Hi Folks,
Happy Halloween!
We have a bunch of stuff going on and coming up here at SatelliteGuys.US that I wanted to make you aware of.
First I would like to announce that we have changed the PM limit for our supporters from 100 PM's to 500 PM's.
Second I would like to announce that we will soon be upgrading to vBulletin 3.50 which is our forum software we use here at SatelliteGuys.US.
By upgrading to 3.50 it gives us additional features and system improvement which we believe you will enjoy! The database optimazation in vB 3.50 is enough alone to make us want to upgrade.
Because of this upgrade a number of features will change or go away temporarly. These include...
1) The Arcade - This feature will only go away for a few days, as Neutron will need to install all the games again. The arcade has been tested and works great on the new software.
2) Members Home Theaters - There is a brand new version of this program available for vBulletin, however I need to tweek it to make it fit our site. This may take a few weeks. I am planning to blow out all the photos we have listed now so we can start fresh with the new software. The new software has so many new features and you will be able to show off everything in your home theater.
3) Customized Forum Listings - This feature is unfortunately going away, this is the one product I wanted ported over to vB3.50 however the author can't get it to work.
However with this said we do have an alternate software available to us which almost works the same (it just does not customize the forum listings display for you) and it works by you selecting the forums you want to read, then when you click on new posts you only see the new posts in the forums you have selected. We feel this is a viable solution.
These should be the only issues.
When we switch over the site will have a fresh new look, we have been using this look at our beta site and the staff has mentioned that they like the new look better, we hope you feel the same way.
At the moment, this upgrade is expected to take place on Saturday Morning. We will be starting the upgrade at 7am and expect to be done by 2pm (if not sooner) The reason for the extended down time is so we can do some cleaning and get rid of things on the server which are no longer used.
We continue to work hard on SatelliteGuys to give you the best overall experiance. We hope you enjoy it when it is done!
I will post an official announcement on the upgrade when I have the date confirmed.
Happy Halloween!
We have a bunch of stuff going on and coming up here at SatelliteGuys.US that I wanted to make you aware of.
First I would like to announce that we have changed the PM limit for our supporters from 100 PM's to 500 PM's.
Second I would like to announce that we will soon be upgrading to vBulletin 3.50 which is our forum software we use here at SatelliteGuys.US.
By upgrading to 3.50 it gives us additional features and system improvement which we believe you will enjoy! The database optimazation in vB 3.50 is enough alone to make us want to upgrade.
Because of this upgrade a number of features will change or go away temporarly. These include...
1) The Arcade - This feature will only go away for a few days, as Neutron will need to install all the games again. The arcade has been tested and works great on the new software.
2) Members Home Theaters - There is a brand new version of this program available for vBulletin, however I need to tweek it to make it fit our site. This may take a few weeks. I am planning to blow out all the photos we have listed now so we can start fresh with the new software. The new software has so many new features and you will be able to show off everything in your home theater.
3) Customized Forum Listings - This feature is unfortunately going away, this is the one product I wanted ported over to vB3.50 however the author can't get it to work.
However with this said we do have an alternate software available to us which almost works the same (it just does not customize the forum listings display for you) and it works by you selecting the forums you want to read, then when you click on new posts you only see the new posts in the forums you have selected. We feel this is a viable solution.
These should be the only issues.
When we switch over the site will have a fresh new look, we have been using this look at our beta site and the staff has mentioned that they like the new look better, we hope you feel the same way.
At the moment, this upgrade is expected to take place on Saturday Morning. We will be starting the upgrade at 7am and expect to be done by 2pm (if not sooner) The reason for the extended down time is so we can do some cleaning and get rid of things on the server which are no longer used.
We continue to work hard on SatelliteGuys to give you the best overall experiance. We hope you enjoy it when it is done!
I will post an official announcement on the upgrade when I have the date confirmed.
