Can someone fill me in on what has happened this last few months in my absense?

[Roadgeekteen]

I last used the forum consistently months ago, and since then the forum has been down for (weeks?), it looks different now and I'm hearing something about Tulsa copyright. How long was the forum down? Why does it look different?

[JayhawkCO]

It was down for a couple of nights here and there while some things needed to be upgraded. One thing was upgraded without upgrading simple machines (the webforum software) which caused issues, so they had to upgrade that as well, which led to only having the default theme at the moment. I think it was down for a total of 6 nights(?).

[hotdogPi]

These are two different issues. The earlier one is that someone wanted to have no trace of themselves on the forum, and that broke the database. This is the reason for the mojibake. Later, a software upgrade is what caused the theme change; the forum was down due to server overload from a mismatch between SMF and PHP, which necessitated the change.

I'm "1". Immediately after the theme change, people could rename themselves at will, but that was quickly removed. I changed my username to match what I use on every other website.

Because the software was updated, the mobile version functions decently (although it hides a few things).

There is one major bug left: searching a particular thread always gives 0 results.

[Roadgeekteen]

These are two different issues. The earlier one is that someone wanted to have no trace of themselves on the forum, and that broke the database. This is the reason for the mojibake. Later, a software upgrade is what caused the theme change; the forum was down due to server overload from a mismatch between SMF and PHP, which necessitated the change.

I also see that you changed your username... RIP 1

[1995hoo]

...

I'm "1". ...

One of the more underrated tracks on Quadrophenia, IMO.

[Big John]

Still the 1 - Orleans
or
1 is the Loneliest Number - Three Dog Night

[1995hoo]

Still the 1 - Orleans
or
1 is the Loneliest Number - Three Dog Night

Arguably "I'm Not the One" by the Cars would be more appropriate, seeing as how he changed his username away from "1."

[jeffandnicole]

Still the 1 - Orleans
or
1 is the Loneliest Number - Three Dog Night

Arguably "I'm Not the One" by the Cars would be more appropriate, seeing as how he changed his username away from "1."

Now we'll just sing about pi.

[ET21]

I appreciated this thread to catch me up cause I was also unsure what happened when my eyes were blinded by this default background at midnight a couple weeks ago when I logged on   

I assume the original background is pending a comeback?

[froggie]

I assume the original background is pending a comeback?

There's an entire thread about that.

[Hunty2022]

We are almost done with your US County Photo Challenge.

[bandit957]

There is one major bug left: searching a particular thread always gives 0 results.

One other major bug: Notifications don't work