Hugh 0 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Dear All, As many will have noticed there has been a small bit of downtime. We took the decision last night to pull the forum due to a number of serious security risks being identified. We apologise for the lack of warning however at the risk of upsetting a few for a short space of time we decided it was the right thing to do to ensure the preservation of all the submissions and contributions that you, the members, have been making over the last 14months. It'll take a while for the forum to return to it's full functionality + look & feel but we felt that the downtime should be kept to a minimum at the cost of looks. So here we are, back and better than ever! Enjoy! Best regards, The Crew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34307 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Nice one. Don't know how long it took or how much effort was involved, but it's appreciated. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizza 105 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Aye, cheers! BTW, I take it the arcade is a thing of the past now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Toplass-101 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 (edited) fabulous thanks Hugh oh and I dont think any of the girls will complain about your down time Edited September 10, 2006 by Toplass-101 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6300 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 As you can probably all tell, some of the added functionality which we implemented over the time we've been running is currently not available (arcade/certain graphics/browser identification/stats/etc.) Rest assured these will return in due course. Am off out this afternoon but will try to get things moving later on. I think Gol will be working on restoring the banner etc later too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Maul 0 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 HTT take note, this is how to execute a forum change over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34307 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Never mind you're off out, Hayton. It's probably your fault that it broke in the first place. I'm afraid you're gonna have to disappoint the wife and kids and crack on with this this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasepud 59 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Never mind you're off out, Hayton. It's probably your fault that it broke in the first place. I'm afraid you're gonna have to disappoint the wife and kids and crack on with this this afternoon. Emmm I can most assuredly say without conviction that it werent the uber-geeks fault this time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish Mag 3 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Never mind you're off out, Hayton. It's probably your fault that it broke in the first place. I'm afraid you're gonna have to disappoint the wife and kids and crack on with this this afternoon. Emmm I can most assuredly say without conviction that it werent the uber-geeks fault this time I believe it was the Werepigs fault... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasepud 59 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Never mind you're off out, Hayton. It's probably your fault that it broke in the first place. I'm afraid you're gonna have to disappoint the wife and kids and crack on with this this afternoon. Emmm I can most assuredly say without conviction that it werent the uber-geeks fault this time I believe it was the Werepigs fault... I believe that statement wouldnt stand up in a court of law your honour, if I hadnt been doing what Iw as doing then the security issues would never have been spotted so there!!........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Good work fellas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh 0 Posted September 10, 2006 Author Share Posted September 10, 2006 fabulous thanks Hugh oh and I dont think any of the girls will complain about your down time No problem. Anytime! *ahem!* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6300 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Familiar skin has been re-instated. Couple of tweaks required but they'll be completed over time. We have got some coding issues though, the drop menus on forum, thread & profile view don't seem to be working - we're aware of these issues and are working on them. If anyone running IE had noticed a yellow exclamation mark on the browser info bar at the bottom left of the screen, it's because of this issue. Once rectified, this should simply return to an IE icon. In the meantime, if anyone notices anything that isn't working quite right, let us know in this thread and we'll look into it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus 0 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 By 'security bugs' - do you mean CF ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 17710 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Just like to add to what others have said and thank the admin with supplying us with what I regard as the best Newcastle forum on the net (in terms of both functionaility and members). And best of all, it's free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster 0 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 You're saying 'security issues' but i'm thinking 'keep monster from the arcade now he's got 50 posts' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6300 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Total circumstance.... The arcade will be back very soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Total circumstance.... The arcade will be back very soon You should take the opportunity to add hundreds of new games too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkinthedog 0 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 thanks to all the people who give their time and skills to keep this place the best toon forum. it is appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster 0 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 I'll second that^^. It's quite good here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mags 1 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 I'd wondered what was going on when I tried checking things out here last night after I got off duty. What a bunch of professionals you guys are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radgina 1 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 I can't get on from my usual route ??? sorry to be a downer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6300 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 I can't get on from my usual route ??? sorry to be a downer Which is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol 0 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 I can't get on from my usual route ??? sorry to be a downer Do you take your car to the garage and say "doesn't work", then just leave them to fix it? What's your usual route? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radgina 1 Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 I can't get on from my usual route ??? sorry to be a downer Do you take your car to the garage and say "doesn't work", then just leave them to fix it? What's your usual route? clever twat have the shortcut on me desk top and am still getting the "maintenance scenario" lucklily spoke to someone who knew what they were talking about (PP) and he pointed me in the right direction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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