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The Forum => The B-Ark => Topic started by: Ken Fox on March 13, 2017, 10:21:17 PM

Title: Is it working again?!
Post by: Ken Fox on March 13, 2017, 10:21:17 PM
Seems to be up again, but is it working OK? Let me know if it isn't.

Looks like I need to sort out the colours and links but seems to be functioning OK at the moment.
Title: Re: Is it working again?!
Post by: Cavalier on March 13, 2017, 10:25:43 PM
Seems to be OK Ken.  Well done on getting it sorted.
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Post by: The Third Twin on March 14, 2017, 06:50:06 AM
Yes, and I'd like to say thank you Ken. I've missed the forum whilst it's been off, and it's a quick lesson in appreciating what you have, or not when it's not there. I'm pleased to post again. Thanks Ken.
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Post by: Burgh Boy on March 14, 2017, 07:32:05 AM
Brilliant. Well done Ken.
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Post by: Ernie100 on March 14, 2017, 10:45:48 AM
Good work Ken, don't mind about colour scheme as long as the site is working.
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Post by: Pete Brooksbank on March 14, 2017, 01:02:39 PM
What happened Ken? I remember when I ran the forum back when it was on the impsTALK site that it was being hacked on a near-daily basis. Exhausting to deal with.
Title: Re: Is it working again?!
Post by: green hats mate on March 14, 2017, 02:02:25 PM
Thanks Ken
Yet another reminder of the hard work you do to keep us kids happy .
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Post by: Cousin Jack on March 14, 2017, 02:20:30 PM


     Yes, and thanks for all your hard work Ken - have really missed reading the posts over the last five days!
Title: Re: Is it working again?!
Post by: Ken Fox on March 14, 2017, 02:37:41 PM
What happened Ken? I remember when I ran the forum back when it was on the impsTALK site that it was being hacked on a near-daily basis. Exhausting to deal with.

Apparently some malicious files were uploaded early on Saturday morning and they were spotted by my site hosts (1&1) who then shut the site down as a precaution. Just the bit with Patter on it, the rest of the site was OK. I removed the file but it had also managed to change a whole load of the existing files that are used to define the Patter Board, so it no longer worked anyway. All the messages and membership details are kept separately, so I just needed to get the board software reinstalled and attached to the database. With hindsight I should have just deleted all the software and done a fresh install - which is what I ended up doing anyway. I spent a lot of time just trying to fix all the corrupted files and it took a long time - I was up until 3 o'clock on Sunday morning trying to fix it. Gave up in the end and did the reinstall - just lost all the formatting. So it's grey for a while instead of amber, but it seems to be functional.
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Post by: doc on March 14, 2017, 02:42:50 PM
Sounds complicated!  Thanks for doing it though. Good timing to go down as no one was able to comment on the alty game!
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Post by: Pete Brooksbank on March 14, 2017, 02:56:34 PM
It all kicked off on Facebook instead by the looks of it!
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Post by: Ferret on March 14, 2017, 03:23:17 PM
Your hard work is appreciated Ken. 

I assume the Facebook pages were full of about half a dozen folk calling for Ken to get the sack?
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Post by: youngchubby69 on March 14, 2017, 07:17:08 PM
Thanks Ken 😊
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Post by: howmanynames2pick on March 14, 2017, 09:50:48 PM
Like losing contact with an old friend ;)
Thanks for your efforts Ken
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Post by: garry@ on March 15, 2017, 09:26:40 AM
Well done Ken and thankyou for all your hard work and commitment in keeping this excellent forum running.
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Post by: Dipdodah on March 15, 2017, 01:04:10 PM
Thank you Ken, first thing every morning I log in.  Messed my day up lol.
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Post by: dt woodhall on March 15, 2017, 04:00:47 PM
Thanks very much Ken. You are very much appreciated by all on here. I wandered if you had blocked me out at first!! Could not get my score on patter, would never have gone for a 1-0 loss, but would probably been close to the crowd--never mind one that got away again just like Curzon Ashton at home when I forgot to put the score on!!
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Post by: Davey Crockett on March 17, 2017, 05:52:18 PM
I've had allsorts of problems getting back on here. I was Lonegunman, but I had to change my name, my password, my email address!!