Resurrection...

[lucas]

Hello all,

Most of you don’t know me, but I’m a longtime personal friend of Smithers. I know this forum means a lot to him, and I know it has meant a lot to many of you over the years.

As you probably noticed, the forum had fallen into disrepair. It was running on a very old version of vBulletin, and over time the old software became vulnerable to security issues, spam, and other problems that eventually made the forum unstable.

The good news is that the forum is back.

I’ve spent the last several hours cleaning things up, removing old compromised code, and migrating the forum from the legacy vBulletin setup to a current phpBB installation. The new forum software is more secure, easier to maintain, and should give this community a much better foundation going forward.

A couple notes as everyone gets settled back in:

If you already had an account, try logging in as usual. Some passwords may not have carried over cleanly during the migration, so you may need to use the password reset option. If password reset does not work for you, email [email protected] and we’ll help get your account sorted manually.

Smithers will also be spending some time learning the new admin tools, adjusting the look and feel, and getting comfortable with the backend. There may be a few small tweaks along the way, but the important part is that the forum is alive again and in a much better place technically.

Glad to see this place back online. Hope everyone is doing well.

See you on the road.