Welcome back - again - 03/24/2002 4:02 AM
Welcome back []/forum/images/icons/smile.gif[/]
As you know we've had a little trouble again.
Let me explain the last problem to you. When I moved the site over I accidently restored something I shouldn't have. A password that had been compromised in the first hack. That allowed our hacker "friend" to log right back in to the admin panel and email you all. That has been solved in a number of ways.
First, every password in the database has been changed, every temporary password removed. The way UBBThreads handles passwords and lost passwords has been rewritten totally. I'll leave it to Rick to explain how that has changed. Lastly we've changed the .htaccess in the admin panel from password based to IP based. If you are not at Rick's house or office, my house or office, or Allen's house or office you're not getting in.
Next as you might have read we upgraded the memory on this server recently. Or tried. Brand new memory right out of the package and nothing but trouble with it. []/forum/images/icons/frown.gif[/]
Sunday night - into Monday morning - we will be once again putting new memory into this server. I hope this time it's a good batch []/forum/images/icons/wink.gif[/] At the same time we will be doubling the hard drive capacity, updating some of the server software, and adding another backup drive. We expect the site to be down for 3 hours to do this updating. Cross your fingers on the memory []/forum/images/icons/smile.gif[/]
Now for the good news.
As you can see we're updated to UBBThreads 6 beta1. At the moment most of the new features are turned on but some are not yet. They will be shortly however.
Now the important question. "When is UBBThreads6 coming out?"
As of yet I do not have a delivery date. I expect it to be released as a public beta towards the end of this week, or early next. It depends on how many bugs you find here and in some further closed testing that we are doing.
Besides what you can see what's new in UBBThreads 6? Rick's changelog has far more then I can remember. You can view it's entirety right here. As you can see there is a lot!
As you know we've had a little trouble again.
Let me explain the last problem to you. When I moved the site over I accidently restored something I shouldn't have. A password that had been compromised in the first hack. That allowed our hacker "friend" to log right back in to the admin panel and email you all. That has been solved in a number of ways.
First, every password in the database has been changed, every temporary password removed. The way UBBThreads handles passwords and lost passwords has been rewritten totally. I'll leave it to Rick to explain how that has changed. Lastly we've changed the .htaccess in the admin panel from password based to IP based. If you are not at Rick's house or office, my house or office, or Allen's house or office you're not getting in.
Next as you might have read we upgraded the memory on this server recently. Or tried. Brand new memory right out of the package and nothing but trouble with it. []/forum/images/icons/frown.gif[/]
Sunday night - into Monday morning - we will be once again putting new memory into this server. I hope this time it's a good batch []/forum/images/icons/wink.gif[/] At the same time we will be doubling the hard drive capacity, updating some of the server software, and adding another backup drive. We expect the site to be down for 3 hours to do this updating. Cross your fingers on the memory []/forum/images/icons/smile.gif[/]
Now for the good news.
As you can see we're updated to UBBThreads 6 beta1. At the moment most of the new features are turned on but some are not yet. They will be shortly however.
Now the important question. "When is UBBThreads6 coming out?"
As of yet I do not have a delivery date. I expect it to be released as a public beta towards the end of this week, or early next. It depends on how many bugs you find here and in some further closed testing that we are doing.
Besides what you can see what's new in UBBThreads 6? Rick's changelog has far more then I can remember. You can view it's entirety right here. As you can see there is a lot!