Forum patch install - pending Monday 2017-07-31

[Jim]

There's a patch to the forum software. I'm going to submit it for installation early next week - Monday, maybe Tuesday. I hope nothing will "break" with the forum, and if anything does, a rollback to prior backup will likely happen. It is possible some posts could be lost - but I'm decently confident the patch install will go as each would wish - smoothly.

Just a head's up...

[Java]

Goodluck!

[dieseldoc]

Thanks for the heads up

[Tom]

Good luck, Jim

[Eagle6]

Thanks in advance.

[Chris]

Security Patch?

[Jim]

Chris previously posted:

[Jim]

Patch upgrade submitted.

24-hour window for install - though typically it is tended quickly.

[Chris]

Coming along! A few things yet to come!

[Tom]

Like the new reply/unsubscribe option.

Biggest issue I see is the text where unread posts was previously now says "Error database marking is disabled" though it still seems to do what it did previously.

[Chris]

Some images like the logo are missing (showing vBulletin) and the blog function is visible in a few places.

[Chris]

Tom previously posted:

[Getaklu]

Thanks for all of the hard work on the upgrade guys.

[Jim]

Hey folks - I just came to see it's up - with some subtle change.

Please note any New/Different/Non-Functioning items in this thread.

It did not go as easy as we would wish but in all - the snags were my fault. I didn't provide the proper patch to the host and then it seems I didn't provide the proper license code to them. This caused a multi-hour "pause" from one step to another.

They desired me to verify that the plug-ins we use would be compatible with the version of the upgrade. PFFFT - some of the plug-ins we use are no longer under development and we won't know / can't know if they'll work until we "give it a whirl".

I'll be creating a test "run" to test creation / calendar function / RSVP function. I'll also turn on the Donate bar to test a donation or two. Donations bar will be turned on later this month for the fall donation run (if that plug-in still works!).

[Tom]

Chris previously posted:

[Chris]

Tom previously posted:

[Jim]

Thx.

At this stage I don't see a need to roll back / restore the forum. I'll work at testing remaining features and then resolve the "small things" - but it might be a day or so for attention to small stuff. Big stuff testing later tonight.

The banner item - that seems to have been cache related - it was showing the proper image earlier for me but now it's all the vbull image.

[Jim]

Jumping into the admin control panel I'm presented with this (which might explain the logo and odd items not working):

==
Out-of-Date Custom Templates Found! There are currently 1 customized template(s) that need to be updated or reverted. Some sections of vBulletin may not function if you do not do this!
==

So there's that...

[Brian]

I tried clicking "mark forums read" and got this error box:

Your submission could not be processed because a security token was invalid.

If this occurred unexpectedly, please inform the administrator and describe the action you performed before you received this error.

[Jim]

PayPal donate tested / working / turned off.