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General => Paddleducks Website/Forum => Topic started by: Eddy Matthews on October 27, 2009, 04:37:14 AM

Title: Website changes...
Post by: Eddy Matthews on October 27, 2009, 04:37:14 AM
Hi guys,

The Portal that we use, that's the bit of software that generates the menu down the left of the screen, and ties everything together, is being abandoned by it's developers...... It has numerous bugs already, some of them are security related, and obviously they will never be fixed now. :(

So we need to change to another Portal, but because so much of the software is heavily modified to work with the old one, we also need to change the Photo Gallery and the Book Database programs.

The Photo Gallery has been changed already, and over the next few days I'll start work on rewriting the code that the book database uses. Then we can eventually change the Portal - A lot of work, but it needs to be done! :(

Regards
Eddy
Title: Re: Website changes...
Post by: oldie on October 29, 2009, 04:17:36 AM
Eddie,  All your hard work is appreciated, many thanks,  Pete
Title: Re: Website changes...
Post by: Harold H. Duncan on October 30, 2009, 05:00:19 AM
Hi Eddy,
Well logged in this morning, and thought, "that's different".
A rather lucid thought for my semi-awake normal state in the morning.
Thanks Eddy, for all the effort in sorting the changes.
Very much appreciated by all
cheers
kiwi
Title: Re: Website changes...
Post by: Eddy Matthews on October 30, 2009, 05:04:32 AM
I'm nowhere near finished yet, but I've made a start..... Still a lot of odds and ends to sort out!

At least we're now up and running on the new Portal, so hopefully that should eliminate the security issues.

Regards
Eddy
Title: Re: Website changes...
Post by: scotfriend on October 30, 2009, 05:57:02 AM
Hi Eddy,

many thanks for your hard work to keep our forum running. There is one point i can't understand, why do they chance the softward so often? at the beginning of last year you had a lot of work because of some chances and now again.

so again, many thanks for your hard work, regards Hans
Title: Re: Website changes...
Post by: Tug--Kenny on October 30, 2009, 05:58:49 AM

Yes, it's different. More 'clean cut'.  I like it, Eddy.    :bravo

ken


Title: Re: Website changes...
Post by: marinemole on October 30, 2009, 10:21:17 AM
Hoping I don't introduce new bugs by surfacing after several days in bed with mystery illness after visiting grandchildren. Amazing how one loses immunity to kids.

Seriously, many thanks Eddy for your continued hard work on our behalf. :respect

Andy
Title: Re: Website changes...
Post by: Eddy Matthews on October 30, 2009, 08:48:01 PM
Guess who forgot to add a "redirect" to the main Paddleducks webpage to go to the new Portal !

Without it, it would load some of the old code and some of the new - creating a total mess and LOTS of errors! Ho-hum, the joys of running a website! ;)

My apologies to anyone that was affected by my ommission - Hopefully all should be okay now.

Regards
Eddy
Title: Re: Website changes...
Post by: derekwarner_decoy on October 30, 2009, 10:10:36 PM
Beats me PD's........in OZ we still have the same forum & format WEB pages.......not sure what all the fuss is about  :nahnah :porkies :towel.....Derek
Title: Re: Website changes...
Post by: Eddy Matthews on October 30, 2009, 10:28:27 PM
Beats me PD's........in OZ we still have the same forum & format WEB pages.......not sure what all the fuss is about  :nahnah :porkies :towel.....Derek

Unless you refresh your browsers cache it won't be working for much longer Derek - Later today the old code will be removed from the website!

Regards
Eddy
Title: Re: Website changes...
Post by: derekwarner_decoy on October 30, 2009, 10:35:48 PM
You should know me better Eddy  :shhh ...I did refresh my browser cache last night & all is OK....but a little different  :crash as the others say
Bl**dy computers & 22,000 kilometers .....the message is slow by the time it gets to OZ..........Derek :beer
Title: Re: Website changes...
Post by: Eddy Matthews on October 30, 2009, 10:37:52 PM
 :yeahbaby :bravo :terrific

Just wanted to be sure you'd done it Derek, or you'd be playing holy hell with me when Paddleducks apparently vanished! :)

Regards
Eddy
Title: Re: Website changes...
Post by: Harold H. Duncan on October 31, 2009, 05:31:25 AM
cool, but where's the paddleduck gone?
Paddled off into the sunset?
kiwi
Title: Re: Website changes...
Post by: Eddy Matthews on October 31, 2009, 06:15:27 AM
cool, but where's the paddleduck gone?
Paddled off into the sunset?
kiwi

The Paddleduck will return, but I need to change a lot of other code before it can be done, so it may take a while.... We can have a party for him when he gets back  :gift

Eddy
Title: Re: Website changes...
Post by: kiwimodeller on October 31, 2009, 08:57:59 PM
I'll drink to that!! :beer :beer
Title: Re: Website changes...
Post by: herrmill on November 18, 2009, 11:01:54 PM
I like it!  :D