Forum Upgrade......

[John D.]

Just a quick note that the upgrade to this Forum is coming along - albeit a tad slowly. However, after spending the weekend coding the next drop - I'm getting a little excited about the features... Many of them are very new to any Forum software - such as customizing which areas you'd like to see - and the Forum will remember those settings, the ability to "manage" any of your attachments - from ALL your posts, the ability to change the "look and feel" of the color scheme on the fly - to have the Forum look the way YOU want, the ability to access your Control Panel Settings - and there are a lot, from a menu, a quick links Menu using DHTML, seeing "New Posts" since your last visit - from any Forum, Spellcheck, a "Pop-Up" that let's you know you have a Private Message, attaching 10 - 15 attachments per post, etc....... It's a long list of new features - so I hope you enjoy.....

Anyway - it is still sitting on my workstation - but , if you want to take a quick look before tomorrow and I take it down - feel free to cruise on by and try some test posts.....

http://64.145.15.210/lugerforum/index.php

Further - my thanks to those who have sent donations, Holiday Cards and you words of support and encourgement - they are more appreciated then many realize.....

My Best to all!

John D.

[Pete Ebbink]

Hello John D.,

You have really out-done yourself this time ...WOW!!! What an updgrade !!! Cannot wait for your new efforts to come on-line...

Hopefully, this updgrade will break the "Armstrong" photo-uploading barrier... (Sorry, Tom...I could not resist...)

Regards,

Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />

[John D.]

Hey Pete..!

My thanks... When it happens - it will take a few hours to import and then re-program the new site. During that time - folks will get an "off-line" note when they Log in - asking them to wait for a bit.

However - I'm still having a problem with importing the Private Messges from this Forum to the New format. All the posts work, users names, number of posts, overall post counts - etc. For that - if folks have a LOT OF PMs they would like to save, I'll ask that they "copy & paste" them into a text file over the next few days - just in case.....

My best to you Pete - and thanks for the comments and support!

John D.

[Pete Ebbink]

Hey John D.,

Any news about the new "roll out"...I noticed the "trial site" is no longer available...

Sure looked like you had some great upgrades in store for us all...!!!

Regards,

Pete...

[John D.]

Hey Pete..!!!

Actually - yes.. It's still running on my workstation, and I hacked the vBulletin Release Candidate 2. Right now - they are on RC3 with RC4 expected out tomorrow. What all that means - is I'll probably re-hack RC4, as it's the last Release Candidate before production - so any work I do shouldn't be lost (well - I can hope anyway !!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> )

Now - when I do this changeover - I'm also installing a dedicated server and a dedicated IP address - so, my thinking is when I'm set, it's probably best to make the change on a Friday night/early AM (like 2 AM my time) - so that Saturday - everyone should be able to get to the new site by mid-day at the latest (as all the DNS records should have propogated by then).

Soooo - yep - it's still underway - and coming. But - to do this right, I'll also want to let folks know the new URL and IPs in advance - so there isn't any interruption in the service to the Forum.....

Thanks for asking!!!! <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" />