Many things are broken after a full set of system updates (many years since the last..). Mainly the old theme, but I will be restoring it (or something like it).

Have fixed most problems with FSFILES, Descent Files and D3 Sector. DXMA is in working order. If you happen to find a problem, let me know, I might've missed something during various states of panic.

Forum theme still broken, but the forum itself seems fine. Chat is broken, need to dig through backups on how to get it working with this. I don't remember *anything* about how I did this stuff all them years ago.

I just happened to check the site on a whim today and wondered if everything was okay. Turns out my ancient bookmark was "http" instead of "https" and it didn't automatically redirect. I should probably have it link directly to the forums for the moment.

The server was getting very old, so I decided to finally purchase a brand new one and migrate everything over. The final system updates were 4 years ago, and the forum was last updated about 6-7 years ago. In that process I had to also update PHP and in turn the forum software itself, but some things weren't supported so I had to re-install stuff from scratch. I didn't *have* to do all that, but it doesn't make sense to update everything and then keep old versions running.

The site used to re-direct to the forums by default, but now it's just a blank page. I might do something with that eventually as the homepage never served any real purpose. Maybe I can come up with some ideas to make proper use of Sectorgame as a domain after 20 years, hehe.

Most of my time has been taken up by getting the mail server up to standard. This was vital for my own interests, but also it helps to keep the forum (and any sites with user systems) in a 'workable' state.

I'm hoping to get the forums back to the old look, but it's been such a long time I've actually forgotten how to do it. So I will need to retrieve the source files from an old USB drive and figure it out, assuming it works with the new code changes.

Finally got some spare time so will be looking at this soon. We're also getting a new page for the root domain.

Would you still like me to come up with a concept for the root domain page?

No I already have something for that

Meanwhile, restoring the forum to a familiar look..

I really appreciate your work on hosted sites nav widget, Hunter

For those who didn't notice here's a screenshot: Now I can easily navigate to and relive those amazing memories from the ancient times

Once the chat is running again (didn't deep dive into the many errors it keeps throwing yet) I'll put something like a box with a rotating set of images that link to old & new hosted sites. We can do a fair amount of customization with the forum to be honest.

Sounds like a nod to old FS2 Sector with random project images

More things broken - FS Files this time - seems the repository is completely out of action, gonna need time to look into this so have taken it down for now.

Hunter wrote: Mon Jun 30, 2025 5:20 pm Once the chat is running again (didn't deep dive into the many errors it keeps throwing yet) I'll put something like a box with a rotating set of images that link to old & new hosted sites. We can do a fair amount of customization with the forum to be honest.

How about a Discord widget instead of a chatbox?

Sounds like a plan - are we OK with the Discord being public? And what should the widget be a feed of?

It just shows there's a Discord and there are people online; see here: https://discord.com/blog/add-the-discor ... -your-site

The HTML text is provided automatically by Discord under Server Settings > Engagement

Alternatively it could be put on the main site (depending on what you're planning)