New Yr, New Loaf (coming quickly)

I hope all people had a very good vacation. Welcome to 2025. 🙂

As I’ve talked about earlier than, the software program that this web site runs on is being put out to pasture. No extra safety updates, the event group has moved on. I’ve held this web site again so long as I’ve felt like I might, however it has come time to get the location onto the newer platform.

Dorota and I’ve spent the higher a part of the previous few weeks tweaking and testing the brand new web site. It’s removed from good, however I believe it’s prepared sufficient to make the transfer.

The tentative plan is:

• January 3, Friday, within the night (Pacific time): I’ll take a snapshot of this web site. The database, the information, and so forth. I’ll put a notice on the homepage of this web site making clear when I’ve completed that as a result of, after that point, something posted on this model of the location or any accounts created won’t be migrated to the brand new system.
• In a single day Friday into Saturday: the migration scripts will run. It takes about 7-8 hours.
• January 4, Saturday morning: Dorota and I’ll make the post-migration configuration adjustments which are essential and take a look at the location as completely as we will.
• Assuming it seems to be good, Saturday noon we’ll swap over in order that thefreshloaf.com takes people to the new web site. 

If one thing goes flawed within the course of, we will run the present model of the location right here a couple of extra days or perhaps weeks, however it’ll get more durable for us to seek out the time to make these adjustments. I would actually prefer to get it over with so we will give attention to supporting a single model of the location (and hopefully making it higher!).

I am going to take away entry whereas the migration is operating, however for now if you wish to have a peek at what the up to date web site goes to be like, it’s at https://refresh.thefreshloaf.com/. Use freshloaf/refresh to get previous the password immediate. The content material ought to be up-to-date by means of yesterday morning.

Additionally, thanks once more to everybody who examined the brand new model of the location already. A variety of important points have been fastened on account of that (and others famous as potential enhancements going ahead).

I recognize everybody’s endurance and understanding. I do know there might be some glitches and doubtless some annoyances with the brand new system, not less than till we get comfy with it. I am hopeful we’ll be capable to iron most of these out within the subsequent few weeks and am optimistic this new model of the platform will serve the group higher going ahead.

-Floyd