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by Themicles
Tue Oct 06, 2015 2:09 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Database Move
Replies: 0
Views: 15616

Database Move

My host informed me that our database server will be migrated to new hardware today. While this should be seamless, there's a chance that new posts made today may not be retained. There is also a chance of a short 5 to 10 minute downtime. Note: This does not affect the game servers in anyway. Only o...
by Themicles
Mon Sep 28, 2015 2:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How is the updated forum behaving?
Replies: 3
Views: 1943

How is the updated forum behaving?

Now that it has had some time to settle in: How are the updated forums doing? Everything working as expected? Any problems? Any new friends complaining they can't figure out the Q&A during account registration? Any style, smilies, stock avatar requests from https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/sty...
by Themicles
Fri Sep 18, 2015 6:42 pm
Forum: News
Topic: What I do here, and why I do it. (Donation info)
Replies: 30
Views: 41167

Re: What I do here, and why I do it. (Donation info)

Worked on the donate page a little bit. Its full of a bunch of placeholder text for now and I would like to add more options to contribute, tip, or gift as thanks. Right now, it contains the PayPal link that we've always had, and three of my Amazon wishlists. I'm torn on adding info about sending mo...
by Themicles
Tue Sep 15, 2015 9:45 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Scheduled Website Downtime: Completed
Replies: 1
Views: 3220

Re: Scheduled Website Downtime: Completed

Welcome to phpBB 3.1 I have defaulted everyone to the subsilver2 style that was updated to work with phpBB 3.1. However, that style does not utilize some of the features possible in 3.1. If you would like to change to one of the two installed prosilver styles, you may do so in the User Control Panel.
by Themicles
Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:00 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Scheduled Website Downtime: Completed
Replies: 1
Views: 3220

Scheduled Website Downtime: Completed

I will be updating this forum to phpBB 3.1 starting at 2pm Eastern on September 15th, 2015.

The downtime may extend as long as 3 hours or as little as 30 minutes. Please be patient during this time.
by Themicles
Mon Sep 14, 2015 6:58 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Upgrade to phpBB3.1 Progress
Replies: 2
Views: 3632

Re: Upgrade to phpBB3.1 Progress

That was... dare I say... relatively painless.

Going to schedule the website downtime to start at 2pm Eastern tomorrow, September 15th.
by Themicles
Mon Sep 14, 2015 3:37 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Upgrade to phpBB3.1 Progress
Replies: 2
Views: 3632

Re: Upgrade to phpBB3.1

I am back at working on the site today, using my wife's keyboard while she's at work. Sorting out the upgrade to phpBB3.1 over on the development copy of the site. If its successful, I may schedule some downtime tomorrow to make the changes live.
by Themicles
Mon Sep 14, 2015 3:37 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Upgrade to phpBB3.1 Progress
Replies: 2
Views: 3632

Upgrade to phpBB3.1 Progress

As I mentioned in an earlier thread, I am moving us to phpBB3.1 before any further custom work to the forum side of the site. When I moved us to phpBB3.0, it wasn't clear that it was soon to be sunsetted and that no new mods would be approved by the phpBB team. That doesn't mean new mods for 3.0 wer...
by Themicles
Mon Sep 14, 2015 3:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: It's dead Jim...
Replies: 4
Views: 2127

Re: It's dead Jim...

A friend is sending a keyboard. Its coming from California, but at least something is coming as a stopgap until I get a proper one.
by Themicles
Mon Sep 14, 2015 3:13 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Website Updated to phpBB3! Finally!
Replies: 4
Views: 5085

Re: Website Updated to phpBB3! Finally!

Search appears truly fixed now. Sorry about it being broken for a while. I had initiated a search index rebuild a while back and just assumed it worked without testing it. CD alerted me and asked if its okay to rebuild it. Again, it must've failed to work. It is now set back up properly.
by Themicles
Sun Sep 13, 2015 5:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Where oh where has our logo gone?
Replies: 1
Views: 1393

Re: Where oh where has our logo gone?

Anyone? Is it time to have a contest to create a new one?
by Themicles
Sun Sep 13, 2015 5:19 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Anti-Spam
Replies: 1
Views: 2955

Re: Anti-Spam

The forum and WIKI have gone 3 whole days now without spam bot activity. This makes me happy. :D
by Themicles
Sun Sep 13, 2015 5:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: It's dead Jim...
Replies: 4
Views: 2127

Re: It's dead Jim...

A cheap one? Not much. The direct replacement (I have always loved that particular keyboard's almost unnoticeable gentle curve) used to be under $40. But that model has been phased out in favor of newer versions that I do not like. I've been considering taking the plunge and going mechanical but tha...
by Themicles
Fri Sep 11, 2015 11:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: It's dead Jim...
Replies: 4
Views: 2127

It's dead Jim...

Well that's it. My keyboard is fully dead this time. No reviving it. Not even a spill. It just stopped. And no backups, the bluetooth one is dead too. And finally no money to order one (car needed a wheel bearing and was paid for this week). I won't be able to resume work for up to two weeks. Wont h...
by Themicles
Fri Sep 11, 2015 5:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Where oh where has our logo gone?
Replies: 1
Views: 1393

Where oh where has our logo gone?

So I was looking for the original Hala logo that was on the old site and I simply cannot find it. I backed up the old forums IN FULL... yet it is missing.

Anyone have any idea where the logo went? It wasn't the same as the one on the WIKI.
by Themicles
Fri Sep 11, 2015 4:01 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Anti-Spam
Replies: 1
Views: 2955

Anti-Spam

The anti-spam protection has been switched to Q&A for now. They are simple questions that could be found by quickly looking around the forum as a guest. However, if you direct anyone here to sign up, let them know that you can help them answer any questions required at sign up. DO NOT POST THE F...
by Themicles
Thu Sep 10, 2015 7:42 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Heads Up to Wiki Volunteers
Replies: 8
Views: 5523

Re: Heads Up to Wiki Volunteers

Got a response. Going ahead with manual install for now.

Also going to create a subforum for tracking the porting of information to the install. It'll be under the current Wiki forum. This will be the end of this thread.
by Themicles
Thu Sep 10, 2015 5:28 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Heads Up to Wiki Volunteers
Replies: 8
Views: 5523

Re: Heads Up to Wiki Volunteers

Progress report: MediaWiki is available as a "One-Click Install" from the webhosting company that I host all of our websites on. The advantage of this feature is that I can set it to automatically keep the software up to date, or have it notify me when an update is available. The one thing...
by Themicles
Wed Sep 09, 2015 9:56 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Heads Up to Wiki Volunteers
Replies: 8
Views: 5523

Re: Heads Up to Wiki Volunteers

Also, I am just about done for the day. The new software wont be up until tomorrow.
by Themicles
Wed Sep 09, 2015 9:55 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Heads Up to Wiki Volunteers
Replies: 8
Views: 5523

Re: Heads Up to Wiki Volunteers

It appears to be locked down against any and all editing. However, not being too familiar with editing pages on a wiki, I would appreciate verification if you can please.

It is now located at http://oldwiki.ysgard.org
by Themicles
Wed Sep 09, 2015 9:45 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Heads Up to Wiki Volunteers
Replies: 8
Views: 5523

Re: Heads Up to Wiki Volunteers

From this point on, the old wiki is no longer accessible at the original address. I have not yet locked it down, however. That will come next. After I have, I will post the link to where the old one is.
by Themicles
Wed Sep 09, 2015 8:01 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Heads Up to Wiki Volunteers
Replies: 8
Views: 5523

Heads Up to Wiki Volunteers

I am starting work on the wiki now. I may not reach a finished point today, but will at least have the old wiki moved to a temporary location today. The process will be as follows: Backup the file contents of the wiki. Backup the database contents of the wiki. Move the file contents of the wiki to a...
by Themicles
Tue Sep 08, 2015 7:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Kill it
Replies: 11
Views: 3966

Re: Kill it

After a quick look, I think I'll be migrating these forums to phpBB 3.1 after I do the wiki replacement. That will allow the use of Google's newer "noCaptcha" that is currently pretty effective against the bots. I'll make sure to start a thread when I being work on the upgrade, since I'll ...
by Themicles
Tue Sep 08, 2015 6:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Kill it
Replies: 11
Views: 3966

Re: Kill it

Its dead.

I'm currently focusing on setting up a new wiki with proper security for you guys. When thats done, I'll dig deeper into getting ReCaptcha(NoCaptcha) integrated here.
by Themicles
Thu Sep 03, 2015 11:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Kill it
Replies: 11
Views: 3966

Re: Kill it

I had been trying to keep on top of the bot problem but have been very busy lately. Sorry about that. Quicker way to get it taken care of is to pm me. It will make sure I know sooner. As soon as I have enough time to research a better anti-bot system. The new system from Google isn't readily availab...