IMPORTANT - Changes coming for the board - Moving platform to phpBB

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Post by SteveM » Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:05 am

Hi, Steve here - I'm the admin and owner of this board.

The forums currently run on a piece of software called Ikonboard and the hosting is provided by PlusNet. I'm going to be moving away from PlusNet in the near future so I will need to move the board to a new host.

The new hosting will be with 1&1. It's a proper paid-for service so performance and reliability should be at least as good as PlusNet has been.

At the same time I'm planning to upgrade to new software called phpBB. Although Ikonboard has been very reliable it's old fashioned and it's an uphill struggle for me to block spammers who constantly attempt to sign up. phpBB has all the features you're used to but should make my life easier!

I will be performing a migration of the the existing posts and user ID's so you should be able to continue to use your current details and no content should be lost.

Assuming all goes well the board will be down for a few hours on Sunday 8th Jan and will return in it's new form. If the conversion fails the current board will be reinstated.

Wish me luck!

Steve

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Post by PaulBolton » Sun Jan 08, 2012 10:37 am

Thanks Steve,

personally, I'm immensely grateful to you for putting your own time, effort and resources into running this brilliant facility.

Top stuff fella,

PB

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Post by bankside » Sun Jan 08, 2012 2:08 pm

Steve,
Second those thanks for your work.
How's the upgrade?

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Post by SteveM » Sun Jan 08, 2012 6:12 pm

OK, the move has now been complete and the board is working - all that remains is to upgrade it to the current version of phpBB.

There will be some further downtime during the evening while I do this.

Cheers,

Steve

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Post by SteveM » Sun Jan 08, 2012 10:58 pm

The board is now fully upgraded - welcome back!

Please let me know via email if any problems.

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Post by SteveM » Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:34 pm

I think some of you may need to request new passwords, please use the web form to do that.

Looks like I finally need to make a new logo for the board too!

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Post by TOG » Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:00 am

Most excellent - looks great! Yes, I had to change the password but no problem with that. Thanks Steve! :D

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Post by SteveM » Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:36 am

Cheers!

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Post by bankside » Mon Jan 09, 2012 6:33 am

All working, thank you. :D

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Post by Canadian Paddler » Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:31 am

Steve

Thanks for all the effort, time and expense you have put into this site. Much appreciated by those who use it!

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Post by kendall chew » Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:36 pm

Brilliant Steve,

Well done for keeping slalom in touch.

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Post by Phil » Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:29 am

Great work Steve many thanks

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Post by Dee » Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:05 am

Thanks for continuing to run this board
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Post by Dee » Fri Feb 10, 2012 3:02 pm

Since the upgrade, I can't get "log me in automatically each visit" to work successfully.

Anyone else had the same problem/ got a solution :?:
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Post by Canadian Paddler » Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:05 pm

Not had a problem.

Are you blocking the cookie?
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