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As you may have noticed, we we're offline this morning. This was caused by the "Thanks" plug-in going rogue and using up way too many server resources. This triggered an automatic suspension by our hosting provider as they thought it was a malicious attack. The "Thanks" plug-in has been disabled, hopefully temporarily so I can determine if that was indeed the cause, and take steps to prevent it from happening in the future.

I apologize for the disruption and for any confusion that may have caused.

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Well, we're back.

Unfortunately, all the "likes" have been corrupted and they are unrecoverable. :(

Also, Imgur will no longer be a baked in image host. Until I find another solution, please upload your pics to the image host of your choice, or better yet, use the attachment feature here.

Thank you for your patience. I can't express how absolutely frustrating the last 20 hours have been.
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ManOnTime wrote: Thu May 23, 2019 6:40 pm Well, we're back.

Unfortunately, all the "likes" have been corrupted and they are unrecoverable. :(

Also, Imgur will no longer be a baked in image host. Until I find another solution, please upload your pics to the image host of your choice, or better yet, use the attachment feature here.

Thank you for your patience. I can't express how absolutely frustrating the last 20 hours have been.
Sucks that our likes are gone :( not that it meant much anyway -more of a way of showing user experience/trust for trades and sales.

But nonetheless thanks for all the work you put in around here, without it I would have no watch forum.
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AndroidIsAwesome wrote: Thu May 23, 2019 6:50 pm
ManOnTime wrote: Thu May 23, 2019 6:40 pm Well, we're back.

Unfortunately, all the "likes" have been corrupted and they are unrecoverable. :(

Also, Imgur will no longer be a baked in image host. Until I find another solution, please upload your pics to the image host of your choice, or better yet, use the attachment feature here.

Thank you for your patience. I can't express how absolutely frustrating the last 20 hours have been.
Sucks that our likes are gone :( not that it meant much anyway -more of a way of showing user experience/trust for trades and sales.

But nonetheless thanks for all the work you put in around here, without it I would have no watch forum.

I'm very unhappy about it. :cry:
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ManOnTime wrote: Thu May 23, 2019 6:52 pm
AndroidIsAwesome wrote: Thu May 23, 2019 6:50 pm
ManOnTime wrote: Thu May 23, 2019 6:40 pm Well, we're back.

Unfortunately, all the "likes" have been corrupted and they are unrecoverable. :(

Also, Imgur will no longer be a baked in image host. Until I find another solution, please upload your pics to the image host of your choice, or better yet, use the attachment feature here.

Thank you for your patience. I can't express how absolutely frustrating the last 20 hours have been.
Sucks that our likes are gone :( not that it meant much anyway -more of a way of showing user experience/trust for trades and sales.

But nonetheless thanks for all the work you put in around here, without it I would have no watch forum.

I'm very unhappy about it. :cry:
Grateful that this forum exists and for all the hard work put in.Thank you
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Thank you for all your work.

But it's lonely when no one likes you.
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MOT .... i cannot thank you enough for hosting us here ... Appreciate everything that you do Sir .


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Boourns wrote: Thu May 23, 2019 10:02 am Thanks for your (and @FTE's) hard work to make this an awesome place to be.
Still stands. Even without my likes.
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ManOnTime wrote: Thu May 23, 2019 6:40 pm Unfortunately, all the "likes" have been corrupted and they are unrecoverable. :(
No db backup before upgrading?
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MAAHHH THE FRENCH! wrote: Thu May 23, 2019 10:17 pm
ManOnTime wrote: Thu May 23, 2019 6:40 pm Unfortunately, all the "likes" have been corrupted and they are unrecoverable. :(
No db backup before upgrading?
Of course.

That's the data that's bad.
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Thanks for the effort!
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ManOnTime wrote: Thu May 23, 2019 6:40 pm
Also, Imgur will no longer be a baked in image host. Until I find another solution, please upload your pics to the image host of your choice, or better yet, use the attachment feature here.
I am sorry if this is an ignorant question, but where do I find the "image attachment" feature?
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MoT, many thanks for your perseverance running this site, and for the time spent & frustration withstood during the upgrade. Glad to see we have most of the functionality back.

Apologies for any first-world bellyaching you (patiently) endured. :oops:
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Split-Time wrote: Fri May 24, 2019 8:24 am
ManOnTime wrote: Thu May 23, 2019 6:40 pm
Also, Imgur will no longer be a baked in image host. Until I find another solution, please upload your pics to the image host of your choice, or better yet, use the attachment feature here.
I am sorry if this is an ignorant question, but where do I find the "image attachment" feature?

Takes a little more hunting and getting used to, but should become intuitive soon enough.
You'll find the attachment option below the text box.

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TheJohnP wrote: Fri May 24, 2019 9:20 am
Split-Time wrote: Fri May 24, 2019 8:24 am
ManOnTime wrote: Thu May 23, 2019 6:40 pm
Also, Imgur will no longer be a baked in image host. Until I find another solution, please upload your pics to the image host of your choice, or better yet, use the attachment feature here.
I am sorry if this is an ignorant question, but where do I find the "image attachment" feature?

Takes a little more hunting and getting used to, but should become intuitive soon enough.
You'll find the attachment option below the text box.


Attach.jpg
Got it! Thank you!
I noticed that the attachment option leaves all of the image metadata in place...at least when I tried it from the desktop. Not an issue for me with the picture I posted but might be something for users to consider if they are used to imugr which appeared to strip the metadata on the upload.
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MAAHHH THE FRENCH! wrote: Thu May 23, 2019 4:41 pm
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.
No harm, no foul. :)
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