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Stuff is broken

Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2024 10:45 am
by Hunter
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).

Re: Stuff is broken

Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2024 6:55 pm
by Hunter
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.

Re: Stuff is broken

Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2024 5:26 pm
by Hunter
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.

Re: Stuff is broken

Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2024 3:47 pm
by Top Gun
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.

Re: Stuff is broken

Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2024 10:46 am
by Hunter
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.