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Last night (this morning really) I attempted to upgrade the forum software to the newest version.

Everything went smooth up until the upload was complete, and then we were getting a lot of server errors that made the site completely inaccessible. I worked on it from approximately midnight CST to 3:35am CST. After digging through the server logs I discovered what the issue was; an extension didn't update when it should have. I manually updated it and the site sprang back to life.

This morning things still look good, but please be on the lookout and let me know in this thread if you encounter any anomalies. A screenshot, if possible would be helpful too.

Thank you, and thanks for all the support and patience.
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Thanks for your (and [mention]FTE[/mention]'s) hard work to make this an awesome place to be.
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Get some sleep [mention]ManOnTime[/mention]!!

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TheJohnP wrote: Thu May 23, 2019 10:38 am Get some sleep @ManOnTime!!

Thanks for all the hard work!

Too much to do (and not just on here). :)
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Thank you for all of the behind the scenes hard work!
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Some images no longer are coming through for me.
I've refreshed the page several times.

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I've noticed that too.

Fingers crossed it's just an anomaly while the database gets reparsed.
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This was posted by @FTE so I know there wasn't user error.

1) When the URL was shortened, the entire URL became unclickable so it won't take you to the correct landing page.
See where I underlined where the end isn't hyperlinked

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[img][/img]

2) Also the mention feature seems to be down.
See examples:

@FTE
[mention]FYE[/mention]

3) Unless he's changed it, FTE's icon has disappeared.
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URLs are messed up. For now post URLs without using the URL BBcode tag.
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TheJohnP wrote: Thu May 23, 2019 3:06 pm This was posted by @FTE so I know there wasn't user error.

1) When the URL was shortened, the entire URL became unclickable so it won't take you to the correct landing page.
See where I underlined where the end isn't hyperlinked

Screenshot

[img][/img]

2) Also the mention feature seems to be down.
See examples:

@FTE
@FYE

3) Unless he's changed it, FTE's icon has disappeared.
Yep, seeing the issue with a post in the WRUW thread as well with a link posted by Halaku: viewtopic.php?p=21812#p21812

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Like buttons are also gone.
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Off-hours maintenance windows and advance notice, marks of a pro.

I noticed the likes feature is gone. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing...
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https://www.fastcompany.com/40506058/fo ... rt-society

[EDIT] Oooh, this is neat:



All four posts include quotes, but only the pre-update posts show 'em properly. And wtf is with this github.io frame? I pasted the raw imgur url.

i.imgur.com/BrOY3VW.png

There, that's a little less obnoxious.
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Still working on things behind the curtain. I could disable the board until I'm done, but I don't really want to.

Things will look funky from time to time until I'm finished.
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ManOnTime wrote: Thu May 23, 2019 4:15 pm Still working on things behind the curtain. I could disable the board until I'm done, but I don't really want to.

Things will look funky from time to time until I'm finished.
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ManOnTime wrote: Thu May 23, 2019 4:15 pm Still working on things behind the curtain. I could disable the board until I'm done, but I don't really want to.

Things will look funky from time to time until I'm finished.
Sorry if that sounded gripey, just trying to report oddities I've noticed.
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