@sdice, why not try a community testing first before going live? Pick out some members here who would like to participate and post their reviews here.
~ what is the expected date to resume ? ~
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Hi there. Yes, it seems the devs are having some obstacles to tackle the issue. With all the fixing and testing needed to be done to ensure a smooth user experience, we estimate it would take until this weekends to be able to go live again. ~
But then the question arises what is the point in removing the Poster of the site in the first page ? The site may go down in maintenance mode but this does not mean that you remove the ANN details which are already published. A better option is to restore the ANN Poster and lock this thread until the maintenance period is over.