This is just a general announcement that I will be rebuilding the backend of the server that this Friendica Instance operates on within a month. I will give notice when I have a specific date.

Within the first week of being on The Fediverse I decided I was going to have my own Friendica Instance. I like Friendica more than any of the other Instance types I have ran into for many reasons. That does not mean it is exactly what I want it to be. I do plan many improvements as I have more time to work on them. For now I am just trying to get this Instance stable.

In my rush to get my Instance up I took some short cuts that I am now going to have to pay the price for. For instance my first install was via Tar Balls and I did not like the idea of how much work updates were going to be. Especially in applying needed patches between versions. So I re-installed via cloning the github project. This is always a bad idea. I should have forked the project first and then cloned from my own fork so that I could maintain my own branch in a more sane fashion. So I will be doing what should have been done in the first place had I spent more time planning an researching instead of diving in.

What this means to Instance Users is that when I do redo the backend the server may be down for a few hours possibly more. I will be letting you know ahead of time to backup your profiles. I will of course backup the database before I begin though I feel it is important that you have a chance to do backups of your own should you feel the need. Personally I feel you should. You never know when some catastrophic issue could cause data loss. So it is not a bad idea to do regular backups on things you feel are important in any case.

Take care, I hope you are enjoying your time on The Fediverse and I will be sure to keep everyone up to date with scheduled maintenance.