New Argofans.com Forum

[admin]

Hey all, Mulder here.

Post-mortum on what happened.
Basically the forum was running on 12+ year old software and and the host updated the database scripting (PHP). Older versions were prone with security flaws, far out of date as well and the site broke.

This left Will with a few options.

1) Update VBulletin to the latest version at a cost of $300-500usd
2) some kinda of retrofit of code of the old version to make it work (maybe)
3) Start new forum with new software (phpBB is free)
4) abandon the forums

I did look into migration of from VBulletin to phpBB all posts users etc but we just decided to start a new. (It's possible. Ish lots of work).

Bare with me as I continue to update site theming, colours, images and fonts and you may want to refresh the site (CRTL-F5) once and a while to see updates. If there is a graphics designer among us PM me as I'm not very good at it. Also open to suggestions.

New forums is also much much more mobile friendly.

Please thank Will for keeping this active thought the years, and keeping a place for to talk Argos. He does pay a yearly fee for hosting and domain name.

Go Argos!

[kellynjk]

Thanks Mulder and Will for getting this new site up and also ensuring there's a great place for Argo fans to chat and share views!!!

[ARGOFanIan]

Thanks Will and Mulder... really appreciate you guys keeping this site going. I know its difficult with these back end software's going to new versions every couple years. Thanks again - ARGOFanIan

[Ryan52]

thanks for getting this going! i commonly lurked previously but didnt post much. the discussions are consistently great here

[IssuesMcgee]

Thank you Mulder and Will and everyone else for spending your time and/or hard-earned money in keeping this forum alive. I know I am not the only one it means a lot to.

...is there any way I could get my quotation marks back? I feel naked without them

[Will]

Thank you Mulder and Will and everyone else for spending your time and/or hard-earned money in keeping this forum alive. I know I am not the only one it means a lot to.

...is there any way I could get my quotation marks back? I feel naked without them

Apparently it's forbidden.

Glad you found the site again.