phpBB update

Post by **benheck** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:00 pm

I'm going to take a crack at updating the forums today, so if there's some downtime or outages that's what's up.

-Ben

Post by **bicostp** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:14 pm

Are you updating to phpBB 2.0.22 or 3? (phpBB 3 has lots of new features but it's still in the release candidate stage... You might want to wait a while until it's been on production installations elsewhere and they fix any gaping security holes that may still be in it.)

Either way, a full database backup couldn't hurt, especially if it hasn't been done in a while.

Post by **benheck** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:35 pm

OK we're now on 2.0.22. Yeah, 3 is a bit of a leap, screw that.

I finally canceled the new server since it was taking FOREVER to get it set up. So now I'm just updating things here that I was planning to do on the new machine.

This site hasn't been too slow lately anyway, at least from what I've seen.

-Ben

Post by **benheck** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:35 pm

I've wiped the old folder and did a fresh upload of the 2.0.22 structure...

Bear with me... (can't wait to NOT be at my computer at some point today)

-Ben

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:51 pm

Gasp! the default phpbb Icon is back

Post by **bicostp** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:55 pm

Harshboy wrote:Gasp! the default phpbb Icon is back

Oh waah. At least there's no posts missing.

[size=0]I know there wouldn't be anyways since deleting the folder has nothing to do with the database. :p[/size]

Twisted Warthog · Post by **Twisted Warthog** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:58 pm

For a couple of minutes i couldn't post at all. Weird.

dudex77 · Post by **dudex77** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:00 pm

For a couple of minutes it took me to the install phpbb for the benheck forums

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:55 pm

I don't know if its just me, but it takes me two tries to log in, so all the unread posts are removed, so I have to look at the times to see whats new. Kind of annoying.

project_failure · Post by **project_failure** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:05 pm

Everything is good for me!

Post by **Sparkfist** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:46 pm

vskid wrote:I don't know if its just me, but it takes me two tries to log in, so all the unread posts are removed, so I have to look at the times to see whats new. Kind of annoying.

Make sure that the forum address you're looking into (first time) isn't http://www.benheck.com/phpBB/index.php. If it is, just be sure to change it, simply remove the "www". If that's the cause I've done it before, and it's simple human error.

khaag · Post by **khaag** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:04 am

What does the "www" do anyway? I've always wondered...

Post by **gannon** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:11 am

Nothing, just an antiquated subdomain that was going to be used in a internet wide naming scheme that never took off.
Well...suppose saying it's antiquated and never took off might not be entirely accurate, plenty of servers use the naming scheme (like ftp.domain, irc.domain, etc), but since the www is almost always the main use of the domain, it's left off as a given I guess

TheOnlyOneHeFears · Post by **TheOnlyOneHeFears** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:07 am

vskid wrote:I don't know if its just me, but it takes me two tries to log in, so all the unread posts are removed, so I have to look at the times to see whats new. Kind of annoying.

Same, I have to log in twice before I'm actually signed in. If I close the page and then come back later, it also doesn't keep me signed in, even if I choose the option when signing in for the first time.

300 posts! Yerrrrr!

Felino · Post by **Felino** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:30 am

The forums aree also very very slow now. Like, think of a Commodore 64 funning vista, thats how slow it is.