This is to inform everyone that on Thursday Nov 2, at approximately 1:00AM PST (09:00 GMT), the EA Bulletin Board will close for several hours.

This is to effect an upgrade of the software to the latest version. I will be backing absolutely everything up prior to the upgrade, and will have the backup standing by in case of problems.

If there is a problem that I cannot repair within an hour or two, I will roll everything back to the state it was in before the upgrade, and reassess the situation. I will do everything I can to prevent the loss of data in this process.

I do not forsee any difficulties, and the new version will allow us to install some new abilities into the vBulletin software, including a better backup solution, more stable code (not that the current version is unstable), and best of all - spellcheck. As well, only the current version of the code is eligible for technical support should it be needed, and there are a number of behind the scenes improvments we can definitely take advantage of.

If all goes well, when you visit on Thursday you'll get to see our shiny new message boards. I hope you enjoy them.

Thank you my friend, your the man.

I am so looking forward to the upgrade.

River

Teeerrrriiiific. Thanks N3RF

You guys are the best. Thanks for your hard work.

Terry

Thanks so much I know it will be great.

Yey new features to play with!! I appreciate the time and effort you're putting in IE! I will be keeping my fingers crossed, and can't wait to see the new version!

Thanks for all the hard work and the forewarning. Now other members won't be bothered by my panic e-mails asking what is wrong. I will also much appreciate the speelcheck.

tugon (imported) wrote: Thu Nov 02, 2006 3:48 pm I will also much appreciate the speelcheck.

Too me, pity it grammar check can't. LOL

I just thought of one more thing,

Will the new system support a diary section. One like BME has, a place were we can have our own page? Not sure what kind of band size it would take or if we even have enough room for one, but it might be nice.

River

Riverwind (imported) wrote: Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:30 pm I just thought of one more thing,

Will the new system support a diary section. One like BME has, a place were we can have our own page? Not sure what kind of band size it would take or if we even have enough room for one, but it might be nice.

River

I believe it would simply take the start of another forum, with some clearly established guidelines at the outset. I think a separate section for these may well be in order. As a forum(s), it would merely take a little bit of work in the back room of VB. I suspect even a computer boob like me could do it.