Gloves | 11,759 Administrator · Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 A new version of Invision (the software running VGS) has been released, and in order to keep things running smoothly I'll have to take the site down for a bit. Here's what I need to do: Back up the custom styles etc. that have been built for VGS Take down the site Update the software Re-apply the customizations Confirm that it all works as expected Put the site back up Barring any issues I don't envision this taking a terribly long time, maybe an hour. The site will go down sometime during the day this upcoming Friday, September 4th. I'll be aiming for around noon or so, but we'll have to see. I'll post a reminder an hour or so before I press the big red button. During the downtime, you can feel free to join us on Discord over here: https://discord.gg/5tuxaqD Or better yet take a walk, stretch your legs. Maybe grab a Starbucks. I'll take a grande PSL, thanks. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillavoie | 1,208 Events Team · Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 7 minutes ago, Gloves said: During the downtime, you can feel free to join us on Discord over here: https://discord.gg/5tuxaqD Or better yet take a walk, stretch your legs. Maybe grab a Starbucks. I'll take a grande PSL, thanks. Can I get a hair cut? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,759 Administrator · Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 16 minutes ago, guillavoie said: Can I get a hair cut? Yeah probably a good time to do so. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,881 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 How do we know you're not just gonna turn off the site for good?! How do we know you're going to come back!??? Don't leave me again daddy, we already got milk in the fridge and you only just unwrapped that pack of smokes!!! DADDY COME HOME COME BACK DADDY!!!!! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,759 Administrator · Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 1 minute ago, OptOut said: How do we know you're not just gonna turn off the site for good?! You don't. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillavoie | 1,208 Events Team · Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 6 minutes ago, OptOut said: How do we know you're not just gonna turn off the site for good?! How do we know you're going to come back!??? I know the feeling man, every time the site is down, I have this irrational fear that Doug is selling it to GoCollect. I can't help it, so I go get a hair cut to change my mind. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,895 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 I got a hunch we're going to come back here and see a "For Sale through GoDaddy!" page. *gulp* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray | 2,447 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 15 minutes ago, RH said: I got a hunch we're going to come back here and see a "Announcing Exciting Changes for Video Game Sage” page. *gulp* Ftfy 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richardhead | 2,813 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Has anybody told Jeff about this ? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner | 2,721 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Can we play games during the downtime? Some of us might have to open a game or two.......... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeevan | 8,909 Events Helper · Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Are there gonna be any super cool new features, or is it all framework/back end updates? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 3,819 Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 (edited) Super secret update preview possibly stolen while Gloves at Starbucks. Edited September 1, 2020 by Hammerfestus 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,759 Administrator · Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 For those asking what the updates are, it's easiest to just share a screencap of the tl;dr: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,759 Administrator · Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 The "Before Upgrading" part is the main thing - I need to go over the plugins that we have and make sure everything is copacetic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,759 Administrator · Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 Reminder - this is tomorrow. It'll happen... when I feel like it? I'm on vacation lemme alone! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richardhead | 2,813 Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 On 8/31/2020 at 7:34 PM, Hammerfestus said: Super secret update preview possibly stolen while Gloves at Starbucks. That seems like a pretty special place.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,759 Administrator · Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 Aaaaany minute now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,759 Administrator · Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 Chaaaaaanges. So as you all start coming back you may notice some stuff looks and feels a bit different. That will be because it is. We've updated to the latest version of Invision and this means taking on some improvements to the site themes, as well as re-applying the applications. UNfortunately it's also a lot more work than anticipated. I've put the site back up so you all can talk again, but you'll notice a few features missing. They're still THERE, some work just needs to be done to re-apply them in this new version of the software. I'm working on it and while I don't have an ETA, it's going to be my primary focus right now. I may not be able to do much over the weekend due to holidays, so please bear with me on it. As ever, we'll continue moving forward and making this place our own. Thanks as always for your support! 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifightdragons | 234 Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 13 minutes ago, Gloves said: Chaaaaaanges. So as you all start coming back you may notice some stuff looks and feels a bit different. That will be because it is. We've updated to the latest version of Invision and this means taking on some improvements to the site themes, as well as re-applying the applications. UNfortunately it's also a lot more work than anticipated. I've put the site back up so you all can talk again, but you'll notice a few features missing. They're still THERE, some work just needs to be done to re-apply them in this new version of the software. I'm working on it and while I don't have an ETA, it's going to be my primary focus right now. I may not be able to do much over the weekend due to holidays, so please bear with me on it. As ever, we'll continue moving forward and making this place our own. Thanks as always for your support! Thanks for all the hard work! Will the 'ignore thread' feature be re-implented? It's one of the most helpful features, as it helps focus subforums to your specific interests. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,759 Administrator · Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 Just now, ifightdragons said: Thanks for all the hard work! Will the 'ignore thread' feature be re-implented? It's one of the most helpful features, as it helps focus subforums to your specific interests. I aim to get everything re-implemented, yes. I'm working with IPS to try and ensure that the data from the previous version isn't lost when updating to the latest version. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 To be clear, that's not a jab at the new aesthetics, it looks pretty nice, I just wasn't expecting it to go back to light mode when I opened the site back up. Light modes on websites absolutely sear my eyes when I'm used to the dark mode It'll take a bit for me to get used to, but I do like the new aesthetics. I can see why the maintenance took a bit longer than anticipated. Looks like I also have some new material to complain about in the dark mode thread, but I'll wait until the transition fully completes before complaining about anything in there obviously Lookin' good so far, and take your time on transitioning the missing stuff. Actually, what is all the stuff that's currently missing? Is it anything big, or is it mostly just smaller things that still need to be moved over from the old version? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhleo | 2,184 Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Much fresh, many clean, very aesthetic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,759 Administrator · Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 17 minutes ago, ZeldaFreak said: To be clear, that's not a jab at the new aesthetics, it looks pretty nice, I just wasn't expecting it to go back to light mode when I opened the site back up. Light modes on websites absolutely sear my eyes when I'm used to the dark mode It'll take a bit for me to get used to, but I do like the new aesthetics. I can see why the maintenance took a bit longer than anticipated. Looks like I also have some new material to complain about in the dark mode thread, but I'll wait until the transition fully completes before complaining about anything in there obviously Lookin' good so far, and take your time on transitioning the missing stuff. Actually, what is all the stuff that's currently missing? Is it anything big, or is it mostly just smaller things that still need to be moved over from the old version? I'm going to have to rebuild much of the styles, including dark mode. I've just turned dark mode off for now cuz it got bored pretty bad unfortunately. As for what needs moved, charms and feedback are the biggest things, I'd say. The update does give us a a lot of new additional functionality and it's super nice on mobile. Just need some patience as it's a bigger lift than I was aware. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,005 Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 27 minutes ago, Gloves said: I'm going to have to rebuild much of the styles, including dark mode. I've just turned dark mode off for now cuz it got bored pretty bad unfortunately. As for what needs moved, charms and feedback are the biggest things, I'd say. The update does give us a a lot of new additional functionality and it's super nice on mobile. Just need some patience as it's a bigger lift than I was aware. MY EYES!!!!! THEY BURN!!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,759 Administrator · Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 Just now, Code Monkey said: MY EYES!!!!! THEY BURN!!!!!!! I know bud, I know. T_T 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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