Forums Back Up!

Ihmhi · 04-08-2009, 09:31 PM

Our forums are back online thanks to the hard work of Scuzzy and the rest of our team! We're glad to be back.

We still have a few remaining issues.

First and foremost, we regret to say that our password database is effectively broke beyond repair. As such, everyone - regular users, betas, and devs - have to reset their passwords. If you go to our forum you will see further instructions at the top of the page related to this issue. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Secondly, you may notice that practically all of our staff is listed as "Retired FF Staff". Please be assured that everyone on the team has not just gotten up and left. This is a temporary solution as the fine people in charge confirm the identity of each of our devs one by one and reauthorize them for developer status.

A general message to the community: we are accepting beta applications. Keep an eye on the forums and see if anything pops up related to that. Past testers are welcome to reapply as well.

Well that's it guys! Thanks for sticking around during this tough time. We appreciate the support of the community and we're getting our butts back to work on all things Fortress!

Icculus · 04-08-2009, 09:34 PM

Nice job on the recovery. My day wasn't the same without the FF forums!

-Icculus

Ihmhi · 04-08-2009, 09:35 PM

Oh, and a special thanks goes out to Rawh for interrupting my episode of Deep Space Nine and letting me know that the forums are back up!

Paft · 04-08-2009, 09:54 PM

Good to see it was a very short down time.

EquilibriuM · 04-08-2009, 10:01 PM

When i click on forums doesn't go to them, but on FF main page if i click on discuss on front page i go here.

Paft · 04-08-2009, 10:08 PM

Just PM'd Ihmhi about this.

New:
http://forums.fortress-forever.com/index.php

Old:
http://forums.fortress-forever.com
http://www.fortress-forever.com/forum/

Bridget · 04-08-2009, 10:15 PM

An unarmed American cargo ship crew managed to retake control of their hijacked ship from armed pirates faster than it took the FF staff to get the forums back up.

**squeek.** · 04-08-2009, 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EquilibriuM

When i click on forums doesn't go to them, but on FF main page if i click on discuss on front page i go here.

Clear your cache.

~kev~ · 04-08-2009, 10:58 PM

There is an index.html file in the forum root. This is over riding the forums index.php file.

Someone needs to log into the server with an FTP client and delete the hostmonster index.html file.

**squeek.** · 04-08-2009, 11:16 PM

Seriously, try clearing your cache.

http://forums.fortress-forever.com/

is working fine for me.

Scuzzy · 04-09-2009, 12:16 AM

Squeek's right... Clear the cache... Wipe them out. All of them.

Ihmhi · 04-09-2009, 12:27 AM

I wanted to extend a personal thanks to Scuzzy. He was busting his ass getting everything up and running again.

I'm not going to go into the details of what exactly went on behind the scenes, but things took no longer than they had to.

~kev~ · 04-09-2009, 12:38 AM

Everything is working fine now.

Thanks everyone for your hard work.

pF · 04-09-2009, 02:45 AM

And cheers for the nick-edit, Scuzz

**Bully** · 04-09-2009, 05:16 AM

Welcome back forums and great work guys

**Elmo** · 04-09-2009, 06:36 AM

TY for nick edit also..

NOW MAKE ME NOT RETIRED!

Rawh · 04-09-2009, 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ihmhi

Oh, and a special thanks goes out to Rawh for interrupting my episode of Deep Space Nine and letting me know that the forums are back up!

Slacker! You should work on the forum instead of viewing eps

TonyCip · 04-09-2009, 02:01 PM

Thank you Scuzzy and everyone else for their hard work to get the forums back up

MonoXideAtWork · 04-09-2009, 02:41 PM

A BIG THANK YOU!

Agent Buckshot Moose · 04-09-2009, 03:04 PM

I wonder if vBulletin upgrades are causing a problem... Another vBulletin forum I go to got owned by an upgrade and they've been down for like a week.

04-08-2009, 09:31 PM	#1
Ihmhi [AE] 0112 Ihmhi SJB Wiki Team Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Newark, NJ, United States Class/Position: A little bit o' everythin' Gametype: Also a little bit o' everythin' Affiliations: [AE] Asseater, SJB Straight Jacket Brigade Posts Rated Helpful 3 Times	Forums Back Up! Our forums are back online thanks to the hard work of Scuzzy and the rest of our team! We're glad to be back. We still have a few remaining issues. First and foremost, we regret to say that our password database is effectively broke beyond repair. As such, everyone - regular users, betas, and devs - have to reset their passwords. If you go to our forum you will see further instructions at the top of the page related to this issue. We apologize for the inconvenience. Secondly, you may notice that practically all of our staff is listed as "Retired FF Staff". Please be assured that everyone on the team has not just gotten up and left. This is a temporary solution as the fine people in charge confirm the identity of each of our devs one by one and reauthorize them for developer status. A general message to the community: we are accepting beta applications. Keep an eye on the forums and see if anything pops up related to that. Past testers are welcome to reapply as well. Well that's it guys! Thanks for sticking around during this tough time. We appreciate the support of the community and we're getting our butts back to work on all things Fortress! __________________ Support FF: Anime: The Thread: Reloaded The one and only anime thread on these here forums. Select the pistol, and then, select your horse. Last edited by Ihmhi; 04-09-2009 at 12:23 AM.

04-08-2009, 09:35 PM	#3
Ihmhi [AE] 0112 Ihmhi SJB Wiki Team Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Newark, NJ, United States Class/Position: A little bit o' everythin' Gametype: Also a little bit o' everythin' Affiliations: [AE] Asseater, SJB Straight Jacket Brigade Posts Rated Helpful 3 Times	Oh, and a special thanks goes out to Rawh for interrupting my episode of Deep Space Nine and letting me know that the forums are back up! __________________ Support FF: Anime: The Thread: Reloaded The one and only anime thread on these here forums. Select the pistol, and then, select your horse.

04-08-2009, 09:54 PM	#4
Paft Beta Tester Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: UK - http://forums.fortress-forever.com Class/Position: [O] Med Gametype: CTF/Skills Posts Rated Helpful 67 Times	Good to see it was a very short down time. __________________ TFC Resource TFC/FF/TF2 customs at: ZZUBYTTIHS - www.tfcgaschamber.com - www.ozfortress.com - www.fpsbanana.com - mrclan.com - TFC Essentials Jan 2012

04-08-2009, 10:08 PM	#6
Paft Beta Tester Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: UK - http://forums.fortress-forever.com Class/Position: [O] Med Gametype: CTF/Skills Posts Rated Helpful 67 Times	Just PM'd Ihmhi about this. New: http://forums.fortress-forever.com/index.php Old: http://forums.fortress-forever.com http://www.fortress-forever.com/forum/ __________________ TFC Resource TFC/FF/TF2 customs at: ZZUBYTTIHS - www.tfcgaschamber.com - www.ozfortress.com - www.fpsbanana.com - mrclan.com - TFC Essentials Jan 2012

04-08-2009, 11:16 PM	#10
squeek. Stuff Do-er Lua Team Wiki Team Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Northern California Class/Position: Rallygun Shooter Gametype: Conc tag (you just wait) Affiliations: Mustache Brigade Posts Rated Helpful 352 Times	Seriously, try clearing your cache. http://forums.fortress-forever.com/ is working fine for me. __________________ #FF.Pickup ¤ Fortress-Forever pickups My Non-official Maps Released FF_DM_Squeek - FF_2Mesa3_Classic - FF_Siege_Classic Beta FF_Myth - FF_Redlight_Greenlight Sick of the people on the internet, always moanin'. They just moan. - Karl Pilkington

04-08-2009, 09:34 PM	#2
Icculus D&A Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Hampshire Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Nice job on the recovery. My day wasn't the same without the FF forums! -Icculus

04-08-2009, 10:01 PM	#5
EquilibriuM G9- D&A Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Florida Class/Position: D Solly,Engy Gametype: ALL Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	When i click on forums doesn't go to them, but on FF main page if i click on discuss on front page i go here.

04-08-2009, 10:15 PM	#7
Bridget Banned Join Date: Sep 2008 Class/Position: Soldier Gametype: AVD Affiliations: TALOS Posts Rated Helpful 5 Times	An unarmed American cargo ship crew managed to retake control of their hijacked ship from armed pirates faster than it took the FF staff to get the forums back up.

04-08-2009, 10:58 PM	#9
~kev~ pmagnvs Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: East Texas Class/Position: Engineer - D Gametype: Free for all CTF - no stupid clan rules Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	There is an index.html file in the forum root. This is over riding the forums index.php file. Someone needs to log into the server with an FTP client and delete the hostmonster index.html file.

04-09-2009, 12:16 AM	#11
Scuzzy The Old Timers Clan D&A Member Retired FF Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Server: 206.217.134.170:27016 Posts Rated Helpful 2 Times	Squeek's right... Clear the cache... Wipe them out. All of them. __________________ "Player Quality, not Quantity, is what we strive for." - The LLama Wrangler "A clan is defined by the nature of it's enemies. - The Llama Wrangler

04-09-2009, 12:27 AM	#12
Ihmhi [AE] 0112 Ihmhi SJB Wiki Team Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Newark, NJ, United States Class/Position: A little bit o' everythin' Gametype: Also a little bit o' everythin' Affiliations: [AE] Asseater, SJB Straight Jacket Brigade Posts Rated Helpful 3 Times	I wanted to extend a personal thanks to Scuzzy. He was busting his ass getting everything up and running again. I'm not going to go into the details of what exactly went on behind the scenes, but things took no longer than they had to. __________________ Support FF: Anime: The Thread: Reloaded The one and only anime thread on these here forums. Select the pistol, and then, select your horse.

04-09-2009, 12:38 AM	#13
~kev~ pmagnvs Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: East Texas Class/Position: Engineer - D Gametype: Free for all CTF - no stupid clan rules Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Everything is working fine now. Thanks everyone for your hard work.

04-09-2009, 02:45 AM	#14
pF no war but class war Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: big bad berlin Class/Position: Soldier / Scout Gametype: ctf Affiliations: [w~k!] Posts Rated Helpful 3 Times	And cheers for the nick-edit, Scuzz __________________ Support FF: Gay And Lesbian Fiction \| Teen Books \| Bath Products

04-09-2009, 05:16 AM	#15
Bully Beta Tester Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Yorkshire, England Class/Position: Spectating Gametype: British Bulldogs Affiliations: ®™ ^ Posts Rated Helpful 67 Times	Welcome back forums and great work guys __________________ ®™ Support FF:

04-09-2009, 06:36 AM	#16
Elmo Gets tickled by FF Fortress Forever Staff Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: UK Class/Position: Med Solly HW Gametype: Any/CTF Posts Rated Helpful 41 Times	TY for nick edit also.. NOW MAKE ME NOT RETIRED! __________________ Support FF: Done: ff_monkey Done: ff_bases Done: ff_warpath Forever Doing: ff_medieval (beta#99999999)

04-09-2009, 02:01 PM	#18
TonyCip shloomp Beta Tester Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: UHEUHEUHUEH Class/Position: hhehehheh Gametype: uAEHUAHEHUHUA Affiliations: [S&N] [2D2C] +M\|M+ ^vi Posts Rated Helpful 2 Times	Thank you Scuzzy and everyone else for their hard work to get the forums back up __________________

04-09-2009, 02:41 PM	#19
MonoXideAtWork Pub Allstar! Beta Tester Join Date: Aug 2008 Class/Position: under en kvinna Gametype: Capture the Flag Affiliations: Eternal Order, Must be h4x, Mono's happy funtime. Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	A BIG THANK YOU!

04-09-2009, 03:04 PM	#20
Agent Buckshot Moose Wiki Standards Team Wiki Team Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Geokill's closet Class/Position: Sniper/Demoman Gametype: CTF Affiliations: :e0: Co-leader Posts Rated Helpful 6 Times	I wonder if vBulletin upgrades are causing a problem... Another vBulletin forum I go to got owned by an upgrade and they've been down for like a week.

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