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What's going on with the forum? Nov 2019

Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2019 7:40 pm
by p51
Since I'm removing the yellow information bar from the top, I figured I'd edit this post for those who pop on here occasionally. So, on November 4th, I was forced to upgrade the php on this server. Sadly, the new version of php didn't play nice with the forum software, which is phpBB. That caused the forums to have all sorts of major issues. The phpBB software was behind quite a bit, and mostly on purpose as at one point, they upgraded the software to the point all older versions weren't compatible. So, now being forced to update phpBB, I spent most of the day migrating and converting the old phpBB software to the latest version. We are not updated and on the latest version, but that meant we lost the old theme/style of this board. I went and found something that had similar colors as the old theme, but I still need to change the header graphics and tweak some things. We didn't lose any posts, we didn't lose any members, but we gained some awesome new features, responsive theming (so this forum will work great on a phone and fill an entire desktop!), and overall it should be a lot faster! The only downside is we lost all the avatars. So you can re-upload a new avatar, or just save your old one (go to the user panel) and reupload it. Enjoy the modern era of phpBB!

Re: TESTING, 1,2,3 - WE ARE BACK!

Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2019 7:52 pm
by p51
Lots of great new features, especially the responsive formatting for mobile devices. We jumped a LOT of updates, and sadly that broke the old theme and I can't migrate that over. So I'll be either making a custom theme or finding a theme that is similar and just modifying it. Until now, enjoy the boring basic blue/silver theme!

Re: TESTING, 1,2,3 - WE ARE BACK!

Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2019 8:19 pm
by [CAT]CplSlade
Blue/silver? All I see is green and gray.

Re: TESTING, 1,2,3 - WE ARE BACK!

Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2019 8:21 pm
by p51
I just test-changed it to a new theme I quickly found. Didn't think it would be this quick to get a new theme added! It's still basic, but it's 'closer'.

Re: TESTING, 1,2,3 - WE ARE BACK!

Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2019 8:25 pm
by p51
Looks like everyone might have to reinstall their avatars, only major issue I'm seeing so far. It shows up in the user panel, but you have to download your avatar, then reupload it.

Re: TESTING, 1,2,3 - WE ARE BACK!

Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2019 9:44 pm
by tmanthegreat
Except for my avatar, the new site seems to be working on my end, but it sure is different! Then again, when we had basically the same formatting since 2004, it was time for an update :D

Re: TESTING, 1,2,3 - WE ARE BACK!

Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2019 9:54 pm
by p51
Yeah, that was an ooooooooooooooold version of phpBB. I would update it every now and then, but it took a bit of work to keep that theme alive. This brings us into the latest version, which seems faster and really looks nice on mobile. The previous theme had no clue what responsive device formatting was. Ha ha.

Re: TESTING, 1,2,3 - WE ARE BACK!

Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2019 2:38 am
by Axis Nightmare
Looking Good!! :salute:

Re: TESTING, 1,2,3 - WE ARE BACK!

Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2019 5:21 am
by Cascabel
Good morning, all is looking good !!

Re: TESTING, 1,2,3 - WE ARE BACK!

Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2019 2:55 pm
by NWarty
Sweet! Looks pretty good so far Britt!

Re: TESTING, 1,2,3 - WE ARE BACK!

Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2019 3:28 pm
by Axis Nightmare
Don't know how it looks on everyone else's screen, but it's BIGGER on mine. Got an avatar back I haven't had for years. Was able to upload a different way now.....or maybe I always could? but it worked and that's what counts. Will take some getting used to all the little squares but it does look great. :)

Re: TESTING, 1,2,3 - WE ARE BACK!

Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2019 4:25 pm
by p51
The previous design was made back in 2004 or earlier when web responsive designs weren't a thing... so it was set to a fixed size for smaller monitors at 800x600 size. This new theme, and the new forum software, will resize itself based on your monitor size. So it should fill the entire monitor now.

Re: TESTING, 1,2,3 - WE ARE BACK!

Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2019 5:13 pm
by grunt1
Wow, what a surprise! :-) Thanks for the update, it's much zippier.

Re: TESTING, 1,2,3 - WE ARE BACK!

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2019 12:41 am
by Eddy10440
The update looks great, thanks!

Re: TESTING, 1,2,3 - WE ARE BACK!

Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2019 6:45 am
by Crazy Kraut
Everything is fine

Re: TESTING, 1,2,3 - WE ARE BACK!

Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2019 6:15 pm
by normandy
Thanks Britt for keeping things going!!

Re: What's going on with the forum? Nov 2019

Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 2:30 am
by Studly
Comming together nicely Britt,still so uste to the Old look, But looking Goog.

Cheers
Greg

Re: What's going on with the forum? Nov 2019

Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 2:34 am
by Studly
Comming together nicely Britt,still so use to to the Old look, But looking Goog.

Cheers
Greg

Re: What's going on with the forum? Nov 2019

Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 10:57 pm
by SammyStuka
I'm coming in from the old boards. anyone visit this one?

Re: What's going on with the forum? Nov 2019

Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2020 4:22 pm
by [CAT]CplSlade
I think the posts above yours would indicate whether or not they have.

Re: What's going on with the forum? Nov 2019

Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2020 9:04 pm
by Shomare
This looks excellent! Thank you for putting in all that hard work, we greatly appreciate it! Hope you had a great thanksgiving, and wish you a Merry Christmas!