Hotfixes and Forum Craziness

[Tefka]

There was a lot of maintenance going on to help improve the site and alleviate issues with people's accounts. A lot of people were getting the WSOD, or "White Screen Of Death" upon trying to view the forum home page.

I believe this has been alleviated, and I believe the culprit to be the shoutbox. I'm prepping the forum for some maintenance this weekend to be done, this may not be the last you see of the shoutbox, for all of you shoutbox lovers.

But there's something we all need to understand. This software we utilize, it is quickly degrading. We're nearly 3 years old and we're already starting to see malware attacks, security vulnerabilities and some of our beloved mods waste away due to the authors not updating the framework. This isn't a professionally ran community. I do all the maintenance and run the server myself. There is no support for me to run to. This is purely a fan's creation and hobby, and there's only so much we can do with our limited knowledge.

So along the way, some sacrifices may need to be made to ensure the community continues on. Right now, the Shoutbox is the first sacrifice and comes in the wake of a war against an ever aggressive string of malware attacks.

I only ask for your patience and understanding, and I ask all members to please not report bugs in response to this thread - please post them in the Site Feedback forum.

 

[Boethiah]

I wish you the best of luck and hope everything goes smoothly as soon as possible.

 

[Raziel]

There was a shoutbox? ;-)

 

[Seraphina Shel'tah]

I love the shoutbox, but I love not having viruses way more...Let's stick to that plan.

 

[Holden Tark]

Thanks for the update Tef!

 

[Valiens Nantaris]

The only time I used the shoutbox was back in May 2013 when I banned a spammer there.

So yeah.

 

[Quietus]

Today was the first time I ever used the shoutbox.

To tell [member="Anja Aj'Rou"] to get out.

Because it was at the top of the page.

Needless to say I won't miss it. I can still tell Anja to GTFO on skype.

 

[Ilias Nytrau]

Shoutbox? Whatever. I've hardly touched it since I joined a year and a half ago.

 

[Thessa Kai]

There is nothing hot about these fixes.

:mellow:

 

[Xyl'Myrr]

i think its alright. a quick necessary sacrifice for the good of the forum/website is far more prudent

 

[Valiens Nantaris]

[member="Thessa Kai"]
Listen fishy….

Hi!

 

[Delila Castillon]

There is nothing hot about these fixes.

:mellow:

Perhaps if we put these fixes in daisy dukes and crop tops [member="Thessa Kai"] ?

 

[Valiens Nantaris]

[member="Delila Castillon"]
Her character is going to beat up your character for that....

 

[Tobias Wraith]

Thanks for working hard Tef, appreciate it.

 

[Nikolas Faselli]

Well, Shoutbox has lost its activity a long time ago. I didn't see a reason why you kept it for so long. Thank you, Tef!

 

[Tefka]

There is nothing hot about these fixes.

:mellow:

Hotfixes are called hotfixes because the server never went down when the fix was applied (the drives were still hot, physically)

 

[Torvas]

I know that it probably sounds goofy and I certainly don't want to take up too much of your time [member="Tefka"], but I did want to say thank you for working with all this stuff in spite of the fact that it's just a hobby. I'm still fairly new here, but I'm amazed at just how well run the place is.

 

[Thessa Kai]

Hotfixes are called hotfixes because the server never went down when the fix was applied (the drives were still hot, physically)

Tough crowd.

 

[Thessa Kai]

[member="Valiens Nantaris"]


Hi pumpkin.

 

[Valiens Nantaris]

[member="Thessa Kai"]
Hi fishsticks....