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News

Monday July 23, 2007

Update: Daily backups up and running again

After last weekend's disaster on a stick, a lot of time and effort has been dedicated to ensuring that reliable automated daily backups are being made once again. The results so far are that the entire wiki and forums databases are being backed up every morning at 4:30am Eastern (8:30am UTC), the least busy time of day for the wiki, and being stored off-site. Other changes are coming as well to make the wiki more stable and reliable; read this thread in the Paragon Forums for more information.

Sunday July 15, 2007

Major Outage! DOOOM!!!

Okay, not DOOOM, but still a pretty major outage. The short version is that I did something stupid that wiped out the entire wiki database, and it's taken me a couple of days to get it restored and back online. All edits from 18:19 UTC on Tuesday July 10 until approximately 14:00 UTC on Saturday, July 14 have been lost, and Paragon Wiki has been inaccessible almost this whole weekend. http://paragonwiki.com/forums/images/smiles/icon_cry.gif

I can't apologize enough for the inconvenience, but just in case one more time helps, I'm really sorry. We've gone for over a year and a half without any major hiccups, so I guess we were almost due. Nevertheless, I'll take corrective measures this week to make sure that nothing like this happens again and to mitigate the consequences a lot better in the event that it does. I'll post updates in the forums as I make progress.

Changes, changes, changes

The changes that were being made when this whole mess was instigated have been implemented. The most major one is that the URL to access the wiki and its articles has changed. Before, it was http://paragonwiki.com/stuff. Now, it is buried one subdirectory deeper, under http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/stuff. Why? here is the full discussion.

I've also taken advantage of the fact that the wiki was down hard for so long to go ahead and make a minor upgrade of MediaWiki from version 1.10.0 to 1.10.1. Lemonade, right?

Last, but not least, I've made a few back-end changes to make managing the site easier. (This is the step which actually caused all the kerfuffle.)

I'll post more information as I can on the forums, and if you have any trouble, please let me know.

--TonyV 20:34, 15 July 2007 (EDT)

Wednesday June 27, 2007

Issue 10 Public Beta

Issue 10 open beta testing is open! Hit the Test Server and give the new content a run for its money.

Monday June 4, 2007

Double XP Weekend

Double XP Weekend is rolling around once again. This time, it's June 15-17. Time to pull out all those level 30-somethings you have and see how far up you can take them! A great time to sidekick and lackey your friends, and an even better time to refer them to the game.

Wednesday May 2, 2007

Wiki Optimizations

Wow, what a hard day this has been on the Paragon Wiki! You guys pounded our sparkly new server with 100% utilization almost all day today! No, really, it wasn't our fault at all! It was Issue 9, and it's not like we had a configuration parameter set wrong that could have been a contributing factor. No, really we didn't! We really... Um...

What were we talking about again? Oh yes...

We have installed the accelerator software on the new server, and it has made a big difference in the Wiki's performance. Will it be big enough? We'll know better once the throngs of people are hitting the site again at peak hours. In the meantime, you can keep up with our progress in the Site Issues forum.

Sorry again for the miserable performance today, and rest assured that we will continue making improvements!

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Want to contribute to the Paragon Wiki but don't know where to start? One good place to start is by editing articles that are designated as Stub articles and Work in Progress articles. These articles need anything from minor tweaks to major overhauls, and anything you have to add would be appreciated!

If you want to dive into writing some highly needed articles from scratch, check out the list of Wanted Pages. These are pages that are linked to from other pages but that have no articles associated with them. They are sorted by the number of links that point to them, so by filling in the articles towards the top of the list, you will be giving the most bang for your temporal buck.

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+=== Monday July 23, 2007 ===
+==== Update: Daily backups up and running again ====
+After last weekend's disaster on a stick, a lot of time and effort has been dedicated to ensuring that reliable automated daily backups are being made once again.  The results so far are that the entire wiki and forums databases are being backed up every morning at 4:30am Eastern (8:30am UTC), the least busy time of day for the wiki, and being stored off-site.  Other changes are coming as well to make the wiki more stable and reliable; read [http://paragonwiki.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=588 this thread] in the Paragon Forums for more information.
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 Sorry again for the miserable performance today, and rest assured that we will continue making improvements!
-=== Tuesday May 1, 2007 ===
-==== Issue 9 Released ====
-[[Issue 9]] has been officially released to the live servers.  Get [[Invention System|invent]]ing, folks. http://paragonwiki.com/forums/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif
-==== Paragon Wiki has Moved! ====
-What is the "read-only" and Paragon Wiki relocation stuff about?  As mentioned in the previous news item, due to increasing traffic on the Paragon Wiki, the site has relocated to a server with additional computing resources to help the site run better and handle a load that had the old server squirming.  I know, bummer of timing, but it was a necessary evil in order to keep everything on the site running smoothly.
-As always, whenever a major infrastructure change takes place, there is a chance that it might cause bugs and glitches in the system.  If you notice any problems, please post a message in the Site Issues section of the [http://paragonwiki.com/forums Paragon Forums].
-=== Thursday April 26, 2007 ===
-==== A Season of Growth ====
-Well, first the good news:  The Paragon Wiki continues to enjoy astounding growth.  Now, the bad news:  The Paragon Wiki continues to enjoy astounding growth.  We are now seeing well over 1,300,000 page hits a month and have increased traffic and visitors by around 35% in the first quarter of 2007.  As a result, the Wiki has officially outgrown its shared host and needs to be moved to a location that can handle the amount of resource load placed on its server.
-We are currently in the process of acquiring a virtual private host to be the Paragon Wiki's new home, and this week, perhaps extending into the weekend, we will be setting up the new server and moving everything over.  Ideally, this process will be completely transparent, and no one will be any the wiser until the yellow banner at the top of this page goes away.
-In reality, there will be at least a little bit of downtime while the transfer is in process, and depending on how well the move goes, that downtime may extend to longer than "a little bit."  We'll certainly do our best to keep at least some sort of notice posted on the progress.
-We're sorry in advance for any prolonged outage, but rest assured that we are working diligently to make this transition as quick and painless as possible.
-=== Sunday April 22, 2007 ===
-==== Caching Enabled! ====
-I won't make any bones about it&mdash;the wiki has gotten ''very'' busy lately.  We are serving up well over a million pages every month to players looking for information (45,993 pages yesterday alone!), and as a result, the wiki is putting a pretty good beating on the server where it's installed.
-To try to increase performance and reduce the load on the server's CPU, a few changes have been implemented.  Ideally, these changes will be completely transparent to all of the wiki's visitors.  Of course, whenever any type of major changes take place, though, things sometimes go awry.  If you notice any weirdness or errors, please feel free to post a message in the [http://paragonwiki.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=4 Site Issues forum], or if you can't reach the forums, e-mail me at [mailto:tonyv@pcfreepress.com tonyv@pcfreepress.com] and let me know.
-To anyone who's curious, the exact changes I've made are:
-* Installed my own (hopefully!) optimized copy of php 5.2.1
-* Installed and configured FastCGI in php
-* Built and installed [http://eaccelerator.net/ eAccelerator], a compiled php caching system
-Hopefully, these changes will not only make my hosting provider happier, but speed up access to the wiki as well.
-=== Friday April 6, 2007 ===
-==== Massive Information Upload of Issue 9 ====
-Since Issue 9 was released to public beta without that pesky [[wikipedia:Non-disclosure_agreement|non-disclosure agreement]] to get in the way, massive amounts of information about Issue 9 have been added to the Paragon Wiki.  Some of the highlights include articles on:
-* [[The Abyss]], a new villain zone with [[Hamidon]], the most powerful of enemies.
-* [[Statesman's Task Force]], a new challenge for heroes.
-* The [[Invention System]], one of the biggest changes to hit City of Heroes since the game's launch.
-* An article specifically about the [[Issue 9 Badges|new badges]] coming with Issue 9.
-* Much, much more, as covered in the [[:Category:Patch_Watchlist|Patch_Watchlist]] category.
-In short, be sure to check in frequently with the Paragon Wiki for the latest and greatest information on this major new feature release to City of Heroes and City of Villains.  If you have any questions, don't be afraid to drop by our [http://paragonwiki.com/forums forums], and as always, be sure to edit any articles that are unclear, incorrect, or incomplete.  Remember, '''you''' are what makes the wiki work so well!
 [[Archived News]]