Major phpBB update attempt

Post by **Halaster Blackcloak** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 2:05 am

Just so you all know, I'm going to try upgrading the software for the site. If by some chance something goes wrong, I have the back-ups done. But if the site appears down, it will be back up again shortly. Just trying to get this back up and running. Wish me luck!

Post by **Halaster Blackcloak** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 3:15 am

Ok, maybe not. The tech support people at my ISP (Hostmonster) are useless assholes who act like they've never heard of a discussion forum in their tech support careers.

Mira, aren't you the tech expert? Is there a way you can talk me through a new install? There's a problem in the admin panel that i cannot find a way around and I cannot enable new sign ups.

Post by **McDeath** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 7:02 pm

Generation Z has no idea what forums are.

Post by **Halaster Blackcloak** » Sat Aug 25, 2018 1:50 am

Or anything else for that matter. Most of the tech support people I deal with these days are telemarketer monkeys who simply Google the answer and hope they get it right. And I mean that literally, because they tell me so themselves. They literally Google the answer. No real skills for shit. Sad, huh?

God I loathe incompetence!

Post by **Beowulf** » Mon Aug 27, 2018 1:15 am

Did it work?

Post by **Halaster Blackcloak** » Mon Aug 27, 2018 1:17 am

Ok, some good news. Sorta. I have the infrastructure in place for the new forum update. Here's where it stands for now:

http://www.undermountain.org/Forum3/phpBB3/

Now people can sign up, etc. The problem is..well, there are a few problems.

First, I need to figure out how to import all the posts from this current forum over there. PhpBB has made upgrading incredibly fucking difficult, per the idiots they are. There's no excuse for them to make it this difficult. It should update like Android.

The other issue, more a personal one, is that there aren't many cool themes/styles for the new version. Certainly not the current one with the parchment and what not, which I think fits the topic matter and which we've all gotten so used to. We'll see about that. Right now, having the website functioning so I can sign up all the new people wanting to sign up is taking priority. We can tinker with the look later.

So, let me know what you all think. Oh, on the new site/forum, I didn't include the Member Custom Work forum since it only ever got 6 posts, but if you all want it, we can add it easily.

Finally, once the posts are transferred over, I need to then figure out how to change it so that the url that points to the new forum is changed to what the current, proper one is, which is undermountain.org/forums. Lots of work ahead this week!

Post by **McDeath** » Mon Aug 27, 2018 9:02 am

I’ve always liked your theme here. It’s great. So many forums out there are pretty ugly and glaring.

Post by **Halaster Blackcloak** » Fri Aug 31, 2018 1:30 am

Yeah, I love this theme! I hope there's a way they can update it so we can still use it!

Post by **Mira** » Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:30 pm

I'm no expert when it comes to websites or message boards. I can help with Java, C# and a few other languages, but those are back end things, not front end where people see them. I used to be pretty good at troubleshooting Windows issues, but because I spent so much time doing that, I switched to macOS and only occasionally have to deal with Windows in a VM. My Windows index in the VM is SO much higher than it was with the laptop they gave me that I sent that back.

Mira (If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving isn't for you)