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Forum Upgrade

Former_MSE_Webmaster · 2006-04-26 14:19:14

Hi folks, We are planning to upgrade our now venerable Chat Forum to a brand new quicker, faster souped up version of vBulletin (the software package that runs the forum). We're hoping will this improve performance, sort out some glitches and add some nice new features. We're planning to do this on the afternoon of…

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Whiffy_Smiffy Posts: 23 Forumite

26 April 2006 at 9:36PM

nads wrote:

what version are you upgrading to?

Widescreen.!

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Clariman Posts: 1,484 Forumite

27 April 2006 at 8:40AM

It is still not clear when what is happening (at least, not to me).

The broadcast message showing at the top of each board says that the upgrade work will be done this afternoon, so the boards will be offline until the afternoon and links to this thread.

The first post on the thread has been edited to say that "testing" will be this morning at 11am. Do you mean "testing" or do you mean the "upgrade" will be done at 11am and the boards will be offline then ? If it is testing at 11am then presumably that means the upgrade is going to happen first thing this morning.

(Confused) Clariman

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Edinburghlass_2 Posts: 32,680 Forumite

27 April 2006 at 9:03AM

Testing will be done on a "copy" site this morning at 11.00 am ready for the switch over this afternoon when the forums will be closed from 2.00 pm.

There will be a national surge on the electricity grid from 2.00 pm as all MSE'rs switch on their hoovers and frantically get the housework done for the first time in weeks.

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rchddap1 Posts: 5,926 Forumite

27 April 2006 at 9:04AM

In that case has anyone warned the power companies.....could bring the country into darkness.

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daisykate124 Posts: 258 Forumite

27 April 2006 at 9:07AM

Edinburghlass wrote:

There will be a national surge on the electricity grid from 2.00 pm as all MSE'rs switch on their hoovers and frantically get the housework done for the first time in weeks.

That made me Giggle :rotfl:

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Aidenr Posts: 208 Forumite

27 April 2006 at 10:03AM

OMG !!!

I'm actually gunna have to do some work (arhhhh)

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MORPH3US Posts: 4,906 Forumite

27 April 2006 at 10:39AM

How will I cope without MSE from 2 this afternoon until.... well tomorrow when I get back in work.

Thats a whole afternoon without MSE, I don't think i'll cope!!!

I'm available for testing if needed!!!

M

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ukbill69 Posts: 2,790 Forumite

27 April 2006 at 10:48AM

Wow I wondered when you where going to upgrade to vbulletin 3.5 lol. Its been out for ages.

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Bill
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MORPH3US Posts: 4,906 Forumite

27 April 2006 at 11:15AM

ukbill69 wrote:

Wow I wondered when you where going to upgrade to vbulletin 3.5 lol. Its been out for ages.

Are there any major differences between the current and future forum softwares?

What nice new features will we be getting?

M

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sra Posts: 4,676 Forumite

27 April 2006 at 11:21AM

MORPH3US wrote:

Are there any major differences between the current and future forum softwares?

What nice new features will we be getting?

M

Ajax Moderator tools
Auto Avatar resizing
A spellcheck button (Not a built in spellcheck - The first time you click it, you're told to instal IESpell in Explorer and it uses that from then on)

Tells you more about the 3.5s here

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