Underlying Upgrades

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  1. NickMyers

    NickMyers Admin RCWC Staff

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    I'm going to use this thread to note when I add or change minor faunctionality through add-ons, or when I apply a update of XenForo that provides new or altered functionality.

    Today we moved to XenForo 1.5
    Notable to users:
    If you are interested, you can enable 2-step verification for your account. https://rcwarshipcombat.com/account/two-step
    You can now 'Like' a profile post or comment
    On the front page you'll now see a list of threads with the latest posts (currently 5 most recently updated)

    There are a larger number of items that are more concerned with the backend operations in this update, won't bore anyone with a list.
     
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    Like the latest posts list...very handy
     
  3. NickMyers

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    New feature added: Bookmarks.
    Enabled feature: Tags
    Complete writeup later tonight.
     
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    NickMyers Admin RCWC Staff

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    Behind the scenes item. Mandrill has been our transactional email service provider. That will be coming to an end. In the next week we will be transitioning to SparkPost for this service. Hopefully your emails will not end up in the spam bucket.
     
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    Backend updates to Resource Manager, Media Gallery, Xenforo core, Bookmarks, User Upgrades. As always let me know if anything seems broken/different/etc.
     
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    Just want to say thank you for all you do to keep this board up and running!
     
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    Thank you. It is my absolute pleasure to do so.
     
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    Nick, I know you're way out there on the Left Coast, but if you ever make it to the Carolina's, the first beer is on me.
     
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    Thanks Nick. I do appreciate having this forum. Without it, I probably would not have gotten back into combat warships.
     
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    Thank you for all the work you do on this site. I think it is by far the most helpful, organized and informative site dedicated to this hobby I have ever seen. Kudos to you for the hard work and constant improvements.
     
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    Panzer Iron Dog Shipwerks and CiderHaus

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    Ditto, the Kudos and Thank You's Nick If it wasnt for this site and its members, not sure where my sanity would be. Thank you for Providing this. I appreciate your hard work.
    Craig
     
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    I am glad you guys like it. I've got more I want to do and add, but have been a bit busy. Something about a house and a 3 year old, lol. As always if there's anything you guys would like to see, or don't like, let me know.
     
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    Tonight we engaged in a (much longer than planned for) upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, which necessitated upgrades to MySQL and PHP. The move to PHP7 induced some delightful headaches, which I _think_ I have resolved.
    But please let me know if anything is broken, possibly broken, or different.
     
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    Thanks again, Nick, for all your hard work in keeping this site up and running!
     
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    SSL certs deployed
     
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    There he goes speaking in Tongues again!
     
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    He has made sure the NSA isn't reading our private communications.
     
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    But is it peppermint or spearmint?
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    Those pesky Ruskies, making communications hard for everyone. NSA is too busy recording my cell phone conversations.
     
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