Forum going down for maintenance today

[neptronix]

Howdy folks. There are some important security updates I need to make to the forum today.

The process may take an hour or two and there will be intermittent outages during the process.

Work will start around noon in Pacific standard time and I will update this thread when it is complete.

Sorry for the interruption but this is a necessary evil

[SlowCo]

Although it will be difficult to not be able to visit the forum so long I'll try to be patient...

Thanks for your work keeping the forum secure. Much appreciated

[neptronix]

Had some things come up today. Will be starting maintenance around 3 or 4pm Pacific standard time

[neptronix]

Prep work done, backups done, files being transferred.. getting ready to pull the switch. Fingers crossed that everything goes smooth.

[neptronix]

Well, after a few bumps, we are back up, and on the latest version of phpbb.
Thanks for your patience!

Let me know if you notice any bugs! I will keep this thread open for a few days until things have settled.

[neptronix]

Although it will be difficult to not be able to visit the forum so long I'll try to be patient...

Thanks for your work keeping the forum secure. Much appreciated

You're welcome.. i've got this process down fairly pat, and there weren't too many bumps, so our downtime was maybe 15 minutes. Thanks for your patience

[fechter]

Please report any abnormal behavior.
So far so good.

[tomjasz]

Please report any abnormal behavior.

Can’t PM Chalo. <ducking>

[neptronix]

Expected behavior, sorry

[nicobie]

Haven't seen chalo around lately. Did he get 86ed?

[neptronix]

Yes, unfortunately.

Seems like everything is smooth sailing since the upgrade. Imma take this off the global announcement.

[amberwolf]

I don't know when it started, but it's "recent", probably less than a month, but I don't rmemeber exactly when it last worked correctly.

Clicking links in threads, signatures, etc., that do not have https:// as the header open the links as if you are not logged in.

Clicking any link within that page will then also open as not logged in.

It doesnt' log you out, as any other tabs you're logged in with still work normally.


For instance, the link to my SB Cruiser thread in my signature (which AFAIK hasn't changed, but has previously worked just fine) is
http://www.endless-sphere.com/forums/vi ... =2&t=67833
Clicking it opens a tab with the URL
http://www.endless-sphere.com/forums/vi ... &start=975

Opening it manually as
https://www.endless-sphere.com/forums/v ... =2&t=67833
opens a tab with the URL as entered, and as logged in. Links from that open correctly as well.

[neptronix]

Sorry about that, i think i forgot a code patch in the process. Will get to that when i get a minute.

[amberwolf]

No problem, just thought you might want to know.

[Skorohod]

Suddenly, my topic with photos is gone. No warnings, no notifications of some kind. Can it be some sort of a glitch in forum engine?
Here some screenshots, i can see parts of my messages, but topic itself is unreachable:

es-01.png

es-2.png

[amberwolf]

if i do a search on your posts, it's still there
https://endless-sphere.com/forums/searc ... mit=Search
though the images show as names instead of pics,

also, it says -1 for number of replies when looking at that thread stuff, but has the correct number just seeing your info on your post in this thread, for instance.

additionally, when i do a search for that thread by any of the words in it's title, it cannot be found.

pics not showing is wierd, because they don't do that in a search of my own, for instance:
https://endless-sphere.com/forums/searc ... mit=Search
however, it definitely doesn't show the right number of posts (it says only 172.... ) and it doesn't start with the most recent posts i've made by quite a few weeks.

(clicking on the "search user's posts" link in my profile appears to show correct numbers and includes the recent posts:
https://endless-sphere.com/forums/searc ... 2&sr=posts )

[marty]

Topic
Eternal outskirts of Moscow and beyond (LOTS of pics!)
Gone?
The requested topic does not exist.

Send a private message to a moderator.
Global moderators
spinningmagnets or mark5 might have a explanation?

Hope those pictures come back.

[mark5]

Suddenly, my topic with photos is gone. No warnings, no notifications of some kind. Can it be some sort of a glitch in forum engine?

Skorohod, please PM neptronix about this problem. He has the access necessary to fix it.

I think your Eternal Outskirts topic was in the General Discussion forum, initial post 30 Aug 2019 and, unless I figure it wrong, the link to it should be:
https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewt ... 1&t=102124 .

But I don't see it listed in General Discussion topics & trying to access the link above gives a topic doesn't exist error.

If I search your username for topics you've posted, Eternal Outskirts postings are listed but the topic is blank & number of replies is -1. These are a problem.

[Skorohod]

Thank y'all, guys! I've sent PM to neptronix, let's hope he can help.

[fechter]

That is strange. The posts are there but the pictures aren't loading. Not the first time forum software has malfunctioned.

[marty]

Re: Eternal outskirts of Moscow and beyond (LOTS of pics!)
Could be something to do with politics, United States and Russia?

[Skorohod]

Personal sanctions against me! How dare you, Obama!

[Toorbough ULL-Zeveigh]

number of replies is -1.

stack overflow.

so are you a secret moderator (НКВД/internal affairs) or iz that a personal choice not to colour identify as one?
how many more invisible mods are out there???

[nicobie]

It appears that things have changed a bit. I'm sure that announcements will be made.

[thundercamel]

I was also looking for the Eternal outskirts of Moscow pics thread and came across this.