Message Board Upgrade Successful (1 Viewer)

[Memphis Foundry]

Hello everyone -- I've been testing the latest message board software over the last couple of weeks on some speedy new hardware and the upgrade is ready to go. To perform the upgrade, I will be taking the board down tomorrow morning around 5 AM Central Time to begin the process of moving it over to the new hardware. The following things will be updated as part of the move:

- New Hardware (webserver and database server)

- New Software (Invision Board 2.3.1, the latest and greatest)

- New Skin (their Pro Skin - 25% smaller in download size, easier to read, cleaner look, and a better color match for the forthcoming redesigned site)

I've attached a screen shot of the board running the new skin on the new server. The logo will look better than it does in the screenshot as that was the work of a tech guy and not a graphic artist.

I expect the total downtime to be around 6 hours. But I made the maintenance window 7 hours just to be safe. I figure we'll be back in business in the new environment by noon Central or so. Once it comes back up, performance may be a little sluggish for a while as everyone who hits the site re-caches all the board graphics. But it should not be too noticeable or last too long.

When the board comes back up, everyone will have to log in on the new server for the first time, so you may want to request a password reminder in advance if you don't remember yours. Also, when the board first comes back up, you will likely have the press <Ctrl-F5> to get all the updated graphics after you've logged in, so if your screen looks strange, give that a try.

 

[Bri]

Did you check that PM?

will you activate the board RSS feature that comes with these boards?

7 hours? ouch, hopefully the mag will show up

 

[Memphis Foundry]

OK, we had a snag so this is a few hours late but the boards are back in business now.

If you see something that looks weird, graphics not correct, etc, press <Ctrl-F5> to force the page to reload and things should look more normal.

 

[ConstruxBoy]

Nice job as always Keith! Thanks!

 

[jeter23]

Looks good. No more black dot? Is it now white corner?

 

[LHUCKS]

Looks good. No more black dot? Is it now white corner?

first thing I noticed.The post formatting functionality appears a lot more user friendly and robust.spellcheck should get rid of the spelling nazis.

 

[Memphis Foundry]

Looks good. No more black dot? Is it now white corner?

Right now, we're using mostly the default skin graphics that do include the white corner. That could change in a day or two, though. The old blackdot envelopes look too candy-colorish to use with this skin, so we'll test drive these for a few days and see how it goes.

 

[jeter23]

Looks good. No more black dot? Is it now white corner?

Right now, we're using mostly the default skin graphics that do include the white corner. That could change in a day or two, though. The old blackdot envelopes look too candy-colorish to use with this skin, so we'll test drive these for a few days and see how it goes.

No big deal, just an observation rather than a complaint. The site looks great!

 

[Blackhawk 69]

Are the sig lines in a smaller type?

Also, the Topic's second line looks smaller too.

 

[Memphis Foundry]

Are the sig lines in a smaller type?Also, the Topic's second line looks smaller too.

They both do appear to be smaller. I hadn't noticed that yet.

 

[The Mechanic]

And to think I was jst getting used to the old controls. Oh well, change is an advancement I guess.

Let's GO!

 

[wannabee]

Looks great, Keith, good job.

 

[Bri]

will you activate the board RSS feature that comes with these boards?

bumpNice work MemphisIt's too newsy for me to decide if I like it or not just yet. "Old" one felt real comfy so....The features and all look nice

 

[Finatic]

I like it guys...2 UP

 

[The Kansas Comet]

Anyone else have problems editing a post. I was using quick edit and when I was finished I clicked on complete edit, but it would then just send me to the top of the page.

 

[AB in DC]

So if we started with the "yellow board" and went to the "blue board", then this one is the...?

 

[3C's]

Anyone else have problems editing a post. I was using quick edit and when I was finished I clicked on complete edit, but it would then just send me to the top of the page.

I was having that problem, but not anymore

So if we started with the "yellow board" and went to the "blue board", then this one is the...?

grey board

 

[silentmark]

anyone else have to keep on logging in on every visit ? Even when just switching threads ? I never had a problem before ...

 

[Finatic]

anyone else have to keep on logging in on every visit ? Even when just switching threads ? I never had a problem before ...

I have not had one problem here,same ol same ol

 

[Memphis Foundry]

anyone else have to keep on logging in on every visit ? Even when just switching threads ? I never had a problem before ...

Your login cookie might have gotten corrupt. Send me a PM next time you're on and I will reset your password and have the system generate new salt so that it will force the cookie to change.

 

[Memphis Foundry]

will you activate the board RSS feature that comes with these boards?

bumpNice work MemphisIt's too newsy for me to decide if I like it or not just yet. "Old" one felt real comfy so....The features and all look nice

It looks like they have implemented RSS exports very cleanly in this version. They dump to a static cache file on the server on a periodic basis. I'm going to set up feeds for the Shark Pool and FFA sometime in the next few days to play with the feature but it looks like it would cause a minimal performance impact.

 

[fatness]

anyone else have to keep on logging in on every visit ? Even when just switching threads ? I never had a problem before ...

Your login cookie might have gotten corrupt. Send me a PM next time you're on and I will reset your password and have the system generate new salt so that it will force the cookie to change.

I had the same problem. I deleted my cookie for the forums, closed my browser, opened my browser, logged in. Then I closed the browser opened it, came to the site and had to log in again. So the problem persists for me. Using Firefox 2.0.0.4 if that helps.

 

[silentmark]

anyone else have to keep on logging in on every visit ? Even when just switching threads ? I never had a problem before ...

Your login cookie might have gotten corrupt. Send me a PM next time you're on and I will reset your password and have the system generate new salt so that it will force the cookie to change.

I had the same problem. I deleted my cookie for the forums, closed my browser, opened my browser, logged in. Then I closed the browser opened it, came to the site and had to log in again. So the problem persists for me. Using Firefox 2.0.0.4 if that helps.

Still having to login each time I visit the forums and I am also using firefox 2.0.0.4

 

[3C's]

anyone else have to keep on logging in on every visit ? Even when just switching threads ? I never had a problem before ...

Your login cookie might have gotten corrupt. Send me a PM next time you're on and I will reset your password and have the system generate new salt so that it will force the cookie to change.

I had the same problem. I deleted my cookie for the forums, closed my browser, opened my browser, logged in. Then I closed the browser opened it, came to the site and had to log in again. So the problem persists for me. Using Firefox 2.0.0.4 if that helps.

Still having to login each time I visit the forums and I am also using firefox 2.0.0.4

Not having that problem. Same version.

 

[Blackhawk 69]

What happened to the Dating forum?

 

[Memphis Foundry]

anyone else have to keep on logging in on every visit ? Even when just switching threads ? I never had a problem before ...

Your login cookie might have gotten corrupt. Send me a PM next time you're on and I will reset your password and have the system generate new salt so that it will force the cookie to change.

I had the same problem. I deleted my cookie for the forums, closed my browser, opened my browser, logged in. Then I closed the browser opened it, came to the site and had to log in again. So the problem persists for me. Using Firefox 2.0.0.4 if that helps.

Send me a PM and I'll reset your password (key and salt), which will force all cookies to be recreated.

 

[Finatic]

What happened to the Dating forum?

It's now called "Looking for Leagues"

 

[Memphis Foundry]

What happened to the Dating forum?

It's been renamed to "Looking For Leagues" to make its purpose more clear to visitors.

 

[Blackhawk 69]

What happened to the Dating forum?

It's now called "Looking for Leagues"

Thank you.I use it to check out the OMEGA leagues "paid teams".

 

[Blackhawk 69]

What happened to the Dating forum?

It's been renamed to "Looking For Leagues" to make its purpose more clear to visitors.

Better name.

 

[Mystery Achiever]

What happened to the Dating forum?

It's been renamed to "Looking For Leagues" to make its purpose more clear to visitors.

Better name.

I always thought The Match Game was the game show to go with --- but this is nice and clear!I think the board looks good, Keith! Seems to have better contrast/legibility, which is good for those of us at the reading glasses stage.