Notice: Software Upgrade Tonight!

**Andy R** · 06-03-2008, 09:40 AM

Dear Members,

I am sorry for the short notice but I wanted to let you all know that the site will be closed tonight (8 PM EST) for software upgrades. I suspect the downtime to be around two hours but it could be shorter or a bit longer.

Thanks in advance for your patience!

Regards,

Andy

InsideOut · 06-03-2008, 09:43 AM

Thanks for the heads up...hope everything goes smoothly ~

Shari

doorgunner · 06-03-2008, 09:47 AM

Darn , and I wanted to chat 2nite. lol

ArtStream · 06-03-2008, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by doorgunner

Darn , and I wanted to chat 2nite. lol

This might be a good opportunity to practice backing up skills

Michael

vswingfield · 06-03-2008, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by ArtStream

This might be a good opportunity to practice backing up skills

Michael

Last time I tried backing up, Time Machine locked up. (Mac OSX Leopard joke. It's just not funny, Steve Jobs)

Thanks for the notice Andy.

How's everything going, Michael?

CA Streamer · 06-03-2008, 10:14 AM

Thanks for letting us know, Andy. Hope it goes smoothly!

Wayne&Sam · 06-03-2008, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by vswingfield

Last time I tried backing up, Time Machine locked up. (Mac OSX Leopard joke. It's just not funny, Steve Jobs)

Inland RV Center, In · 06-03-2008, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by ArtStream

This might be a good opportunity to practice backing up skills

Michael

That's something you "never" want to do, in Palm Springs California.

Andy

**Andy R** · 06-03-2008, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by doorgunner

Darn , and I wanted to chat 2nite. lol

Hey, the chat will technically still work while the site is down if you just open up that page before I close the site. Don't refresh or the chat will go away and the site closed message will show up.

Gen Disarray · 06-03-2008, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Andy R

Hey, the chat will technically still work while the site is down if you just open up that page before I close the site. Don't refresh or the chat will go away and the site closed message will show up.

Would opening the float option now and leaving it open work?

2airishuman · 06-03-2008, 03:31 PM

hi andy thanks for the notice....

one of the mods suggested months ago that WHEN this software upgrade happend...

ALL OF OUR THREAD SUBSCRIPTIONS WOULD BE LOST!

---is this even remotely likely or possible?

i sure hope not.

---what version of the v'bulletin are we moving up to?

---does this mean that blogging and other features of the newer versions will not be available?

cheers
2air'

overlander63 · 06-03-2008, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by 2airishuman

ALL OF OUR THREAD SUBSCRIPTIONS WOULD BE LOST!

---is this even remotely likely or possible?

i sure hope not.

If you think this may happen (and with computers and electronic stuff, who knows?), go to your user cp, click "view all subscribed threads", copy the page that is displayed, paste it either into notepad, word document, even an email to yourself. When the "new and improved" Vbulletin arrives, and you find your subscriptions gone, you can reconstruct your subscriptions by revisiting each thread, and subscribing.
If you have to do this, it will be a pain, but you will be "re-upped" for your subscriptions. I'm sure there are easirer ways, but at least this way you will have a copy of your subscriptions, and verify they all came through unscathed.

richinny · 06-03-2008, 11:18 AM

*beep* *beep* *beep* *beep* *beep*

that's a good reminder for everyone to do their computer back-ups.

overlander63 · 06-03-2008, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by richinny

*beep* *beep* *beep* *beep* *beep*

that's a good reminder for everyone to do their computer back-ups.

Reminds me more of my UPS battery going critical...