ATTENTION: Upgrading To Version 4.5 Now

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The GuestHouse forum has been upgraded to version 4.5 ... and some time down the road this forum will be upgraded as well. Just before they do, there will be an alert for the Admins, and when I get that I'll pass the word on so that when/if the board goes offline you'll know the reason why.

Downtime can be anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours. If anyone wishes to post during the downtime, I can open up my forum for registrations ... or you can simply post as a guest.

Let me know if you want to register and I'll open that up asap.

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When you see v45 in the url, you'll know this forum is in the upgrade queue.

Such as:

http://whooshorg.proboards33.com/v45index.cgi?


After that, the upgrade could happen at any time within the next few days. The server is taken offline and upgraded then put back online. It could take up to a few hours or more, so save the link to the GuestHouse forum and post there as a guest if you'd like.

When all forums on the server have been upgraded, and the upgrade is completed, the v45 will disappear from the url.

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My Illusive Muse forum is now going through the upgrade, and this forum should be included among the next group to get the upgrade. When I know when that is, I'll give a head's up. It could be a week or more before that happens. Or less, ya never know.

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Now that this forum is undergoing an upgrade, several things will be acting wonky. Because of the v45 in the url, some codes and links won't work. Such as quotes that link back to the original post. If you click the quote button on someone's post, it will look fine, but the links could act up. No worries though. Once the v45 is gone from the url everything should go back to normal. Except for some of the codes that Le added. Some of these she will need to replace with new, improved codes. However, according to TPTB, nothing should be done until after the upgrade is completed ... which is when the v45 is gone from the url. Once it's gone, you'll know the upgrade is over.

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Want more info, read this thread.

Also, if you can't get to this forum, check this page and it will tell you if the server is offline or busy.

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Version 4.5 Features

• New thread sort options, ascending or descending order:
  • Order by subject
    
  • Thread creator
    
  • Replies
    
  • Views
    
  • Post order
  
  
• Revamped poll system with many new options:
  • Ability to select multiple answers
    
  • Auto-locking polls at a given time
    
  • Ability to hide results until users have voted/poll is locked
    
  • Ability to retract votes
  
  
• New sub-board permissions:
  • Ability to have all sub-board posts appear in its parent board
    
  • The ability to hide sub-boards when this feature is turned on
  
  
• Vastly improved speed on post and member searches:
  • 1,000 member limit for top posters has been removed
    
  • All users can now be displayed in post order, irrespective of forum size
    
  • Member lists can be sorted in any order
  
  
• Character limit in posts and personal messages has been in been increased from 25,000 to 60,000 characters.
  
• Listing of all users online over the entire day is now available.
  
• Calendar entries displayed at the bottom of the page are now in date order.
  
• Gradients can be automatically generated for your forums colors.
  
• Ability to add a poll to an existing thread.
  
• Ability to set default listing order to a board.
  
• Ability to request a forgotten password by email address has been restored.
  
• Category access can now be granted based on membergroup and/or post count related ranks.
  
• Improved page jump, decreasing load times on large boards/threads/member lists.
  
• Other small software fixes (eg "on Today" now displays as just "Today")

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The v45 is now gone, so I assume the upgrade is complete.