Welcome to Celica-GTS.com, home of the original high performance import! This web site is my tribute to the Toyota Celica. More so the 1983 model with the GT-S package. Which includes four wheel independent suspension, fuel injection, big 14" x 7" aluminum alloy GTS wheels and fender flares, 8-way adjustable seat, cruise control, tilt wheel, power windows/mirrors and all of the other amenities you would expect from a modern import.
These speedy sport cars were generally run on the 22R/RE engine. This bulletproof engine has been in service since 1982 and they were produced up to the mid 90's. At 2.4 liters these are a fairly large displacement four cylinder engines. Generally pushing 105-115hp these machines can be pushed to more than 350hp. The use of forced induction is generally required for anything past around 250hp. A very reliable chain driven single overhead cam valve train is one of the many great features of this engine. As well as a forged crankshaft that rivals any bigblock V8. It is not uncommon to see these engines running after 400,000 miles have been run up on the odometer.
Celica-GTS.com News
 We got on a spam blacklist
I've had a couple reports of mails not going through or going into the junk folder. I've checked out our mail logs and found that we did get on a blacklist, CBL to be exact. We got on their list on 2009-09-21 at 09:00 GMT. I am not sure how we got listed there but we are not listed on any other spam blacklists. I have already filled out the removal request form and our site should be dropped from the list in an hour or two. Until then, there are several ISPs that are completely blocking us. Affected email service providers:- mail.yahoo.com
- mail.rr.com
- charter.net
- ixwebhosting.com
- untd.com
Anyone at any of these mails services have not been able to receive email from the forums since we got listed. I suspect that this happened because this server just showed up one day and started mailing. With no mailing history then to start directly sending 20+ emails a day to all different email providers is suspicious. This is only a guess. I'll keep an eye on our mail logs to see if we get listed again. Hopefully we will not, but if it happens again I may have to look into another mailing solution. | Write Comment
 Server move complete
Well, it took 15 hours, but it is finally done. We are now on the new server with the new forums. Everything should be fully upgraded and working.  There were lots of little things that I didn't really think about or spend time on during the beta. Stuff like smiley icons, search indexes, rewriter rules, proper forum permissions, etc. But I think I have everything finally sorted out. The search should be even faster than it was during beta. Most of the old forum URLs you have bookmarked should be redirected to the correct thread in the new forums. And, most of the smiley images should be set up and good to go. Please let me know if you find any issues. I know that I missed some of the old smiley codes, if you know what code should match what image let me know so I can add it. And please, please, please, if you find something wrong (like the ability to edit anyone's post during beta) let me know before abusing the bug. 
Celica-gts.com Will Be Moving To Another Server
We will be moving to a new, more powerful server. This will be happening next Friday (Sept, 18th) or Saturday (Sept, 19th). PLEASE GO TO THE BETA FORUMS AND TEST YOUR LOGIN.If you can't login after the conversion you will need to create a new account, I wont be fixing accounts for people who didn't test. This is what the beta process is for, identify bugs before they are in a live environment where modification are dangerous. The information and beta feedback thread can be found here. Here is the process:- I will start by locking the forums and the database. The forums will be unreachable as soon as I lock them.
- As soon as I lock the database I will back up the web site.
- Then export all of the data from the database. This process takes approximately 20 minutes.
- After I make a backup of the database I will archive the forums files, such as attached files and avatars. This takes another 20 minutes.
- Then I will download the data to my computer, since this server limits connections to about 150Kb/s this takes well over an hour to download the gigabyte of data.
- Once I have the data installed on my private computer I will begin the conversion process. This migrates all of the old forums data and attachments to the new forums schema. This process takes about two hours to process the 300,000 posts.
- I will then export the converted database and forums attachments and upload it to the new server. This takes another hour or two.
- Once the data is on the new server I will import it into the database system there. This will be another 20 minutes or so.
- At this point I will switch the DNS information for celica-gts.com to point to the new server. The forums will be operation, but not fully working on the new server. So they will be locked. I will need to go in and set up and fix all of the little bugs we have encountered in the beta process.
- Final testing be me, verify that everything is working.
- Unlock the forums and let operation resume.
I predict that this whole process will take about 12 hours if I don't hit any snags along the way. I've done this 3 times now for testing and so I can memorize the process and debug the conversion scripts. So the process is fairly well tested. The DNS migration may take anywhere from 5 minutes (for people on normal ISPs using Firefox), to 48 hours (for people on long-term caching ISPs), to 30 days (for people on ultra-long-term caching proxies). During this time you will be stuck seeing the old server, a dead site which cannot be used. Once your local DNS is updated you will be automatically taken to the new server. Here are my suggestions for making the transfer faster: - Use Firefox, it has a smarter DNS caching scheme and is a better browser in every way
- Do not use a proxy if you can help it. If you absolutely must use a proxy, then you should change to another proxy after I report the DNS change. I will post a notification on all forum URLs that the DNS has been changed.
New Server And Message Board Software
TL;DR: Do you like IPB better than SMF? Tell me what forum software you like and explain why you like it. Well we've got a new server ready to go. I've been testing out the server with some other sites and it is really great. More powerful, more memory, more bandwidth and just plain better than the old system we're running on now. But here's the problem. We are running an old, old... OLD version of Invision Power Board. And unlike cars, older does not mean easier to work with. Long story short: we cannot run this software on the latest version my PHP and MySQL, so we cannot run this board as it is on the new server. We have to upgrade. There are two options: 1) Upgrade to the latest IPB- Least data loss, new IPB will probably support most of the old IPB stuff.
Cons: - This costs money, a minimum of $150... $250 for a full package.
- Not open source, may be vulnerable to attacks that others would be safe from.
[/li][/list] 2) Switch to another board- Free, no money is a good thing.
- Better security and testing, big open source projects get a lot of scrutiny and testing that proprietary software does not.
- Easier to update.
Cons: - Possibility of data loss. I don't know what, but I can see stuff like custom titles and such not existing in other software.
- Different BB code. Old posts will probably not display properly because old BB code wont be recognized.
[/li][/list]There is only one mainstream board package that actually has a conversion script that may work for our old, old (did I mention this forum is old?). Maybe, it's actually for the minor version above ours. That is SMF. SMF (Simple Machines Forum) is a well tested and very powerful piece of forum software that you have surely seen on other sites. No matter what, we will lose some data, your settings will be lost, and any of the custom tweaks that I've made to the site over the years will be lost. All of the member accounts, posts, PMs and attachments should be saved. Everything else is unknown, I have to actually do a test version before we'll know. I'd like to hear your thoughts.
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Web.com Sucks - Do Not Use
A billing error, followed by a failure in their reactivation system caused us to be down for the last 30 hours.
I signed up with a hosting company called Interland about 6 years ago now. Back then it was a great service. A few years ago they got bought out by Web.com. Since then the service has gone down hill. Bad customer service, night-time tech support for their dedicated servers doesn't answer the phone, billing system is a joke, and their automated systems don't seem to work half the time.
We are finally back up. But this has become too frustrating to justify. They are going to lose my business as soon as I can move the site.
I already have a new host ready to go. I will be looking at migrating the site. This will probably be another day or so of downtime. Not sure when it is going to happen. I have to make sure the forum software works on the new host. I will post a message here at least a week before it happens.
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