The Core

JaguarPC had some type of server meltdown, then their backup somehow corrupted some forum cache.  It took a while to figure it out.

Thanks, LM.  Sorry for the PITA problem.


>old time forum script

It still works great.  The newer hotness in tech-y forums (SmartThings, Hubitat) is Discourse ^{(paid service)} and it has some handy features. But there are only two features that would be enhancements to this old workhorse (both notify another member by putting a flag and link to the post on their avatar).

1: The ability to call a specific user to a post by using @+nick, ex: @Brad.

2: An option to 'like' a post. Besides the intended general use to show appreciation for a post, on threads that have become one-to-one conversations between 2 members we use it to show the post's owner that the post has been read *without* bumping the thread up on the active list.

They've been ok for the most part in the last five years or so.  There was a while there when they were terrible, but this is the first major problem we've had here once we switched servers.  Hopefully this will also be the last for a long time.

>> Th3 Core was missed.

Yes. I'm glad it's back!

Thanks for sorting LM

I was away on a Yamaha Tenere in Wales, so missed the outage

I second what Buckworks said. I always get something out of this place.