MoFo Forum Upgrade
 

Hey MoFos.

Some of you might remember me talking about upgrading to the latest forum software when the next stable release came out. Well, vBulletin 3.8 Gold will be released this Thursday, January 8th.

As it so happens, I have some work-related things to do Thursday night, so the upgrade will likely take place sometime between Friday and Tuesday, depending on a variety of factors. Mainly, I'll be waiting for the free time necessary to debug a few things post-upgrade, and I'll be waiting for some diminished forum activity (IE: probably fairly late at night).

I'll update this thread when I have a better idea of when the upgrade might take place, though it's entirely possible I'll just up and do it if I have the time and the conditions are right.

Just wanted to let ya'll know.

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Awesome mate look forward to see the upgrade.

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Will anything change from this upgrade? Or does it just make it run faster and smoother?

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I'm looking forward to the upgrade, Yoda. :cool:

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Hey, TheDOMINATOR, I see Empire Records in your sig. A childhood friend of mine was involved with the music for that movie/soundtrack. Something like Music Producer or something.... I have to get out my CD and check, but I've always thought it cool that she worked on that movie's music. :)

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Oops, sorry, O.T. there.

Yods, how long offline when it happens? Can you put up a placeholder announcement that we'd see at that point, if it's going to be a long time? Or won't that be necessary?

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But you'll...what??? :)

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There will be a number of new features. I've also been working on a new forum home page, which I'll make public around (or at) the same time as the upgrade.

In addition to the new standard features, running the latest version will allow me to install some of the newer modifications available, as well, so expect plenty of new stuff in the weeks that follow the upgrade, too. :)

There'll be a message letting people know that we're upgrading the forum while it's happening.

Re: how long. The actual upgrade probably won't take more than 30 minutes or so (probably significantly less). But I'll probably have to spend a fair bit of time afterwards re-applying customizations I've made and making sure most of the new stuff works. That could be an hour or two, just to make sure most of the important stuff works.

It'll be ongoing, though; I fully expect to spend several days squashing smaller bugs.

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That's pretty awesome, Austruck. I wish I knew someone who was involved in a theatrical film, but I don't. I have an uncle who guarded top-security government establishments at one point in his career, so that's something. :D

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Are you still doing the upgrade tonoight?

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No -- wasn't ever planning to, though. I have some work-related stuff to do tonight, so it'll have to wait a bit. I might have a go at it tomorrow, but more likely it'll happen sometime over the weekend, or early next week.

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We wont loose anything right? I mean what we post wont be lost correct? Are avatars, favorite movies, pictures, etc. they wont get deleted during the upgrade will they? Just making sure. ;)

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Yep, but only if your first name is Martian. If that's the case, then you can just kiss all your things goodbye!

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LOL

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You're joking right? :(:p

:D

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Pfft. Of course. ;) Unless something goes horribly wrong, yes, everything will be saved. We're not switching servers or anything -- just upgrading software.

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goodbye old movie forums software. Hello vBulletin upgrade!

Look here: Movie Forums Circa 2001: http://web.archive.org/web/200112141...vieforums.net/

Most users ever was 17!!! :rotfl:

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Wow, I'm glad you swapped out Wild Wild West with Pluto Nash in that subtitle for the Box Office forum.

I kinda like Wild Wild West. Is there something wrong with me?

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Oh, we've got older archived versions of the site than that...

But yeah, never ceases to freak me out. A lot's changed.

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Remember the good ol days? LOL :rotfl::yup: