Forum software update and server shift issues and feedback

[treva]

Is it just me or can we not view the Stories Forum? I can view the latest post thread, but if I try and go to the forum it comes up with an error message. Is this anything to do with the upgrade or is it just my comp?

 

[Highlander999]

Must be your end, as I can go in it, but didn't DPRA report a similar issue a few days ago?

 

[MattW]

I'd need to know the error message to do anything. Take a screenshot next time it appears.

 

[treva]

It's just the usual 'Internet Explorer cannot open this page.' Rest of the forums work fine...

treva added 1 Minutes and 14 Seconds later...

Edit: Now I can view it but there is no skin. Here's the error message at the top:

Warning: Illegal offset type in [path]/forumdisplay.php(111) : eval()'d code on line 23

Appears 6 or 7 times at the top of the page.

 

[barmyarmy]

Fixed now.

 

[mukund_nadkarni]

Can the mods/admin give us an heads up as to what's new for the users in this upgrade? And barmyarmy, how did you manage to trick that DNS thing? Care to share?

 

[barmyarmy]

Can the mods/admin give us an heads up as to what's new for the users in this upgrade? And barmyarmy, how did you manage to trick that DNS thing? Care to share?

In C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc I edited HOSTS and added the following:

209.160.65.47 [noparse]http://www.planetcricket.org[/noparse]

New Features in 3.8.0

There are many new features and improvements to existing functionality in vBulletin 3.8.0 over vBulletin 3.7.x. Here is a brief list of just a few of the highlights.

* Social group discussions
* Social group categories
* Private message sorting and filtering
* Private message history
* Quick edit for newer types of content (visitor messages and picture comments)
* Social group icons
* Social group transfers
* Private message quick reply
* Private message throttling (limit messages sent over a time period)
* Private message reporting
* Profile privacy (limit blocks to a subset of users)
* Lightbox navigation
* Thread prefix permissions
* Dismissible notices

See here for more information.

 

[DPRA]

The forum is really, really, really slow for me.

 

[Gurjot95]

I really like the new look of PlanetCricket. Great work
PlanetCricket.net - Cricket Games and Chat - PlanetCricket.net

 

[mukund_nadkarni]

Hey thanks for that info Barmyarmy!

 

[barmyarmy]

I really like the new look of PlanetCricket. Great work
PlanetCricket.net - Cricket Games and Chat - PlanetCricket.net

It's not actually meant to look like that. We're still having some problems

 

[Highlander999]

Quick reply PM's. Now that is useful

 

[Dr. Pepper]

The portal doesn't work for me, I'm guessing it's the same for everyone?

 

[MacWorld]

yep, im guessing they are updating the skin as before it was the VB one but as barmyarmy said they would be updating.

 

[Bibu07]

Planetcricket.net has slowed down a lot than how it was before.