WEEKEND ALERT: WSB will be in temp quarters for a while

If you’re one of the many readers who come here late at night to catch up – we want to let you know that you’ll find us someplace else, temporarily, tomorrow night, and for at least part of the weekend. We’ve had a sorely needed overhaul in the works for a very long time, and our tech team tells us it’s finally ready to go live. So around 6 pm Friday night, we’ll be putting up a “Pardon Our Dust” type sign here, and providing news coverage from a temporary site while our decade of data is moved. The direct link to that temp site will be in a longer note we’ll publish here around midday tomorrow, and you’ll find it pinned in our social-media channels, so if you don’t already frequent them, please bookmark those now (particularly Twitter at twitter.com/westseattleblog and Facebook at facebook.com/westseattleblog), because we’ll also directly link our temp-site-published stories there until we’re back here live with the overhaul. Thanks in advance for your understanding!

P.S. We will also post lost/found pets on the temp site while it’s in use, because that’s one of the most valued services we provide. We will not have a temporary event calendar but we WILL publish daily highlights on the temp site on Saturday and Sunday mornings, as comprehensive as we can make them.

9 Replies to "WEEKEND ALERT: WSB will be in temp quarters for a while"

  • Steph January 7, 2016 (10:14 pm)

    I predict an earthquake tomorrow at 6:01.

    • WSB January 7, 2016 (10:26 pm)

      Steph – whatever happens, we’ll cover it! And people who come here will see a page with the temp URL. We did have a clause to call the changeover off if it looked like a snowstorm in the forecast. But the weather looks pretty tame, so on we plunge … http://www.atmos.washington.edu/data/city_report.html

  • Cainipoo January 7, 2016 (10:17 pm)

    Thanks for the heads up. Good luck! I hope things go smoothly.

  • pelicans January 7, 2016 (11:01 pm)

    Best of luck, TR and company! Steph, I was thinking the same thing, but I know they’ll handle whatever comes along.

  • Homedk January 7, 2016 (11:04 pm)

    Am looking forward to seeing and exploring the new site. Congratulations!!!

  • Westseattledood January 7, 2016 (11:20 pm)

    I know this has been a really looong time coming with a few aborted attempts so mazeltov! This feels like we are watching the first ship linkup in deep space to transfer precious life-sustaining cargo…or something. Right stuff heroic efforts and all that!

  • Joe Szilagyi January 8, 2016 (8:02 am)

    Hurray! We can’t wait to see the new version. Will the holding page have links to the social media sites?
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    And remember, in IT, no matter how hard you plan, something is going to go cross-eyed at the end or the last moment. Don’t sweat it, and it’ll work out. Maybe it just takes a little extra work.
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKrpbm0Wkf8
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    Bon voyage!

    • WSB January 8, 2016 (8:05 am)

      Joe – I’m not sure how much it can link to but we’ll do our best to have it point to as many spots as possible. – TR

  • miws January 8, 2016 (9:15 am)

    *Sitting here excitedly rubbing hand together* ;-)

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    Mike

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