Chris Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 In the last couple of weeks Invision Power released version 2.2 of their Invision Power Board software which is what we use to run these forums. The upgrade is a fairly big one, and gives us many more awesome features. For a full description of all the new features, head over to the official IPS where you can read this post (it's quite long). It details all the lovely new features, as well as all the improved security that will help us keep out the spam bots. The one minor problem of the upgrade is that we'll be without our customised forum skin for about a week or so. Because of there being so many changes to skins in this update, I don't really have time to carry out all of them myself, though I may try later today. So until then we'll be stuck with the default skin, which isn't too bad a problem, so please don't moan about that. Any comments about the upgrade, or questions about new features or whatever can be asked here. The forums will be offline while this upgrade takes place, at approximately 4:00PM GMT today. The period we will be offline for will be around 30 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Lord Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Good. The new features are cool! I think GTAS has already upgraded to this. And it sure is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM™ Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 (edited) Well, i'm on 2.1.7, i might get that version in 3.00pm it's like about 45mins left till its released. Edited December 21, 2006 by Tommy Montana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bossman Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Fair enough, as long as the upgrade makes this forum even better, then I have no problems with that whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM™ Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 The forums will be offline while this upgrade takes place, starting at approximately 3:00PM GMT today. How long does it take for it to upgrade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted December 21, 2006 Author Share Posted December 21, 2006 I don't know, the long part is uploading all of the files, and there's loads of them. The actual upgrade script only takes a minute or so to complete. I'm actually upgrading another forum at the moment though, hence why I haven't started this at 3pm when I said I would. Probably more like 3:30 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1 Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Sounds good Chris,I could care less about the default skin,as long as the forums function correctly thats all that matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted December 21, 2006 Author Share Posted December 21, 2006 As you can see the upgrade has unfortunately not worked. We are getting IPS to help sort out the upgrade and fix everything. Though nothing was actually broken, but we're still on 2.1.7. I am closing this topic now, and will re open once the upgrade has taken place. Apologies for the inconvenience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted December 21, 2006 Author Share Posted December 21, 2006 Thanks to Jason at IPS the forums have now been upgraded to 2.2. Everything should be working just fine. I know the store and gangs aren't up at the moment but I'll fix them later, as for now, you can enjoy all the new features! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1 Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 This looks sooo sexy now, good work Chris . Time to play with the new toys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM™ Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Yeah, and alot new stuff that i have to get use to, It's a pitty that the Custom Skin before isn't on here, Oh well, I'll survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TG187 Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 (edited) Oh,i really miss my store.But the money that i had in store will be the same when you would put it again,Chris? It will remain my old money? Edited December 21, 2006 by TG187 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz The Great Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Yes, the store is backed up. All points and such will be restored when it's back up....... If.... >.> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Nice new features. Hope the template will come back though. But it does look far better. Good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted December 21, 2006 Author Share Posted December 21, 2006 Oh yeah nobody has lost anything. I just haven't got round to editing the new files yet, don't worry. NOTE: when viewing your own profile, e.g. mine is http://www.thegtaplace.com/forums/index.php?showuser=2 , on the left you have an option to set your gender, please don't abuse this and all say you're female when you so blatantly aren't We may one day need to use gender statistics in some random demographics, so it would be helpful if you told the truth. one exception to the rule is of course Spaz The Great, it is clear from his pictures that he has no idea what gender he is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM™ Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 I actually like this feature, Especially the friends, But the rest of the stuff are awesome. Thanks for it chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TG187 Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Yeah,this stuff is very good.Can't think how will be the next generation of IPB forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted December 21, 2006 Author Share Posted December 21, 2006 Yep, you can also comment on other people's profiles btw, if you hadn't already noticed. Kinda gimmicky but adds a bit of fun I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM™ Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Yeah I commented on your Chris, I was testing it, And it works... This is so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherman Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Lookin' nice man. Get your lazy ass up and work on the skin! Just kidding. The new features really make me not notice the default skin. Good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLlamaLlama Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Quality, kinda like the skin, but need something a little more... y'know...GTA? lol kiddin' had to sign i again, but no biggy. Nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ciaran Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 The new features are brilliant, I don't mind the skin but the new forum is really good now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashon. Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Yeah, like everyone, I'm amazed by the new upgrade. The skin is default and boring but I can wait a week for the TheGTAPlace skin to come back. Nice job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEC9 Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 (edited) It took a while to load, but I like it. And that leaving comments on others' profiles.... What the hell happened to my 1380 posts? Edited December 21, 2006 by TEC9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rashon. Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 It took a while to load, but I like it. And that leaving comments on others' profiles....What the hell happened to my 1380 posts? It seems like you made a new account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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