server maintainance

FreakAnimalFinland · April 21, 2017, 04:59:08 PM

For short periods of forum being off-line, just some server malfunctions being fixed, not directly related by forum. Only that we happened to be on the same server what needed attention. For small pauses or oddities, this may be the cause.

All files been checked, and forum software gone through tests and no errors found.

FreakAnimalFinland · October 12, 2021, 08:30:44 AM

Forum was down 00 - 07 due server maintainance.

FreakAnimalFinland · October 25, 2021, 05:32:29 PM

More server updates in near days, so don't be alarmed if forum is offline...

FreakAnimalFinland · November 27, 2022, 10:26:42 AM

Those worrying about forum being down or any sites related, its just some sort of maintainance / temporary bug fix. This time all worked just fine for Finns (EU viewers?), but for some reason overseas people could not access. There are scheduled server maintainance happening often even twice a month, when forum is down for some hours. If things don't seem to work out, return later. Nothing very dramatic should be going on.

FreakAnimalFinland · December 20, 2022, 02:30:31 PM

Probably in next 1-2 months there will be bigger forum update. Change to more current day format, with responsive template so browsing with smaller screens will be better. When this happens, forum will be most likely down for day or couple before re-launched. I will be informing in advance when forum will be down.

theotherjohn · December 20, 2022, 04:36:38 PM

Special Interests forum 2.0? Any previews as to what the forum might look like if it was to be updated for those of us resistant to change?

FreakAnimalFinland · December 20, 2022, 09:05:32 PM

Hopefully looks same on computer. And on smaller screens it becomes mobile friendly. I do hope nothing in forum structure nor overall template changes. Same forum software etc. Just like you say, 2.0 most of all for security & compatibility reasons. All user accounts etc remain the same.

FreakAnimalFinland · July 06, 2023, 09:53:52 AM

This particular template is not available anymore for new forum software. We'll see how close to this look new things can be adjusted. If all goes well, change happens sometime this month. If one day forum is down, no panic. Should go up sometime soon and then probably little by little lay-out being adjusted into better.

FreakAnimalFinland · July 18, 2023, 07:16:00 PM

probably forum will be offline tomorrow, but will be back as soon as possible.

FreakAnimalFinland · July 19, 2023, 11:55:19 AM

Forum update is done! Some little tweaks will be done. It is impossible to adjust this into 100% same as before, as it is now responsive lay-out. Icons work a bit different etc. If you have issues with new forum, you can report here and we'll see what can be done to fix them.

FreakAnimalFinland · July 19, 2023, 12:30:05 PM

At the moment, some sort of bug is fucking up the image links. We're looking into that a bit later, and hopefully images will be working as soon as time to see what's up with them.

EDIT: images are working all ok. If any bugs found, post here.

Theodore · July 19, 2023, 04:43:40 PM

It's unbelievable how web developers / programmers always manage to destroy whatever good they have done in the past. We had a perfect environment and it's no longer supported ...

IMPORTANT : Whoever has problem to login, right-click on LOGIN and open it in a new tab. In my case, with just clicking on LOGIN the popup window displayed error.

Mikko, is the View Recent Posts option / page still available ? The most useful tool !

PS: Fonts / size i dont like at all. Have to search what options are available for user to set ...

celt · July 19, 2023, 04:59:15 PM

Quote from: Theodore on July 19, 2023, 04:43:40 PMis the View Recent Posts option / page still available ? The most useful tool !

https://special-interests.net/forum/index.php?action=recent
(Also as a button in top right corner).

Quote from: Theodore on July 19, 2023, 04:43:40 PMPS: Fonts / size i dont like at all. Have to search what options are available for user to set ...

Verdana is now brought back, but the message editor seems to like more monospaced fonts... Let's see if we can "normalize" that as well. Or what do you guys think about monospace fonts in the message editor?

Theodore · July 19, 2023, 05:18:09 PM

Excellent ! Thanks ! A small change but with big impact. Now it looks like the place i am used to.

Glad that Recent Posts still exists. Saves a lot of time and 'effort' . - Another suggestion, not important, and i havent really see any yet, but if there are, consider to eliminate as much stupid 'explanation' pop-ups as you see fit, if possible. You know, the ones that appear when you hover the cursor on a link / button.

BlackCavendish · July 19, 2023, 05:32:58 PM

Quote from: celt on July 19, 2023, 04:59:15 PMVerdana is now brought back, but the message editor seems to like more monospaced fonts... Let's see if we can "normalize" that as well. Or what do you guys think about monospace fonts in the message editor?

Everything looks cool to me. New layout seems fine to me (but hey, I work in the web development industry :D )
Verdana is ok, maybe a little bit smaller compared to the previous one but no complaints.