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FORUMS - Active GALLERY - Active BLOGS - Active DOWNLOADS - Active PARTNER SITES - Active HARDWARE SERVICES and PLATFORMS - Active MAIN SITE - Partially Complete ADDITIONAL MODULES - Pending SKIN SETS - Pending

Please look at the top of this forum for the "site changes" announcement. OR CLICK HERE TO READ IT

Forums - Migration Complete Gallery - Migration Complete Blog Module - Installed / Active Downloads - Pending Partner Sites - Active Hardware Platforms - Active Main Site - Pending Additional Modules - Pending Skin Sets - Pending Current status as of 3:30 PM PDT.

Forums - Migration Complete Gallery - Migration Complete Downloads - Pending Partner Sites - Active Hardware Platforms - Active Main Site - Pending Additional Modules - Pending Skin Sets - Pending Current status as of 12:00 PM PDT.

http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?app=core&module=usercp&hl=true Check your settings there under "posting". You should be able to choose which text editor you use and uploader. Toggle between them until you're able to upload. For the most part both the upgrades to the text editor feature and the uploader should be supported by most current browsers.

RESOLVED

There's much more to come.

Please post your bug / issue reports in this thread. KNOWN ISSUE - When viewing certain forum topics or discussion threads the board displays this symbol "�". CAUSE: The boards previously used a character set that is obsolete by today's browser standards. To make our boards more accessible we have changed to the UTF8 character set. When the character set tries to display character types not understood by the UTF8 format it shows the � instead. Most common of these occurrences are punctuation marks, accents marks, and symbols. FIX: There is no known conversion fix for this. Moderators and Editors are asked to "edit" posts that are popular or sticky to fix these issues. Opening the post in the editor and fixing the error with the correct punctuation, accents, or symbols and then saving the edited post will fix the view problems. All new posts will not be affected as they will be stored correctly when created. :: RESOLVED ::

Current status update: The boards have been returned to normal operational status while I complete the finishing edits and changes to bring us up to our current release. There are services that are still affected and not online yet. Will update this post shortly with more details.

The site and services will be affected this morning from 7:00 AM PDT / 10:00 AM EDT on. Please check this thread for further information when it becomes available.

Backups will be starting tonight at 11:00 pm. I won't get around to actually putting up the new stuff until the morning. Expected time to complete a full backup looks to be about 5.3 hours. Thanks and we'll see you tomorrow.

Here's the game plan as I know it as of today. Tomorrow night I'll import the new code base for the boards only. This will start after 11:00 PM PDT / 2:00 EDT. The forum boards (forum.combatace.com) will be offline for about 30 minutes until I can get the database up and running. The main site (combatace.com) may also go down during this period. I'll make all the changes to the forums to get us a stable and working platform from which to branch off of. The main site may turn into a static page with links until the changes there can be put into place. My focus will be on returning the forums. When the forums initially come online the add-on features (gallery, download section, etc) will not work and I'll only be allowing the use of the main forum skin. The other skins that Fates has been working on (THANKS and shout out!) so diligently won't be added until after I can confirm that all the site cache's and member settings have been properly restored and put into place. This means for those of you used to seeing the "OFF" Branded skin set or your selected skin they will not work but instead you'll see the default forum skin. Once the configurations and forum base are completed I'll start adding the features and user perks. Some of these may not happen until Saturday morning depending on my ability to remain alert. My preference for obvious reasons is to do this once and do it right. As each new feature comes on board it will need modifications and setup so please be patient while I get all this into place. Please don't panic if you see errors but if they persist please alert me to them. The last update will be the main site page(s). These may not function until Sunday and may not be completed until later next week but I will make sure that the functionality will remain as this is our root domain name and it needs to work. As things progress I'll update this announcement as to what you should expect to be working or not as well as the features that have resumed normal operation. Please check here first for the latest updates and progress.

Once the process of switching over has started I'll update this post and I'll update it again at the finish. That way you'll know when not to be uploading files.

NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT In the next few days (primarily over the weekend) we will be changing over to new forum / site software. The change will be immediately apparent and a vast improvement to the services we provide here at CombatACE. Please keep in mind that while we have been planning this behind the scenes for quite some time the transitions are never error free. Once the new software is running some configuration time will be needed to get the boards and services online a 100%. I will try to minimize downtime and issues related to the transition however your understanding and patience during the upgrade will be appreciated. As always if there are errors or issues with site features, access, or other related upgrade problems please let us know by posting in our "Bug Reports / Suggestions" section located in the main general category.

Hang tight ... I had to make a decision about going in and changing our current skins or put my efforts into something different. Coming soon to a screen near you. I haven't forgotten it's been on my "To-Do" list so long it has coffee stains on it. E