👀 Timeline for launching new ISLG site

Hello all,

We're off to a bad start. There are problems with the Publication Citator that need to resolved on dev.islg before we can perform the migration to www.islg. As a result, the schedule above is pushed back 1 day. We're now working towards an April 10th launch date.

Thanks,

Morgan

Hello Morgan ,

It is not necessary to move new.islg on dev.islg. Instead we can restore the latest SQL database on new.islg (latest data with publication citator). If everything is OK on new.islg then we can directly migrate new.islg to www.islg. Please let us know your thoughts.

Hi Anil,

Whatever you think is the best approach for maintaining the integrity of the data and application. Let's proceed with moving the latest data (including changes to the Publication Citator) to new.islg, and then we'll move directly to www.islg when this is ready.

Thanks,

Morgan

Ok Thanks Morgan ,

We will do this migration tomorrow.

Hello Morgan ,

We have transferred publication citator data and tool on new.islg. We have done some fundamental changes in this tool to resolve the speed issue. Also we have resolved the search issue that you posted in below thread.

https://basecamp.com/2341283/projects/12196005/todos/333139275#comment_611822755

We are still facing few issues with bookmarking that will be resolved by tomorrow as we have planned to work tomorrow because of deadline. 

Now latest site and data are available on new.islg. Once your testing will be completed and everything will be OK then we can migrate this to live.

Sounds good Anil . We'll perform testing today, and provide additional feedback through to-do's as necessary.

Paul and Irit , please test to ensure all the Publication Citator data is on the new.islg, and let me know if you discover any issues. Just send me messages (through a different thread - removing others - no need for everyone to get these messages), and I'll consolidate everything into to-do's for Anil and the team.

Thanks

Morgan

    

Hello Morgan ,

We have resolved issues regarding publication citator bookmarking. Please review and let us know the feedback. 

Hi Anil,

The bookmarks are working well; however, they are appearing when the user logs in with IP authentication (see screenshot).

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Hi all,

With the exception of the issue above, and some minor outstanding issues in the to-do list, the new.islg is looking good.

Paul , Irit , Marysia , Subash , Liam and Ryan , please perform comprehensive final testing of all aspects of both the admin and front-end sites on Monday, and assuming there are no major issues, we'll schedule to migration to www.islg on Tuesday, 8 April 2018.

As a reminder, here are the new.islg URLs:

Anil , please note that during the data sync between new.islg and www.islg, we need to ensure the following:

Thanks,

Morgan

Hello Morgan ,

It would take 2-3 hours to migrate new.islg on www.islg and during these hours the live site might be down. Hope this fine. 

To sync publication citator's data from new.islg to www.islg would be difficult within a specific time period. Please suggest if we can copy publication citator's data from the excel files that you provided and new entries for publication citator on new.islg (if any) can be done again on www.islg.

Hi Morgan ,

The bookmarks issue in Publication Ciator has resolved. Now, the bookmark option will be appear when user login with notepad.

Please check and confirm.

Hi Anil ,

Understood. The 2-3 hour downtime is fine. However, is it possible to display the following message to users during the downtime:

ISLG is performing important upgrades, and the site is currently unavailable. Access will be restored as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. For more details, you can contact us at support@investorstatelawguide.com

For the Publication Citator sync, we've provided you with an updated Master List here: Corrupt data in Publication Citator for IC/0104/02 - TOLOGIX - ISLG Public & Members Site Design.

Also, as a backup, before you migrate new.islg to www.islg, could you please sync the data between dev.islg and www.islg. That way, if there an issue with migrating new.islg to www.islg, we can easily revert batch to the old site by using dev.islg.

Ryan , please comment on any additional measures you think appropriate to ensure this goes smoothly.

Thanks,

Morgan

This sounds like a good plan to me. 

Anil, in addition to syncing down to dev.islg prior to the release, could you also please take a full backup of www.islg?

Ryan

Hi Anil ,

How did the migration go? I see the new site is up, but I just want to confirm that everything was successful.

Thanks,

Morgan

Also, if everyone could please test the new site and report any issues, it would be appreciated: www.investorstatelawguide.com.

Morgan

Hello Morgan ,

The migration went successful. We were also able to migrate all publication citator data successfully. We have tested all basic functionalities of the site and seems working well. Please test entire site and provide your feedback so that we can do more fine tuning if any. 

Hello All,

Please clear your cache before start reviewing.

Hi Anil,

It's looking great! One thing I've noticed so far is that the browser <title> and meta descriptions are missing on the pages. See screenshot.

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Great! Glad to hear it Anil .

Paul , Irit , Subash , Marysia and Liam , please test all functionalities of the site (admin and front-end), and report any problems to through private messages to me. I'll consolidate all feedback, and submit it in to-do's.

Further the Anil's message above, please ensure that you clear your cache before performing your tests.

Thanks,

Morgan

Hi Anil ,

We've complete our testing, and there are a few issues that we'd like resolved on www.islg:

Assuming you can resolve these problems directly on www.islg without putting the front-end application at risk, please do so.

When this is complete, please perform a backup of dev.islg, and then integrate the new site into dev.islg. After this is complete, we'll resume performing all development work on dev.islg, and then migrate selected tasks through to www.islg on a weekly schedule.

Let us know if you have concerns with any of the above.

Thanks,

Morgan

Hello Morgan ,

This sounds good to us. We will migrate new.islg to dev.islg once all above issues will be completed.

Hi Ryan ,

Could you confirm whether the browser titles and meta descriptions have been completed? It appears everything else is complete, and I just want to confirm before we proceed to updating dev.islg.

Thanks,

Morgan 

Hi Morgan

Unfortunately doesn't look like they have yet. Anil did you happen to see my message yesterday?

The browser title and meta text can be found at:

Ryan

Hi Ryan ,

Could you please add this as a to-do in this project, and we'll deal with this their. Also, I don't think this issue is urgent, so we'll move forward with updating dev.islg.

Anil , could you please proceed with backing up dev.islg, and then migrating the new site to dev.islg.

Thanks,

Morgan

 

Done!

Anil Could you please get a full backup of dev.islg prior to copying production over?

Thanks!

Ryan

Hi Morgan   and Ryan ,

We have taken full backup of dev.islg and migrated the new site successfully on dev.islg. We have also synced latest www.islg's SQL database with dev.islg.

Please check and confirm.

Thanks, Harsh. Looking good.

Ryan

Looks great Harsh .

I believe this project has reached completion. There are a few outstanding to-do's that I'll transfer into the ISLG Maintenance project. I've downloaded all the Docs & Files and stored them on our Egnyte server (Shared\ISLG\Database Development & Maintenance\New ISLG site documents from Basecamp) For the time bring, let's keep this project open for legacy purposes (unless Stephen recommends otherwise).

The new site looks great, and I've already received a number of complements from users, editors and our board members. Congrats and thank you to everyone for all your hard work! 

Morgan