Site info
Sort of a running 'log' of the site and it's history.
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2011
26 June 11
Software updated, backups completed - again
14 April 11
Security patch applied - guys at Mediawiki are on the ball!
11 April 11
Security patch applied - currency maintained.
6 March 11
Updated site software to current - security patch mostly. Backups completed.
30 Jan 11
Added Account Confirmation extension to mitigate 'bot' accounts and the recent front page vandalism.
4 Jan 10
Updated site software to current - security patch mostly
2010
23 Nov 10
Discussion board security patches applied.
8 Nov 10
Changed default skin to the new 'Vector'. Looks nice!
28 July 10
Updated to latest version
Full backups completed
6 June 10
Security patch applied
7 April 10
Security patch applied
18 March 10
Interesting. Load protection is built into the phpBB software. Server's CPU hit %98 utilization due to an errant process and the boards closed themselves. Neat! Also gave me an opportunity to upgrade all boards to current levels.
8 March 10
Finally! An update is released. Main site brought to current. Played "bold" - no backup before update. No problems.
2009
19 Nov 09
Discussion board updated to current. New 3D captcha enabled. Keep checking for main site updates - nothing yet. Board database backup completed.
9 Aug 09
Security patch applied - new backups completed - older backups flushed.
10 June 09
Main site software updated to current. New backups completed.
1 June 09
Discussion boards updated to current.
CRM for club management added to server. Warren begins data migration.
28 Mar 09
Enable reCaptcha for new user registrations and edits with external links.
18 Mar, 09
Google AdSense extension added - adsense acivated as a 2 ad box at the bottom of the left side navigation/menu blocks. Ads are NOT visible to users that are logged in. Also implimented diss-misable site notice. Good way to get quick news to visitors - but logged in users can dismiss the notice at their own option. Now, to see if I can put a dent in the power bill with ads - don't expect much, we'll see.
7 March 09
Wyomingsection.org goes live! Wiki is up - discussion board online.
24 Feb, 09
Once again - a new version of the site software. Complete with a new set of backups.
16 Feb, 09
Yet another software update to current for this site. Backups re-done as well. Verified the board is current. New server is on it's way - should be here Thursday or so.
2008
27 Dec, 08
Discussion board, Wiki and image gallery brought up to current versions. Backups verified on all.
Dec, 08
Fixed the emailconfirmed issues.
1 Oct, 08
Upgraded Wiki Software to current version - tested. Looks good!
Aug 15, 08
Upgraded Wiki software to current version - easily done - but edit privileges seem to be a bit 'hashed'. Membership in 'emailconfirmed' group enforced - strongly.
Added 'Real Time Chat' link and server.
Aug 9, 08
Upgraded Wiki software to current version - they're making it easy now!
Feb 08
(I think that's right - forgot to note it!) Swapped everything out to new server, new OS, everything updated and brought to current.
2007
4 Nov, 07
Discussion board and web site updated to current versions. Very easy to do this time.
14 Aug, 07
Upgraded the Discussion Board to a newer version of phpBB. Hopefully that'll keep some of the crap spammers at bay.
13 July, 07
Perform full backup of site, files and databases. Updage to current versions. Tested - OK!
3 Mar, 07
Updated Wiki software to current version.
Added Events Calender application and link in Navigation Sidebar.
10 Jan, 07
Upgraded to latest version of Mediawiki. In process, the software lost access to all the images! But, they're all still there. Working the issue.
- I think that gets them all back, the 'logo' and the background. We should be up to date!
2006
27 Nov, 06
Implemented Web Application Firewall for the Web server. Amazing number of attacks being deflected. We may not be as popular as we'd like as a ham site, but we're plenty popular as a target.
28 Oct, 06
Site software updated again. There was one earlier update that didn't get posted here. Also re-organized the front page a bit - trying to keep it 'general' and less cluttered. We'll see. Added email reflector to navigation sidebar - re ordered the sidebar.
5 May, 06
Updated the Privacy Policy page and the Disclaimer page, including graphics as well as a graphic for this page
3 may, 06
Upgraded the Mediawiki software to current. Moved the 'Members's web mail' link into the navigation table (see left) Added a link for the discussion board to the navigation table
Still having to clean up some 'spam' vandals now and then - no real biggy. So far, their spam attempts have only affected one page. Way easy to clean up - just 2 mouse clicks and we're back!
1 April, 06
Added "Member's web mail" link to all pages, left collum. This coincides with CasperARC's acceptance into the Google Beta test of their 'hosted domains' email system. CARC members can now have a '<callsign>@casperarc.net' email address. Contact KA7O (ex KC7ZRU) to participate
25 Feb, 06
Upgraded UPS batteries. Trippled 'off line' runtime.
Jan, 06
The server upgrade is complete. The old, P-II 450 has been replaced by a P4-900 system.
System is running Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP).
System RAM has also been upgraded to 896Mb
2 drives with about 15GB of space
I just did come by a 2nd hand 80GB drive - expect yet another upgrade soon!
Main Page presentation times have dropped from over 37 seconds to an average of 3.5 seconds
2005 and earlier
??? - who knows. Lost in the sands of time....
If you notice any problems or issues, Please let me know. Thanks!
