Forum Maintenance - 2022-03-23
- iandvl
- Patrolman 1000+
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- Full Name: Ian de Villiers
- Nickname: Ian
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- Current 4x4: Nissan Patrol 4.5 GRX
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Forum Maintenance - 2022-03-23
Just a heads-up. The forum will be down for maintenance for a few hours from 17h00 tomorrow (23rd March). I'll make a post on the social WhatsApp group as well when I start and when it is up and running again.
I'm hoping things go swimmingly, in which case it should only be down for a very short amount of time.
I'll make a post on this thread (and the QA group) when everything is up and running again.
I'm hoping things go swimmingly, in which case it should only be down for a very short amount of time.
I'll make a post on this thread (and the QA group) when everything is up and running again.
Ian de Villiers
Patrol 4.5 GRX
Jurgens XT65 2x0 with Super Select Zero
ORRA: H80
Patrol 4.5 GRX
Jurgens XT65 2x0 with Super Select Zero
ORRA: H80
- Steele
- Senior Member
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- Full Name: Gareth Steele
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Re: Forum Maintenance - 2022-03-23
Thanks for all you hard work and keeping us connected Ian!
Cheers, Gareth
I think, therefore I am........ I think?!?!?!
I think, therefore I am........ I think?!?!?!
- iandvl
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Re: Forum Maintenance - 2022-03-23
Morning folks. Just a friendly bump. The forum will be pulling a "Monica Lewinsky" at 17h00 this afternoon.
Ian de Villiers
Patrol 4.5 GRX
Jurgens XT65 2x0 with Super Select Zero
ORRA: H80
Patrol 4.5 GRX
Jurgens XT65 2x0 with Super Select Zero
ORRA: H80
- ricster
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- Full Name: Cedric Warner
- Nickname: Cedric
- Home Town: Alberton Gauteng
- Current 4x4: '99 Nissan Patrol 4.2 Turbo Diesel
- Home Language: English
- Location: LA..... No not Los Angles ..... Lower Alberton, Gauteng
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Re: Forum Maintenance - 2022-03-23
Regards
Cedric
Nissan Patrol GL 4.2 Diesel Turbo (Iron Maiden)
Nissan SANI 3.0 V6 4x4 (SOLD)
Isuzu KB 280 DT 2x4 ('ol Smokey) - SOLD
Suzuki TL 1000R "V twin" (Growler) - SOLD
Cedric
Nissan Patrol GL 4.2 Diesel Turbo (Iron Maiden)
Nissan SANI 3.0 V6 4x4 (SOLD)
Isuzu KB 280 DT 2x4 ('ol Smokey) - SOLD
Suzuki TL 1000R "V twin" (Growler) - SOLD
- iandvl
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Re: Forum Maintenance - 2022-03-23
A final bump on this. The forum will be put in maintenance mode in an hour. Thereafter, it will be unavailable for a bit whilst I do the update.
Ian de Villiers
Patrol 4.5 GRX
Jurgens XT65 2x0 with Super Select Zero
ORRA: H80
Patrol 4.5 GRX
Jurgens XT65 2x0 with Super Select Zero
ORRA: H80
- iandvl
- Patrolman 1000+
- Posts: 1765
- Joined: 12 Jan 2015 13:26
- Full Name: Ian de Villiers
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- Home Language: English
- Has thanked: 446 times
- Been thanked: 670 times
Re: Forum Maintenance - 2022-03-23
The update is done.
What has changed for normal users:
1: A ton of stuff on the backend.
2: The menus will look a little different. There will be a drop down menu at the top of the page for referencing new posts, unread posts and similar.
3: Thanks will work with Tapatalk.
4: Various bugfixes - such as the deletion of private messages now work and similar.
5: Images will be resized on upload and in posts. Clicking on the image will open a "lightbox" to display the image.
6: EXIF information (meta-data associated with photos uploaded) will be stripped from images to prevent the security concerns related to geo-tagging which have been raised in the past.
What has changed for admins:
1: Not much, really. But a bit of customised code which was causing issues with upgrading has been replaced with stock functionality. This was associated with user registrations. When users register, you will get a pop-up notification in forum (if you are online) after which you will need to "administer the user" and then activate the account. If you want to receive the email related to new user registrations with direct links to activate the user account, this can be enabled as follows: User control panel -> Board Preferences -> Notification Options. Check the email box for "User requiring activation".
That is it, pretty much. If people run into issues, please let me know.
What has changed for normal users:
1: A ton of stuff on the backend.
2: The menus will look a little different. There will be a drop down menu at the top of the page for referencing new posts, unread posts and similar.
3: Thanks will work with Tapatalk.
4: Various bugfixes - such as the deletion of private messages now work and similar.
5: Images will be resized on upload and in posts. Clicking on the image will open a "lightbox" to display the image.
6: EXIF information (meta-data associated with photos uploaded) will be stripped from images to prevent the security concerns related to geo-tagging which have been raised in the past.
What has changed for admins:
1: Not much, really. But a bit of customised code which was causing issues with upgrading has been replaced with stock functionality. This was associated with user registrations. When users register, you will get a pop-up notification in forum (if you are online) after which you will need to "administer the user" and then activate the account. If you want to receive the email related to new user registrations with direct links to activate the user account, this can be enabled as follows: User control panel -> Board Preferences -> Notification Options. Check the email box for "User requiring activation".
That is it, pretty much. If people run into issues, please let me know.
Ian de Villiers
Patrol 4.5 GRX
Jurgens XT65 2x0 with Super Select Zero
ORRA: H80
Patrol 4.5 GRX
Jurgens XT65 2x0 with Super Select Zero
ORRA: H80
- hugejp
- Patrolman 1000+
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2004 4.8 GRX TURBO "Tinkerbell"
2003 TD42T GRX "The Coal Roller" - Home Language: Half & Half
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Re: Forum Maintenance - 2022-03-23
Thank-you!
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You CAN with a NISSAN!
Jy KAN met 'n DATSUN!
You CAN with a NISSAN!
Jy KAN met 'n DATSUN!
- Tinus lotz
- Moderator
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- ChristoSlang
- Patrolman
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- Full Name: Christo van Rensburg
- Nickname: ChristoSlang
- Home Town: Pretoria, ZA
- Current 4x4: Nissan 4.2 GL Patrol
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- Location: Garsfontein, Pretoria
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Re: Forum Maintenance - 2022-03-23
Sir Ian, thanks for the update!
I missed the "Active Topics" shortcut, until I paid more attention to your changelog...
- ricster
- Patrolman 1000+
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- Joined: 13 Jan 2010 11:16
- Full Name: Cedric Warner
- Nickname: Cedric
- Home Town: Alberton Gauteng
- Current 4x4: '99 Nissan Patrol 4.2 Turbo Diesel
- Home Language: English
- Location: LA..... No not Los Angles ..... Lower Alberton, Gauteng
- Has thanked: 591 times
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Re: Forum Maintenance - 2022-03-23
Don't worry Christo.... so did I.... .. nice thing is that Ian didn't laugh at me.....................much..
Regards
Cedric
Nissan Patrol GL 4.2 Diesel Turbo (Iron Maiden)
Nissan SANI 3.0 V6 4x4 (SOLD)
Isuzu KB 280 DT 2x4 ('ol Smokey) - SOLD
Suzuki TL 1000R "V twin" (Growler) - SOLD
Cedric
Nissan Patrol GL 4.2 Diesel Turbo (Iron Maiden)
Nissan SANI 3.0 V6 4x4 (SOLD)
Isuzu KB 280 DT 2x4 ('ol Smokey) - SOLD
Suzuki TL 1000R "V twin" (Growler) - SOLD
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