Update forum Software May 2023

[clintonman]

We'll be updating the forum software over the coming weekend. May 6, 7

The forums will be unavailable during the update which should take less than an hour to complete.

The first step will be making a fresh backup of the forums. This will take an hour or two and the forums will be open during this step.

The actual software update will happen after the backup is complete. This is the time period when the forums will be unavailable.

There will be no visible changes after the update.

[clintonman]

The forums are being backed up now. After the backup is complete and downloaded, the update process will begin.

[clintonman]

Backup is complete. The install process starts now.
The new software will be copied and when it gets to a certain point the forums will be locked until the update is complete.

[clintonman]

The update is complete and everything went smoothly. Report any problems found here in this topic thread.

[clintonman]

One change was made to the forums navigation.
The Home icon will now link to the website index instead of the forums index.