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As you all have probably noticed, the forum is pretty outdated. The software is nearly 10 years old, and between the forum software, the server OS, the backend apps like php, mysql, etc. and all the version compatibilities and inter-dependencies, doing any sort of in place upgrade simply isn't worth the effort. This makes maintaining the forum in its current state less and less feasible, so we will be migrating to a new server.

The major decision we had to make was regarding the forum software itself as we've been on vbulletin 4 forever, and it's no longer supported. The logical choice would be to upgrade to vb5, but the problem is vb5 kind of sucks and doesn't have anywhere near the community support that vb4 did. After doing some research, we decided moving to the latest xenForo v2 forum software was the best path forward.

It's almost a decade newer than the software we've been using, so obviously it has its benefits. It natively supports embedding stuff like youtube videos, tweets, etc without having to write a bunch of custom code to support it. It has a built in mobile interface, so it should perform better on mobile devices without having to use tapatalk or whatever the fuck. It has features like user tagging and getting notified when you get tagged/quoted/thanked (via browser push notifications if you enable it). It's also more developer friendly, making it easier to create custom content. And most importantly, it supports the migration of existing vb forums so we won't lose any posts/threads/etc. I'll go into more detail on some of the updates and changes once we're migrated over.

This has been in the works for a while now but we wanted to wait until the season was over and then I just needed to find time to work on it. The tentative plan is to shut down the forum in a little less than 2 weeks so that I can begin the process. I'll provide a more specific date as it gets closer. Then I'll proceed with the export, import, installation, migration and customization on the new host. After some testing, I'll get the current IP migrated over to the new host. Assuming I don't run into issues, it should be a day or 2 of downtime. The domain will remain the same, and you'll be able to login with your existing username/password. The main difference is the new site will be https and the main page will be index.php instead of forum.php. There should be redirects in place but to be safe you can save off the below link.

https://forzainterforums.com/index.php
 

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You're all going to love the new forum. It's good stuff.
 
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Seriously can’t wait! Really excited to see what the new forums looks like.
 

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Thanks for all of your efforts vasilios and whoever else is involved.

Perhaps an unrelated question but feels like a good time to ask, the URL for our beloved forum has always shown up as "not secure" (on the left of URL), how come? And more importantly hopefully it won't be the case after moving to the new host? Not that I know the significance of it.

Lastly, since we're not official by the club or recognized by those cunts let's keep our majestic crest.
 
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Thanks for all of your efforts vasilios and whoever else is involved.

Perhaps an unrelated question but feels like a good time to ask, the URL for our beloved forum has always shown up as "not secure" (on the left of URL), how come? And more importantly hopefully it won't be the case after moving to the new host? Not that I know the significance of it.

Lastly, since we're not official by the club or recognized by those cunts let's keep our majestic crest.

I think that'll be solved if it's going to be https
 
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Word of warning!

If one day we try to log in and the forum says I M FIF at the top I won’t be back!!!


:trollol:
 

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Word of warning!

If one day we try to log in and the forum says I M FIF at the top I won’t be back!!!


:trollol:

What!? That's a great idea, it would be so legendary.
 
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Let me know if you need any help with the backend
 

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Not gonna lie - the outdated look to this forum is part of its charm for me, but if it's simply not feasible to maintain the forum on the current software anymore, then it's obviously understandable as to why something needs to be done about that.
 

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FYI - my plan is to start the process Thursday night. If all goes well we should be up and running on Friday night which would coincide well with the Euro off days, but we'll see how things go.
 

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Doesn't matter, take your time. If it's gonna take a week, take a week.
 

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Good job keep it up
 
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Might be good to update the forum banner for the next 24/48 hours to inform everyone about the upcoming change. I just found out through AdRossi's signature.
 
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Might be good to update the forum banner for the next 24/48 hours to inform everyone about the upcoming change. I just found out through AdRossi's signature.

Yeah, I saw less than 100 members had viewed this thread and decided to try and blast the message. Vas has added a pinned announcement to the top of the forum.
 
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About fucking time u worthless cunts
 
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Congrats. Change can be good and I am sure it is a lot of work so take a bow :star:
 

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FYI - my plan is to start the process Thursday night. If all goes well we should be up and running on Friday night which would coincide well with the Euro off days, but we'll see how things go.

Reminder for everyone that this process will be kicking off soon. Please direct all inquiries to JJM.
 
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