What is going on!

[Jason Simonds]

Hash, Inc. 

Animation Master no longer owns hash.com. We are not going away. Just moving to animationmaster.com, The forums is moved. I do not know when the hash.com will go away but probably in the next few days. 

 

My check list:

• forums 
  • I still need to work on the banner. But since we have to move to 5.0 soon i may skip it until I have time to fully update the forums software to 5.0
• FAQ
  • I need to write a bit of code to fix the links but it's there
• Store
• reports
  • Will load slow since the database is on the old server, but working on moving the database to the new server
• Other things I'm forgetting now
• hash.com main page
  • I need to send a email about this

Because of the type of move this, most things will get a subdomain since I can not do this in one day/move 

Everything that links to hash.com will go away and I do not think I will be able to keep redirects in place, so update your book marks. 

For now our emails will stay but will soon be moving to animationmaster.com

Edited September 14 by Jason Simonds
Updated what is working

[Fuchur]

Thanks for letting us know and the work Jason. 

Best regards
*Fuchur*

[Jason Simonds]

11 hours ago, Fuchur said:

Thanks for letting us know and the work Jason. 

Best regards
*Fuchur*

I'm going to email you Monday(didn't want to bug you on the weekend) about the steps needed to move the main site to https://www.animationmaster.com most things seam to be working but, I do not have the database installed, and do not know the log in

[Jason Simonds]

https://reports.animationmaster.com Is offline. I realized that I was using a few weeks old database Thank You @robcat2075. ETA on fix 23:00pst

[Jason Simonds]

I small note, I'm not getting email from the forums at this time because the new host is using internal mail setting and I bought the new host under Hash.com so when the email is sent, the mail server returns user not found. I'm working it but it's not high on my list right now 

[Jason Simonds]

The forums send email to @hash.com addresses is fixed.

I see it gets flagged as spam at lot the forums comes from forums@animationmaster.com

[Jason Simonds]

Please update your book marks. The loss of hash.com is coming in the next few days. Right now as I understand it we will get @hash.com emails for some time. But when the server stuff is done all emails will be moving to @animationmaster.com for email. 

Bookmarks:

• Store
  • https://store.animationmaster.com/
• Reports
  • https://reports.animationmaster.com/
    • Currently down because of database issue ETA on return Monday 09/22/2025  
• Forums:
  • https://forums.animationmaster.com
• FAQ:
  • https://faq.animationmaster.com/
• FTP
  • animationmaster.com
    • Notice there is no ftp. in the url I'm working on that in the new host

[robcat2075]

Can we put the banner back yet?

[Jason Simonds]

1 hour ago, robcat2075 said:

Can we put the banner back yet?

It's on the list,but reports and store first sorry. 

Reports is still down, and the store is super hacky

[robcat2075]

Jason, 

Rodney and I made a copy of your "NewNew" theme, titled "NewNew2.0" and added the banner code to it. It seems to be functional. Does it need anything else to be the default?

[Jason Simonds]

On 9/21/2025 at 6:08 PM, robcat2075 said:

Jason, 

Rodney and I made a copy of your "NewNew" theme, titled "NewNew2.0" and added the banner code to it. It seems to be functional. Does it need anything else to be the default?

The code links to hash.com and will end when we lose hash.com. At this time this has not happened but I keep hearing tomorrow/soon almost every day. I can change the code this weekend, I'm going to get a tone of work done this weekend. To make up for camping with out internet last weekend.

 

 

[robcat2075]

3 hours ago, Jason Simonds said:

The code links to hash.com and will end when we lose hash.com. At this time this has not happened but I keep hearing tomorrow/soon almost every day. I can change the code this weekend, I'm going to get a tone of work done this weekend. To make up for camping with out internet last weekend.

AS far as i can see, the HTML for the Theme doesn't have any "hash" or "hash.com" in it.

[Fuchur]

For instance your signature does have hash.com links in them.

And some of the links in the upper menu at "more" are hash.com based.

[robcat2075]

2 hours ago, Fuchur said:

For instance your signature does have hash.com links in them.

But that isn't defined in the Theme. The content of my signature (which just applies to my posts) is defined in my user settings which must be a separate document from the Theme (which applies to everyone).

 

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And some of the links in the upper menu at "more" are hash.com based.

Those must be external to the Theme definition also. If i download the XML for Jason's "NewNew" Theme, none of the text of those menus nor the links they represent are contained in the Theme code.

I presume some other HTML document creates those menus and is calling up the Theme to decide what the colors will be.

 

 

[Jason Simonds]

I think i fixed some of the coding, but I will have to test it. I have not worked in html in some time so I need to make sure my coding it right. But I'm going to pull an all nighter Saturday and work through some of the major things going on. Including the banner and hard coded hash.com links. 

I never thought we(Hash, Inc.) would not have hash.com so a lot of things are hard coded to that. I'm working hard to make all links work with out a URL 

/uploads/monthly_2025_07/DarrinS001.jpg.4a46c46c3ce2958d41361df77fe29277.jpg

<img src="/uploads/monthly_2025_07/DarrinS001.jpg.4a46c46c3ce2958d41361df77fe29277.jpg" alt="buildings" class="scale-on-hover rounded-image">

 

[Fuchur]

17 hours ago, robcat2075 said:

But that isn't defined in the Theme. The content of my signature (which just applies to my posts) is defined in my user settings which must be a separate document from the Theme (which applies to everyone).

 

Those must be external to the Theme definition also. If i download the XML for Jason's "NewNew" Theme, none of the text of those menus nor the links they represent are contained in the Theme code.

I presume some other HTML document creates those menus and is calling up the Theme to decide what the colors will be.

 

 

Sure, I updated my signature too and just wanted to tell you that there are some links still in there too for your signature.
They are saved in the database of the forum very, very likely... might have to do with the "more..." links too...

I do not have access to the forum administration area (could check if I can figure it in the database of cause, but I am pretty sure there is an interface for that too)

Let me know if there isn't one and I'll see if I can do something about it.

Best regards
*Fuchur*

[Fuchur]

3 hours ago, Jason Simonds said:

I think i fixed some of the coding, but I will have to test it. I have not worked in html in some time so I need to make sure my coding it right. But I'm going to pull an all nighter Saturday and work through some of the major things going on. Including the banner and hard coded hash.com links. 

I never thought we(Hash, Inc.) would not have hash.com so a lot of things are hard coded to that. I'm working hard to make all links work with out a URL 

/uploads/monthly_2025_07/DarrinS001.jpg.4a46c46c3ce2958d41361df77fe29277.jpg

<img src="/uploads/monthly_2025_07/DarrinS001.jpg.4a46c46c3ce2958d41361df77fe29277.jpg" alt="buildings" class="scale-on-hover rounded-image">

 

If you use the relative positioning like that "/uploads/monthly/..." you will not be able to put it into a subfolder later on.
Might be fine, but be aware of this. If you go with "uploads/monthly..." (no leading slash) or "./uploads/monthly..." you can avoid that "problem" and it really would be a relative link based on the current document (for instance index.php or whatever it is because it is rewritten).

Best regards
*Fuchur*

[robcat2075]

@Fuchur

My tutorials page has many explicit "hash.com" links.

If i did a general search and replace with "animationmaster.com" that should fix them, right?

 

[Jason Simonds]

1 hour ago, robcat2075 said:

@Fuchur

My tutorials page has many explicit "hash.com" links.

If i did a general search and replace with "animationmaster.com" that should fix them, right?

 

That will work, but I would replace 

https://www.hash.com/forums/ with https://forums.animationmaster.com/
and 
https://www.hash.com/ with https://www.animationmaster.com/

 

[Jason Simonds]

2 hours ago, Fuchur said:

If you use the relative positioning like that "/uploads/monthly/..." you will not be able to put it into a subfolder later on.
Might be fine, but be aware of this. If you go with "uploads/monthly..." (no leading slash) or "./uploads/monthly..." you can avoid that "problem" and it really would be a relative link based on the current document (for instance index.php or whatever it is because it is rewritten).

Best regards
*Fuchur*

that's what I thought but then I googled it and it talked me out or it I always thought it was ./

[Jason Simonds]

Our host is under a Major DDoS attack, they/I'm working on it, it caused a major crash parts of the server have just been for over an hour now

[Fuchur]

Just a small image for the move.

Best regards
*Fuchur*

[threedslider]

Thanks to all for the back to forums ! And the name of animationmaster is better way than hash ! :D

[Andres Trujillo]

Once everything is complete with the domain migration, I recommend removing (or updating if still available) the dead links from the third-party software page (https://www.animationmaster.com/third-party-software-35-en) since most of them are inaccessible (at the time of writing this). Specifically with the following currently listed:

• A:M Track 2: http://zigncreations.com/products/am-track-2
• 3D Painter: http://3dpainter.com/index.php?page=main
• Enhance A:M: http://www.shaders.co.uk/enhance_am/index.htm
• ICAM: http://zigncreations.com/icam/

[Jason Simonds]

I will look into that. I'm not done with the move yet!

[Jason Simonds]

This weekend!

Starting 10/10/2025 at about 7:00pm PST until about some time late Sunday 10/12/2025 I will be working like a made man to get a lot done. This can mean small to large outages of any or the services listed below. This is also a tentative order, and depending on how the Squirrel is looking at me may change haha!

Here is the list:

1. Post the new release
2. Move the forums to the new node(this node will handle the higher loads we need)
   1. There is a problem with password reset I'm working on
3. Move the main page to the new server 
   1. The database is still on the old server but I need to sleep
      1. Took longer than I planned debugging a SPACE haha
4. Move the reports database to it's new server.
   1. Loading slow but working
5. Update and move the store 
   1. I fought the store and the store won, it's still on the old sever.
6. Move the FAQ to the new node 
   1. I'm using the word node for move inside the new hosting company and server for moves from the current server we lease.
7. update and move the wiki
8. After all that get drunk and fight a Squirrel
9. Go to sleep and Get ready for my job on Monday. 

[Fuchur]

21 hours ago, Jason Simonds said:

I will look into that. I'm not done with the move yet!

This should be done already.

Best regards
*Fuchur*

[Jason Simonds]

26 minutes ago, Fuchur said:

This should be done already.

Best regards
*Fuchur*

I thought so but I was tired when I was looking at it so I thought I may have missed something. 

[Jason Simonds]

I did not get as much done as I hope but it was a good night!

Off to bed

[robcat2075]

@Jason Simonds

I'll note that I get this notice when i go to reports now...

[Jason Simonds]

2 hours ago, robcat2075 said:

@Jason Simonds

I'll note that I get this notice when i go to reports now...

Fixed for some reason it only renewed www.reports not reports 

[robcat2075]

 

@Jason Simonds Did the FAQ site ever get moved? I'm looking for the page that explains how to transfer a license.
 

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Move the FAQ to the new node 

I'm using the word node for move inside the new hosting company and server for moves from the current server we lease.

 

 

[Jason Simonds]

I made a mistake in the redirect it's fixed now.
https://faq.animationmaster.com/index.php?sid=6457235&lang=en&action=faq&cat=15&id=17&artlang=en

[Jason Simonds]

The work load is winning! I'm make small mistakes and spent to long trying to get the store moved and updated.

Going to sleep!

[robcat2075]

11 hours ago, Jason Simonds said:

I made a mistake in the redirect it's fixed now.
https://faq.animationmaster.com/index.php?sid=6457235&lang=en&action=faq&cat=15&id=17&artlang=en

I get an error when i try that link

I can open faq.animationmaster.com now and if I search for "transfer" I can get the page that explains how to transfer a license, but... the download for the "get_host" app doesn't work.

[Roger]

On 10/9/2025 at 7:28 PM, Jason Simonds said:

This weekend!

Starting 10/10/2025 at about 7:00pm PST until about some time late Sunday 10/12/2025 I will be working like a made man to get a lot done. This can mean small to large outages of any or the services listed below. This is also a tentative order, and depending on how the Squirrel is looking at me may change haha!

Here is the list:

1. Post the new release
2. Move the forums to the new node(this node will handle the higher loads we need)
   1. There is a problem with password reset I'm working on
3. Move the main page to the new server 
   1. The database is still on the old server but I need to sleep
      1. Took longer than I planned debugging a SPACE haha
4. Move the reports database to it's new server.
5. Update and move the store 
   1. I fought the store and the store won, it's still on the old sever.
6. Move the FAQ to the new node 
   1. I'm using the word node for move inside the new hosting company and server for moves from the current server we lease.
7. update and move the wiki
8. After all that get drunk and fight a Squirrel
9. Go to sleep and Get ready for my job on Monday. 

Regarding step 8, I approve of the drinking but not the squirrel fighting.   They look like an easy fight, but they are vicious.  

Thanks for all your hard work and please don't fight squirrels. 

[Jason Simonds]

This weekend and squirrel won. I did not get everything done and some of the things like the store are not going well.

Since I have not had time to update things we use in a long time, they are way behind. 

I think the next step is build a VM so I can go step by step the new server has versions for software we can just jump to.
 

So I will build a VM, install php#, update, install php# update, move to the new server at php8.1

[robcat2075]

@Jason Simonds

I notice that if i  on an image to get an image link in a recent post like this..

https://forums.animationmaster.com/topic/54665-open-an-obj-with-decals-solved-maybe/#findComment-435707

 

... It still creates a "hash.com" link...

https://www.hash.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2025_10/image.png.1dca4d453c1e0b94a6ee57fc963e4b3e.png

 

The link still works but I presume it will not work someday.

 

 

[Jason Simonds]

I found this out yesterday I think I need to do some find and replace in the database

[robcat2075]

I also haven't been able to get into Reports lately. This happens when I try to sign in.

[robcat2075]

Today i was able to log in, although it took a long time to consider my password.

[Jason Simonds]

On 10/28/2025 at 11:13 AM, robcat2075 said:

Today i was able to log in, although it took a long time to consider my password.

I know that reports is slow, and I'm working on a fix for that. 

Whats going on right now is the database is really large, and I need to talk to our new host about importing it. 

Reports is on the new server but the database is on the old server. 

When I took over Animation Master server I went from windows to Linux. When I took over the uploaded data was store as files, but the files had the full path  

'e:\http\reports\uploads\0001074-biastrouble3.mov'

I did some hacky links to get the those to work. I saw that the the config had the ability to store the files in the database and I used that. When I moved server it was only a few config changes to import the file but now that we are using a shared host I do not have access to the config anymore. When i get a bit more down the road on what needs to be done, I'm going to talk to our host about importing the file

[Jason Simonds]

A small step forward. I'm having a bit of trouble with haproxy right now, but I made a move forward so I can start moving sites to the a test VM server so I can make step by step update with out risk of major outages.

I need to set it up to forward to a 2nd host if match not found but I can not get that working today. 

 

https://test.animationmaster.com:453

[Jason Simonds]

Weekend outage!

Sorry about the outage this weekend, I thought the host had a dedicated IP, I have one now!

[robcat2075]

I'm getting this warning about the forum from my browser today...

 

Error code: SSL_ERROR_BAD_CERT_DOMAIN

[Jason Simonds]

20 minutes ago, robcat2075 said:

I'm getting this warning about the forum from my browser today...

 

Error code: SSL_ERROR_BAD_CERT_DOMAIN

Fixed I tried to use a wildcard cert only to realize that the host only allows that with local DNS

[Jason Simonds]

the store is now on the new server

https://store.animationmaster.com/

I need to get rid of the paypal banner and I know that serial numbers are not showing on the accounts page let me know if anything else does not work.

I'm done for the night/weekend it took about 30 hours to get this working, and I was not able to move the the latest version but this is a major update.

[robcat2075]

Thanks for keeping the wheels on, Jason!

[itsjustme]

Very much appreciated, Jason!

[Jason Simonds]

So the store is now sending serials numbers again!

I forgot how to add a link to the accounts page,  but I'm going to work on that in my "free" time. But for now if you are missing a serial number you can find it here:
https://store.animationmaster.com/index.php?route=extension/module/serialkeys