I apologize

by Dave Halprin on Apr 24, 2008 1:12 PM CDT in Dallas Cowboys News

I’m sorry. I know the service you’ve come to expect from Blogging The Boys and SB Nation as a whole has been woefully poor over the last 24 hours. I’m frustrated as I’m sure you are, too. For this, I can do nothing but offer my sincere regrets. It couldn’t have come at a worse time for this community with the huge trade news of Pacman Jones currently in play and the draft coming up this weekend. I hope that the problems will be resolved soon and I can only hope that you guys will be patient with me and the blog during this time. I appreciate the unwavering loyalty you, the readers of this blog, have shown to me and BTB over the last couple of years. And I pray that you will continue to show that loyalty during this period and when we come out on the other side everything will be back to normal. I’ve heard the complaints about the new platform from some readers and I can sympathize with your frustrations. At the same time, the new platform has proven to be wildly successful for the baseball blogs which ran fine for a month or two until this recent incident. Only in the last day have we experienced the downtime you now see and our hope is that this will be fixed very shortly and the blogs will be running smoothly henceforth. Going back to the old platform is not a possibility and even if it was I wouldn’t want to do it. The new platform is one I believe in fully and I think that once we get past this rough patch most of you will, too. It takes some getting used to but once we settle in I am confident that it will eventually win most of you over.

So at this moment all I can do is plead with you guys to give me and the blogs a little leeway. Sure, this sucks and you can imagine me freaking out waiting for the service to come back online so I can post about the Pacman trade. My agitation is probably as strong as yours at this moment. But I believe we’ll soon get past it and things will be running smoothly again, just like it has for the preceding couple of years. This is the first time I can remember that we’ve had this much downtime for the blog. Please bear with me and please don’t abandon the community. I promise things will get better.

Stick with me guys!

Thanks,

Grizz

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Since when has anything to do with new software ever gone smoothly?

It happens. It’s just something we have to deal with. As much as we like to think it is, technology is not infallible and unforeseen problems arise. All you can do is deal with it, fix them, and move on.

www.bloggingtheboys.com

by Brandon Worley on Apr 24, 2008 1:22 PM CDT reply actions

Despite my nickname

I am still here. Although I cant tell you how many hundreds of times i keep clicking on my bookmark hoping the site is back up. Pretty please, dont go down during the draft lol.

by Impatient on Apr 24, 2008 10:47 PM CDT reply actions

This too shall pass

No big. Not your fault, Grizz.

I love the age of Information Technology (IT) we’ve been living in recently, but remember this one modern constant:

You can’t have SH__ without IT… and “IT HAPPENS!”

What can U do?

www.brainfriednetwork.com [NEWS/SPORTS/FOOTBALL]

by silverblue5 on Apr 24, 2008 10:57 PM CDT reply actions

Checked back ALL DAY...

LOL.

I must have clicked my bookmark 10 times today hoping the site was back up…

Don’t sweat it, Grizz. Nothin you can do about it…

by N41D on Apr 24, 2008 11:04 PM CDT reply actions

No problem

And I’m not going anywhere.

by Semblance on Apr 24, 2008 11:20 PM CDT reply actions

Next time pick a better time

Not just before the draft. When you upgrade you always try and pick a time of little interest or traffic. Picking now to do this was the mistake. Even if it had been going well on other blogs, its still a bad idea to do it at critical times like days before the draft.

by burmafrd1944 on Apr 24, 2008 11:49 PM CDT reply actions

i'm not going anywhere...

unless i get banned…then i’mma change my username and come back again!

don’t trip grizz. we know it’s not your fault.

by Tuna Helper on Apr 24, 2008 11:51 PM CDT reply actions

It was awful

I’m sure it was caused by the new system rejecting either the Redskums or Iggles blog sites or both. Like a stomach rejecting spoiled milk, everything else in there is purged as well.

T-New, shutting down WR's for Dallas since 2003

by APerfectStar on Apr 25, 2008 12:26 AM CDT reply actions

Don't sweat it

Technical issues always rear their ugly heads sometime, and in accordance with Murphy’s Law, usually at the most inopportune moments. It’s all good…

by Philosopher on Apr 25, 2008 12:56 AM CDT reply actions

Sticking around

I’m glad to see all is up and running and I finally decided to register today also. Been reading for awhile just decided to join.

by outoftexas on Apr 25, 2008 1:43 AM CDT reply actions

I cried a little

Like what’s worse than not having the Cowboys playing on Sunday? How about your favorite Cowboys off season outlet being down for hours at a time.. Like OMG!!

by sublimezg on Apr 25, 2008 1:44 AM CDT reply actions

a suicide hotline needs to be set up

was going through serious Bogging the boys withdrawlas yesterday, good thing the Captain was on hand to keep me calm and talk me through the rough time….. LOL!!

The old site setup is looking more and more appealing, I guess the new site couldn’t handle the influx of all these cowboy fans….

Trade up a few spots to get ahead of Houston and draft Jonathan Stewart, thee best all around Back in the draft.

by Deke on Apr 25, 2008 7:34 AM CDT reply actions

Don't Sweat it Grizz

It’s Betaware. We know it’s going to be flighty at first. No biggie.

by HutHut on Apr 25, 2008 7:42 AM CDT reply actions

no need to apologize Grizz

things like this happen, we just have to deal with it.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Apr 25, 2008 8:17 AM CDT reply actions

We live in the future

Remember the days of dial up connections? Remember the days of no internet at all? Growing up in NJ, The only COwboys news I could get were the scraps tucked in the Star Ledger in between stories about Richard Todd, the Jets next great QB, and Jersey Joe Pisarcik, the Giants savior.

Now, I get annoyed when I cannot get instantaneous updates on my favorite football team.

Don’t sweat it, Grizz. Even the site being down for 24 hours is still better than using a magnifying glass on the small print in the Ledger sports section.

Lifetime Cowboys Fan from the Swamps of Jersey

by Seanrude on Apr 25, 2008 8:55 AM CDT reply actions