Christmas, giveaways and the near future. (Jan 2023 server migration)

[M76]

does registering at calguns.org require a different email than the one I used here?

thanks

[Kestryll]

Nope, there is no overlap so no conflict using the same info and name.

[SilveradoColt21]

Didn't even know that there was a backup forum called Calguns.org

[M76]

Nope, there is no overlap so no conflict using the same info and name.

doesn't work for me

That username does not exist.

[EM2]

doesn't work for me

That username does not exist.

You will need to create that username over there.
You can mimic the username & password at the .org site.

[DaveInOroValley]

Hope you had a great Christmas and that Dad is on the mend. Thank you for all the work. Happy New Year!

[Sparrow Dynamics]

Thank you Kestryll for the work you do. Praying for you and your family... and for a smooth transition to the new server.

[Bull Elk]

First off, Merry Christmas all! I hope everyone has a good day filled with fun and family.

I'm sure some of you noticed that this is the first year I haven't had a Christmas give away. It's been a bit of a tradition and one I planned to continue however this year the last three months I have been focused on my Father and by the time I thought about it we were in mid-December.
Barring anything else catastrophic coming up the give away will return next year.

And the future, things are going to get fun soon.
Our current host, Professional Edge, is shutting down. mcubed is moving on to other things and the hosting has been a losing deal for some time now. It's a hard business for a smaller company to survive in.

We will in the very near future be moving to a new hosting company and this will cause some other changes.
Our current software is far beyond long in the tooth and nearly all hosting companies no longer support the older version of PHP that this software requires. Whether we want to or not we are going to have to update to the latest version of vBulletin likely early in January.

I've held out as long as possible mainly because I have no idea if certain things like iTrader will run on vB 5.x. iTrader is a 12+ year old plug in that hasn't been supported for at least the last eight years.
I know how important these ratings are to everyone and have tried to keep this version of vBulletin viable but we're 5+ years past end of life.

I will of course try to load and run the plug in but I can't guarantee that it will work. If not I'll find a new rating system we can use, hopefully one that can port over the iTrader info.

I'm sorry this is going to be so abrupt and with sort notice. As I said I was hoping to have had the last several months to work on it and give notice but when my Dad fell and broke his hip everything became about taking care of family.

That's pretty much the latest on what is going to happen. Merry Christmas and take a moment to remember tomorrow whose birthday this is and why Christmas time is here.

I hope your father is recovering quickly. I look forward to the new software update. Thank you.

[Bold_Brass]

Its all gonna be okay, looking forward to the updates!

[Dirtlaw]

Upgrading software is sometimes a close relative of waterboarding. Hang in there Kes!

[RifleSupply]

Hope your dad is doing better and Happy New Year to you and your family! I look forward to the changes coming to the website!

[SWalt]

Any updates Kes? Seems some of the natives are restless.

[DrjonesUSA]

[DrjonesUSA]

Upgrading software is sometimes a close relative of waterboarding. Hang in there Kes!

[DrjonesUSA]

@Kestryll;

You have DM.