# It's that great getting up morning: The new site is nearly ready for you. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 10, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380 "2020-06-10T18:29:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/381 "2020-06-18T15:21:40Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > All the URLs will stay the same, correct? It will literally be a switch over? This is my question as well. I’m not sure if I’m supposed to search out and find our new website, or just keep posting here with the same URL and just have the foundation changed under my feet is all. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/382 "2020-06-18T15:23:11Z")
Hey, where’d everybody go? Guys??? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/383 "2020-06-18T15:22:58Z")
The current URL will redirect to the new site From the OP: > [@](#): > > Then we will kick the tires of the Discourse install, make sure everything is good to go, then switch the DNS settings to point the existing SDMB to the new Discourse install and we will be open for business as soon as that propagates. This means you’ll use the same URL for getting to the SDMB as now. And it also means all the old existing thread URLs should automatically work properly, in case you have any bookmarked. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/384 "2020-06-18T15:24:15Z")
Also, should I refrain from posting threads here today, lest they not show up under the new board? I wouldn’t want to start a thread but then find out nobody reads or replies to it because it didn’t make it to the migration process. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/385 "2020-06-18T15:25:21Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > The current URL will redirect to the new site I just hope I get a good seat. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/386 "2020-06-18T15:28:20Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Also, should I refrain from posting threads here today, lest they not show up under the new board? I wouldn’t want to start a thread but then find out nobody reads or replies to it because it didn’t make it to the migration process. From the OP of this thread- The board will go into read-only mode prior to the move. All content at that time will be ported. > [@](#): > > Sometime that Thursday we will set the board to be in “Read Only” mode. We will get a final data dump of all of the posts/content up to that point, and send it over to Discourse to do their migration. Hopefully the migration will be finished by Friday. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/387 "2020-06-18T15:45:44Z")
Waiting on tenterhooks! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/388 "2020-06-18T15:53:43Z")
:: gulps :: ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/389 "2020-06-18T15:57:07Z")
> [@Anxious\_Squirrel](#): > > _sings_ Tomorrow, tomorrow. I fear ya, tomorrow. You’re only a day awaaay. Twilight descends, everything ends 'til tomorrow, tomorrow. If we must part, here is my heart, 'til tomorrow, tomorrow. Love drifting by, echoes a sigh, parting is such sweet sorrow. I’m drifting too, dreaming of you,'til tomorrow comes. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/390 "2020-06-18T16:02:22Z")
Why am I hearing [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV8i-pSVMaQ) in the background? ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/391 "2020-06-18T16:35:48Z")
I’m sure the Board Admins are touched by your overwhelming vote of confidence. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/392 "2020-06-18T17:07:40Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Do we have any idea of approximately what time the board will be shut down today? > > And what’s the prize for being the last poster before the switch? Or the first one on the new board? I have no exact information. Just waiting to see what happens like everyone else. When this does begin you will not be able to post to the old board, only read. And posting will not be turned on again until after we make the successful migration and start operations on the new board. So nothing should be lost and we’ll take up where we temporarily left off. As we indicated earlier, we hope that this period is as brief as possible. It will be more than a few minutes. If something should go awry and it cannot be resolved within a day or two I have been told we will set the migration aside, turn posting back on here on the old board, and try again next week. But there is currently no indication that will be the outcome. It is, however, a possibility because we cannot guarantee total success. It’s going to take some time in any event. But we think it will be worth it. Jenny your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Mars\_Horizon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mars_horizon/32/2804_2.png) [@Mars\_Horizon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mars_Horizon)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/393 "2020-06-18T17:13:49Z")
Farewell, vBulletin!\* You’ve been my home for 20 years and the 0.11 posts I make every day. 😂 (\*assuming the migration works) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/394 "2020-06-18T17:15:38Z")
Well, we’re at the nexus of the universe now folks and it all goes crackers from here. It’s been nice knowing you, most of you anyway. Has anyone else noticed themselves fading out of old pictures yet? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/395 "2020-06-18T17:22:05Z")
I feel.left behind already. Egads!! ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/396 "2020-06-18T18:01:11Z")
Dunno if this has already been asked and answered, but will images be turned on in some forums? We’ll almost certainly need them in ATMB, at least. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/397 "2020-06-18T18:47:36Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I feel.left behind already. Egads!! No way! You’re a SDMB icon! ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/398 "2020-06-18T19:12:29Z")
_So long, and thanks for all the fish._ ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/399 "2020-06-18T19:46:48Z")
See you on the other side! P.S. I rarely post my signature, but it seems appropriate today. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380/400 "2020-06-18T20:04:11Z")
> [@robby](#): > > See you on the other side! > > P.S. I rarely post my signature, but it seems appropriate today. Well, I tried to include my signature in my last post, but the board refused to cooperate. Here it is: * * * _There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”_ —Isaac Asimov [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-that-great-getting-up-morning-the-new-site-is-nearly-ready-for-you/855380.md?page=21)