As you may have noticed, it’s (past) time for us to upgrade our server capacity to better serve our growing readership.
Unlike static sites, MacDailyNews and iPodDailyNews, are extremely dynamic. Every reader post is made and displayed (on the same page as the article) in real-time, registered users are logging in and out, the left side column feeds are frequently updated, etc.
MacDailyNews’ and iPodDailyNews’ web host, EngineHosting, who specialize in hosting solutions for our chosen content management system, ExpressionEngine, will be upgrading our server capacity this weekend.
We hope to have it all done seamlessly and finished by the night of Saturday, June 7, as we expect a bit of extra traffic on and around June 9th.
Thank you for your patience and thank you for patronizing our advertisers, without whom we would not exist.
Thanks also to all those who have first clicked our Apple Store links before buying their Macs, software, monitors, iPods, iPhones, etc. — it really helps!
(To that special person who bought something like 10 Mac Pros in one shot earlier this year… words fail us… we’re verklempt… Thanks!)
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But will the pages load any quicker?
Dirty Pierre le Punk,
Quicker page loading is the goal.
glad to see MDN is investing in its site. This place is still my favourite place to get Apple news. Good luck for monday’s perennial server meltdown.
The registered user feature has been nice, but this place could still use some more community features. Profiles and the ability to post images (hosted by the user) would also be great. If you are worried about NSFW content then perhaps this feature could be limited to registered users.
I would also like a quick way to see from the main page (or a profile page) whether new comments have been added to threads i have posted in.
Oh, and if there was some way to institute a “one terrible joke per thread” limit on Ampar that would be nice too.
it will also be snappier
Upgraded server? I’ll take a Veggie Burger Combo, please.
“Quicker page loading is the goal.”
Let’s hope you get the ball between the posts. Great news MDN.
Thanks MDN! Great site, read 5-6 articles daily from you! Keep up the good work!
” … as we expect a bit of extra traffic on and around June 9th … “
Better believe it Brother
Let’s go Change The World™
BC
Someone’s working w/o a safety net!
No matter how routine this upgrade is, you could have done it last weekend!
Good luck handling the extra workload of WWDC…
MDN is consistently one of the slowest sites I visit regularly. Here’s hoping the server upgrade will have a beneficial effect on site performance!
I think MDN should just stick with their Ram Doubler enabled Mac SE30 to run the site. Coupled with their Sonnet Accelerator, It would run circles any Windows based server.
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Hey MDN… I didn’t know that I could contribute by purchasing through you at the apple store. (where have I been?)
Sounds good to me. All of my purchases, and all of my converts (53 and counting) are going through your site.
Great work!
@MacDailyNews Webmaster
Is there anyway for us to click through your link if we need to purchase through an EPP or Education discount?
“Oh, and if there was some way to institute a “one terrible joke per thread” limit on Ampar that would be nice too.”
Hmmm.
Snow Leopard,
Any link should work, just navigate to Apple’s Education Store.
Thank you.
MDN:
You may want to think of ways to make it easier for us to learn about your commission from the Apple Store. I have bought several Macs from them over the past year. Had I known that you get that commission, I would have done that without hesitation.
It is a given that nobody likes online ads and everyone endures them (I have a hosts with a list of advertising domains pointing to my localhost). However, we also know that these ad bucks are what keeps MDN out there. Therefore, the most effective way for us to get those add bucks to you, and consequently reduce the number of pop-up, pop-under, pop-over and flash-based ads, is through affiliate purchases through your links.
If at all possible, make them prominent and make sure we all know this.
i think we need more ampar-ification on the “new” MDN…
@ Predrag,
I second you.
Thanks, feral.
And Predrag, I third you.
MDN good luck on the expansion – keeping my fingers crossed for you.
Predrag, I fourth you … but am waiting for the expression after seven
“. . . but am waiting for the expression after seven”
NICE ! !
So, this isn’t about liposuction on a fat waiter?
Hey Mr. Ampar!
You’re famous! You know, famous in the same way that Homestar is famous.
Trogdor! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Thanks, Please Bring Back Rose.
Now suddenly, this makes sense:
“Junkies down in Brooklyn are going crazy
They’re laughing just like hungry dogs in the street
Policemen are hiding behind the skirts of little girls
Their eyes have turned the color of frozen meat
No, no no no, no no no no no no no no,
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Catholic schoolgirls have thrown away their mascara
They chain themselves to the axles of big Mack trucks
The sky is filled with hurt and shivering angels
The fat lady lives! Children, start your trucks!
No, no no no, no no no no no no no no,
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
(Christina… Mother’s home!
No, no…
Christina…
No, no – no, no…
Come to Mother…
No, no – no, no, no no no no no no
Christina…)
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen”
(available on iTunes)
now just make it iphone friendly, it sucks trying to load tis on me iphone….