bradl Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 I was not planning to upgrade the forum any time soon, but a hacking has forced my hand. I'm not going to spend my Christmas day cleaning up after hackers or installing software, but sometime after today, possibly Wednesday afternoon, I will attempt the upgrade.Expect the forum to be offline for a while, then likely errors and shenanigans for another while, as there are often changes in the 'skin' or look-and-feel of the site after a major upgrade. As an example, the forum markers may revert from Cairn images to folders or similar. I will restore order bit by bit and day by day.Sorry for the disruption. 1 Quote CAIRNTALK: Questions? Need help? → Support Forum Please do not use PMs for tech support CRCTC: Columbia River Cairn Terrier Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCDickens Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Thank you for upgrading and keeping our Cairn communication free from evil hackers. May the hackers turn into chew toys and our babies shred them! Quote Please visit Dickens at "The Daily Dickens" at http://www.itsthedaughter.blogspot.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hheldorfer Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Hackers are like the squeakers in a dog toy. They must be removed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradl Posted December 26, 2012 Author Share Posted December 26, 2012 I'm not entirely sure the upgrade will banish this particular malfeasance, but at a minimum it will improve security and maintainability so should be done regardless. Sigh. Quote CAIRNTALK: Questions? Need help? → Support Forum Please do not use PMs for tech support CRCTC: Columbia River Cairn Terrier Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradl Posted December 28, 2012 Author Share Posted December 28, 2012 Upgrade is slower than expected, so I'm opening the forum while we wait. I've reverted the forum 'skin' to default in the meantime. Though the forum looks slightly different, it's the same version as before. I'll post again once the upgrade is complete. As always during upgrade periods if you suddenly encounter extreme crashiness and dire-sounding error messages ("server misconfiguration" and worse) please ignore them, the site is probably in the process of being overwritten with new files, scripts being run, and so on. Close the broswer, wish us luck, and check back later Thanks for your patience. Quote CAIRNTALK: Questions? Need help? → Support Forum Please do not use PMs for tech support CRCTC: Columbia River Cairn Terrier Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remltr Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Brad I read your suggestions about what to do while waiting for the upgrade to complete. You left out one. Take a couple shots of whiskey for withdrawals. Quote Sassy Jan 22, 2005 AM. CH. THARRBARR LITE MY FIRE ZOMERHOF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Yes, when all else fails, drink heavily! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_whits_ Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Thanks for all of your hard work on the forum Brad. Quote "as far as i am concerned cairns are the original spirit from which all terriers spring, and all terriers are cairns very deep down inside." pkcrossley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradl Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 My pleasure (no really, I mostly enjoy it). I'm guessing the upgrade may actually take place maybe Monday or Tuesday. I decided to let the vendor do the main part since we're skipping several versions ahead and upgrading the board, the calendar, the chat, and the gallery all at a whack. Since I believe Support is on the East coast I expect it may happen while I'm asleep. If you get to the forum before I do whenever it does happen, you'll know it happened because it's more than likely that "Cairn Talk" will be gone from the top of the page and "IPS Community" may be there instead. It's a trivial fix later, but one of the small tweaks that seem to need to be done after most version changes. 1 Quote CAIRNTALK: Questions? Need help? → Support Forum Please do not use PMs for tech support CRCTC: Columbia River Cairn Terrier Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zekey's Mom Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 s an example, the forum markers may revert from Cairn images to folders or similar. I noticed that the "quote bubble" icons were new, but couldn't remember what was there before. How could I forget the little Cairns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradl Posted January 3, 2013 Author Share Posted January 3, 2013 Upgrade has taken place. Now comes the bug hunt Note that I may temporarily take the forum offline for a few minutes (or hours) from time to time while making some tweaks. 1 Quote CAIRNTALK: Questions? Need help? → Support Forum Please do not use PMs for tech support CRCTC: Columbia River Cairn Terrier Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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