Energetic Forum Upgrade & Update

[Aaron]

ATTENTION


ENERGETICFORUM.COM IS MOVING TO A BRAND NEW FAST DEDICATED SERVER SO THERE MAY BE SOME LAGGING AND DOWNTIME OVER THE NEXT DAY. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE, BUT THE CURRENT SERVER IS 8 YEARS OLD AND DESPERATELY NEEDS UPDATING.



YOU MAY WANT TO REFRAIN FROM MAKING ANY NEW POSTS DURING THIS TIME BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT BE MIGRATED TO THE NEW SERVER. WE WANT TO LEAVE THE FORUM OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE TO YOU DURING THIS TIME.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING!

[Aaron]

New Server

IF YOU SEE THIS, YOU ARE LOOKING AT ENERGETIC FORUM ON THE NEW SERVER.

WE WILL BE PERFORMING AN UPGRADE AND SOME UPDATES WITH MINIMAL DOWN TIME.

[Aaron]

Can you see this and reply?

This is a test - if you can see this, please reply. Thanks!

[test]

test

test this is a test

[shijimi]

Yes I see it fine

[Vinyasi]

Looks almost perfectly fine, hellow.....

not all of the smileys are displaying.

[interdesign21]

test OK

all seems as usual
cheers

[Scorch]

Ok here.

But there is still an entire thread missing!

http://www.energeticforum.com/renewa...periments.html

Please fix.

Kindest regards;
}:>

[alvarohn]

Ok here.

But there is still an entire thread missing!

energeticforum.com/renewable-energy/19879-quanta-magnetics-kits-experiments.html

Please fix.

Kindest regards;
}:>

Hi Scorch, the threads are not missing, it is just seems that the URL rewrite rules are not defined yet.

you can see the thread this way:

energeticforum.com/showthread.php?t=thread_number

so in the link that doesn't work (energeticforum.com/renewable-energy/19879-quanta-magnetics-kits-experiments.html) you can see that there is a number in there, you take that number and you replace it here:

energeticforum.com/showthread.php?t=thread_number
http://www.energeticforum.com/showthread.php?t=19879

best,

Alvaro

[mikec_ut]

i con login and post just fine

[Aaron]

url rewrites

Hi Scorch, the threads are not missing, it is just seems that the URL rewrite rules are not defined yet.

you can see the thread this way:

energeticforum.com/showthread.php?t=thread_number

so in the link that doesn't work (energeticforum.com/renewable-energy/19879-quanta-magnetics-kits-experiments.html) you can see that there is a number in there, you take that number and you replace it here:

energeticforum.com/showthread.php?t=thread_number
http://www.energeticforum.com/showthread.php?t=19879

best,

Alvaro

Yes, that's exactly it. We used to have a plugin that did these rewrites, but that plugin was only compatible with an older php version on the old dinosaur server.

There is another plugin that can import those old rewrites, but we have to have this vbulletin forum upgraded first (waiting on the vbulletin team - takes up to 3 days) and once that is done, we can get the new plugin installed, which will restore the old rewrites.

[Scorch]

Hope it's fixed soon.

Ok, thank you, hope it's fixed soon.

Still not working tonight and have been using those links, to various quotes on that thread, in many entries of my social forum which means ALL of those forum entries now contain dead links.

And I do intend to conduct some experiments soon. . .

Kindest regards;

}:>

Hi Scorch, the threads are not missing, it is just seems that the URL rewrite rules are not defined yet.

you can see the thread this way:

energeticforum.com/showthread.php?t=thread_number

so in the link that doesn't work (energeticforum.com/renewable-energy/19879-quanta-magnetics-kits-experiments.html) you can see that there is a number in there, you take that number and you replace it here:

energeticforum.com/showthread.php?t=thread_number
http://www.energeticforum.com/showthread.php?t=19879

best,

Alvaro

[Quigon10101]

men furor! l can walk!!!

[Aaron]

url rewrites done

All the old links appear to be working now:

Quanta Magnetics Kits & Experiments - Energetic Forum goes to where it is supposed to go now.

Are you all finding they all do indeed work?

[Aaron]

Known issues

Ok, the old url's work and a bunch of other stuff is working perfect.

There are a few issues.

1. The old Zoints profile system using /z/username such as Energetic Forum - Forum Display simply redirects to the index page. The Zoints system is so old that it isn't supported anymore so we're dumping it. But we will work on getting a redirect so that anything going to /z/username will be directed to /members/username.html so that it directs anyone back to the default profile in Vbulletin for that member.

2. The stock profile system in Vbulletin has a rewrite issue with hypens. For example, Eric's profile link: http://www.energeticforum.com/members/t-rex.html will redirect to: http://www.energeticforum.com/members/trex.html removing the hyphen so that it will not take anyone to the correct profile page to see his post count, what his posts are, etc... we are working on having the url rewrites customized to exclude this member's directory from having that hyphen removed.

3. If you had an avatar for your user profile, that was in the old Zoints system and will not work. If you want an avatar, you will have to upload a new Avatar image and it will work fine. For example, you can see Eric's avatar works now: http://www.energeticforum.com/270201-post2110.html his T-Rex dinosaur avatar is there because I uploaded it fresh. To upload a new avatar, use this link: http://www.energeticforum.com/profile.php?do=editavatar

4. I see 3 of the smilies aren't showing. rofl, cheers and surprise. Check. lol

I think that is about it as far as what I have found.

If you come across anything that doesn't work or is glitched out somehow, please post here so I can work on getting it fixed.

Thank you and I apologize for any inconvenience!