Sorry, but the forums are temporarily closed (as of July 2, 2008) due to the forum software overloading the server. I am working on a solution (which will probably be to upgrade the software), but it may take a few days. Your patience is appreciated!

Go to the Temporary WD...

UPDATE, July 6: Okay, the board is upgraded to the latest version of UBBThreads, in a completely bare-bones state. Now comes the hard part: All the customizing and hacking... I'd like to limit the hacking as much as I can, but some will be necessary. Oy. This tabula rasa is sort of overwhelming... I'm not really sure where to begin! (On the upside, there are some nice new features!)

UPDATE, later July 5: The renewal has already been covered, thanks to a couple of generous and lightning-fast WDers. Thank you! Onward I press with the upgrading!

UPDATE, July 5: I've begun the upgrade process, starting with an intermediate step up to version 6.5.1.1 of UBBThreads (mine was 5.4.4, from way back in 2001 when it was still WWWThreads). Next I'll upgrade to version 7.1, the most recent one I have downloaded. What I would really like to do, before beginning the laborious task of re-applying all my old hacks to the new version, is upgrade it to the most recent version, 7.3.1, as there have been numerous bug fixes since the version I have (it's well over a year old). However, my license to download new versions has expired. So, um... does anyone feel like donating $35 (or some other contributory amount) so that I can download the newest version? This is the cost to renew my UBBThreads Member's Area access for one year, which will allow me to download the latest versions, as well as any updates that are released in the next year. (I get a big discount for being an old-school WWWThreads user, otherwise it would cost a lot more! Still, I am completely unable to afford even $35 right now.)

Click here if you want to donate via PayPal.

At any rate, whichever version I stop at, the next step will be to customize all the settings and whatnot similar to how they used to be, and moreover, implement all my hacks into the new version (as needed... I'm hoping at least here and there I'll discover that some of them have been implemented as out-of-the-box features). This is the main reason I put off doing any upgrades for so long.

(If anyone is curious, I did consider simply moving to a new, free forum software, but there are no importers available to import my old WWWThreads database into any other system, so such an endeavor would mean losing many years' worth of posts and users.)

UPDATE, July 4: I set up a really quick installation of another forum, to serve as a temporary WD. You don't need to register to post, although you can if you so desire. Note that posts made on this temporary board are completely separate from the real WD and will not appear there when it re-opens. Ditto for user registrations, profile changes, etc. It's a completely separate board/database and nothing will carry over. Also, I won't be providing any technical help or support for the temporary board (so that I can focus on fixing the real WD).