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A new version of the phpBB software has been issued so we need to perform an upgrade.

I have successfully applied this upgrade to a test area and, provided I have hung the new curtain pole in the kitchen by then, I have permission from SCP-DFD to spend time applying the upgrade on Sunday 16th September.

The forum will be down for approximately 1 hour whilst the upgrade takes place.

DRT

DRT wrote:provided I have hung the new curtain pole in the kitchen by then, I have permission from SCP-DFD to spend time applying the upgrade on Sunday 16th September.

The curtain pole is up. The upgrade will commence shortly.

The upgrade is now complete and appears to have been successful.

Please report any bugs in this thread.

A new version of phpBB has been released so I will be installing the upgrade at some point this week. The forum will be unavailable during the upgrade so if you cannot get in just pour yourself a glass of Port and browse wine-searcher.com for a while until we are back online.

I am currently downloading a backup of the forum software and database. It will take about one hour. Once downloaded I will be applying the upgrade. It is advisable to not post anything on the forum until this process is finished.

DRT wrote:A new version of phpBB has been released so I will be installing the upgrade at some point this week.

Done.

Please report any strange things here.

A new version of phpBB has been released. This is not a simple upgrade to fix bugs, it is a new version of the base software which requires a complete install and an upgrade of the host version of the server software. It is not a trivial task.

The plan is that we will take TPF offline for a day at a weekend in the near future. We will give a few days notice so that members can make plans to be doing something else or book a session with their therapist to help cope with the withdrawal symptoms.

• Please put a notice on the front page linking to this thread.

• The new software is incompatible with our ThePortForumRed style. This is being remedied, but there is likely to be an underlap between the styles.

jdaw1 wrote:• Please put a notice on the front page linking to this thread.

• The new software is incompatible with our ThePortForumRed style. This is being remedied, but there is likely to be an underlap between the styles.

But ThePortForumRed2012 will be unaffected?

djewesbury wrote:But ThePortForumRed2012 will be unaffected?

ThePortForumRed2012 won’t work with the new software. Hence the making, in progress, of the aesthetically similar ThePortForumRed2015.

jdaw1 wrote:

djewesbury wrote:But ThePortForumRed2012 will be unaffected?

ThePortForumRed2012 won’t work with the new software. Hence the making, in progress, of the aesthetically similar ThePortForumRed2015.

As part of the upgrade we will be setting all user accounts to use ThePortForumRed2015 style. If you don't like it you will have the option of returning to the default phpBB style "subsilver". All previous versions of the styles will be removed as they are not compatible with the upgrade.

DRT wrote:As part of the upgrade we will be setting all user accounts to use ThePortForumRed2015 style.

Some time after the upgrade we will be setting all user accounts to use ThePortForumRed2015 style.

Do any of the admins own a device not manufactured by Apple on which to test the changes before they go live?
If not, then at the appropriate time please shout and I can assist.

I am all Appled-up but I think JDAW has one of those old fashioned Windows thingies and AHB has one of those dreadful Blackcurrents.

Thanks for the offer, we might take it up.

DRT wrote:I think JDAW has one of those old fashioned Windows thingies

Not quite: Mac computers, but an Android phone.

jdaw1 wrote:

DRT wrote:I think JDAW has one of those old fashioned Windows thingies

Not quite: Mac computers, but an Android phone.

Yes, Android. That's the one I was thinking of.

DRT wrote:A new version of phpBB has been released. This is not a simple upgrade to fix bugs, it is a new version of the base software which requires a complete install and an upgrade of the host version of the server software. It is not a trivial task.

The plan is that we will take TPF offline for a day at a weekend in the near future. We will give a few days notice so that members can make plans to be doing something else or book a session with their therapist to help cope with the withdrawal symptoms.

Please sir, when?

Perhaps Easter weekend.

DRT wrote:Perhaps Easter weekend.

If not that sir, when might be most likely?

Reportedly the upgrade might happen tomorrow, Sunday 28^th June 2015.

Sorry, have not managed to try this on the test database/forum yet. Will try to do that tomorrow and then give an update of when the live update will happen.

DRT, on Sun 29th March 201[b][u]5[/u][/b], wrote:Perhaps Easter weekend.

In 2016 Easter Sunday falls on 27^th March.

Work on the upgrade has started and will hopefully be completed this weekend.

The priority will be to upgrade the underlying software to the latest version to ensure the site is secure and functioning as it should. This means that certain features such as the colour scheme, tasting notes, TapaTalk access etc might be unavailable when the upgraded site is launched. These bespoke features will hopefully be re-enabled shortly afterwards.

The forum might be unavailable for an extended period this weekend so please bear with us.

:Swoons:

jdaw1 wrote:

DRT wrote:As part of the upgrade we will be setting all user accounts to use ThePortForumRed2015 style.

Some time after the upgrade we will be setting all user accounts to use ThePortForumRed2015 style.

Please may I have a copy of ThePortForumRed20152016?