Major Forums Upgrade - done!
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 10:49 am
Ok, guys, sorry for the inconvenience, but the forums update/upgrade is done now and everything seems to be working. The posting issue is fixed along with a lot of other behind-the-scenes issues. For most users the upgrade will be transparent - no major changes to the way we operate.
One thing I noticed is that in posts with a lot of pictures some of the pics didn't get synchronized in the database. It looks like they are there but they are not displayed. In a couple of posts if I edited them and changed to them to "inline" they work. Otherwise I think we may have to live with it.
What I did was create an entirely new application and then move the old database and files and configuration details into the new application. That gives me a completely clean platform to move forward with in the future. Next I will add various extensions/add-ons one by one to improve it. For example, the stars by your name to show how long you have been a member.
Another benefit is a more robust spam checking filter to keep bots and hackers from creating accounts automatically from China and Russia and other nefarious places. That has been such a problem that I had to completely turn off new user registrations over the last several months. I will turn registrations back on and watch and see how it goes.
Let me know if you encounter errors but I think we are pretty clean now. So post all your rides and pictures and experiences to your hearts content! That what this is here for!!
One thing I noticed is that in posts with a lot of pictures some of the pics didn't get synchronized in the database. It looks like they are there but they are not displayed. In a couple of posts if I edited them and changed to them to "inline" they work. Otherwise I think we may have to live with it.
What I did was create an entirely new application and then move the old database and files and configuration details into the new application. That gives me a completely clean platform to move forward with in the future. Next I will add various extensions/add-ons one by one to improve it. For example, the stars by your name to show how long you have been a member.
Another benefit is a more robust spam checking filter to keep bots and hackers from creating accounts automatically from China and Russia and other nefarious places. That has been such a problem that I had to completely turn off new user registrations over the last several months. I will turn registrations back on and watch and see how it goes.
Let me know if you encounter errors but I think we are pretty clean now. So post all your rides and pictures and experiences to your hearts content! That what this is here for!!
