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Admin Maintenance/Downtime Expected [COMPLETED]

Posted by Vipul on August 21st, 2008

There will be some downtime Thursday, Aug 22 12-4 AM PST to resolve issues regarding “laggy” load times. Please advise your users to be patient during this time period.

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We are now on IRC!

Posted by ash234 on August 13th, 2008

Hello iPBFree users! Here’s a blog entry from your favorite staff member ^^ well i hope i am

Our Mod Forums, Source now has an IRC channel!

If you want to connect, go to Add channel and input this:
Address: hax.sinirc.net
Channel: #Source
Ports: 6667, 6668, 6669
ssl is on +6697 and +1337

Or if you have a browser IRC installed, such as Chatzilla, type this into your url bar irc://hax.sinIRC.net/source

There is also an iPBFree support and chat channel. The channel name is #iPBFree.

UPDATE

You can also go here to chat http://www.mods.ipbfree.com/irc/
Thank you for reading this.

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Hey, what happened to Phalanx?

Posted by Vipul on March 16th, 2008

Yes, what did happen to phalanx? I thought it was going to be release in January?

Many of you users are wondering what did happen to the Phalanx (pronounced fay-lanks) upgrade. Well, although I never set a release date, I did have a goal of getting “something out there” by January. It’s true…I did not meet this goal. There was a medley of issues that did cause this. I won’t really go into details because a large part of it was due to time sensitive work-related issues.

Around November, one day I was thinking about the current status of Phalanx in the shower (it’s not weird place to think about such things…Alan Greenspan wrote a whole book in the bathtub) and I came to the realization that Phalanx did not meet expectations. I mean other than the new ACP, everything else was ok. I really wanted iPBFree users to really push the technology further. Phalanx at that point was new stuff slapped on to an old base. Think of an old house with a new roof and windows…it looks weird.

Basically, I said screw it…I’ll do whatever it takes to fulfill my vision of what forum software should look like … even if I have to rewrite all of iPBFree forum software…. I will. Why do this? Because I want users to do great stuff with iPBFree.

Anyway, I ended up merging features that were planned to go in version 2.3 into Phalanx. In essence, Phalanx is actually 2 different versions packaged in one release. The design is quite radical (compared with what users are using now)…some of the features in Phalanx (version 2.3) is not yet seen in any paid forum software. I won’t really get into features and what has changed or even hype this release at all.

So how long will it take to see Phalanx?

Not sure, but it is currently my highest priority. After I get a beta version going, staff and well-known modders/skinners will have access to the new release (to find bugs and get user modifications converted). After we feel that most of the issues have been resolved, we will start the upgrade process (which will require downtime). I also don’t want this release rushed, there are just so many moving parts, so many things that have changed… it can be so easy to make mistakes. Be patient, I want it released just as much as you do.

What are some Phalanx features?

We are keeping this hush-hush at the moment. We don’t want the other guys’ “photocopying machine” to start just yet. Be aware, many of the features users have asked for has been implemented. Now that does not mean everything you wanted has been put in….it just means that ideas and concepts that were deemed reasonable were put in. Some features will be held back for later release (in some kind of update)….we will let you know which features will be held back at a later time.

What do you need to do to prepare for the upgrade?

I have not yet worked out the details but a checklist will be posted well in advanced. I will have everyone prepared prior to the upgrade.

Although, I call it an upgrade…it really is a milestone release (maybe I should just call it iPBFree 3.0?). When the final version does come out, users will not be disappointed and it will be quite clear why I held back the release.

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I’m Quitting

Posted by XxxDevilsxxX on February 22nd, 2008

Dear Valued users,

I would like to announce my retirement as Support Staff, Yes I’m quitting.

Why?

There are a lot of things that I have to do in my life, including my studies and my school soccer’s team (I’m my team’s Captain). I can’t keep up with the support forums responsibility anymore due to members disrespecting staff members as if they have no lives.

I’m also leaving my forum - http://forum.chaosrealm-cr.com , If you wish to help it then just sign up and stay active and donations are appreciated via paypal at contact@chaosrealm-cr.com

Will I be back?

Probably not.

Best Regards,

Retired iPBFree Support Staff

XxxDevilsxxX

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Downtime - Replacing Bad Hardware [COMPLETED]

Posted by Vipul on February 17th, 2008

Earlier today, there was downtime due to faulty hardware (the cause of the random downtimes). We have found the issue and will be replacing the faulty parts later today. Further downtime is expected…it should take about an hour or two.

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New Staff!

Posted by XxxDevilsxxX on February 13th, 2008

Dear valued users,
We would like to announce the promotion of:

Gordie and WindWalker

They are now iPBFree Moderators.

Welcome to the team!

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Server Currently Under Maintence, Feb. 12, 2008

Posted by Vipul on February 12th, 2008

We are currently working on the servers to fix some stability issues. You may see issues such as intermittent connections and downtime.

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Admin Maintenance (Arcade/Domains/Registration) [Completed]

Posted by Vipul on November 10th, 2007

There will be some bug fixes regarding:

1) Arcades - Issue with scores not submitting
2) User/Custom Domains not correctly registering in the system

3) New Forum/Board Registration changes (this is not the member registration for user forums)
I will be expecting some glitches when a few things are switched over. There will be no need to post issues on the support boards until after the fixes have been deployed.

These fixes will be resolved by Saturday evening.

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Admin Maintenance [COMPLETED]

Posted by Vipul on October 24th, 2007

I will be catching up on some much needed maintenance this week. I will be expecting some glitches when a few things are switched over. The maintenance periods will occur 4-7AM PST. I will post a site wide message during operations. If you would like to know what time this will occur in your timezone, please visit this website.

http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc

Please change “From Time Zone:” to “America/Los_Angeles” when using the timezone converter.

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Network Outages

Posted by Vipul on October 24th, 2007

There have been few network issues this week. IPBFree’s network provider have been upgrading the datacenter connectivity. The network provider has not given much details of when these downtime periods will occur.

10/19/2007 – 12AM PST / 2-3 hours (adding additional hardware – 70% of routing was affected)
10/22/2007 – 3PM PST / 15-20 minutes (fiber swaps – 85% of routing was affected)