10-22-2022, 10:49 AM
Dear everyone,
The last few weeks have been just a bit crazy.
Here's a recap of what has happened, followed by what we are doing now:
1 - Site was hacked. Most of everyone knows that by now.
2 - To salvage the site from oblivion, we had to upgrade everything first, from our Background Control Panels to the Web Hosting Server security features.
3 - We had to hire a team of experts to clean out contaminated and remaining suspicious files.
4 - We had to reinstall the mybb platform and upgrade it. We had to reinstall Themes.
5 - In doing so, we added two themes, one called Dark V2 (for desktop) and Roundo Darko (for mobile)
6 - We started reinstalling plugins. (those are the added features that add fun to the site, such as the Shoutbox, Alerts and so on)
This is where the shit hit the fan.
MyBB (the platform that hold themes becomes unstable when more than one theme is added on, as plugins start malfunctioning). That is when we start getting server load messages as it becomes strained, and the responsiveness of the site becomes sluggish.
Many of you have noticed that and gave much needed feedback. MyAlerts freezes the page when clicked on. Starring threads and rating posts are on and off.
Adding a Recent Thread plugin to Dark V2 has screwed up Roundo Darko's recent pages built-in feature that now just shows a title without any description.
Adding plugins to one theme screws up the other. It's like a merry go round from hell.
These are just the tip of the iceberg, as members see it up here on the boards but there are other problems and issues that arise in the background and which you cannot see as a member.
For example, the Shoutbox cannot be reinstalled as it gives an error code that cannot be fixed. Another example is when we install MyAlerts on BOTH themes, the plugins cross wires and start malfunctioning, on BOTH themes.
So, what are we up to now? What is the solution?
Only one solution comes to mind: We need ONE theme, not two or three or a dozen. ONE.
But one that will satisfy both our desktop users, as it needs to look good and be as easy to navigate as Dark V2. But Dark V2 is a visual nightmare for mobile users. THAT is a problem.
And at the same time, be responsive, good looking and as easy to navigate as Roundo Darko, for our mobile users. But Roundo Darko is too different in layout and isn't user-friendly for desktop users. And THAT is a problem.
Finding a theme that would satisfy both our desktop users AND our mobile users is the key as we could take out all remaining themes and only use ONE theme and by doing so, avoid conflicts of themes AND conflicts of plugins.
But does such a theme even exist?
The good news is, we think we found it. It looks quite a lot like Dark V2, is super easy to navigate, fast and very responsive AND is mobile friendly. A fantastic combination of both worlds.
We are testing it now on our test site and EVERYTHING is functional. It's still bare bones but we've started tweaking it, and we will be starting to add plugins to it asap.
It will not be uploaded here on RN3 until tweaks are all done and we are 100% sure that the plugins work as they should.
I know, I know. Some of you may think "here we go again" and you are right. 100% right.
But if we want a functional RN3 environment, there are no other options. None. We've tried them all, trust me, for days on end.
In a very near future, when all is said and done, when RN3 gets back to being a fun loving glitchy free environment, we'll all be happy to be here, without having issues that we never asked for. And at some point, we'll be able to laugh at what happened here at RN3.
So trust us just a little more. Be patient just a little more. We're almost there.
I personally thank you, once again, for your support, your feedback, for sticking around through the bad times. All Admins have put a tremendous amount of work and countless hours, not only on saving RN3 from an almost certain doom, but also on restoring everything up from scratch.
Many of you lurk right now, we see it in the stats, and we thank you as well for keeping an eye on us.
We will be sending emails to everyone once we announce the final stages of RN3 resurrection.
We're almost there.
Stay tuned,
Sol - for Ninurta, Gordi, BIAD, Senona, DuckforcoveR and Staff.
.
The last few weeks have been just a bit crazy.
Here's a recap of what has happened, followed by what we are doing now:
1 - Site was hacked. Most of everyone knows that by now.
2 - To salvage the site from oblivion, we had to upgrade everything first, from our Background Control Panels to the Web Hosting Server security features.
3 - We had to hire a team of experts to clean out contaminated and remaining suspicious files.
4 - We had to reinstall the mybb platform and upgrade it. We had to reinstall Themes.
5 - In doing so, we added two themes, one called Dark V2 (for desktop) and Roundo Darko (for mobile)
6 - We started reinstalling plugins. (those are the added features that add fun to the site, such as the Shoutbox, Alerts and so on)
This is where the shit hit the fan.
MyBB (the platform that hold themes becomes unstable when more than one theme is added on, as plugins start malfunctioning). That is when we start getting server load messages as it becomes strained, and the responsiveness of the site becomes sluggish.
Many of you have noticed that and gave much needed feedback. MyAlerts freezes the page when clicked on. Starring threads and rating posts are on and off.
Adding a Recent Thread plugin to Dark V2 has screwed up Roundo Darko's recent pages built-in feature that now just shows a title without any description.
Adding plugins to one theme screws up the other. It's like a merry go round from hell.
These are just the tip of the iceberg, as members see it up here on the boards but there are other problems and issues that arise in the background and which you cannot see as a member.
For example, the Shoutbox cannot be reinstalled as it gives an error code that cannot be fixed. Another example is when we install MyAlerts on BOTH themes, the plugins cross wires and start malfunctioning, on BOTH themes.
So, what are we up to now? What is the solution?
Only one solution comes to mind: We need ONE theme, not two or three or a dozen. ONE.
But one that will satisfy both our desktop users, as it needs to look good and be as easy to navigate as Dark V2. But Dark V2 is a visual nightmare for mobile users. THAT is a problem.
And at the same time, be responsive, good looking and as easy to navigate as Roundo Darko, for our mobile users. But Roundo Darko is too different in layout and isn't user-friendly for desktop users. And THAT is a problem.
Finding a theme that would satisfy both our desktop users AND our mobile users is the key as we could take out all remaining themes and only use ONE theme and by doing so, avoid conflicts of themes AND conflicts of plugins.
But does such a theme even exist?
The good news is, we think we found it. It looks quite a lot like Dark V2, is super easy to navigate, fast and very responsive AND is mobile friendly. A fantastic combination of both worlds.
We are testing it now on our test site and EVERYTHING is functional. It's still bare bones but we've started tweaking it, and we will be starting to add plugins to it asap.
It will not be uploaded here on RN3 until tweaks are all done and we are 100% sure that the plugins work as they should.
I know, I know. Some of you may think "here we go again" and you are right. 100% right.
But if we want a functional RN3 environment, there are no other options. None. We've tried them all, trust me, for days on end.
In a very near future, when all is said and done, when RN3 gets back to being a fun loving glitchy free environment, we'll all be happy to be here, without having issues that we never asked for. And at some point, we'll be able to laugh at what happened here at RN3.
So trust us just a little more. Be patient just a little more. We're almost there.
I personally thank you, once again, for your support, your feedback, for sticking around through the bad times. All Admins have put a tremendous amount of work and countless hours, not only on saving RN3 from an almost certain doom, but also on restoring everything up from scratch.
Many of you lurk right now, we see it in the stats, and we thank you as well for keeping an eye on us.
We will be sending emails to everyone once we announce the final stages of RN3 resurrection.
We're almost there.
Stay tuned,
Sol - for Ninurta, Gordi, BIAD, Senona, DuckforcoveR and Staff.
.
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