[russellw]

The problem with opening editing globally is that it has the potential to create chaos and the capability can't be controlled by individual although it can be controlled by group which isn't going to really help in this case.

We could incorporate other forums but probably only Show'n'Shine is likely to be added, however we do have a couple of volunteers from the moderation team who will assist with edits in other forum areas to amend image links. More details later.

I doubt that we will have migrated to the new server by August 1st - the main problem is that we really need a long enough window to do the cut-over which requires a fair bit of work, including:

- a backup and restore of the current database (4-5 hours);
- synchronisation of the current gallery (1-2 hours);
- DNS migration (~1 hour); and
- testing.

Even starting at 01:00 on a Sunday morning, means that we are unlikely to finish much before 09:00 and that's assuming that everything goes to plan - which it usually doesn't.

Cheers
Russ