READ ME: DUBCC Is Active!! (We're back)

[Don Seer]

ok here's the deal..

the forum has been updated to the "latest greatest" beta version.
its meant to be miles faster, has bug fixes and has an improved search.. yada yada..

everytime i've gone to ask about problems with the current release version
we were using.. people would say.. why arent you runnin the latest?

why don't i like to run beta software? because it causes problems..

after all the performance problems lately.. i caved in..

so first things first.. the forum layout i paid someone to make us back
whenever that was is obseleted by the newer forum version. great.. more work.
so i paid someone to convert our template for the beta version.
guy did a great job   (if u feel like contributing donate buttons up top..)

next up.. i lock the forum up, back it up.. and install the new beta version..
all goes well to begin with..
around 8pm i set it off converting the forum database to be compatible
with this new version. i go out for a skate.
come home its still converting.. all good.

here comes midnight. still going.. calculate about 20 past 1 it'll finish.
set mobile phone alarm, get in bed.

around 1:10am i get up.. and watch it for a bit.. stick on some headphones..
chat to people in #WestCoastConnection..

5 hours deep so far.. almost almost done at 2am.. and bam. the upgrade page
times out a few posts short of doing it all. So i check there are no mysql
updates happening (there is one..) so i wait. and do it again. refresh page. same again.
so i wait for it to end
so i run a shell.. optimise the database. that'll speed it up.
still nuffin.

poke around for nearly an hour.. find a couple posts by people having a similar problem.
try the latest solution first.. didn't work.
another earlier one with a modified copy of the upgrade script..
hurrah.. around 3.30am its off again.. (so i start writing this post in notepad )
figure i'm gonna get to bed at 4am.. that makes an 8 hour upgrade.
i have work at 9am ish.. nice.

i stalls again at another point.. no clues this time..

I give up, post a support incident.. go to bed 4:20am.. (blaze one for me! )

*pause*

so i got to work at 9am this morning... i figure i'm not gonna get a support incident reply until
late in the day friday (i.e. once americans are awake).. and realise i can probably fix things
by installing all the webserver, php, sql software shit on my home PC..
so i end up getting a package called WAMP http://www.wampserver.com/en/
which was designed to install everything i wanted with ease.

So I remote connected to my second pc and downloaded a copy of the dubcc database..
and took the afternoon off work..

around 3.30 in the afternoon i've got dubcc set up and running on my pc..
and once i'm there i'm able to run the upgrade script again..
which doesnt fail (as expected).. 

an hour later i have an upgraded database on my PC..
so it just needs to be uploaded over the one on the server..

stop press.. i get a reply to my support incident from the forum people.. too late..

a bit more than an hour after that I have it on the DUBCC server..

10 mins later we're back in business...

time taken to upgrade : 23 hours.
 

so.. why don't i run beta software? because it causes problems..




lol..

so if you find any problems.. which i'm assured you shouldnt.
post in here.. so I can moan about them.. and this time.. they wont be ignored..

(lack of search or spell check doesn't count... search may return very soon... just wanna make sure everything else is ok first)



oh and the main new thing ya'll should notice is that new thing that says how many people are viewing the same topic? cool huh

[CRAFTY]

Damn, that sounds like a whole lot of work for simply running a forum. Props to you Seer for doing that
And yeah, hopefully the Search button will be available again. I use it frequently...

[QuietTruth]

so if you find any problems.. which i'm assured you shouldnt.
post in here.. so I can moan about them.. and this time.. they wont be ignored..

You spelled skate wrong...steak

[The "Untouchable" DJR]

Damn, that sounds like a whole lot of work for simply running a forum. Props to you Seer for doing that
And yeah, hopefully the Search button will be available again. I use it frequently...

Yeah props for the effort!

[Active Ingredient]

thanks, the post times were getting long as hell

[Don Seer]

so if you find any problems.. which i'm assured you shouldnt.
post in here.. so I can moan about them.. and this time.. they wont be ignored..

You spelled skate wrong...steak

no really.. out for a skate. i'm goin out on my board again now

[Boo-Yaa †]

major props man... you put alot of effort into dub!!

[Diabolical]

so if you find any problems.. which i'm assured you shouldnt.
post in here.. so I can moan about them.. and this time.. they wont be ignored..

You spelled skate wrong...steak

no really.. out for a skate. i'm goin out on my board again now

haha

[Don Seer]

how is performance.. seems great here so far?


also.. there is a quick modify link thing over here somewhere on your own posts >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

[J Bananas]

its fucking pifftastic right now seer

[Don Seer]

indeed.. i'm happy that for the number of people on right that server load is WAY down

ok so 3 new features active so far..

1.. shows how many are viewing boards/posts.
2.. has that quick modify link
3.. on the forum index it only shows differing 'latest threads'

[Intriago33]

its fucking pifftastic right now seer

[PLANT]

Damn, that sounds like a whole lot of work for simply running a forum. Props to you Seer for doing that
And yeah, hopefully the Search button will be available again. I use it frequently...

Yeah props for the effort!

yea good stuff 'Seer

[Don Seer]

oh yeah 1 more thing... u know those 2 buttons at the very bottom of the forum.. supposed to prove the quality of the forums html..  they used to FAIL.. lol.. they both pass now 

[Sikotic™]

Damn, I never knew so much work goes into all this.