The Great Forum Outage of April 2016
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The Great Forum Outage of April 2016
Hi all,
I have decided this weekend to do an upgrade on the forum, as we do need to keep up with our security and such. However, the mistake I made was trusting the upgrade procedure on the host we use. This was an unmitigated disaster and lead to the complete destruction of the board (as you probably noticed). The real cause took me many hours to track down, but I finally did. A should send a glitterbomb to Hostpoint for this.
But it is now back online, and running the latest phpBB. I will see how hard it would be to recover our theme again. But welcome back, all.
And my apologies for the downtime.
I have decided this weekend to do an upgrade on the forum, as we do need to keep up with our security and such. However, the mistake I made was trusting the upgrade procedure on the host we use. This was an unmitigated disaster and lead to the complete destruction of the board (as you probably noticed). The real cause took me many hours to track down, but I finally did. A should send a glitterbomb to Hostpoint for this.
But it is now back online, and running the latest phpBB. I will see how hard it would be to recover our theme again. But welcome back, all.
And my apologies for the downtime.
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Re: The Great Forum Outage of April 2016
Please do! This one is ghastly!Valerion wrote:I will see how hard it would be to recover our theme again. But welcome back, all.
And my apologies for the downtime.
No issues!
Thanks for working around the clock to get ol' faithfull back to us!
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No rush do what you need to do
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Re: The Great Forum Outage of April 2016
GLITTERBOMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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As long as the database is intact, and it seems like it is, it's all good.
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Hey thanks for working so hard to get it back up and running!
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Re: The Great Forum Outage of April 2016
I was worried that zafur was hacked and deleted Q....Q
glad to hear it is okay
glad to hear it is okay
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I rather like this theme.
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Re: The Great Forum Outage of April 2016
At least this one is a lot more mobile friendly.
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^ That might just be the code update.
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Darn it! My attempt to sabotage the forum has been foile--
Er! I mean, uh... Rotten luck... Um... I am glad everything is back in order. Yes. Definitely.
Er! I mean, uh... Rotten luck... Um... I am glad everything is back in order. Yes. Definitely.
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Re: The Great Forum Outage of April 2016
I know that, but my point still stands.Leeward wrote:^ That might just be the code update.
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Re: The Great Forum Outage of April 2016
Where were you when the forum died?
#ZAFur2016 #Neverforget2016
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Bloody hell, Ryall, and you say that I post nonsense on the forum...
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I swear, if you two begin the whole 'hyena versus snow leopard' debate again...
I can almost already hear Valerion's deep, rumbling exhortation: "Stay on-topic, please."
I can almost already hear Valerion's deep, rumbling exhortation: "Stay on-topic, please."
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Dude it is legit easier to post pictures... just saying...
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The ZAFur Map is another casualty. Seems the API changed in 3.1, so that may need to be redone as well.
You made me think of this.StargazingSerpent wrote:I can almost already hear Valerion's deep, rumbling exhortation: "Stay on-topic, please."
Re: The Great Forum Outage of April 2016
Hey Val, thanks for spending your weekened fixing up the forum.
I have noticed, although not as urgent a fix as others, but two issues: Hardware (under tech section) and Movies and Tv shows (under arts and entertainment) show no posts on the external link (wherein it would show the latest post), but are indeed filled still with posts and topics.
I have noticed, although not as urgent a fix as others, but two issues: Hardware (under tech section) and Movies and Tv shows (under arts and entertainment) show no posts on the external link (wherein it would show the latest post), but are indeed filled still with posts and topics.
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That is because those SQL DB tables were likely dropped because of the incorrect method of upgrading a phpBB forum.
Honestly, if I were you admin, I'd get the hosting company to restore the site from a backup to Friday evening, you won't lose much aside from this thread and a few other posts.
Additionally I'd recommend you upgrade to VBulletin instead. phpBB has always got security issues and problems due to being a labour of love ie a free product.
Honestly, if I were you admin, I'd get the hosting company to restore the site from a backup to Friday evening, you won't lose much aside from this thread and a few other posts.
Additionally I'd recommend you upgrade to VBulletin instead. phpBB has always got security issues and problems due to being a labour of love ie a free product.
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FixedHargan wrote:Hey Val, thanks for spending your weekened fixing up the forum.
I have noticed, although not as urgent a fix as others, but two issues: Hardware (under tech section) and Movies and Tv shows (under arts and entertainment) show no posts on the external link (wherein it would show the latest post), but are indeed filled still with posts and topics.
We might move to VBulletin one day, if the forum has a steady income stream. Right now that won't happen though.Randall wrote:That is because those SQL DB tables were likely dropped because of the incorrect method of upgrading a phpBB forum.
Honestly, if I were you admin, I'd get the hosting company to restore the site from a backup to Friday evening, you won't lose much aside from this thread and a few other posts.
Additionally I'd recommend you upgrade to VBulletin instead. phpBB has always got security issues and problems due to being a labour of love ie a free product.
And I like how you classify free products as fundementally broken and insecure simply because they are free. I do not agree with that assesssment. pbpBB may have issues, but that's not simply because it's free.
Also, no DB restore needed. A simple topic bump sorted out the display issue.
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I don't see any reason to move. I think we should support free and/or open source software and if moving means losing posts and the forum history then I am against it.
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I am of exactly the same sentiment.Rakuen Growlithe wrote:I don't see any reason to move. I think we should support free and/or open source software and if moving means losing posts and the forum history then I am against it.
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Re: The Great Forum Outage of April 2016
I like how you make an assumption out of thin air.And I like how you classify free products as fundementally broken and insecure simply because they are free. I do not agree with that assesssment. pbpBB may have issues, but that's not simply because it's free.
I don't have a problem with software being free. My issue is that phpBB has been hacked, time and time again. It is not very secure, never has been.
Have you ever had the honour of cleaning up a phpBB forum post hack? Probably not.
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Your exact quote:Randall wrote:I like how you make an assumption out of thin air.And I like how you classify free products as fundementally broken and insecure simply because they are free. I do not agree with that assesssment. pbpBB may have issues, but that's not simply because it's free.
I don't have a problem with software being free. My issue is that phpBB has been hacked, time and time again. It is not very secure, never has been.
Have you ever had the honour of cleaning up a phpBB forum post hack? Probably not.
phpBB has always got security issues and problems due to being a labour of love ie a free product.
Let's reword some stuff:
Product X has always got security issues and problems due to being a labour of love ie a free product.
This is what I read. Sorry if it's not what you meant.