Wordpress development and support is not a problem. Again, I won't be doing anything until the site is migrated.

Super happy TSI struck out on his own, but I won't be collaborating with him. Best of luck to his new venture and wish him all the success he deserves, and I hope you all enjoy the experience there. 

thefwoosh.com server has been dying a slow death for a while. During the crash this year, I left it down, we've been evaluating the wordpress frontpage and forum, both are fine and stable and are not the source of the problem causing the crashes. Our issues stem from a server that is old, used and abused.

Why manage your own server?  Hosting on a managed server like TSI is doing is SO much cheaper and easier.  I've been wondering this since you guys first had your downtime issues.  It would be a big mistake to replace your current server with another one you don't have the time and resources to manage; let the web hosting companies manage your Fwoosh server.

Plus this Wordpress forum software just stinks from a usability perspective.  It was a big step back from what Fwoosh had before, and TSI's new forum has all of the modern forum bells and whistles.  Right now the two sites are in competition and I'm not sure anyone wants that competition including TSI himself, so I'm sure you could just take your Fwoosh branding and plop it onto his site if he doesn't mind.  I'm sticking with TSI's site due to the constant downtime of this one plus the better forum software.  Even if you get a new server you still don't have anyone to fix issues with it that don't lead to days or weeks of downtime that a web hosting company would prevent from ever happening.

@Stormcloud we'll get frontpage and youtube content up again. But I need to get the site stabilized and moved to a new host before going nuts on the frontpage.

While I'm not a huge fan of AI, there are some tools that would allow me to quickly add content to youtube. With my limited time it might be the way to go for now.

thefwoosh.com server has been dying a slow death for a while. During the crash this year, I left it down, we've been evaluating the wordpress frontpage and forum, both are fine and stable and are not the source of the problem causing the crashes. Our issues stem from a server that is old, used and abused.

I will move the site to new a server. Before I do that, we need to evaluate the data to ensure that we don't copy problems to the new server. I also need to determine what data needs to be moved. We're still in the process of analyzing the data and cleaning up. When we're ready to move we will. You will be informed.

Benty and MattK are informed when there is something to report. 

As far as the future of thefwoosh.com, as long it remains self sustainable it will continue.

I'll probably post something on the homepage before long. Or not, you know, in keeping with fwoosh(TM) culture.

Thanks,

pabs

@pablolobo, thanks for updating us and for keeping our online home alive. That is a big relief.

But what about the lack of front page content? There have been only one or two articles a month for the last year or two. What about recruiting some volunteers to help MattK and to keep it fresh with current news, editorials and interactive posts?

Bring back the “Top Five most-wanted from ____ series” posts and other similar features.

And please bring Fwoosh’s Marvel Legends Top Ten vote back to the front page. It got much better participation (hundreds of votes, if I recall correctly) and visibility (particularly by Hasbro themselves) on the front page with Disqus than on the forum. 

I will move the site to new a server. Before I do that, we need to evaluate the data to ensure that we don't copy problems to the new server. I also need to determine what data needs to be moved. We're still in the process of analyzing the data and cleaning up. When we're ready to move we will. You will be informed.

Benty and MattK are informed when there is something to report. 

As far as the future of thefwoosh.com, as long it remains self sustainable it will continue.

Thanks,

pabs

If this forum dies, then so be it. I still have my little group of local friends. I guess I can still take pictures of toys for myself and the void of Twitter, though Blue Sky shows promise.

Try articulatedthoughts.com, it's many of the same folks, with the difference being you have someone who is actively maintaining the board, making improvements and most important of all, communicating.  I like, others, hope they can merge so we get the best of both worlds, the name recognition of the Fwoosh with a stable forum to keep the community thriving.

If this forum dies, then so be it. I still have my little group of local friends. I guess I can still take pictures of toys for myself and the void of Twitter, though Blue Sky shows promise.

Not sure if I should stay here or hop over to the new place.  I know the annual site crashes are getting old.  I also know I don't need to be posting in two different places.....decisions.