The AM Forum

Hey, it's June 8 . Time for new posts.
Don't know how ya do it Steve.
Unix Tnx  ;D

Must have been a major crap-out this time.  As always Steve and whoever else was involved in getting it "neutralized",  I thank you. 

Joe-GMS

Welcome back!

Some of the conspiracy theories on other sights speculating why amfone was down are hilarious...

Thanks for your support. I apologize that the forum was down for as long as it was. It caught me at a bad time. We're working to make sure the stability the site has had for so many years will return and continue. Your patience is greatly appreciated.

Post away!!!

We appreciate your and others hard work in keeping this resource up and working.
Thank you!

Bill KA8WTK

I second that, good work team.


I know what you mean. Hilarious but some were down right mean spirited and ignorant.

Phil - AC0OB

" Nice to see the forum back "

     C


" Some of the conspiracy theories on other sights speculating why amfone was down are hilarious... "

I've got my roll of foil ready.


klc

Welcome back, and thanks for all your hard work.  It's appreciated!
73,
Jim

I agree, it's good to be back. Steve gets full credit for the hard stuff like this. He's the site & software pro. Johnny gets to enjoy dealing with the daily list of spammers. I've got it easy - I just sweep the floors and shoo away the flies.


Well, when you consider the source(s), it's easy enough to understand. If you can't be the center of attention constantly despite your best efforts, it's time to demonize. Social media is the perfect place for that kind of activity. Or anywhere else that keeps them from annoying the good folks here.  ;)

This forum is a bargain.

Help keep it financially sound.

73DG

Thanks guys!
My AM routine is back to normal  :D
Best regards
Ted / KC9LKE

Thanks for the effort needed to get the site back up.  We all appreciate it.

BUT, when I bring up a post or whatever, I get a dozen or so lines starting with "Deprecated....."

And I cannot get a posted photo to show up.  Just a very large text file.

"Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln...."  You know the rest.

Thanks again

WA2ROC

Nice work!  Properly managing a server is not easy that's for sure.  Then throw forum oversight on top of that and - well, you get the idea!  Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!

I get the weird header as well....

73DG

YES,  indeed,  very,  very nice to see this great site again online!

It has been too long since I've contributed to the upkeep/maintenance/upgrading of the site.

This has certainly been a terrific resource to me,  and a place to explore all of the essential historic information.

Thank You to all of the amfone.net  Crew for getting the site back up,  and for keeping it running so smoothly in the past.

73  Thanks,   Vic

Me too, I'm getting a full page strange header on everything I click on.  ???

Just scroll down.  The content's there.  Images are not being uploaded properly.  Be patient.  Good to have this back.

Al

Fortunately it's just a spare time hobby forum, not a site someone is using remotely for robotic brain surgery.  :o

We certainly appreciate the patience and understanding of you folks as we shake the bugs out. AMfone has had a reputation for rock solid reliability throughout its existence, which makes these little issues all the more glaring. We'll get back there as time allows.

In the meantime, try not to stare at those superfluous lines of code at the top of the page. It'll make your eyes cross, and if someone comes along and slaps you on the back, they'll stick that way.

If it's not one thing, it's another. I think the crazy code at the top is from the portal software that runs the overall site. It's way old and needs to be replaced. It will probably just go away for a while and just the forum will be available. If all you use is the forum (probably 99% of our members), you won't notice any change. If you often go to some of the links in the menu bar on the left side of the page, those won't be available.

If anyone has experience with a good current website portal package, please contact me.

Nice work guys!
(no sarcasm this time, Pete!)

The regular expression replace function /e modifier has been depreciated.  Which does not necessarily mean it will stop working (at least hopefully not for a long time!).  Usually deprecated functions/features are kept, but are not enhanced.  They can go away, but often in my experience, don't.

As a stopgap measure, you can, in the PHP  config file (ini file), turn off depreciation warning messages.  Or you can put a line at the start of the code to do the same thing.

The other warning may be more serious, depending on how and where smf_out.php is used.

A long term strategy may be to find the same forum/website functionality in a Python based package.  Python code is much easier to work with than I find PHP to be (Python is less cryptic), and it is very powerful.  But, that's more of a long term strategy.

Of course, preg_replace("..../e", ... , ...) may not work at all anymore (which means it's REALLY deprecated!!).  In this case, the code has to be modified to use the callback, which is not that bad.

Have not written up a test PHP script to try it out.... so I don't know.

I'm happy it's working again.

Uploaded photos are really interesting to read..
Fred

No prob with my Ovaltine Decoder Ring.
Adjusts the raster, contrast, hue, saturation and tint.

Pix Imaginatia Gloria.

Steve,
Thanks a bunch for fixing the site, again, the pic are working now. I only wish I could help somehow but its way over my pay grade.
73s  Nigel