Its there - we've uploaded the website and put it online last Wednesday! There were few hiccups and ups and downs but in the end it all worked fine. As I mentioned earlier, there are still some things that we need to finish, but the core of the website is online and functional. Jon was happy as well, although he found few errors when he tried to use the website but we managed to correct them very quickly.
When we started with uploads and downloads two weeks ago I was constantly insisting to have multiple backups on various locations. God was I right....during the main upload on last Tuesday, we encountered few problems. Because Steve did some of the work directly online without having a copy of it on his offline server, we accidentally overwrote some of the stuff he created!! Luckily, I made one final backup of the server the night before and we were able to recover.
I'm still a bit annoyed with Craig and Paul - I got to uni last Tuesday at 10.30am and left at around 5.30pm. Both of them came at around 3 pm and left around 4.30pm!!!! Dave I'm serious, if they get the same mark as three of us, I'll be pissed off!!!
This week we have a meeting with Jon, just to go over few things. We also have to test the final pieces of the website before we put them online - user forum and advanced search function...lots of things to do, so little time
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Start of week 10
I cannot believe that its week 10 already! This week is crucial for the project!
We started uploading files last week via research network and to be quite honest, its not as fast as we thought it might be! We had to go back three days to get everything up and there are still few files that I'll need to upload myself! We managed to download all the files that are on the server so we have the original backup. I need to upload all php files tonight (Sunday) so tomorrow and Tuesday we can actually switch the website to the new version. Scary I know! I'm still wondering if we could've done more...?
Jon's been annoying as always with his questions and now I have to write him a schedule of when things will be done because he wants to know! Get a life mate...!
I am still not 100% happy with the contribution from Paul and Craig but thats something that I'll talk to Dave in that final interview. To be honest, I'll be pretty pissed off if I get the same mark as those two! And I know that Jason and Steve will be also!
As for the site...I need to upload those files tonight and then, there are so many little tweaks that we need to do in order to get everything working! I haven't finished the search function yet - its 95% done. The only thing I'm really worried about is that we might run out of time! I can see now that we should have done some things differently from the beginning but it too late now...
After this week, we've got a "week off" in which we'll have to work 110% in order to get everything done by the beginning of the week 11! It must be done, there's no excuses!
We started uploading files last week via research network and to be quite honest, its not as fast as we thought it might be! We had to go back three days to get everything up and there are still few files that I'll need to upload myself! We managed to download all the files that are on the server so we have the original backup. I need to upload all php files tonight (Sunday) so tomorrow and Tuesday we can actually switch the website to the new version. Scary I know! I'm still wondering if we could've done more...?
Jon's been annoying as always with his questions and now I have to write him a schedule of when things will be done because he wants to know! Get a life mate...!
I am still not 100% happy with the contribution from Paul and Craig but thats something that I'll talk to Dave in that final interview. To be honest, I'll be pretty pissed off if I get the same mark as those two! And I know that Jason and Steve will be also!
As for the site...I need to upload those files tonight and then, there are so many little tweaks that we need to do in order to get everything working! I haven't finished the search function yet - its 95% done. The only thing I'm really worried about is that we might run out of time! I can see now that we should have done some things differently from the beginning but it too late now...
After this week, we've got a "week off" in which we'll have to work 110% in order to get everything done by the beginning of the week 11! It must be done, there's no excuses!
Sunday, September 7, 2008
week 9 - brrrrr
I almost forgot to write this week also! Its been so busy couple of weeks and to be quite honest, this is not on my priority list with all due respect. But anyway, I'll give it a go (hopefully Dave hasn't finished reading them already)
This is THE week! On Tuesday, we are transferring the offline version of the website to the server!!! It is a huge pressure! The client is very very obsessed with the thought that the website MUST be up 24/7, so we can't afford any mistakes.
We decided to follow these procedures:
- Firstly, we'll backup the whole website that is on the server currently (mind you there is over 5 GB of data there!)
- We'll create a new directory on the website called 'Original Site' where we'll them move the current website. This also includes renaming the database
- The next step is to upload the new database and the file structure to the server
- Then we have to make sure everything works fine!
It sounds simple and easy but there is no simple and easy in IT ;).So many things can go wrong so we have to be prepared to tackle any potential issues...
This is THE week! On Tuesday, we are transferring the offline version of the website to the server!!! It is a huge pressure! The client is very very obsessed with the thought that the website MUST be up 24/7, so we can't afford any mistakes.
We decided to follow these procedures:
- Firstly, we'll backup the whole website that is on the server currently (mind you there is over 5 GB of data there!)
- We'll create a new directory on the website called 'Original Site' where we'll them move the current website. This also includes renaming the database
- The next step is to upload the new database and the file structure to the server
- Then we have to make sure everything works fine!
It sounds simple and easy but there is no simple and easy in IT ;).So many things can go wrong so we have to be prepared to tackle any potential issues...
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