cd.com back online Thread !!! December 9th 2007

[Sean]

Announcement to follow after some rest! I worked my ass off to get this site back up for you guys n' gals against all odds.

My apologies for this unexpected and uncalled for downtime,

-Sean


update: blueheart says it best - I can't even write ...  i'm going to go pass out:

Ok... I have to say that the last couple of months have been difficult for cd.com.... I wasn't really happy with the decision that sladdi and BP got to part ways....

Knowing that BP is really tired to make a full explanation post about the situation as he has been working on bringing CD.com back since Friday night, let me say our side of the story...

BP got a server some months ago in order to host the gnr tracker with lots of bandwidth, memory, space etc... As the cost of this server is really high per month, the income of the cd.com ads is going towards to that bill and the rest of it it's covered my BP's "pocket" and user donations from the tracker...

At that time I asked him why he is not moving the forum at his server instead of paying hosting and I was surprised to hear that sladdi is hosting the forum at a friend's server and that BP doesn't have access to it... He then made clear that sladdi's friend is not charging him for hosting and that's why they were hosting the forum there...

Following that I suggested Sean to talk with sladdi about equal access to the forum files. So Sean asked sladdi to give him access to his server or even better move the forum at Sean's server in order to benefit the better bandwidth, have professional emails chinesedemocracy.com when email users, work on new things like private section etc etc....

Sladdi refused to give access or move the site and Sean felt like he doesn't own his own site... and Sean feels that he has a responsibility to maintain the users (members).

Many discussions were done during all these weeks when suddenly sladdi suggested some days ago to overtake the ads of cd.com in order to gain some money for himself... I understand that he might needs the money for any personal reasons but Sean made him clear that the money from the ads go to the server and as there was no way to work things out, he suggested to part ways. Sean told sladdi to put the forum under newgnr, as with the rank position the newgnr has, he can earn lots of money... considering how much money newgnr gets in daily basis....

There were lots of arguments and sladdi decided to lock Sean out of the forum, close the forum and keep all the database files for himself... thank God Sean run a backup through the admin panel and he was able with lots of work to restore the website today...

By reading sladdi's announcement I was AGAIN surprised to see him writing that he did the most work on cd.com considering that most sections of the forum were created by Sean such as CD.com support, The Green Room, The Garden (was always at cd.com and was Sean's idea to keep it), Bands and Artists, Artists & Thinkers and East Village along with all the international boards... 

Also all the graphics were made by Bessam and we really thank him for continuing working with cd.com

Another note is that gunsnroses.us had about 3.ooo members when the merged happened and not 1.000 as sladdi mentioned...

There was no intention from our side to part ways and Sean redirected the domain on Friday night when Sladdi shut down the forum. We always considered sladdi as family and that's why we asked him to be our best man on our wedding. He has been more than just a friend and partner to Sean all these years and to me since I met him... I never expected something like that happening and I hope that soon we will leave all these things behind.

CD.com will launch an even better layout soon and I really wish the best to sladdi and his new (?) solo project...

Sincerely yours,

- Demy

[ktallett]

strange when its away.

[Dark Angel]

Great to have it back

[SIDney]

Oh my God... I beg your pardon, but that's... awful. Now CD.com looks like 15675689576895 other sites! Get that site back!!!  :'( :'( :'(

UPD. Yes, I read that now. Sorry. Hope this design won't stay long.

[roboaxl]

I don't care how it looks, i just wanted it back! I need my CD.com fix

[SIDney]

I don't care how it looks, i just wanted it back! I need my CD.com fix

Yeah! Why didn't anybody warn us?? 
Because It's bloody strange to see the 'It's Guns n' Roses, It's Chinese democracy' title... As if somebody knows something 

[Dark Angel]

I don't care how it looks, i just wanted it back! I need my CD.com fix

+1 

Have been some veeeeeeeery long days without it!

[Ice Blue]

it seems like its been gone for so long  :'(

im glad its back 

[SIDney]

it seems like its been gone for so long  :'(

im glad its back 

Same here!

I'm addicted... :'(

[Randy Jesus]

I am sure that they will fix the template.

[cody6977]

I was wondering why it was down...I asked on htgth and they immediately removed the thread...bastards. Good to have it back!

[Dark Angel]

Same here!

I'm addicted... :'(

Same. Its almost my 2nd home. On here for hours each day. Im up on 81 days logged in now...

[Matty22]

That was scary. I thought it wasn't coming back

[blueheart]

Don't worry about the design... we are working on a new one and will be up and running soon...
Sean was working on getting the site back since Friday night without getting any sleep... We are really sorry for the inconvenience and for not letting you know about the downtime but it wasn't anything planned...

In the next hour a new temporary design will be online and the final one will be ready later this week...
I hope you will keep enjoying the forum like you did until last Friday and we promise you an even better site, user friendly, with many enhancements    from the beginning of 2008... It's nice to have you back...