I have been informed by my webhost that I have to update my PHP installation before beginning of March (or they'll do it for me). PHP is the programming language that makes these forums work.
I plan on updating everything the weekend of Feb 13. Every new version of PHP inevitably breaks some of the things that worked in previous versions, so it is possible that the site will not work properly or will be down at certain points during that weekend while I work through the bugs. So just warning you ahead of time.
Site Update (Potential Downtime between Feb 13-15)
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We once roamed the vast forums of Corona Coming Attractions. Some of us had been around from The Before Times, in the Days of Excelsior, while others of us had only recently begun our trek. When our home became filled with much evil, including the villainous Cannot-Post-in-This-Browser and the dreaded Cannot-Log-In, we flounced away most huffily to this new home away from home. We follow the flag of Jubboiter and talk about movies, life, the universe, and everything, often in a most vulgar fashion. All are welcome here, so long as they do not take offense to our particular idiom.
We once roamed the vast forums of Corona Coming Attractions. Some of us had been around from The Before Times, in the Days of Excelsior, while others of us had only recently begun our trek. When our home became filled with much evil, including the villainous Cannot-Post-in-This-Browser and the dreaded Cannot-Log-In, we flounced away most huffily to this new home away from home. We follow the flag of Jubboiter and talk about movies, life, the universe, and everything, often in a most vulgar fashion. All are welcome here, so long as they do not take offense to our particular idiom.
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Re: Site Update (Potential Downtime between Feb 13-15)
Thanks for the heads up!
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Jubbers
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Re: Site Update (Potential Downtime between Feb 13-15)
I've semi-updated us here - I moved us from PHP 5.6 to PHP 7.0 (we were a little behind) tonight, but next weekend's efforts will be more involved.
I have to get us up to PHP 7.4 to be compliant with my webhost. Our message board is currently a version that does not function on 7.4 (PHP needs a better numbering system. 5.6 -> 7.0 = nothing broke, but 7.0 -> 7.4 = total catastrophe if I don't prepare, and maybe even if I do), so I'll back up the site this weekend, then next weekend try to update the message board version first to something that does work on 7.4, then update the PHP. Possible that some of the awesome tweaks I've made to the site will break, but won't know until we get there.
I have to get us up to PHP 7.4 to be compliant with my webhost. Our message board is currently a version that does not function on 7.4 (PHP needs a better numbering system. 5.6 -> 7.0 = nothing broke, but 7.0 -> 7.4 = total catastrophe if I don't prepare, and maybe even if I do), so I'll back up the site this weekend, then next weekend try to update the message board version first to something that does work on 7.4, then update the PHP. Possible that some of the awesome tweaks I've made to the site will break, but won't know until we get there.
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Jubbers
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Re: Site Update (Potential Downtime between Feb 13-15)
Man, that was a terrible update process. It took multiple tries over a number of hours. We are up to the required version of PHP and the latest version of the board software now. Our spoilers tag seems to still work. So far, it looks just the header is broken - I'll fix that after dinner. Let me know if you discover any other bugs.
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Jubbers
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Re: Site Update (Potential Downtime between Feb 13-15)
Header should be fixed now too.