SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted March 28, 2013 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted March 28, 2013 ...and welcome the brand new one. Nearly! We are at last in the final stages of getting it ready to go. It has taken us a fair bit longer than we planned, and sorry for the delay, but at last we are nearly there. But there's still time and thought it might be a good idea to invite people to perhaps take a look over the current site. It has been online in it's current form for quite a few years now... just so you're not just going off distant memories of it when inevitably comparing new with old. You can find it here: http://www.snowjapan.com 1 Link to post Share on other sites
snowbender 3 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Looking forward to seeing it. Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 huzzah! good luck on the switch over Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Good luck, really looking forward to seeing the new one. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Old one New one :wave: Link to post Share on other sites
ILoveZao 8 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 You seem to have been working hard on this for a long time. Otsukaresama. Tanoshimi! Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted March 28, 2013 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted March 28, 2013 I think I can speak for my colleagues too if I say we feel like we have been working on this forever. Started planning in summer 2011 and the last 6-8 months in particular has been full on never-ending. Link to post Share on other sites
norcal 5 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Thanks for all your hard work! Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted March 28, 2013 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted March 28, 2013 Thank you. Let's hope you like it! Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Cheers and thank you admins for your time and effort....Really love this place! Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Some quality bone-time coming up for Bob and friends, I hope! Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted March 28, 2013 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted March 28, 2013 Bob says hi Link to post Share on other sites
Hokkaidough 4 Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Must be exciting for you! Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted March 29, 2013 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted March 29, 2013 Funny you should say that, we were just talking about that last night. The general feeling is more one of just being tired, fed up and frustrated actually... rather than excitement. Link to post Share on other sites
Mick Rich 78 Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 I'm sure when the dust has settled, you'll be able to sit back with a beer/glass of wine/choko of sake and reflect on a job well done! Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted March 29, 2013 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted March 29, 2013 Hopefully! Actually, we are going to be very busy for 3-4 weeks after going online. Once online, at first some parts of the new site are going to be slower than they will eventually be --- once online we will be implementing some database changes that should speed things up noticeably. So it'll be a while yet. Link to post Share on other sites
surfarthur 22 Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Good luck with the switch-over, thats always the most nerve-racking part for me - throw the switch and hope it all works! Usually does, but just can't help wondering if there is one setting that I have overlooked. Can't wait to see all your hard work. Link to post Share on other sites
snowbender 3 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Bob still looks perky! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 So would you if you could lick your own nads! Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Any idea when this will happen folks? Not to put any pressure on of course. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted March 30, 2013 Author SnowJapan Admin Share Posted March 30, 2013 Learnt not to put a date on it! But we have perhaps another day or two of checking and polishing to do. After that we enter the process of moving the test site to it's proper location which should be fairly straightforward, and then testing. Once we flick the switch there'll be that strange period of up to a day or so when some people will see the old site while others will see the new one. As long as the testing goes reasonably smoothly, it should be within a few further days. So probably 4 weeks then! There will need to be some 'Forums closed time' during the process. Gambarimasu. Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 thanks for all the info. I have been using the snowjapan site for many years to help plan my skiing holidays to nihon... Link to post Share on other sites
pdoull 2 Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Hope all goes well with updates, really enjoying the site. Bob looks like a very happy dog ( who said they dont smile / laugh), that photo is classic! Link to post Share on other sites
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