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#41
The Lounge. No business, just chit chat. / Forum Upgrade
Last post by Jigger - March 21, 2023, 06:48:28 PMI Like the new forum easy on the eye. Once again Lane has done a great job.
#42
Policies & Announcements / Re: Repaired and Rebuilt
Last post by Lane - March 20, 2023, 02:28:52 PMAnd the beverage was Gin! Specifically, a French gimlet.
#43
Policies & Announcements / Problems logging in? READ
Last post by Lane - March 20, 2023, 01:24:37 PMSend an email to forum@otsusers.com if you can't log in. Make sure to provide the necessary details as to what led to that problem and your username etc. We'll fix you up.
#44
Policies & Announcements / OtsAV version 1.94.140 Release...
Last post by milky - March 20, 2023, 01:17:23 AMThe entire OtsAV range of products have been updated and brought to a common update level - 1.94.140.
For more information and eligibility, check this link here.
For more information and eligibility, check this link here.
#45
Login and forum issues / Re: Big THANK YOU to Lane
Last post by Lane - March 19, 2023, 11:29:29 PMIt's not so active here at least around Ots stuff, but there are people that still want to find and connect with each other. Gotta keep it going!
And you're welcome!
And you're welcome!
#46
Policies & Announcements / Re: Repaired and Rebuilt
Last post by Lane - March 19, 2023, 11:28:09 PMYou're welcome!
#47
Policies & Announcements / Re: Repaired and Rebuilt
Last post by milky - March 19, 2023, 08:34:12 PMThanks, Lane.
Looks good and your efforts are really appreciated.
Have a cup of beverage and a lie down
Looks good and your efforts are really appreciated.
Have a cup of beverage and a lie down
#48
Login and forum issues / Big THANK YOU to Lane
Last post by socialdancer - March 19, 2023, 08:14:02 PMMany thanks Lane for all your efforts. I have done similar elsewhere in the past and know how frustrating and infuriating it can be.
I was beginning to think we may have had to say goodbye to the forum as I was unable to post anything - including reporting the fact that I could not post anything etc etc etc.
Great to have it back.
I was beginning to think we may have had to say goodbye to the forum as I was unable to post anything - including reporting the fact that I could not post anything etc etc etc.
Great to have it back.
#49
Policies & Announcements / Would you like to join the for...
Last post by Lane - March 19, 2023, 03:51:18 PMPretty simple. Email forum@otsusers.com with a request to join. And mention why in the email and what username you would like.
That's it!
That's it!
#50
Policies & Announcements / Repaired and Rebuilt
Last post by Lane - March 19, 2023, 03:47:40 PMThanks for your patience!
Believe it or not, this is a very short version of the last few days.
Back end services being updated many times over the years finally forced the update of this forum when the older code became so incompatible with the more modern environment that something finally broke enough to prevent people from posting. This as opposed to a previous problem where you saw an error after a successful post making you think your post didn't work, where it actually did, now the forum was really broken. No more putting off a bunch of work to fix it all.
I put off updating the forum because the supplied update scripts are broken. Basically, there are some versions (the one we were on for example) where the update scripts would fail. Searching the support forums for this forum software would reveal folks experiencing this problem, but not any actual solutions. I would have to slog through and figure them out myself.
The forum had broken enough with incompatibilities I had to rebuild it sort of Frankenstein style. Basically recreating a new blank forum at the same version, repairing busted things by examining and cobbling pieces together. I got it to 'work', but I still couldn't update the forum.
So over the last few days I would wash, rinse, repeat the update and fix process to discover each problem. It was annoying as I would have to redo the growing set of fixes each update attempt, but that's what I had to do. This morning I believe I have found and fixed every issue and got the modified update scripts to bring us up to the latest version of the forum software.
Do you know that song, "there was an old lady who swallowed a fly?" That's what running through each update attempt was like. So anyway "She's fixed of course".
At least I think so. If you notice something broken, I can hopefully address it without again running through the repair and upgrade steps. CUZ I DON'T WANNA DO THAT ANYMORE FOR A WHILE!
And yep, it looks very different. The old theme was wholly incompatible with the newer forum software. It's a fresh paint job too.
- Lane
Believe it or not, this is a very short version of the last few days.
Back end services being updated many times over the years finally forced the update of this forum when the older code became so incompatible with the more modern environment that something finally broke enough to prevent people from posting. This as opposed to a previous problem where you saw an error after a successful post making you think your post didn't work, where it actually did, now the forum was really broken. No more putting off a bunch of work to fix it all.
I put off updating the forum because the supplied update scripts are broken. Basically, there are some versions (the one we were on for example) where the update scripts would fail. Searching the support forums for this forum software would reveal folks experiencing this problem, but not any actual solutions. I would have to slog through and figure them out myself.
The forum had broken enough with incompatibilities I had to rebuild it sort of Frankenstein style. Basically recreating a new blank forum at the same version, repairing busted things by examining and cobbling pieces together. I got it to 'work', but I still couldn't update the forum.
So over the last few days I would wash, rinse, repeat the update and fix process to discover each problem. It was annoying as I would have to redo the growing set of fixes each update attempt, but that's what I had to do. This morning I believe I have found and fixed every issue and got the modified update scripts to bring us up to the latest version of the forum software.
Do you know that song, "there was an old lady who swallowed a fly?" That's what running through each update attempt was like. So anyway "She's fixed of course".
At least I think so. If you notice something broken, I can hopefully address it without again running through the repair and upgrade steps. CUZ I DON'T WANNA DO THAT ANYMORE FOR A WHILE!
And yep, it looks very different. The old theme was wholly incompatible with the newer forum software. It's a fresh paint job too.
- Lane