Forum Software Upgrade Completed

[tootnkumin]

Bob,

Ah okay, it is the Railroadforums.com I am unable to get into; therefore, I am assuming that I need to register there as well.

I tried to log in with this forums I.D. etc and it didn't accept it so just registered using the same and it went OK. Sends an email to click onto to confirm as per normal.

 

[wombat457]

Toot'n,

I thought as much, thanks.

 

[bob]

That is correct, the two forums are using different database, user ID and password are not shared. Signing up is free and only takes a moment.

 

[bob]

Good news, the upgrades on the model railroad side took a lot less time than expected! We're already back up and running, with a total outage of about 18 hours. We have about 10% of the images that RailroadForums does in the media gallery, so what took 12 hours there too under two for this site. Also, I did more extensive prep, including a search for damaged images, so the import worked correctly the first time, over on RRForums it took 3 tries to get it to complete.

 

[beiland]

WOW, that was quick. Just getting back to try it out.
Brian

 

[bob]

Yes, it went really well. We do have one final step, hopefully it will be smooth as well. Now that we've completed the upgrades, we'll be moving to a newer faster server in the near future. There may be a brief outage as we make the switch but it shouldn't be long.

 

[wombat457]

A faster server, that will put the icing on the cake. This is faster than the old so anything faster than this will be a very nice "to have" addition.

 

[montanan]

In my Logan Valley post, people mentioned that photos were missing. Checked it out and sure enough, lotsa missing photos.

 

[Raincoat2]

Seems to be working fine. Thanks for all the work, Bob, and others.

 

[wombat457]

Job well done Bob and it maybe me but things certainly load quicker and as Raincoat2 said - everything seems to be working very well!

 

[Raincoat2]

Haven't tried uploading a photo yet - don't have anything worth uploading right now, but I see other photos so I assume that aspect is working okay. Just getting used to the new look and feel of the site. I like it!

 

[Raincoat2]

Say, Bob - what is this about "trophy points" I see in my profile page? Looked around but didn't see an explanation.

 

[bob]

Say, Bob - what is this about "trophy points" I see in my profile page? Looked around but didn't see an explanation.

If you get 100 trophy points, you'll get a free one year membership.

They're a default system built into the forum software. You get "points" for logging in and posting, getting likes, etc. When you accumulate a certain number, you get a trophy. Kind of silly, and we don't plan to do anything with them, so you can safely ignore them. They're also kind of confused, since the forum was imported, so we have "new members" who joined 10 years ago. I wouldn't pay much attention to that stuff.

 

[Raincoat2]

Bob - Okay, I think I get it. It's a point system that means nothing, kind of like college football rankings or the FedEx cup in golf

 

[bob]

Bob - Okay, I think I get it. It's a point system that means nothing, kind of like college football rankings or the FedEx cup in golf

Exactly! I never intentionally turned it on, apparently the new software defaults to have it active. It's not hurting anything, but I wouldn't worry about it either.

 

[wombat457]

Rats, and I started building my trophy room

 

[bob]

Rats, and I started building my trophy room

We've already done the work for you! At the bottom of the "about" page on your profile, you have a trophy rack for other members to ooh and ahh over as they view all of your hard won trophies.

http://www.modelrailroadforums.com/forum/index.php?members/wombat457.4084/#about

 

[JazzDad]

Thank you so much for this upgrade, Bob. The content loads faster, the search feature works well and I use the "What's new" link each time I visit, which saves me time. (I know, you want us here as long as possible, checking out the ads. )