Board Updates and Img Inserts
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:18 pm
The server this message board is hosted on has been going through some major updates, which should make this this board run more quickly and smoother (it should also stop going down every week like it has been doing the last year or so).
Yesterday you may have seens some intermittent issues with pages not displaying, errors displaying, etc. This was due to major server software updates. There will be another main server update yet to be performed, which upgrades the database system, and this may put the board offline for a weebit, but then server updates should all be completed.
One change to the boards added after one server update, was installing https:// which secures your connection to the board. Chrome has started displaying non-secure for website that don't have the https:// security, especially when a user needs to enter in a login, password or information into forms (i.e., like posting on a message board). You should now see "Secure" at the top in the URL bar with a green lock.
Important Note on Inserting Images
If you embed images into your post or signature, please do not use a http:// URL. Rather insert a https:// URL to the image you are embedding.
http:// content cannot be mixed into https:// pages, so if you try to do so then it won't display. So again, please ensure if using the 'Img' button to insert an image, that the URL you provide to the image is https:// rather than http:// . If there is no https:// version of the image, then you can upload the image to the board.
Upcoming Board Update
This board is currently running phpBB version 3.1. It will be updated in coming days, maybe even tonight, to version 3.2. It'll look basically the same, but is more secure and perhaps a few more features here and there. Some current addons might break (e.g., the chatting interface at the bottom of the board's main page), but will try to keep it as intact as possible obviously.
Yesterday you may have seens some intermittent issues with pages not displaying, errors displaying, etc. This was due to major server software updates. There will be another main server update yet to be performed, which upgrades the database system, and this may put the board offline for a weebit, but then server updates should all be completed.
One change to the boards added after one server update, was installing https:// which secures your connection to the board. Chrome has started displaying non-secure for website that don't have the https:// security, especially when a user needs to enter in a login, password or information into forms (i.e., like posting on a message board). You should now see "Secure" at the top in the URL bar with a green lock.
Important Note on Inserting Images
If you embed images into your post or signature, please do not use a http:// URL. Rather insert a https:// URL to the image you are embedding.
http:// content cannot be mixed into https:// pages, so if you try to do so then it won't display. So again, please ensure if using the 'Img' button to insert an image, that the URL you provide to the image is https:// rather than http:// . If there is no https:// version of the image, then you can upload the image to the board.
Upcoming Board Update
This board is currently running phpBB version 3.1. It will be updated in coming days, maybe even tonight, to version 3.2. It'll look basically the same, but is more secure and perhaps a few more features here and there. Some current addons might break (e.g., the chatting interface at the bottom of the board's main page), but will try to keep it as intact as possible obviously.