Sorry!

[SkStu]

Israeli terror-bots...

Place was the same the last window iirc.

I'd hate to see the place die too - happy to contribute to easier maintenance and/or better functionality. If there is a core of 50-75 proper users across the two main forums, its a 2-3 bob a month each to cover base. Im sure many would pay e15 a year for this. (is there a way to strip this site to 3 forums - LOI, Ireland and Everything Else - would that be helpful from a maintenance perspective?)

[ForzaForth]

I'd be happy to contribute also.

[CraftyToePoke]

I'd cretainly contribute also, happy to.

[dahamsta]

Thank you all, that's very generous, but Foot.ie earned me a good few quid with subs and ads back in the day, I'm happy to cover another year if I can figure out an upgrade path.

I'm reconsidering upgrading in-place now, if I use their migration service it's cost me around the same and then only for 7 months. I'll research how credible it is on this old server and I'll come back.

[dahamsta]

The up and down problem seems to have resolved itself btw, but I assume it'll come back. The problem the last time was traffic-related, an unruly bot or a mild DDoS. This was another factor in my decision to keep it local, if it does recur VB could suspend the site, or worse charge extra.

[dahamsta]

Obv the up and down problem hasn't resolved itself, and it's definitely bandwidth related. Maybe the software has been compromised, I'm not sure.

I have a new VPS set up now, with a copy of the database imported ok, I need to acquire a licence for the upgrade now and install that and see how the upgrade process goes. Should be done over the weekend.

[sbgawa]

​id also be happy to throw a few bob in if and when needed

[dahamsta]

Thanks. Obv the site is back up and upgraded, obv there's some things that need to be fixed, however I've been at it all day so I'll come back to it tomorrow. Feel free to add to the list below:

• Avatars
• Attachments
• Logo
• Theme
• ...

[the 12 th man]

11004 guest online at 0930 on a Saturday morning,spamming bots?

[sidewayspasser]

Thanks. Obv the site is back up and upgraded, obv there's some things that need to be fixed, however I've been at it all day so I'll come back to it tomorrow. Feel free to add to the list below:

• Avatars
• Attachments
• Logo
• Theme
• ...

Thanks for the work you put into upgrading the site.
I guess the "thanks" feature is gone, or is there still a way to give thanks for a post, other than writing another post?

[nigel-harps1954]

Thanks for the work you put into upgrading the site.
I guess the "thanks" feature is gone, or is there still a way to give thanks for a post, other than writing another post?

It seems to be replaced by an emoji reaction now rather than a thanks.

[dahamsta]

Avatars are fixed now. If anyone has a custom avatar not showing up, let me know and I'll see if I can fix it.

11004 guest online at 0930 on a Saturday morning,spamming bots?

Well, bots yes, spiders. They're the reason why the site has been overloaded recently, I need to work on blocking them.

Thanks for the work you put into upgrading the site. I guess the "thanks" feature is gone, or is there still a way to give thanks for a post, other than writing another post?

Thanks. All of the custom functionality from v4 is gone, none of it was compatible with v6. If alternatives are available I may try to reintegrate them over time, but in this case I think it's best to move to the native emoji function nigel pointed out above.

[dahamsta]

Attachments should be fixed now.

[dahamsta]

I've started blocking bot netblocks now, starting with Tencent and Bytedance. Hopefully no-one legit will be blocked, but I'm starting with the worst offenders that are almost certainly runaway search or AI crawlers, or DDoS bots.

[pineapple stu]

Not sure the search function is working, and the old links seem to be broken too (for example, in the sticky in the Ireland forum)

Makes it very hard to find a player thread there