MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING DRIVERHEAVEN - PLEASE READ!

Shaith · Nov 10, 2002, 01:03 AM

We've enjoyed tremendous success here at DriverHeaven, beyond our wildest dreams. Sooner or later, things have to be done to allow such success to continue.

To that end, we are announcing a major changeover. We have outgrown our current software, and while we could spend hundreds of man-hours working to correct the issues that are holding things back, there are a number of reasons that just make this course of action neither feasible nor desirable. So for a multitude of reasons, we are changing the entire forum software system that drives this website. We will be able to keep all messages, user accounts, in fact almost everything will port over. However: avatars will NOT port over, and will have to be re-uploaded once the switch has been made.

If you are using an avatar, you MUST back the avatar up to your own system before next weekend, which is our target for the changeover. Additionally, at some point during the next 14 days, the server will be down for about 1 hour while it too is upgraded. We appreciate your patience and understanding while we work on all of these things, and look forward to providing you an even better and significantly FASTER DH experience in the future.

Thanks for your support - without you this wouldn't be nearly as much fun!

The DriverHeaven Staff

Erroneus · Nov 10, 2002, 01:08 AM

Woohooo nice, looking forward to a faster site, speed is always nice

Necrosis · Nov 10, 2002, 01:19 AM

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We appreciate your patience and understanding while we work on all of these things, and look forward to providing you an even better and significantly FASTER DH experience in the future.

What?

Now if we "all" payed for DH as a service this sentence would make sense. I do understand the reason for saying it but you guys work your but's off on this site. If anyone should be patient,appreciative, and understanding it should be us.

e-Seeker · Nov 10, 2002, 01:44 AM

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Originally posted by Necrosis
What?

Now if we "all" payed for DH as a service this sentence would make sense. I do understand the reason for saying it but you guys work your but's off on this site. If anyone should be patient,appreciative, and understanding it should be us.

It should work both ways, only then that'd make true sense...!

I appreciate every aspect of DH.net, the people and the contents, and having sustained a tremendous member count (post count) in a short time, I give it a huge :thumbs up: and a big Thank You for being a great place to relax and to actually learn something...

Also, I'm very interested in what you're upgrading to!

Regards!

Andrej

Shaunboyland · Nov 10, 2002, 03:07 AM

why couldn't u just wait to DP 2.0?
2.0 is already extremely faster than any of the other BBoards.

Dividend · Nov 10, 2002, 04:55 AM

Just a heads up: The reminder in the top right covers the donate button @ 800X600. Looks bad.

edperks · Nov 10, 2002, 06:27 AM

Zardon & Shaith

Its good to hear that things are good, I have not posted much lately i have been busy!
That doesn't mean I dont read all the post! I read all the posts daily!

~~jackasster~~ · Nov 10, 2002, 12:45 PM

Great news always looking forward to improvements
keep up the good work guys

Malus · Nov 10, 2002, 04:32 PM

What are you switching to?

Zardon · Nov 10, 2002, 04:36 PM

Vbulletin

Kelsenellenelvian · Nov 10, 2002, 07:10 PM

Any new features for us to look forward to???

Can I suggest a "back to top of page button"??

Zardon · Nov 10, 2002, 07:15 PM

well how about you wait until we at least get the new forum up before suggesting additions. might be easiest. and there might be a few things you think are cool.

Kelsenellenelvian · Nov 10, 2002, 07:16 PM

DROOL DROOL

brc64 · Nov 11, 2002, 12:39 AM

All I ask is that you don't go feature crazy on us. I've seen forums that have virtually every feature the software contains enabled. Some features are cool, but damn if it doesn't make the forum look crappy and cluttered. Know what I mean?

Just a suggestion/request.

- Me

Zardon · Nov 11, 2002, 01:06 AM

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Originally posted by brc64
All I ask is that you don't go feature crazy on us. I've seen forums that have virtually every feature the software contains enabled. Some features are cool, but damn if it doesn't make the forum look crappy and cluttered. Know what I mean?

Just a suggestion/request.

- Me

and a very good suggestion at that. Dont worry we arent feature mad, it will be nice and clean and fast.

RIV@NVX · Nov 11, 2002, 09:49 PM

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Originally posted by Zardon
and a very good suggestion at that. Dont worry we arent feature mad, it will be nice and clean and fast.

Which version of VBulletin?
Will design be much changed?

Zardon · Nov 11, 2002, 09:53 PM

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Originally posted by RIV@NVX
Which version of VBulletin?
Will design be much changed?

well I dont want to give too much away regarding it, as its better you all just see it when it opens, but yes its a better design (IMO) and we will have themes at a later date (different colour schemes artwork etc which will be selectable), along with other goodies.

We will be using the latest version 2.2.8.

Please remember to take a copy of your avatars guys, so nothing is lost. thanks.

RIV@NVX · Nov 11, 2002, 10:09 PM

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Originally posted by Zardon
well I dont want to give too much away regarding it, as its better you all just see it when it opens, but yes its a better design (IMO) and we will have themes at a later date (different colour schemes artwork etc which will be selectable), along with other goodies.

We will be using the latest version 2.2.8.

Please remember to take a copy of your avatars guys, so nothing is lost. thanks.

Ok, we will see! I was worried about design (example - forums.winamp.com have VBulletin and design not so good like DH's), but now I am not. Thanks!

Nov 10, 2002, 01:03 AM	#1
Shaith HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 916 Rep Power: 0	MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING DRIVERHEAVEN - PLEASE READ! We've enjoyed tremendous success here at DriverHeaven, beyond our wildest dreams. Sooner or later, things have to be done to allow such success to continue. To that end, we are announcing a major changeover. We have outgrown our current software, and while we could spend hundreds of man-hours working to correct the issues that are holding things back, there are a number of reasons that just make this course of action neither feasible nor desirable. So for a multitude of reasons, we are changing the entire forum software system that drives this website. We will be able to keep all messages, user accounts, in fact almost everything will port over. However: avatars will NOT port over, and will have to be re-uploaded once the switch has been made. If you are using an avatar, you MUST back the avatar up to your own system before next weekend, which is our target for the changeover. Additionally, at some point during the next 14 days, the server will be down for about 1 hour while it too is upgraded. We appreciate your patience and understanding while we work on all of these things, and look forward to providing you an even better and significantly FASTER DH experience in the future. Thanks for your support - without you this wouldn't be nearly as much fun! The DriverHeaven Staff

Nov 10, 2002, 01:08 AM	#2
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,419 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	nice Woohooo nice, looking forward to a faster site, speed is always nice __________________

Nov 10, 2002, 03:07 AM	#5
Shaunboyland DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Oak Ridge, NC Posts: 168 Rep Power: 0	why couldn't u just wait to DP 2.0? 2.0 is already extremely faster than any of the other BBoards. __________________

Nov 10, 2002, 06:27 AM	#7
edperks HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 780 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Its Great to success Zardon & Shaith Its good to hear that things are good, I have not posted much lately i have been busy! That doesn't mean I dont read all the post! I read all the posts daily!

Nov 10, 2002, 04:32 PM	#9
Malus BSD SMASH! Join Date: May 2002 Location: A rabbit hole. . . Posts: 1,170 Rep Power: 0	What are you switching to? __________________ quad (FreeBSD/amd64 8-CURRENT): Intel Q6600 - Asus P5E-VM HDMI - 2x2 GB Kingston PC6400 DDR2 Ram - Seagate 320GB 7200RPM HD - 2xSeagate 1TB 7200RPM HD in RAID 1 via ZFS - Lite-On 20x DVD Multi Recorder - Coolermaster Centurion 5 router (FreeBSD/amd64 8-CURRENT): Intel E4500 - Intel D945GCNL - 2 GB PC6400 Mushkin Ram - Lite-On 48x24x48x16 - Seagate 320GB 7200RPM HD - Silverstone SST-SG02-F wanderer (FreeBSD/i386 7-CURRENT): Lenovo Thinkpad T61p mini (OS X 10.5): Intel Core 2 Duo @ 1.8Ghz, 4 GB Mushkin PC5400 Ram - Headroom MicroDAC Portable sound: Rockboxed iPod Video -> Westone UM2's Not-So-Portable Sound: Headroon MicroDAC -> Singlepower PPX3-SLAM -> Grado RS-1's or Beyerdynamic DT-880's Very-Not-Portable-Sound: Squeezebox v3 -> Denon AVR-1507 -> B&W 683's & Sunfire HRS-10

Nov 10, 2002, 04:55 AM	#6
Dividend the Lurker Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 40 Rep Power: 0	Just a heads up: The reminder in the top right covers the donate button @ 800X600. Looks bad.

Nov 10, 2002, 12:45 PM	#8
~~jackasster~~ BANNED Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: ottawa,canada Posts: 71 Rep Power: 0	Great news always looking forward to improvements keep up the good work guys

Nov 10, 2002, 04:36 PM	#10
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Vbulletin

Nov 10, 2002, 07:10 PM	#11
Kelsenellenelvian Master of my own Destiny Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: EverDawn Kingdom,TruEarth Posts: 1,394 Rep Power: 0	Any new features for us to look forward to??? Can I suggest a "back to top of page button"?? __________________ [color=#0000ff] Download Windows Post-Install Wizard v4.3.8 and WPI Lite v1.2 Here [/color][color=red][color=blue][/color][/color]

Nov 10, 2002, 07:15 PM	#12
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	well how about you wait until we at least get the new forum up before suggesting additions. might be easiest. and there might be a few things you think are cool.

Nov 10, 2002, 07:16 PM	#13
Kelsenellenelvian Master of my own Destiny Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: EverDawn Kingdom,TruEarth Posts: 1,394 Rep Power: 0	DROOL DROOL __________________ [color=#0000ff] Download Windows Post-Install Wizard v4.3.8 and WPI Lite v1.2 Here [/color][color=red][color=blue][/color][/color]

Nov 11, 2002, 12:39 AM	#14
brc64 Zeeky H. Bomb Join Date: May 2002 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 826 Rep Power: 0	All I ask is that you don't go feature crazy on us. I've seen forums that have virtually every feature the software contains enabled. Some features are cool, but damn if it doesn't make the forum look crappy and cluttered. Know what I mean? Just a suggestion/request. - Me