Upgrades- Possible Downtime

[TacoCita]

The site which our forums are hosted by are upgrading to Version 4 which will include newer features, some that we all can use and some that will make my bus loads of scripts cut down and easier for me. Unfortunately because they are upgrading the boards there may be a time where our forum could be down, slow or possibly having other problems. Don't fret though, if you have something to post or want to register here and cant, check back later and remember to save what you wanted to post for later.

The owner of proboards.com has started upgrading servers 1-11 today and servers 12-20 tomorrow. It may take up to a full 24 hours to fully upgrade so please be patient. Since we are on server 25, I suspect our upgrade will happen on Thursday May 12th Pacific Standard time (even though its not listed he said he'll do about 10 servers per day).

Any changes or an actual date that is not Thursday, I will post and let you all know.

[TacoCita]

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Well our forum went down for 24+ hours on Saturday cause the guy who owns proboards went to upgrade servers 21-27 (we are server 25) to Version 4 and it was supposed to be up and done Sunday sometime. I was all excited to be able to wake up, hop onto the forum and work on all the new stuff that was going to happen for our boards only to wake up and find out that the servers didnt get upgraded to V4. The guy ended up getting sick and states that he will start upgrading again sometime this week.

Well there was the kick off to my crappy day. I do hope he gets better though and would rather have to wait and get upgraded correctly then to have things go wrong and possibly lose anything. So even though we have the 24 hour warning at the top of our boards from proboards, it isnt entirely correct. Sometime this week could mean he could shut the servers down and upgrade them on Friday, or tomorrow, or heck even now preventing me from posting this. Who knows. I just hope that he will give a warning before he shuts down for 24+ hours again. I keep checking their main forums just in case and if I know anything I will let you all know.

[TacoCita]

Alright just to inform you all. It is now about 5:10pm EST on Thursday May 19th and I still have no clue when our boards will go down to get upgraded to Version 4.

I DO however know of a few things that you should all be informed about before the upgrade happens.

• Please make sure your email you have listed for this forum is up to date. When V4 comes out, you will be receiving an activation code that you will need to enter before you can access your account again. Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail are the best way to go I think. AOL emails seem not to like receiving proboard emails so if you are using an AOL email, you may not receive your activation code.
  
  
• Birthdays: I know most of you dont have a birthday listed atm but when V4 comes out it will be required

[/b] that you enter your birthday before you access your account again. I'm pretty sure there is an option to hide it for those who do not wish to have their birthdays public. The only person it will not hide from is the admin (me). So if your birthday is incorrect at this very moment (which i dont see why people would find the need to lie about it and have to change it now) I suggest you change it now. When V4 is here and you already have a birthday listed before the upgrade there will be no way to go in and change it.

[/li][li]As agreed upon when registering to this forum, you must be at least 13 years old to sign up. Since Proboards is hosted in America, we have a law that prevents anyone under the age of 13 to participate in such forums. More detailed about this law can be found here: www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/coppa.htm
I do go through the memberlist as often as I can to check and make sure there are no under 13's here. If I happen to find someone who is under the age of 13 I must remove you from the forum. When V4 comes out and you have lied about your age and if any of our admins/moderators find out that you have and are under the age of 13, again I will delete your account. I'm sorry for any inconvience this might cause you, but it is to ensure the saftey of our guild forum. We don't need my work and part of the history of our guild to be deleted all because someone did not want to follow the rules made by Proboards. Also if I find someone who has entered an insane age when they register, they too will be deleted. No need to lie about how old you really are when you can go ahead and hide it from others.[/li][/ul]

I think thats all for now. Who knows how many of you read my updates, but they are here to inform all new and old members that wish to be on our forum. Any complaints in the future of 'why cant i change my b-day, or im under 13 this isnt fair...blah blah blah' Colon, Talon, myself and any other member can point you directly to this thread.

More updates about Version 4 later.