Site Upgrade Information

[mack]

Hi Everybody,

As you might have been aware, I've been working on upgrading the server & the forum software over the past few days.

This involved a duplication of the old server to a new upgraded server as there needed to be some heavy upgrades on the core server software to enable an upgrade on the forum software itself. The new version has been available since 2015, but I waited a while due to how complex these upgrades can be, and to give the new version some time to be tested by other people. We have the latest version now. There were a few hiccups but it went quite smoothly. The old version of the software going completely "end of life" with no further updates as of April 1 helped push this new upgrade along.

It is now live! As the server cutover starts and the website points to the new server more people should start coming in.While the forum software is still from the same developer, the new version is not so much "patch" to an existing piece of software, it has been completely re-coded.

As with any upgrade, some features may vanish. New ones will appear. Others will replace hacked plugins or add-ons and make them core features supported by the developers. I hope you all post about any shortcomings or requests you might have and I can investigate them. I've already done some work myself adding a few plugins for features not included automatically.

One of the major improvements is that it should make using WSF on a mobile device much easier (along with other responsive design). Other important changes for users include improved searching and a new post editor (hopefully this will be the end of troubles with attaching images or youtube videos).

Please note that when putting an image/youtube/twitter link into the new editor, to wait a few seconds as the editor will now display the embedded piece of media in the editor itself prior to your posting, unlike previously where you would insert the link and then the site would show the embedded media after making the post. If you just put the link then make the post, it will simply show the link and not embed. Donator users now have the ability to upload images to the forum itself for use in their posting.

There is also a rebuilding of the posts, articles, topics, images, databases, member details, messages, status counts, view counts, statistics etc etc etc, so if something doesn't appear right at the moment, it may be either rebuilding, or just broken. The forum is now UTF-8 compliant, this may cause certain letter/number/symbols to not look right.

Currently there are some issues regarding the topic/posts I use for our various Wanderers games and the player database. I'm looking into sorting that out. It might take some more work in the future to fix that up (will probably just require me to recode the way their forum topics are displayed).

If you have any questions feel free to ask in here, or open a new thread if required.

[mack]

Looks like the cutover went smoothly, the new site should be visible for everyone now.

[Unlimited]

This new mobile interface is interesting

[JackDoff]

Where the fuuck am I??   Red wine n new shiit don't go together well

[Valter43]

new forum who dis

[JackDoff]

On to the beers now.....this is going to be a loooong night

[pseudonym]

Thanks Mack 

[Burgerman]

feel lost in the new site, also all posts from last 24 hours gonski.

[JackDoff]

Before I get too blotto,. thanx Chief!    

[Burgerman]

Is there a way to get straight to new posts in unread content function without having to navigate to the last page of that topic?

[mack]

2 minutes ago, Burgerman said:

Is there a way to get straight to new posts in unread content function without having to navigate to the last page of that topic?

Check if this does it.

[BenchRiotSquad]

Layout looks great. 

[KGee]

Should the popular contributors box actually be renamed Hall of Shame?  

Great work by the way Mack.  Where would we all be without you!

[sonar]

The new format seems okay, just will take a little while to get used to it

 

[Tranquilo]

Inserting gifs just became a whole lot easier! 

[GunnerWanderer]

Thanks Mack love this new format especially ability to resize the window on mobile by pinching and stretching screen 

 

we all appreciate your hard work! 

Edited May 10, 2017 by GunnerWanderer

[luisenrique]

On 2017-5-9 at 6:56 PM, mack said:

Looks like the cutover went smoothly, the new site should be visible for everyone now.

I wouldn't call having to go an entire shift without the forum 'smooth'.

[mack]

It was working fine until late last night. There was some backend address error. Simple fix for the server host once they got the email.

[Neverbloom]

i like how you can be browsing another website in another tab and this website will notify you if you get quoted or a like or something even though you are on another tab so that is an improvement imo

[luisenrique]

15 minutes ago, mack said:

It was working fine until late last night. There was some backend address error. Simple fix for the server host once they got the email.

I'm just messing, love your work.

[btron3000]

On 5/9/2017 at 7:42 PM, mack said:

Check if this does it.

Mack is there a way to do it from within the thread? You know, "go to last unread" of that thread?

[Prydzopolis]

47 minutes ago, btron3000 said:

Mack is there a way to do it from within the thread? You know, "go to last unread" of that thread?

Used to be able to click on the thread link and select "go to last unread post" or something similar. Yeh?

[Prydzopolis]

On 09/05/2017 at 7:42 PM, mack said:

Check if this does it.

Help please

How do I find this on the mobile version?

Answer: There is a button for this on the top of the page  Too easy

[Prydzopolis]

Just checked my profile, how do you win days? Is it how many likes you dish out

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Can you automatically add the function that writing a new post will add it to a previous post written within a few minutes?

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Any new or special donator features with the upgrade?

[ColdRock]

On mobile version, if you finger the time icon of the last reply it takes you to it

[Prydzopolis]

1 minute ago, ColdRock said:

On mobile version, if you finger the time icon of the last reply it takes you to it

Wouldn't that take you to the last post as opposed to the last unread?

[ColdRock]

4 minutes ago, Prydzopolis said:

Wouldn't that take you to the last post as opposed to the last unread?

oh touché

[Prydzopolis]

You took away quotes within quotes, that was a nightmare on mobiles when you had 10-15 quotes

Especially when most of the time it was just Jack being a smartarse

[sonar]

6 minutes ago, Prydzopolis said:

You took away quotes within quotes, that was a nightmare on mobiles when you had 10-15 quotes

Especially when most of the time it was just Jack being a smartarse

Just click the "+" sign left of "quote"...................it's still there. lol

[GunnerWanderer]

Another great feature on mobile go to next unread post in next thread 

Mack I want to suck your balls *wink*