Jim Alfredson Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 Sorry for the downtime. It was a backup error on the part of the server company. Looks like we're back in business! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 Thanks, I was worried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesnik Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 Yes, I was worried too. It seemed impossible to contact the site. And I always got the same Timeout error after trying several times. But it seems to be solved now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 Thank you, Jim, for all you do to keep this forum up-and-running. We all appreciate it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 Yessir, thank-you. Off to update my donation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pim Posted October 28, 2022 Report Share Posted October 28, 2022 Situation made me clear how easily this board could vanish. Made a donation as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted October 28, 2022 Report Share Posted October 28, 2022 (edited) Could it be the donations are no longer automatically updated on the homepage? It is frozen at 730 although several members said they donated. Edited October 28, 2022 by mikeweil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted October 28, 2022 Report Share Posted October 28, 2022 I’ve ‘sold’ a number of CD’s to board members too this year, incl. a recent batch for $60 (which went thru on Sept 29th) — except I had the purchaser ‘pay’ the board thru a donation (not a penny to me). And I don’t think the donation total has changed since before then, iirc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 4 hours ago, mikeweil said: Could it be the donations are no longer automatically updated on the homepage? It is frozen at 730 although several members said they donated. I only got around to mine just now … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pim Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 And will I get the one and only donor badge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 On 29.10.2022 at 6:32 AM, Pim said: And will I get the one and only donor badge? You should - but I, too donated and there is no trace of it. Normally it is shown the day after. There seems to be an issue with the donation updates. But I guess that Jim doesn't have time for such things, as the error notice on the homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted October 31, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 Hey folks, Well, I looked into the Donations plug-in and it said the last donations was in July, which of course was not right. I tried to edit it and all of a sudden I couldn't access it at all anymore and when trying to load the homepage, I got an error. So I just deleted it entirely. I still need to find someone that can update this forum software to the new version. We are woefully out of date by several years and that's a security risk. In fact, we've had some attacks on the server through this site in the last few days that have crippled the server. If anyone has any suggestions, I'm all ears. I need to find someone that is fluent in MySQL, databases, CPanel, and updating server backends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted November 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2022 I found someone to do the upgrade. It will most likely be around $200. But we'll be all updated! Can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted November 1, 2022 Report Share Posted November 1, 2022 Great! Folks, donate for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted November 1, 2022 Report Share Posted November 1, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Jim Alfredson said: I found someone to do the upgrade. It will most likely be around $200. But we'll be all updated! Can't wait! Great! Hey, where are we in terms of the yearly-total to date on donations? And remind us what the expected expense for the entire year too. Meaning… “where’re we at?” and “how far do we got to go?” Edited November 1, 2022 by Rooster_Ties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted November 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2022 Server is $225 per month so $2700 a year. I don't know where we were at; I'd have to go through my PayPal but not everyone who sent money labeled it as a forum donation. I kind of relied on the DONATION sidebar to keep track, honestly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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