We are about to undergo an upgrade to the vBulletin sript, upon which this forum runs. I am planning on doing this today, December 8, 2005. The time is still a bit up in the air but my plan is to start it within a couple of hours of this post. The forum will be down during this time, which is expected to be between 4 and 8 hours.
When we come back up, there will be a number of features missing until I get the time to upgrade them as well. The base URL portal, the Gallery and the Links area will be upgraded/re-installed over the next several days. When we come back up we may also look a bit "different" as I am not sure that our current template is fully compatible with this release of vBulletin. I believe it is, but cannot be sure until after the install.
This upgrade is necessary for us to be as secure as possible and to remain so as new security patches become available. There are also a number of bugs that I hope will be resolved in the new version. Any problems noted after we come back up should be reported in this thread.
When we come back up, there will be a number of features missing until I get the time to upgrade them as well. The base URL portal, the Gallery and the Links area will be upgraded/re-installed over the next several days. When we come back up we may also look a bit "different" as I am not sure that our current template is fully compatible with this release of vBulletin. I believe it is, but cannot be sure until after the install.
This upgrade is necessary for us to be as secure as possible and to remain so as new security patches become available. There are also a number of bugs that I hope will be resolved in the new version. Any problems noted after we come back up should be reported in this thread.