FORUM NEWS: NEW HOST, FORUM LINKS & OTHER BUGS
Posted: Wed May 28, 2025 5:29 am
Just a little heads up to let you all know that moving the forum to a third host in a matter of days has caused some slight issues. While this new host shouldn't give us any trouble, our old domain name is temporarily (hopefully) locked. Chad was forced to change it to tugstories.blog. Again, we're hoping this is temporary.
Why does this matter? Using a new domain name means that all forum links are now invalid, as they all link to tugstories.com (which hopefully Chad will be able to reclaim in two months time) instead of tugstories.blog. For now, none of the links work (eg: those in the story catalog section). If your banner links to a story or to a list of your stories, I suggest changing the links to reflect the latest change to our web address (.blog instead of .com).
Many stories have also been mangled by the latest transfer due to special characters (especially punctuation marks) not being encoded properly. We are aware of the issue. Please see the QUICK FIX TO RESTORING SCRAMBLED STORIES GUIDE for more info.
Many of you have reached out to me on Deviant Art and Tumblr, asking me to relay thanks to Chad for all his hard work keeping us up and kicking during these difficult times (both for the forum and for him personally). Chad has not authorised me to relay this, but once a funding page is set up for 2025/2026 hosting costs, I think the community should chip in to ensure Chad gets a little extra for all his hard work.
Why does this matter? Using a new domain name means that all forum links are now invalid, as they all link to tugstories.com (which hopefully Chad will be able to reclaim in two months time) instead of tugstories.blog. For now, none of the links work (eg: those in the story catalog section). If your banner links to a story or to a list of your stories, I suggest changing the links to reflect the latest change to our web address (.blog instead of .com).
Many stories have also been mangled by the latest transfer due to special characters (especially punctuation marks) not being encoded properly. We are aware of the issue. Please see the QUICK FIX TO RESTORING SCRAMBLED STORIES GUIDE for more info.
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SPECIAL NOTE
Many of you have reached out to me on Deviant Art and Tumblr, asking me to relay thanks to Chad for all his hard work keeping us up and kicking during these difficult times (both for the forum and for him personally). Chad has not authorised me to relay this, but once a funding page is set up for 2025/2026 hosting costs, I think the community should chip in to ensure Chad gets a little extra for all his hard work.