VaBeachGuy 12 Posted April 8, 2010 Due to some security issues, Invision will be upgrading the board at some point in the very near future. When that happens, the portal and any custom modifications will be lost until I can re-install them. Then, once I have more time I have to work on a new skin that will work with a whole new version of the board for yet another upgrade. So there's going to be some things change over the next few months but they're necessary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bethlehem 7 Posted April 8, 2010 I know what ever you are doing will make the board better in the long haul. I just have too get this old brain into the change mode! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Indy 8 Posted April 8, 2010 I thought this was a new skin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VaBeachGuy 12 Posted April 8, 2010 I thought this was a new skin. It is, to an extent. It's actually about 2 years old now. The problem is a security issue and requires the board upgrade. Invision just upgraded us 1 step but a larger upgrade will be needed by July or so. It's very annoying to have to do this but I guess it's necessary. Hopefully this skin will just need a few tweaks to make it work with the new software though because I'm not going to pay someone $300 again to make a whole new skin. I'm just going to try to make this one work and tweak it till it does. It's just time consuming. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Indy 8 Posted April 8, 2010 Yeah, I know. I've worked with skins before. It's very tedious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VaBeachGuy 12 Posted April 14, 2010 When you view topics now, are the posts all showing up as normal or do you only see the first post with all other posts listed as links under the topic as shown below? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bethlehem 7 Posted April 14, 2010 I do not see anything like that, the topics seem the same as before. When I first log on the site goes straight to forums, that I scroll down to active topics to see what is happening. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VaBeachGuy 12 Posted April 17, 2010 It was my browser, something was stuck in the cache and was making it display incorrectly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VaBeachGuy 12 Posted April 20, 2010 I'm still working on getting the portal back but there's still a few issues that I have to take up with Invision before I can do that. The original problem that casued all of this was that I had discovered that the board had been hijacked to an extent through a security hole in the software. Somehow, someone was able to get all of our search engine traffic redirected to an advertising site. I don't know how long that had been going on but I'd venture to guess since around December or January. That was one of the causes for the slowdown in activity, not the only one but one of them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bethlehem 7 Posted April 20, 2010 Considering how busy you are now with school and everything else, this is something you do not need. We appriciate all your hard work and this site. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VaBeachGuy 12 Posted April 20, 2010 The portal's back!! Yeah when Invision upgraded the board they mistakenly used encrypted files, which is what they do for free versions of the software. Since I paid for a lifetime license of the software for the board we're entitled to an unencrypted version. The encrypted versions can't be modified, so I wasn't able to add the portal back until they fixed their boo boo lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bethlehem 7 Posted April 21, 2010 it is nice to have it back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
He Who Shall Not Be Named 2 Posted April 21, 2010 Yeah, just in time for Corina's new pics! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VaBeachGuy 12 Posted April 21, 2010 Yeah, just in time for Corina's new pics! They are very good pictures, the portal didn't affect them though. Maybe made them easier to find though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
He Who Shall Not Be Named 2 Posted April 22, 2010 Especially the one in that black catsuit. Wow! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VaBeachGuy 12 Posted April 22, 2010 Especially the one in that black catsuit. Wow! I guess we know what you have as your wallpaper now lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
He Who Shall Not Be Named 2 Posted April 22, 2010 Yup - and with actual wallpaper, not a desktop thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Indy 8 Posted April 22, 2010 Not to change the subject or anything (), but what's going on with the two links at the upper left of the board? The one farthest left leads to the current portal, but the other one takes you somewhere else. Is this something permanent? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VaBeachGuy 12 Posted April 22, 2010 Not to change the subject or anything (), but what's going on with the two links at the upper left of the board? The one farthest left leads to the current portal, but the other one takes you somewhere else. Is this something permanent? That's actually the Invision version of the portal. I turned it on when I thought the regular portal wouldn't work (before I discovered that Invision had upgraded us with encrypted files). I just forgot to turn it off once I got the regular portal re-installed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites