At midnight, ClassJump.com moved to a new web server and the move was a long one! Over 1,000 miles away from our original home in Austin Texas! Our new, much faster and more reliable web server is located in Asheville, North Carolina and maintained by the great guys at PurpleCat.net.
ClassJump experienced some MAJOR growing pains this year! I was in no way prepared for how much our service would be needed. To say that our server was slowing down would be a terrible understatement. My email in-box was so full of cries for help, that I could not answer all of them. Instead of spending my time answering emails, I spent my time taking action and getting ClassJump onto a faster web server that could keep up with and exceed the demand.
The move took a bit longer than I hoped for, but getting over a quarter of a million documents, such as PDF's and Word files moved, along with over 400,000 student accounts transferred over 1,000 miles and housed safely again is no easy business. I relied on the amazing guys at PurpleCat to make sure we landed safely in our new home and they did an amazing job.
I want to apologize to everyone for the recent slow-down. I know that you count on what we do here and I am personally very humbled by the experience. I used all of my personal resources to make the changes necessary and did so as quickly and efficiently as humanly possible.
Going forward, we are in very good hands with PurpleCat and it's a guarantee that with these new wizards in our corner, we will never experience the type of service interuptions that ClassJump has experinced this school year.
Best Wishes to everyone,
Robert Zimmerman
Executive Director, ClassJump, Inc
ClassJump, Inc is a 501 (3)C non-profit public charity
78 comments
Lourdes BulnesSeptember 21, 2011
Thank you so much.
This site has been very helpful for my parents and me.
Sharon RossSeptember 21, 2011
thank you, I could not survive with out it
Judith EgertonSeptember 21, 2011
thanks so much!!!
Estelle BritnerSeptember 21, 2011
I appreciate all your efforts -- I thought about trying a different service but nothing was even close to being as good for my purposes as ClassJump! You have a great product and God bless you for all your efforts!
KristySeptember 21, 2011
YAY!
Ms. D. MooreSeptember 21, 2011
Thanks.....
Elizabeth HenriksonSeptember 21, 2011
yea!!!!!!
Donald RobinsonSeptember 21, 2011
If you think you need to apologize for providing teachers this service, you are way too nice.
We appreciate this site so much!!!
D. Robinson
Savannah, GA
RamachandranSeptember 21, 2011
As you said, we did experience some difficulties in the last 10 days. Today i find that pages are loaded pretty fast and thank you for the care. God bless you!
Kathy AndersonSeptember 21, 2011
Thank you for providing a much needed service.
Sarah LannersSeptember 21, 2011
Thanks for all your efforts!
keshona armstrongSeptember 21, 2011
i want to learn more about the purple cat because i had never heard of it. please tell me what that is.
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Roxanne LarsonSeptember 21, 2011
OMG it has been horrible. I'm thankful for your response to the problem and look forward to an easier time in the future.
Melissa BleileSeptember 21, 2011
Thank you
Mary Anne BraunerSeptember 21, 2011
Thank you so much. Now I hope that I can link up my urls.
Denise LeonardSeptember 21, 2011
You are sooooo awesome! Thank you for taking care of us so well. It is GREATLY appreciated.
Mary McGuireSeptember 21, 2011
It has been a struggle recently. Looking forward to smoother sailing. My parents and students appreciate classjump, and so do I!!
Thank you
Courtney GregorySeptember 21, 2011
You rock!
Mrs. GrubisicSeptember 21, 2011
Thanks so much! I appreciate all that you do for teachers and students.
Kate GodinSeptember 21, 2011
Thanks so much! My students and I find the ClassJump message board a wonderful tool to collaborate outside of the classroom.
DEREK RAMDATTSeptember 21, 2011
Thank you so much, i look forward to the continued use of this site.
Tonya SkinnerSeptember 21, 2011
So thankful for the improvement. I was getting pretty stressed, but I was hoping it was temporary.
Ali JacobsSeptember 21, 2011
What you are doing is fantastic. No apology necessary. Thank you!
Loretta GeigerSeptember 21, 2011
This change was much needed and we the teachers, parents and students thank you! It was takin up to a week to receive messages. Thanks for taking care of us we love class jump!
Jody CoopermanSeptember 21, 2011
Thank you so much. We appreciate all that you do.
Melida MonroySeptember 21, 2011
Thank you so much.
Jesus PerezSeptember 21, 2011
Thank you very much. I appreciate all your efforts.
Angelia DeesSeptember 21, 2011
Thank you so much and i appreciate all you do!!!
Kevin WilliamsSeptember 21, 2011
No worries!You guys are exceeding all my expectations!
Shari SmithSeptember 21, 2011
Thanks!!!! You are awesome!!!!
David WaldmanSeptember 21, 2011
Thanks. Your efforts are certainly appreciated.
Man PhanSeptember 21, 2011
Thank you so much, considering I am a first time user, it scared me a little. I am very excited and can't wait to use class jump. Thanks.
Angela RobbinsSeptember 21, 2011
Great job! I love this service!
Liz BarnesSeptember 21, 2011
Thank you for your dedication to education.
Casandra SolomonSeptember 21, 2011
Great!
Dr. Joseph Trivisonno, Ed.D.September 21, 2011
Thank you for the adjustment. I had parents complaining that they could not e mail me from the site. I was going to move on but ClassJump provides me with the tools and homepages that I need.
Osner PhilisaireSeptember 21, 2011
Thank you very much!
Ms. Pelak DitmarsSeptember 21, 2011
Thank you so much for working to improve your site. I noticed a tremendous improvement right away. ;) It is greatly appreciated by students, parents, and teachers.
Barbara Walton-FariaSeptember 21, 2011
Thank you - we really appreciate your work and your wonderful resource. Our parents and students appreciate it too.
Jason CainSeptember 21, 2011
Thank you
Yogesh MisraSeptember 22, 2011
Keep on doing great things class jump. Best wishes to all who are managing class jump.
Eva JohnsonSeptember 22, 2011
thank you for fixing the problems. we were experiencing difficulties using the program too. However, this is a wonderful resource for teachers. I don't know how I could post my materials in one place without your help.
Shelley HefflerSeptember 22, 2011
Thank you for being a presence on the web. Without funds to teach a photography class I was panicked to try and figure out how I was going to see photos and communicate with my students. Although the web site was inconsistent, it has been a life saver to my program. Thank you for continuing to help teachers like myself.
Camile BetancesSeptember 22, 2011
This is great! Thank you so much for all your hard-work and dedication. I love ClassJump and I'd be lost without it!
Mrs. QuirkSeptember 22, 2011
Thank you for all your hard work! Class Jump is such a great tool for me and my students!
Edwin TuckerSeptember 22, 2011
Thank you for bringing me into the 21st Century......sending money!
Angélica ShirleySeptember 22, 2011
Thank you so much for your service and help to us all!
Richard HawkinsSeptember 22, 2011
Thank you.
Richard HawkinsSeptember 22, 2011
Thank you.
Jennifer GarciaSeptember 22, 2011
You are so appreciated. We are so thankful for you service.
Ms. IverySeptember 22, 2011
Thank you. This is truly a great resource.
Jennifer FalkSeptember 22, 2011
I love this site; so do my parents!
Sandy HausmanSeptember 22, 2011
Thank you!
Jennifer PetersSeptember 23, 2011
I thank you and my students and their parents thank you! What you are doing is a tremendous service! We appreciate it!
Capt. Timothy DillonSeptember 23, 2011
Thank you! As always you pull out the best. I count on classjump. I how your service has a long and productive future.
Sara PueringerSeptember 23, 2011
Thank you!
Dorthea NobleSeptember 23, 2011
Thank you so much, appreciate your service.
Heidi GaynorSeptember 23, 2011
Thank you so much!! I appreciate all your hard work!!!!
Patricia KnarreborgSeptember 23, 2011
Thanks.
Deanna JayasingheSeptember 23, 2011
This has been such a great experience for my students and me! Thanks for all you do!
Manoj Kumar RawatSeptember 24, 2011
thank you very much from my side and from my students for providing such a nice platform.
Lillie McNeillSeptember 24, 2011
We thank God for your service. Our program here at NCCA (New Covenant Christian Academy) would not be the same without you. You have helped our Middle School and High School termemendously, and we are thankful!
Kari BrantSeptember 24, 2011
Thanks so much for your dedication! Classjump is a great way to keep communitcation and information sharing open and easy to do with students and families. This is a GREAT service to our school!
Linda Wells, MBE, MCASSeptember 24, 2011
Thanks so much for the time and effort you have provided all of us. You are very much appreciated. We have shared you wonderful site to all our colleagues in our Enterprise and they were so glad to learn of it.
Myra ParkerSeptember 24, 2011
Thank you so much! ClassJump is very important to me :o)
Marya Lucca-ThybergSeptember 24, 2011
Thanks for making this available to students and parents. It has been a great help. You have made my work so much easier.
Ms. DeaseSeptember 24, 2011
We appreciate all that you have done for education!...we are forever in your debt for this service you provide!
Deborah GillenSeptember 25, 2011
Thank you for your time, trouble, and talents!
Melissa HallSeptember 25, 2011
Dear Robert,
While I am sure many of us felt a bit "adrift" during those few days of the upgrade, I feel pretty confident that all of us are sooooo glad that you have upgraded. ClassJump has been a wonderful addition to my teaching and has helped both my students and me be more accountable.
Thank you so much for all you do.
Melissa Hall
Mrs. ReganSeptember 26, 2011
Thanks!
Michael StropeSeptember 26, 2011
Just like McDs... I'm loving it!
Marc CoffieSeptember 26, 2011
Thank you for this site! My colleagues enjoy using it and my parents find it so helpful!!! :)
Thomas AllanSeptember 26, 2011
Thankyou so much for your efforts, this is really a great resource.
Jesse BramsonSeptember 28, 2011
Thank You! It's been really great using this site, and I hope that you realize how much everyone appreciates what you've done!!
Hanaa AbdelkaderSeptember 30, 2011
Thank you for this site! My colleagues enjoy using it and my parents find it so helpful!!! :)
Laverne DenyerSeptember 30, 2011
Thank you. My students and I rely very heavily upon your service. I was afraid I would have to find another resource, and the idea of taking time to do that was daunting. Things are better now and we are all grateful! Thanks again. - LED
