The TEMAC forum in its current state has been serving us dutifully for many (many) years. In that time I have made small security patches, but we're at a point where this version of the forum software is no longer maintained.
Later today I'm going to upgrade to the latest version.
With this upgrade will come a theme styling change. No more sky blue Meridian theme (it hasn't been supported since 2014). I'll try to make the change as low impact as I can. Don't worry, the ancient wordpress homepage at temac.ca will stay the same (for now). On the upside, the mobile version of the forum should be better.
While I perform the upgrade, the forum will be offline in "maintenance mode" for a bit. Wish me luck; I'll see you all on the other side.
Ben
Good Luck Ben...and Thanks!
...and we're back!
I also added a dark mode. To turn it on, click your profile name at the top, click "look and layout", then click "change" next to Current Theme. The dark theme is called Repulse_v1.1.
I hope the transition isn't too painful for anyone. Please reply here if you have any trouble.
How am I expected to learn about new technology at my age!?
;D
Thanks Ben!
Ben,
Just used it to update a post. The changes make absolute sense and appear to make everything faster. Like the sideways pictures so everything can be read without scrolling.
Simon
re: your "How am I expected to learn about new technology at my age!?"
What does that make me?. I have close to 20 years on you. If you consider yourself old, I must be ancient.... and loving it.
Cynthia is hoping I will mature at some point.
Frank
Glad you like it,
@Frank v B !
@sihinch, just pretend it's a new battery technology.
Love the new look!
Thank you.
Guy
Hi,
is there any way to get the screen to display full width on a PC monitor?
Seems optimized for vertical mode on portable devices.
I didn't find anything in "Look and Layout".
Thanks,
Pat MacKenzie
I just made it unlimited width for you
@pmackenzie. Don't hurt your neck!
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I've been having a few problems with the forum the last few days. Very slow to load and sometimes unresponsive.
Anyone else having trouble?
I too am experiencing some lag and delays in loading the forum pages, but I thought it was a "user-issue".
Guy
Apologies everyone. I've been on work travel for a couple of weeks. I'll address this more directly when I get home. Hang in there.
We've been getting a ton of automated traffic to the site. I've put a human verification wall at the front that will check to make sure you're a person before showing the site. Hopefully this will address the recent slowness people have been experiencing.
Cheers,
Ben
Thank you Ben!
The attacks continue. I just banned all traffic from China. That has fixed the slowdown for now.