News 2/16/2017 - TAG Moving Schedule (tentative)

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We are pleased to announce that we are nearly ready to announce our moving schedule.

In the past few weeks, we have given select groups of members access to our test site below:

https://jp.tokyoadultguide.com (Note: This link will be invalid once we have moved and newer members who have joined in the last few weeks will not have login access here.)

We have been steadily tuning and testing things to be sure everything is dialed in and running smoothly. The testing period has gone well and there only have been a few issues to fix.

The tentative schedule is as follows:
Option #1 - February 17-18 - REJECTED
Option #2 - February 24-25 ACCEPTED/PLANNED

At the move time, both TAG sites will go dark while things are moved. We have tested this procedure a couple of times and it's believed that the actual downtime will be very short. The only issue that we cannot control is the DNS updates that need to propagate around the net so that your browsers know where to find us. To counter this issue, we will turn the old site back on in a 'closed' fashion with instructions on how to flush your DNS cache in order to get the latest info from your ISP or carrier. We really do not expect the DNS update to take a long time, but some providers may not refresh their local data as fast as others.

There will be some functionality changes and improvements, which will be covered in our release notes after the move is complete.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us via the Member Support area or the usual helpdesk email address, helpdesk@tokyoadultguide.com

NOTE TO ADVERTISERS!
This is the final stage of our planned work to help update our site to handle our business. Please look for a separate update shortly after the move is completed. Many of you have contacted us already, but we will start from scratch so that we can properly log your inquiries and offer responses in both English and Japanese.

Thank you!
 
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Update: 2/23/2017

Here is the latest update on our moving schedule:

We have determined that TAG sees the least amount of traffic in the early morning hours (Japan time) -- Traffic is still pretty heavy until about 4am-5am JST but then there is a dip from 5-7AM JST and this is where we will perform the move.

2/25 - Around 6-7AM, TAG will go offline completely.
2/25 - By 9AM at the latest, you should see TAG open again -- which will either be the old server or the new one depending DNS updates.
2/25 - By 10AM, we will have notices in place to indicate which server you're looking at. (Note: the old TAG server will be in READ ONLY mode)
2/25 - By 11AM, most global DNS updates should be complete and most everyone should be on the new server.
2/25 - 12PM, We will break for lunch and then come back to check the new server for errors or complaints from members.
2/25 - 1:30 PM, Depending on problems reported or detected via our logs, we will move forward with the rest of the work.
2/25 - 2:30 PM, We will begin rolling maintenance periods to enable new features & replace/update older legacy functions.
2/25 - By 6PM, The majority of the work should complete.

(please follow our Twitter account for progress updates: https://twitter.com/TokyoAdultGuide)

tl;dr:
Site offline from about 6am until 9am JST.
Bug fixing and feature updates: 1pm-6pm (you may experience errors during this period)

Thank you!