forum.r31skylineclub.com down or gone?

[dbm7]

Anyone here know the answer?....missing since the w/e...

[PranK]

15 hours ago, dbm7 said:

Anyone here know the answer?....missing since the w/e...

No idea. If anybody knows please update.

[dbm7]

I know there's a couple of moderators from there that frequent this place, hoping to catch their attention....

[funkymonkey]

According to @acsplit apparently the forum is being migrated from one server to another so should be back up and running once the migration is done.

[dbm7]

10 hours ago, funkymonkey said:

According to @acsplit apparently the forum is being migrated from one server to another so should be back up and running once the migration is done.

Cheers mate, @acsplit would know... bit of a pisser we never got notification, but not surprising.  I was primarily concerned with one 70+yo member there, who's halfway through rebuilding a re4r01 gearbag and relying on my help in that regard. I'm hoping wheezy might update the forum software at the same time (especially the media-wiki stuff).. I guess we'll find out.

Kudos...

[funkymonkey]

migrating/updating forums is a c@nt of a job, so I don't envy him lol!

[dbm7]

Indeed  😃  Appears the site is back up now (migrated not updated) - kudos @funkymonkey & @PranK

[niZmO_Man]

Yeah looks like we have to do some upgrades 😔

[dbm7]

16 hours ago, niZmO_Man said:

Yeah looks like we have to do some upgrades 😔

I knew you lurked here ...<grin>... the SMF stuff I'm not terribly concerned about (but should be updated), it's primarily the mediawiki software I've wanted updated...for years now, since Session gave me access there and I was looking to clean it up (consistency wrt presentation)...and I couldn't get that to work properly, which I found out by cloning the wiki and setting it up under the latest mediawiki release, was because it's the actual version of the MediaWiki  being used causing all the problems wrt presentation....grrr. Then of course, the image repository which the wiki is tied to, has whacky permissions linking back to the forum SMF software DB, and because I don't have admin/mod privileges there, there's a number of things I can't do within the wiki...like...ie; fix/include images for the wiki....grrrrr....  😃

AFAIK, only wheezy has been maintaining this stuff, (he knows all about the above para), but life gets in the way (kids, vocation)...and like, now he's bought a sea-going vessel, so 'gone fishing' springs to mind B^)

You have a knack for understatement ...lol...

Edited May 25, 2024 by dbm7

[acsplit]

Yeah back online, big job to get that stuff onto a new Wiki but probably needs to be done.

[dbm7]

On 5/25/2024 at 5:48 PM, acsplit said:

Yeah back online, big job to get that stuff onto a new Wiki but probably needs to be done.

Needs to be done for presentation's sake ~ especially the wiki, with talk some time ago suggesting the forum might go, and only the wiki being maintained. I've only been after that update since around 2018 or so, maybe I have to wait for the 10year anniversary 😃

[dbm7]

Just got back from a week away out west, and it seems the R31 forum isn't responding ~ I know there's a lot of AI/bot scraping causing problems on da'net at the moment, so dunno what's going on. I'm actually more concerned about another member on there, I've been trying to help rebuild his automatic box... no idea where he's up to in the build, frustrating, a bit it is....

Anyone got any news?

[niZmO_Man]

R31 forum is ran literally on a tiny budget with 1 volunteer. I'll check and see if we can get it back online.

[dbm7]

Ahh right, I did offer to help, but been a bit lax wrt donations...sigh... perhaps the roller door has finally run down...

[niZmO_Man]

On 21/03/2025 at 8:33 PM, dbm7 said:

Ahh right, I did offer to help, but been a bit lax wrt donations...sigh... perhaps the roller door has finally run down...

We will review wtf is going on, but if you made any donations let me know and i will follow it up with the admins

[PranK]

@niZmO_Man let me know if I can help here. Maybe I can assist in helping with hosting or something ?

 

[dbm7]

Just FTR, I see this morning the site is up again ~ dunno what was wrong, or if @niZmO_Man worked some magic (thanks if you did)...either way, good to see it back (although by the sounds of it, the future is undefined)...it almost makes me wonder if R31SkylineClub should be incorporated here somehow?... 😃

[PranK]

Yeah I'm happy to talk to whoever, I don't want to take ownership or even manage it if they don't want but I can probably help with hosting on the sau setup. It's a great resource and should be protected.

[niZmO_Man]

Probably just something back-end related. I'll ask if there's something to be worried about. We did move and upgrade hosting so it's more stable than before.

[dbm7]

Aye, it has been pretty good since the shift ~ I just want access to the wiki ..again.. (now the mediawiki stuff has been updated), to get it all straightened out with consistent presentation (I talked to Session about it, turns out the mediawiki version was largely at fault..and pages created with older versions, etc etc)...I've basically given up asking, never get a reply...bit sad...but it is what it is.