessieDB Weblog http://www.chessiedb.org/weblog/archives/website/delay-in-submission-imports.html Website Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:30:54 -0500 2-3 weeks ago I changed the power supply in our main workstation. Aftewards Windows XP wouldn't boot properly (go figure). Since changing the HD for an SSD drive was in the plans, I decided to order the SSD and upgrade to Windows 7 when it came in. This has left us without a decent workstation since then, and ChessieDB submissions have been piling up. The SSD is stuck in customs, but it shouldn't be long now. So if you're waiting for your dog / contact info to be imported, please be patient a little longer. Everything should be back to normal in another week or so. Thanks, js.... 53@http://www.chessiedb.org/weblog/ http://chessiedb.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-post.cgi?entry_id=53 Jean-Sebastien Morisset ChessieDB Weblog http://www.chessiedb.org/weblog/archives/dog-sledding/with-winter-around-the-corner.html Dog Sledding Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:54:38 -0500 Pretty soon the Winter season will be upon us, and that often means taking a break from training. If you want to keep your dog (and yourself) in shape, there are many winter sports to choose from. If you have four or more dogs, have a look at sprint dog sledding. Chessies are strong and driven -- they can run very fast for several kilometers. They might not be able to compete over long distances in extreme weather, but I bet they would kick ass in shorter / faster races. If you only have one or two dogs, have a look at Ski-Joring -- You wear a special harness around your hips, where the tugline is clipped on, and the... 52@http://www.chessiedb.org/weblog/ http://chessiedb.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-post.cgi?entry_id=52 Jean-Sebastien Morisset ChessieDB Weblog http://www.chessiedb.org/weblog/archives/website/difficult-times-at-chessiedb-hq.html Website Tue, 05 Oct 2010 15:40:56 -0500 ChessieDB has been offline on several occasions these past few days. The city damaged our sewer pipe a few weeks ago (unbeknown to us at the time), and the damaged pipe couldn't handle the big rains from last week. Luckily the servers, etc., are up high, so they were saved, but the resulting activities (disaster team cleanup and on-going renovations) have taken their toll. Hopefully things will be a little more stable in the coming days, but there's still plenty of work to do. Once it's done, the servers will have to be moved back down to their usual location, which will cause another outage for a few hours. So, if you find the ChessieDB website is not responding, a... 51@http://www.chessiedb.org/weblog/ http://chessiedb.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-post.cgi?entry_id=51 Jean-Sebastien Morisset ChessieDB Weblog http://www.chessiedb.org/weblog/archives/website/email-service-moved.html Website Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:38:04 -0500 Last night, the e-mail service was moved from Dent (our old web/mail/dns server) to Stingray. During this move, the mail transfer agent (MTA) was upgraded and the configuration revised / improved. Several spam-related applications and configurations were modified. If you have any problems receiving your submission confirmations, or reaching us by e-mail, you can notify me at jsmorisset at gmail.com. About the only thing left running on Dent now is the web service. There are several dependencies left to resolve (mostly perl CGI stuff), so it'll be another week or two before the web service is moved onto Stingray. js.... 50@http://www.chessiedb.org/weblog/ http://chessiedb.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-post.cgi?entry_id=50 Jean-Sebastien Morisset ChessieDB Weblog http://www.chessiedb.org/weblog/archives/website/picture-upload-fixed-upcoming-maintenance.html Website Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:23:41 -0500 One of our regulars reported a problem with picture uploads when submitting a new dog. It turns out a small code change, a few months ago, had un-intended consequences. Picture uploads for existing dogs and contacts still functioned, but not for new dogs and contacts. A big thanks to Veronica for reporting this. Our current web and mail server is getting a little too old and outdated, so I've ordered a new quad-core beast that should last us another 10 years. Consequently, you can expect some instability in the coming months -- we have to migrate the websites over to a new version of perl, apache, and various other support tools. I don't expect too many problems, but if the... 49@http://www.chessiedb.org/weblog/ http://chessiedb.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-post.cgi?entry_id=49 Jean-Sebastien Morisset ChessieDB Weblog http://www.chessiedb.org/weblog/archives/website/adsl-issues.html Website Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:44:29 -0500 We've had some performance issues on our ADSL line since moving last summer and it's gotten worse recently. I opened a ticket with our provider a few days ago, and on Tuesday a technician spent a few hours fixing the local street corner box. This seems to have improved the line speed, but we may have to upgrade our ADSL modem as well. A new one is on the way and will be installed shortly. Hopefully you'll notice the website is a bit more responsive in the next few days. js.... 48@http://www.chessiedb.org/weblog/ http://chessiedb.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-post.cgi?entry_id=48 Jean-Sebastien Morisset ChessieDB Weblog http://www.chessiedb.org/weblog/archives/howto/howto-update-your-contact-profile.html How-To Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:38:00 -0500 47@http://www.chessiedb.org/weblog/ http://chessiedb.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-post.cgi?entry_id=47 Jean-Sebastien Morisset ChessieDB Weblog http://www.chessiedb.org/weblog/archives/contact-database/simple-contact-search.html Contact Database Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:18:21 -0500 I took a break from coding new features for the website during the holidays. The contact search and litter submission features were almost done, so I sat down this morning and finished-up the contact search. It's a fairly simple search for the moment, and I'll be adding more advanced search options in the future (to search by state or region, for judges, club members, etc.). The current search page allows you to select a specific kennel from a list, or search for contacts by first and last names. On the results page, you can click on the [View Profile] or [Update Contact] links. If you have any problems with the contact search, please let me know. js.... 46@http://www.chessiedb.org/weblog/ http://chessiedb.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-post.cgi?entry_id=46 Jean-Sebastien Morisset ChessieDB Weblog http://www.chessiedb.org/weblog/archives/website/facebook-and-better-faster-searches.html Website Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:26:26 -0500 You can now follow the ChessieDB Weblog on Facebook -- an alternative to receiving a notification by e-mail. As I work on the Litter Submission scripts, I've also had to improved some of the older code. The Search Results now include a thumbnail picture (when available) and the results should come up a little faster too -- especially when you move backwards and forwards through the result pages. js.... 45@http://www.chessiedb.org/weblog/ http://chessiedb.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-post.cgi?entry_id=45 Jean-Sebastien Morisset