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Welcome back, everybody! 
Sorry about that, but as I said, it was necessary.
What exactly was changed? Well, for the last several months Hamza has graciously been providing HNZ with hosting for its galleons system (and most other 'systems' that appear around the board). I recently purchased my own hosting package and we have transferred the "systems" that we all use to the new host. (Which was the reason for the downtime. People couldn't be touching settings and purchasing things and such because we needed a complete backup to work with.)
Unfortunately, some things I'm not as sure of how to transfer effectively, and as such I'm going to leave them with Hamza's for the time being. Fortunately, these things (such as the HNZ Wiki and Site Staff Blog) do not require any further downtime on HNZ.
So, first of all I would like to extend a giant thank you to Hamza who was so helpful in aiding HNZ in its continued development. We were feeling some growing pains and he stepped in to help - which was very much appreciated. The time on Hamza's host taught me a fair deal about hosting and server-side systems which enabled me to feel comfortable enough to transfer things to a host of my (and HNZ's) own. Thank you once more, Hamza - and I trust you won't mind continuing to host those few things until I manage to sort things out myself.
Next, thank you to everybody who was so patient in this hour of downtime. It was definitely appreciated.
Because this change is entirely behind the scenes and not really noticeable to the average user, I also spent this time making something I'd promised a little while ago: Request a group change form!
The form isn't complete yet, but it's a good start. Please begin using that form to request group changes and don't PM me. 
Thanks to everybody once again, and welcome back!
~Nick
Sorry about that, but as I said, it was necessary.
What exactly was changed? Well, for the last several months Hamza has graciously been providing HNZ with hosting for its galleons system (and most other 'systems' that appear around the board). I recently purchased my own hosting package and we have transferred the "systems" that we all use to the new host. (Which was the reason for the downtime. People couldn't be touching settings and purchasing things and such because we needed a complete backup to work with.)
Unfortunately, some things I'm not as sure of how to transfer effectively, and as such I'm going to leave them with Hamza's for the time being. Fortunately, these things (such as the HNZ Wiki and Site Staff Blog) do not require any further downtime on HNZ.
So, first of all I would like to extend a giant thank you to Hamza who was so helpful in aiding HNZ in its continued development. We were feeling some growing pains and he stepped in to help - which was very much appreciated. The time on Hamza's host taught me a fair deal about hosting and server-side systems which enabled me to feel comfortable enough to transfer things to a host of my (and HNZ's) own. Thank you once more, Hamza - and I trust you won't mind continuing to host those few things until I manage to sort things out myself.
Next, thank you to everybody who was so patient in this hour of downtime. It was definitely appreciated.
Because this change is entirely behind the scenes and not really noticeable to the average user, I also spent this time making something I'd promised a little while ago: Request a group change form!
The form isn't complete yet, but it's a good start.
Please begin using that form to request group changes and don't PM me. Thanks to everybody once again, and welcome back!
~Nick
No need to thank me, I just did what I had to at the time to keep this growing community on it's feet. Me being part of this community made it part of my responsibility to help in any manner possible, and so I did. Hopefully you now have enough experience to run things independently, but I'm always here if you need any help, so not to worry. 