engineyard
October 2008 
Zaadz Has a New Home!
Posted on Jul 26th, 2007
by 
Gaia Team
Gaia Team
Psst. Siona here.
Guess what?!!?
We've rolled into Engine Yard.
It's been a long time in the coming. :)
There are a few bits we're still working on, but the site has been up and live on the new servers for a few hours now and the dust appears to be settling. A big thanks to the dev team (especially resident Code-Poet Josh, who has been shepherding this project over the past month), and a huge huge hug of gratitude to our rockstar hosting experts at Engine Yard!
The site is on the servers, though some areas are still getting up to speed; we're working on finding where they are, and will be taking advantage of our new architecture to improve site performance. So bear with us, pretty please, while we tune things up. :)
And, in the meantime, poke around the site! See what's working and let us know if something isn't. We're thrilled at our new home and we're happy to be welcoming all of you in.
If you have any trouble posting comments or blogs, please don't hesitate to pop over to support. But rest assured our entire development team, as well as a few amazing people over at EY, are behind the scenes tweaking and adjusting the dials. We'll be zipping along soon... and 'til then, thank you thank you thank you for your patience.
Update: Hang in there, guys. We decided to take the site down for a bit while we smooth things over; if we run into any more bumpiness we may end up doing it again, but with any luck this'll be it. (Cross your fingers. ;) Again, thanks tremendously for your patience, and we apologize—hugely—for any inconvenience, and phew. I'm looking forward to breathing again.
Update: So! It's Friday, and things seem to be sailing along. We're still working with 'search' and the 'mail' areas of the site, but they'll be up to speed with the rest soon as we keep tweaking and tuning.
Wow. Thanks again, all, for hanging in there with us. Yesterday was... exciting. :)
(Some of you have noticed that the zIM and web chat features are turned off. We've paused those programs for the time being. Apologies again, and patience! We'll get there.)
Posted by: Siona
Guess what?!!?
We've rolled into Engine Yard.
It's been a long time in the coming. :)
There are a few bits we're still working on, but the site has been up and live on the new servers for a few hours now and the dust appears to be settling. A big thanks to the dev team (especially resident Code-Poet Josh, who has been shepherding this project over the past month), and a huge huge hug of gratitude to our rockstar hosting experts at Engine Yard!
The site is on the servers, though some areas are still getting up to speed; we're working on finding where they are, and will be taking advantage of our new architecture to improve site performance. So bear with us, pretty please, while we tune things up. :)
And, in the meantime, poke around the site! See what's working and let us know if something isn't. We're thrilled at our new home and we're happy to be welcoming all of you in.
If you have any trouble posting comments or blogs, please don't hesitate to pop over to support. But rest assured our entire development team, as well as a few amazing people over at EY, are behind the scenes tweaking and adjusting the dials. We'll be zipping along soon... and 'til then, thank you thank you thank you for your patience.
Update: Hang in there, guys. We decided to take the site down for a bit while we smooth things over; if we run into any more bumpiness we may end up doing it again, but with any luck this'll be it. (Cross your fingers. ;) Again, thanks tremendously for your patience, and we apologize—hugely—for any inconvenience, and phew. I'm looking forward to breathing again.
Update: So! It's Friday, and things seem to be sailing along. We're still working with 'search' and the 'mail' areas of the site, but they'll be up to speed with the rest soon as we keep tweaking and tuning.
Wow. Thanks again, all, for hanging in there with us. Yesterday was... exciting. :)
(Some of you have noticed that the zIM and web chat features are turned off. We've paused those programs for the time being. Apologies again, and patience! We'll get there.)
Posted by: Siona
Access: Public
Hi Siona
Well for the last 3 days i have been having trouble accessing Zaadz i hope your new
Engine is now really roaring in the Yard. Also i lost a few images that i had posted
in my blog….i have now re uploaded them again. Send my best wishes to your Code-Poet
Josh….maybe he will enjoying looking at a few of my poems. Een Warme Glimlach….silent louts
www.poetrypoem.com/charlax
eye recently freaked but got a link to a new password
hahaha
thankzx you and ewe and yew
read my poetry espscially the JESUS Pomes.
eye love the internet sometimes
when webpages coincide with dreams and visions in the nite
Okay, the new backbone for the site is the hawtness!!!
Previously going to Zaadz for me was a drag because load times were so darn slow. MUCH faster now! Plus, the site now launches from my work environment which gives me something new to do on my I-Don't-Smok-Breaks. ;-)
Cheers!
Oh, thank you all for the kind words! And Travid? I love your “I don't Smoke”-breaks. Too funny. :)
Glad you like it. The funny thing is that most smokers don't. :-(