Post subject: Changeover to take place Saturday......
Hi Gang,
The CDSOA web team will be making the changeover from the old message board software to the new this Saturday, January 28th. We'll be starting at 6:00 PM so the message board will be unavailable from that time until we're finished.
Thanks in advance for your cooperation,
Cathy
Webmaster - CDSOA, Inc.
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Posted: Fri 1/6/12 4:27 pm
Post subject: New message board software coming soon.....
Webmaster wrote:Hi Gang,
If you haven't noticed, we've been using the same version of the message board software (phpBB) since it was installed back in January 2005. We switched from Matt Wright's WWWboard to phpBB due to the old board (WWWboard) becoming to big and cumbersome to manage.
phpBB has been much easier to manage. That said, it's not easy to upgrade. Why? Because when we installed it, way back in 2005, we tried to make it easier for our users who were so accustomed to the old board and resistant to change. We made many customizations to the board's appearance as well as some which effected its functionality. Well, all of those changes (and there were alot) made upgrading the software pretty much impossible (at least for a web staff of volunteers who can only work on this stuff in their spare time). So none of the software upgrade releases have ever been applied -- this includes security updates.
Also, our web site, namely the message board, has come under repeated attack by spambots, phishing bots, etc. We have done what we can, as has our ISP, to keep them in check but sometimes one or two of them manage a successful attack.
So, to make a long story short (a little shorter anyway), it's time for us to do something about our outdated software. We will be sticking with phpBB but we're replacing our current version (2.0.17) with the most current version (3.0.10) which includes all of the security updates that we so desperately need.
It should be noted that we will NOT be applying all of those customized changes that we made back in 2005 but you've been using phpBB long enough now to be comfortable with the more plain vanilla, out-of-the-box version of the board. And before switching to the new software, we'll give you a chance to give it a try. So stay tuned for more info on this upcoming upgrade.
Thanks for your cooperation during the transition,
The Web Team:
Cathy Monaghan
Bob Dugan
Ray Garcia
webmaster@capedory.org