Welcome Back

**hxbunny** · 21-03-2017, 07:19 PM

G'day Everyone,

As the title says, welcome back mySANDMAN,

Cheers

**jason.ruff** · 21-03-2017, 08:01 PM

Yep definitely missed it. Particularly on night shift.

**1BadVan** · 22-03-2017, 02:49 AM

Good to see it up and running again. Great place to hang out.

**wbute** · 22-03-2017, 08:01 AM

So what's changed, other than the shout box? Must have been a lot of rust to bog up?

**Blocker** · 22-03-2017, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by wbute

So what's changed, other than the shout box? Must have been a lot of rust to bog up?

Are you having a laugh?

What's changed;

Migrated server OS from Win2002r2 to Ubuntu 14.04
Upgraded Apache server 2.0 to 2.4
Upgraded PHP from 5.2 to 5.6.9
Upgraded mySQL db 5.3 to 5.54
Incremental upgrades of vB 4.2.2 to 4.2.4
Increased PHP post size from 2mb to 8mb
Increased mySQL packet size from 8mb to 16mb
Modified mySQL db lookup tables and tested
Created custom lookup scripts for db and tested
Removed various 3rd party applications - compatibility/security issues
Modified image gallery of 2.5gb of members photos
Updated forum catagories
Manually corrected threads and posts - Moved/Deleted/Modified/Edited
Installed spam bot identifiers and tested
Removed incomplete or partial member registrations
Graphic changes to nav icons
Updated mobile app (ongoing)

Not to mention the front webpage has been removed;

New webservice
New webpage design

Thanks for your patience.

**Valencia** · 22-03-2017, 04:03 PM

Thanks for your hard work Andrew we do appreciate this great forum

**Alien DNA** · 22-03-2017, 04:41 PM

Far out...that's a hell of a lot of work...way to go Blocker

**wbute** · 22-03-2017, 04:48 PM

Nah just curious. must have missed the lead up to the rebuild. It's not real obvious to the non computer person sorry. Clearly it took a long time so I thought maybe someone might have let us know that's all. Anyway good stuff to whoever was involved.

**jason.ruff** · 22-03-2017, 06:00 PM

Yep didn't understand a word of that Blocker, but thank you for the work done. Im sure we will notice the difference as we surf the site.

**hainzy** · 24-03-2017, 10:10 AM

Agree with the above posts.

I dont understand what any of that means, but it just goes to show how much work goes on behind the scenes that computer simpletons like me dont see. So well done and thanks Blocker.

Originally Posted by Blocker

Are you having a laugh?

What's changed;