Also, just so you know, it must be pretty obvious, but this forum is hanging on by a thread when it comes to the software technology. It's been in a need of an entirely new platform for years now.
The software is extremely outdated. Off and on again, I've been trying to figure out a better platform to move to, but they all have issues and it's a HUGE HUGE project. It's not just the forum, we have an old and outdated photo gallery that has a lot of value that I want to try to keep intact as well. We have almost a million posts and just because some are old, doesn't mean they aren't valuable.
So, getting support and fixing things is just trying to keep the bandaids on so that we can stay functional until I have the bandwidth, time and money to spend solid weeks to months on a move.
And add to that the fact that the explosion of social media has all but kicked forums to the curb, it's tough slogging on finding a new solution that will meet the long list of requirements that we've enjoyed here in the past.
It's planned to move and do a dramatic upgrade. If someday something breaks terribly and the forum is down, it will be because of that. Unintentional software death. I hope I can figure out a path forward before that happens!
