Brent W
Resident Tech Guy
Hi everyone,
I am the tech savvy guy behind Religious Forums and will be working with Rex to transition the site to its next life. Here are the things that will be happening over the next couple of days:
In preparation for our move to new, better software (this software was released in 2005...) we will be moving to a new server. There will be some short downtime with this move but nothing over an hour.
Once we get RF on our new server, we will be working to get the software updated to newer, faster, better all around software. The software we are going to move to is https://www.xenforo.com/community/
The same people that created this software in 2005 are now behind the XenForo software. They have a quality forum software that is well updated and secure.
This conversion will cause quite some downtime due to the size of Religious Forum. In an effort to minimize the time you are left out of RF, we will be doing the conversion in the early hours of the weekend. Expect downtime to be in the neighborhood of 12 hours.
To answer some potential questions:
- Will frubals remain? Yes. All your current frubals will make it to the new software. We will do our best to make the feature as identical as possible.
- What will the site look like? We will do our best to make the site appear as identical as possible to our current style in the end.
- Why move? Everything works fine... To you, the end user everything might appear fine. However, to moderators and admins, things are ancient behind the scene. Our new software runs faster on cheaper hardware, has more options to allow us to keep the forum spam free and allows us to keep growing in the future.
- Who are you? My name is Brent Wilson and I have been working and managing forums for 10 1/2 years now. I have known Rex for at least half of that time if not longer. I love forums, love building communities and hope to be able to help you guys continue to get the best experience out of RF.
Other Notes:
Before, During and After the conversion to the new software you are no doubt going to notice some sporadic downtime, things not being accessible that should be and other quirks related to the conversion. Please have patience, as we will make sure that everything is taken care of in the end and that you are given access to everything you had before.
With that said, I will keep a list of things that will not be making the move to the new system:
1) Social Groups
2)
Have any further questions? Ask away. :witch:
I am the tech savvy guy behind Religious Forums and will be working with Rex to transition the site to its next life. Here are the things that will be happening over the next couple of days:
In preparation for our move to new, better software (this software was released in 2005...) we will be moving to a new server. There will be some short downtime with this move but nothing over an hour.
Once we get RF on our new server, we will be working to get the software updated to newer, faster, better all around software. The software we are going to move to is https://www.xenforo.com/community/
The same people that created this software in 2005 are now behind the XenForo software. They have a quality forum software that is well updated and secure.
This conversion will cause quite some downtime due to the size of Religious Forum. In an effort to minimize the time you are left out of RF, we will be doing the conversion in the early hours of the weekend. Expect downtime to be in the neighborhood of 12 hours.
To answer some potential questions:
- Will frubals remain? Yes. All your current frubals will make it to the new software. We will do our best to make the feature as identical as possible.
- What will the site look like? We will do our best to make the site appear as identical as possible to our current style in the end.
- Why move? Everything works fine... To you, the end user everything might appear fine. However, to moderators and admins, things are ancient behind the scene. Our new software runs faster on cheaper hardware, has more options to allow us to keep the forum spam free and allows us to keep growing in the future.
- Who are you? My name is Brent Wilson and I have been working and managing forums for 10 1/2 years now. I have known Rex for at least half of that time if not longer. I love forums, love building communities and hope to be able to help you guys continue to get the best experience out of RF.
Other Notes:
Before, During and After the conversion to the new software you are no doubt going to notice some sporadic downtime, things not being accessible that should be and other quirks related to the conversion. Please have patience, as we will make sure that everything is taken care of in the end and that you are given access to everything you had before.
With that said, I will keep a list of things that will not be making the move to the new system:
1) Social Groups
2)
Have any further questions? Ask away. :witch:
