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As you all have likely noticed by now, the forum has a new look and feel. This is because "we" switched the forum software from vBulletin to XenForo. This was done for a variety of reasons, but primarily because the makers of some of the server software that is required to run our forum are no longer doing updates on the older version of the server software (as of December 1st) and our vBulletin software will not run on the new server software. Continuing to run vBulletin under these conditions would have been a security risk to our members that we were not willing to take.
The reason I put "we" in quotes above is because even though our Admin team is made up of three individuals, Darren Wright did 99.99% of the heavy lifting needed to upgrade the forum software. This included identifying the security issue in the first place, researching new replacement software, installing a test version and setting it up for the forum staff (Admins and Mods) to test. Once the testing was done, Darren then dealt with purchasing the new software, installing it, redirecting the URL to point to the new forum, and the herculean task of moving all of the old content into the new forum (as well as fixing whatever broke in the process). I'm sure there were many other steps along the way that I've either forgotten about, or simply didn't know about because Darren was simply "handling it".
We all owe many, many thanks to Darren for all of his diligence and hard work in making this transition as painless as possible for the forum members and staff. Without his unending efforts, I don't think any of this could have been done. Please join me in tipping my hat to Darren and sending him a heartfelt THANK YOU!
The reason I put "we" in quotes above is because even though our Admin team is made up of three individuals, Darren Wright did 99.99% of the heavy lifting needed to upgrade the forum software. This included identifying the security issue in the first place, researching new replacement software, installing a test version and setting it up for the forum staff (Admins and Mods) to test. Once the testing was done, Darren then dealt with purchasing the new software, installing it, redirecting the URL to point to the new forum, and the herculean task of moving all of the old content into the new forum (as well as fixing whatever broke in the process). I'm sure there were many other steps along the way that I've either forgotten about, or simply didn't know about because Darren was simply "handling it".
We all owe many, many thanks to Darren for all of his diligence and hard work in making this transition as painless as possible for the forum members and staff. Without his unending efforts, I don't think any of this could have been done. Please join me in tipping my hat to Darren and sending him a heartfelt THANK YOU!
Bravo!
