Firstly extreme apologies for the downtime.
This was caused by the I/O section of the ukvac server to become faulty and effectively made the box unreachable and stuck in a chkdsk scenario, indeed this is still ongoing.... So much so that we have made the difficult decision to lose 24 hrs of posts and revert to a backup rather than wait the additional 1-2 days required to retrieve the last database entries...
We are well aware that some member's uploaded avatars and indeed uploaded images are currently not appearing - again - these will return in due course : bear with us
However, we are pleased to report that we are now on a new machine, with far more backup security - I'l leave it to Alpha1 to define excatly what platform we're on.
We've taken the oppotunity for a significant upgrade and facelift at the same time and hope you like the new look!
The upgrade has given us some excellent new features such as:
I hope you enjoy the reboot
Ravage2012-05-01 16:08:44
This was caused by the I/O section of the ukvac server to become faulty and effectively made the box unreachable and stuck in a chkdsk scenario, indeed this is still ongoing.... So much so that we have made the difficult decision to lose 24 hrs of posts and revert to a backup rather than wait the additional 1-2 days required to retrieve the last database entries...
We are well aware that some member's uploaded avatars and indeed uploaded images are currently not appearing - again - these will return in due course : bear with us
However, we are pleased to report that we are now on a new machine, with far more backup security - I'l leave it to Alpha1 to define excatly what platform we're on.
We've taken the oppotunity for a significant upgrade and facelift at the same time and hope you like the new look!
The upgrade has given us some excellent new features such as:
- Spam prevention via ingtegration into stopforumspam.com
- New SSL secuity layer
- Individual posts can be rated 1-5
- Answers to a particular tech propblem can me literally marked as answered and will appear immediately below the first postm but also appear later in the thread
- You can like posts, share etc
- New chat room which we're currently debating whether replaces the previous shoutbox or not
- Dozens more improvements here and there!
I hope you enjoy the reboot
Ravage2012-05-01 16:08:44
