VBulletin Upgrade Re-Scheduled for Noon Eastern on Monday, May 24th...

wilheim · May 19, 2010

FYI - please be advised that The Rx.com is doing an upgrade with our host VBulletin to their newest available Version at Noon Eastern on Monday. May 24th..

The site will go offline for approximately two hours assuming there are no unforeseen problems..

Hopefully the new version of VBulletin will broaden our ability to improve the way The Rx Posting Forum performs for the entire posting body.

Myself along with the other mods will work as quickly as possible to find any new poster friendly applications that will add to your ease and enjoyment while navigating the site..

Your patience is very much appreciated..The inconvenience of a few hours down time should be well worth it due to improvements to The Forum..

Thank you, wilheim..

lifexpired · May 20, 2010

thanks 4 the notice

Betallsports · May 20, 2010

It's Like waiting for the Ball to Drop on New Years@)

wilheim · May 20, 2010

Email just now received..Upgrade postponed.

The upgrade scheduled for today has been postponed until Monday at 9:00AM.
Vbulletin found a problem with one of our servers and cannot proceed until resolved.

Apologies, wilheim

festeringZit · May 20, 2010

Just curious if there will be any new functionality with the upgrade?

SportSavant · May 20, 2010

Is Monday may 24th a holiday in the USA?

It is here in Canada.

Hal01 · May 20, 2010

SportSavant said:
Is Monday may 24th a holiday in the USA?

It is here in Canada.

No, Monday the 31st is Memorial Day and a holiday here in the US.:howdy:

wilheim · May 24, 2010

Further Information regarding The Rx.com VBulletin Upgrade scheduled for today at Noon EDT

Keep in mind that the upgrade is not considered to be complete until VBulletin sends an email notification to To Rx Tech Support. Once the email is received our techs will work on restoring the look of the forums with modifications to the style and templates. As of now, it is estimated the upgrade will take approximately two hours and Rx Tech Support anticipate another two hours to change the style and address other issues.

The entire process should be rather lengthy (between 4 and 5 hours) but worth the effort. Please try to be patient as everyone involved will do their best to finish as quickly but as effeiciently as posible..

Thanks, wilheim

Saab · May 24, 2010

upgrading to vb4? i hope you copied the site over to a test server before doing it...

good luck, its a wild ride sometimes

wilheim · May 24, 2010

Saab

Thanks for the heads up, I have heard the upgrade is no day at the beache. I will pass your thoughts on to our Tech Support People.

Thanks, wilheim

minet123 · May 24, 2010

Is it upgraded finished or more tweaking

bigbet1234 · May 24, 2010

is it going to this new format? hard to get use to a new site.

Doug · May 24, 2010

bigbet1234 said:
is it going to this new format? hard to get use to a new site.

If this is "New and Improved" , give me " Old and Lousy" !

mr.inpak · May 24, 2010

thank you for the update

nimue77 · May 24, 2010

I hope it is only the default that is making it so you have to log in to view the forum. It will be changed back so you can view it without logging in...right?

Saab · May 24, 2010

Coming from experience upgrading forums to vb4, here are some answers:

the upgrade has been completed, what you see now is the vb 4 default style. Now the tech guys at the RX are most likely manually modifying the styles and templates that made theRX look like it did so they work with vb4. They can slipstream these changes into the current site without taking it down, so at some point or another the site will begin to look like the old style again.

Stuff like logging in to see the forums are all settings that they have either decided to change, or have just not been set back to their original values yet.

Be patient, hopefully they won't have any problems. The trickiest parts are past them, but its still no piece of cake.

wilheim · May 24, 2010

Before talk of the current style gets out of hand, please keep in mind that the upgrade finished less than an hour ago and what you are seeing is the default style. Many parts of the forum that you are used to seeing are not compatible with the new revision of the software and the RX administrators are currently working to restore the color, fonts, layouts, navigation bars, headers, and the list goes on. This is a major process and we appreciate your patience.

Thanks, wil.

ACE-ACE · May 24, 2010

wilheim said:
Before talk of the current style gets out of hand, please keep in mind that the upgrade finished less than an hour ago and what you are seeing is the default style. Many parts of the forum that you are used to seeing are not compatible with the new revision of the software and the RX administrators are currently working to restore the color, fonts, layouts, navigation bars, headers, and the list goes on. This is a major process and we appreciate your patience.

Thanks, wil.

so you will have Ad's up on top again...odds and scores...sportsoption link....just like before...right?...

Incubus · May 24, 2010

wilheim said:
Before talk of the current style gets out of hand, please keep in mind that the upgrade finished less than an hour ago and what you are seeing is the default style. Many parts of the forum that you are used to seeing are not compatible with the new revision of the software and the RX administrators are currently working to restore the color, fonts, layouts, navigation bars, headers, and the list goes on. This is a major process and we appreciate your patience.

Thanks, wil.

Thank you, Wil, for the reassurances.

I thought you adopted this "new version" to prevent/punish posters like me who enjoy posting graphics and smileys.

I am thrilled to hear this is NOT the final version.

I can stop whining in the other subforums about this now.