Forum Update After Christmas

[anthony]

This is a notification to all members that the forum will be upgraded to the latest version which includes many new additions for both editors and members. Some will be activated by myself, some will not. You can see a full list of new additions to the version I am going to update too at vbulletin (http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1450763).

I will be working on this after Christmas to work out what I want to keep and what will only be a nightmare to control. This will mainly be behind the scenes on a new template I will create, and hopefully just rollover without any hiccups.

[Nicolette]

You only have 9 more sleeps to do it in as then we are on holidays and NO forum.... beach, here we come :)

Fine, I posted this when Anthony was going to do it before Christmas and then he changed his mind (FYI incase you thought I was loony)

[EmoxxKid]

ooo this looks neat!

[anthony]

Very Important

Due to the nature of changes made in the next vbulletin version, I am going to have to close the forum at stages up to days, in order to completely rebuild the entire vbulletin system from scratch. Whilst I could just overwrite files as typical updates occur, this forum has many additions and hacks that where released prior, though have now been incorporated into vbulletin due to the sheer number of requests due to their important nature. What this means is that I can not simply remove hacks and overwrite, but I must actually remove hacks, remove all files, start all files from scratch and overwrite the database having removed any additions made to that also.

It is a large job and I cannot have any members posting upon the forum, browsing, etc whilst it occurs as the database would corrupt that way. Please be patient and expect some lengthy times where the forum is not accessible. When possible I will open it, though at times it may also only be read only until I have finished certain aspects.

Please be patient is all I can say... thanks.

[hodge]

Wow, sounds like quite the intricate job, Anthony. Good luck with it!

[anthony]

The calendar now reflects the correct date range.

[anthony]

The chat authorization issue has now been fixed, so members must be within the "chat" group once again. A small issue was missed during the upgrade, though Flashcoms have fixed the issue now for us all.