Our migration to Bluehost is now complete!

[Winston]

One thing though. When I tried to import the forum database into Bluehost using phpmyadmin, I got this error message.

Error
SQL query:

/*!40103 SET TIME_ZONE=@OLD_TIME_ZONE */;

MySQL said: Documentation

#1231 - Variable 'time_zone' can't be set to the value of 'NULL'

However, the forum seems to work fine and all the posts seem to have migrated over. So I'm not sure if that error message matters or not. I have no idea how to fix it and cannot even edit the database, since large database files cannot be opened in text editors. You'd need special programs to open them.

Does anyone know what that means or if it matters?

[Winston]

Ok I'm going to try to download the avatars from the old server and upload them to the new one, so you guys won't have to re-upload them. I have no way of mass uploading files to the new server yet though, because Windows FTP won't connect to the new server yet for some reason. I might have to use an FTP client. But I'll try.

[Winston]

Ok I restored the forum avatars by copying them over from the old server. I was able to open the new server from Windows FTP and upload them. Your avatars should now be restored.

[Winston]

ANNOUNCEMENT:

Our migration to VPS hosting is now complete. We are now on a virtual private server with a dedicated unique IP. This means we have our own server and IP address now, that is not shared by other sites! Now we are one of the "big boys" online.

You should begin seeing a great improvement in browsing speed and performance now. I've optimized the hosting on our server for optimum performance. So you should see results immediately. We will also be cached on multiple cloud servers around the world for faster performance. And we will have high level security and protection from spam and hacking scripts too. In addition, our ranking in search engines should begin improving as well!

We've taken a whole step up here at HappierAbroad.