If you find any usability issues with the TAPACOM site as a result of this change please let me know by contacting me at: http://www.tapacom.net/contact/

Here is the link to the contact form: http://www.tapacom.net/contact/

If you experience any technical or visual issues please report them to me. Your input would be greatly appreciated. Use this form to send me a message: http://tapacom.net/contact.

This change only applies to the TAPACOM Announcements list at this time. Over the coming weeks I will convert the mailing lists for clients’ lists to the Mailman server, too. But for now, your lists will continue to operate using the LetterRip server.

If you find any issues with messages from the new list server, please let me know, as it will help me to fine tune the Mailman server.

Early in February it came to my attention that our network access provider was sold to another company. This sudden change provided me with an opportunity to consider alternatives instead of contracting with the new network owner.

I am happy to report that I’ve elected to switch and migrate the TAPACOM equipment onto two new networks. I expect that the migration will be completed by March 15, 2011.

What this will mean:

1. You and the public will not have access to your web sites during this period. When people visit your web site, they will see a Maintenance Mode splash screen.
2. Email accounts have already been migrated. They should be functional. If you find any difficulties with your email please contact me right away. I recommend you contact me by telephone first (call 808-550-8554) and followup afterwards with an email. When you discover issues, please be sure to describe the symptoms with as much detail as possible.
3. Most of you will not be able to update your web sites before I’ve completed the migration. I will let you know when your web sites have been returned to service.
4. When your services have been migrated I will notify you and will ask you to test all functions: email, FTP access, mailing lists, contact forms, WebDAV access, webmail, web file manager access, etc. Please don’t delay and report to me any issues you may find.
   DNS (domain name service) records have already been migrated. Please check to see if your web sites are reachable, and if you find any issues, please report them to me right away.
5. As mentioned above, TAPACOM services will be provided on two separate networks. This will help to strengthen uptime reliability by splitting services and also making them redundant. I’ll be implementing solutions for each gateway service to be a backup if the other network service is interrupted.
6. Your web sites and other Internet services will also be on faster hardware. You may or may not feel any differences in throughput.
   Your web sites will also all be upgraded to current versions of PHP, MySQL and WordPress. These are more secure and provide a number of new web site functions.

The new web server will include many new services, including:

CALENDAR SERVER – Share calendars, schedule meetings, and coordinate events. With push technology, you can notify everyone about changes instantly.

WIKI SERVER – Collaborate and communicate through wiki-powered websites complete with group calendar, blog, and mailing lists.

ADDRESS BOOK SERVER – Access and synchronize contacts across multiple computers and the devices you own.

MOBILE ACCESS SERVER – Provides always-on, always-secure access to firewall-protected services from virtually anywhere in the world.

FILE SHARING COLLABORATION – Share folders and exchange files between Mac and PC systems without the installation of additional software.

These new services may well be worth implementing as a part of your online strategy. I’d be happy to review these with you and answer any questions you might have concerning your web sites and Internet services.

Those clients who are familiar with the upgrade process may perform the upgrade themselves. Download the files from the link at the bottom of this message and install via FTP (file transfer protocol). You will not be able to do the upgrade through the Dashboard. As usual, make sure you have backed up your files and test all functions after the upgrade.

Those clients who are not familiar with the process may schedule time when I will do the upgrade for you. Call me at 808-550-8554 or send me email at: http://www.tapacom.net/contact/

WordPress 3.0 is the thirteenth major release of WordPress and the culmination of half a year of work by 218 contributors, is now available for download.

New features in this release include a new default theme called Twenty Ten. Developers have new APIs that allow easy implementation of custom backgrounds, headers, shortlinks, menus (no more file editing), post types, and taxonomies. The Twenty Ten theme uses all these new features.

Developers and network administrators will appreciate the long-awaited merge of MU and WordPress, creating the new multi-site functionality which makes it possible to run one blog or ten million from the same installation. You will love the new lighter interface, the contextual help on every screen, the 1,217 bug fixes and feature enhancements, bulk updates so you can upgrade 15 plugins at once with a single click

Thelonius (WordPress 3.0) information and download:

http://wordpress.org/development/2010/06/thelonious/

New Features Added:

File Search
Allow users to search for files by name or content.

Guest Transfers
Send files to “guest” users, without having to create user accounts for one-time transfers.  Guest uploads are supported, too.

Growl Notifications
Growl offers easy, lightning quick desktop notices of file uploads or downloads.

iPhone Interface
Mobile users can view multimedia content using a unique interface, optimized for the iPhone.

Rumpus is a full featured FTP (file transfer protocol) system which gives users the ability to connect to the TAPACOM server via the web browser (Web File Manager) and via WebDAV in addition to traditional FTP client applications

If you have any questions or find any problems please report them to me right away.

If you have any questions or find any problems please report them to me right away.