Current state of the Boards

[barriers]

Did I just have a stroke? You all saw it too?

 

[Bear of Bad News]

I'd strongly recommend switching to Xenforo 2.2 Default.

 

[Kane One]

So the server crashing and the scummy ad placements are not real?

You can blame the crashing on XenForo Cloud, not on HF itself. They probably thought they were making the site better by moving it from AWS to be hosted by XenForo, since XenForo should know wtf they’re doing since it’s their software.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Everything just turned red and blue

Montreal Canadians are invading HF

 

[HockeyVirus]

You can blame the crashing on XenForo Cloud, not on HF itself. They probably thought they were making the site better by moving it from AWS to be hosted by XenForo, since XenForo should know wtf they’re doing since it’s their software.

It is about $$$ AWS costs a lot of damn money

 

[Kane One]

It is about $$$ AWS costs a lot of damn money

For sure. But more expensive doesn’t always mean better. XenForo should know what they’re doing. But HF should definitely move back to self-managing it if XenForo can’t, even if it costs more money.

 

[koyvoo]

The migration that was done a couple of months ago which seems to have shot everything to hell…why was that needed again?

 

[Bear of Bad News]

 

[HockeyVirus]

For sure. But more expensive doesn’t always mean better. XenForo should know what they’re doing. But HF should definitely move back to self-managing it if XenForo can’t, even if it costs more money.

I'm just guessing, XenForo selling point was likely they don't need to worry about security incidents, updating versions, renewing certificates, managing backups, etc like they would self hosting.

They just didn't tell HF that they don't do those things either

 

[Kane One]

The migration that was done a couple of months ago which seems to have shot everything to hell…why was that needed again?

That was an upgrade to a later version which broke some third-party plugins.

 

[Kane One]

I'm just guessing, XenForo selling point was likely they don't need to worry about security incidents, updating versions, renewing certificates, managing backups, etc like they would self hosting.

They just didn't tell HF that they don't do those things either

lol probably this. I don’t think this could be blamed on HF and instead all the blame belongs to XenForo.

 

[koyvoo]

lol probably this. I don’t think this could be blamed on HF and instead all the blame belongs to XenForo.

Maybe. Couldnt “upgrades” like this be beta tested before rolling them out?

 

[Profet]

FYI, banner image is not found on dark theme.

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[FriendlyGhost92]

I haven't read through everything, but I assume we can all agree that Xenforo has been shit, and there are probably better options out there?

 

[Stealth JD]

Make the ads stop. I’ve already paid for the “sponsor” tier, yet they’re back with a vengeance.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Make the ads stop. I’ve already paid for the “sponsor” tier, yet they’re back with a vengeance.

Scroll up and read about sending in your receipt for sponsorship.

 

[Kane One]

Maybe. Couldnt “upgrades” like this be beta tested before rolling them out?

This wasn’t an upgrade. The server crashed.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Make the ads stop. I’ve already paid for the “sponsor” tier, yet they’re back with a vengeance.

Happy to help; PM me a receipt.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

This wasn’t an upgrade. The server crashed.

I would appreciate if they'd beta test the server crashes before rollout as well.

 

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

One day the forum won't be a walking disaster, but it won't be this day.

 

[NVious]

Make the ads stop. I’ve already paid for the “sponsor” tier, yet they’re back with a vengeance.

You're just lucky they're not porting them into your dreams. I had to click 15 x buttons in yesterday's dream and 24 the day before that. I get that there are great linguini deals I'm missing out on, but it's starting to feel a bit much.

 

[shello]

Because the sponsorships got boofed if they happened in the interim. See my note right above yours and we can take care of it.

Oh oops. I should have read the thread. Thanks! I'll send the receipt

 

[Bear of Bad News]

@tarheelhockey I've seen you attempt this twice and I'm very excited to see what it ends up being.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

Montreal Canadians are invading HF

...Canadiens...

 

[hangman005]

@tarheelhockey I've seen you attempt this twice and I'm very excited to see what it ends up being.

Just hit reply, for some reason the images load in reply box.... I blame witchcraft.