There have already been several threads on this subject, so to stop any more, and to slow down the number of PMs I'm getting, here's what's going on.
Our hosts, Rackspace, upgraded our hosting cluster (PHP from 5.2 to 5.3 for those of a technical persuasion) which has caused some functions on our version of vBulletin to break, including...
- New posts
- Search
- Tapatalk 'Latest'
- Tapatalk 'Participated'
The only remedial action available is a full upgrade of vBulletin. Due to the size of NSC, having to do this without some proper planning can be difficult, but what the hell. What's the worst that can happen, right?
I will look to do the upgrade later this week - probably Wednesday evening. Even if the upgrade goes smoothly, NSC will likely be somewhat different when I bring it back. This will be due to the number of modifications I've applied to the site that will either get dropped as part of the update or may be incompatible with a newer version of vBulletin. I shall look to reinstate features as quickly as possible - things like vBookie, for our betting game, and Tapatalk will be at the top of the list.
Our hosts, Rackspace, upgraded our hosting cluster (PHP from 5.2 to 5.3 for those of a technical persuasion) which has caused some functions on our version of vBulletin to break, including...
- New posts
- Search
- Tapatalk 'Latest'
- Tapatalk 'Participated'
The only remedial action available is a full upgrade of vBulletin. Due to the size of NSC, having to do this without some proper planning can be difficult, but what the hell. What's the worst that can happen, right?
I will look to do the upgrade later this week - probably Wednesday evening. Even if the upgrade goes smoothly, NSC will likely be somewhat different when I bring it back. This will be due to the number of modifications I've applied to the site that will either get dropped as part of the update or may be incompatible with a newer version of vBulletin. I shall look to reinstate features as quickly as possible - things like vBookie, for our betting game, and Tapatalk will be at the top of the list.