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vBulletin 3.8.3 Upgrade…

by Shawn @ 2:13 am · filed under Server Admin

Okay, gonna go ahead and upgrade the Digital Point Forums to vBulletin 3.8.3... Since so many of you are freaks and are on it 24/7, I made this post to keep you up to date on what's going on (I'll update it periodically throughout the process). You can also use this blog post as the new temporary forum for all your discussion needs while I do the upgrade. hah

  • 3:26 am - Reading and posting seems to work... I suppose that's good enough for now (still working on the other stuff, but don't need to force everyone off to do it).
  • 3:24 am - Skimming over various areas of the forum to see if things (mostly) work. I could let you guys in before the templates are fully updated possibly.
  • 3:22 am - New moderator permissions set
  • 3:17 am - Static CSS files located on single server in web cluster and spread around properly (I hate this about vBulletin BTW... gimme a hook location to do it please!)
  • 3:09 am - Core upgrade done.
  • 3:07 am - Recoded some of the upgrade scripts so they aren't making that change to the reputation table. Will deal with issue this later instead.
  • 3:00 am - Stupid reputation table was altered in 3.8.0 to not allow negative userids so it can accommodate 4 billion users instead of "only" 2 billion. Stupid. I used negative userids internally for some stuff. /thinking what to do about this...
  • 2:55 am - First problem... reputation table alterations not going well. Going digging in raw database...
  • 2:50 am - Running "ALTER TABLE pmtext" on DB servers. That's a big one... going to get another beer.
  • 2:49 am - Up to version 3.8.0 alpha 1
  • 2:43 am - It's almost 3am. If you are a cute girl reading this, please post your picture in the comments, k thanks.
  • 2:41 am - I forgot we have to go through all versions to get to the newest... lol... going through 3.7.0 beta 4 at the moment.
  • 2:40 am - Userlist rebuilding
  • 2:36 am - Watching DB servers alter thread table for tagging support... (this is really boring)
  • 2:34 am - Watching DB servers alter thread table for prefix support... /bored
  • 2:30 am - New PHP files in place and synced across web server cluster
  • 2:29 am - DB backup done
  • 2:27 am - Thinking I might not have enough beer for this...
  • 2:25 am - DB backup still running (it's huge... many, many, many gigs)
  • 2:18 am - Got beer and craisens
  • 2:17 am - Backing up DB
  • 2:13 am - Making this post

232 Responses to “vBulletin 3.8.3 Upgrade…”

  1. jackie Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:17 am

    any chance of a free review copy of the new forum ;-)

  2. Kerosene Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:18 am

    So how long will it take? 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week?
    :)

  3. SunHunter Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:18 am

    Haha, I’ve been using DP as an excuse to keep me up all night, avoiding the movie I have sitting in my DVD player…now I have a reason, at almost 5 30 in the morning, to go watch it!

    Thanks, you’re the best! lol

  4. Superbs Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:18 am

    wow the upgrade would make DP more secure :) good job shawn :)

  5. rohit147 Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:18 am

    hey first comment mine?

  6. Galaxy GPS Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:18 am

    How long the update will take ?

  7. QadsI Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:19 am

    Oh that’s great. I usually get so many DB errors but hope upgrading will fix it. Thanks Shawn.

  8. Madrid guy Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:19 am

    Damn!!!

    ..and I’d just finished preparing a post asking why my site isn’t PR11 and if anyone wanted to part with oodles of cash for it :-)

    Hope the upgrade goes smoothly… rather you than me eek!

  9. GoScript Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:20 am

    It was about time for an upgrade. Tho I think the forum it’s already hardly modified :)

  10. Reliable Hosting Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:20 am

    Thanks shawn for updating , will keep an eye on updation :)

  11. Olgi Zenullari Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:21 am

    Its time for changes :-)

    Glad you are moving

  12. Tanuj Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:21 am

    Finally DP will be upgraded……I’m sure everyone will love it….got any more updates???Maybe installing a few vb plugins?

  13. Gamer Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:21 am

    Cool the forum is upgrading. I hope it will be done soon.

  14. Jona Earth Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:21 am

    Nice one, vbulletin upgrades are usually pretty straight forward, but I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you anyways. :)

  15. Williams Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:21 am

    wooho, finally it’s gonna happen..

    I am surprised = what is the reason for you being so active now a days and that too suddenly !!!!!!!!! :eek: :D :p

  16. Williams Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:22 am

    lol, people are asking review copy here too :D

  17. Deluxdon Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:22 am

    Which new things we expect in new version ?? ;)

  18. Shawn Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:23 am

    No idea how long it will take… hopefully not all night. Gonna go as quick as possible, I promise.

    @GoScript - actually it’s heavily modified, just with stuff you don’t see. :)

  19. Banned Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:23 am

    Im banned at DP
    Can i make a post here :-)

    Good luck on upgrading DP
    I love your forum

  20. Digiwebtools Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:24 am

    Just got message about new PM.
    Any change to read it while you are upgrading :) ?

  21. mdvasanth86 Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:24 am

    Hmmm…. Mixed feelings here… Good luck admin. :D

  22. Nora Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:24 am

    Finally! :D Can’t wait to see the upgraded version, it’s going to make DP a lot more fun. :)

  23. Shawn Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:24 am

    @Tanuj - there are already hundreds of custom plug-ins (I wrote) that keep things running (relatively) smoothly and efficiently. It’s far from a stock install…

  24. Wolf09 Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:25 am

    Keep your forum professional
    Do not allow people cheat each other
    Do not allow spam too

    All the best
    Mike

  25. Donny Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:25 am

    Thank you for the upgrade Sean!

    I hope it doesnt make the loading of the site slower or anything………

    Digitalpoint is a wonderfull place :)

  26. Girlie Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:26 am

    Cool about the upgrade tho, any chance we can get a rough idea on how long with will take? It’s prime UK time here.. Ta

  27. Wajdan Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:26 am

    Good job. Upgrading forum software will give us more features and security.

  28. Jim Karter Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:26 am

    I am happy to see the forum updated. I also hope that there won’t be much of delays in marking PMs “read”.

  29. Rashmi Ranjan Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:27 am

    Great … is this upgrade being done in an effort to sell DP Forum … :D

    I know someone who will buy … let me know :D

  30. Hassan Ahmad Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:27 am

    That will be great. We were all waiting for an upgrade.
    By the way, what are you talking about? Its not night here ;)

  31. Nihar Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:27 am

    Hello shawn

    plz send me your yahoo messenger at my email plz

  32. Deluxdon Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:27 am

    How about sending email to all members once updation done :D So no need to refresh forums as well as your blog ;)

  33. coun_vincent Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:27 am

    hey Ninja ,
    i see u are upgreading the forums , it’ll be good if u keep our post safe …..u have a great ninja mission ….take care Shawn and thank you so much

    COun_vincent
    Morocco Webmaster

  34. Williams Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:27 am

    wooho, he is replying too…
    I already see some gr8 changes of DP search..

    will there be a new design too ? :D atleast new logo plz :p

  35. WD Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:27 am

    Hey nice shawn…good work…. :)

  36. abang Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:27 am

    maybe I can visiting my friend during this update, it’s time to take a rest :D

  37. Lloydi Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:28 am

    So this is means it takes a long days or months?

  38. mubee007 Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:28 am

    I m mubee007 From Dp, Best wishes for your upgrading and i like very much.

  39. fluid Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:28 am

    Freaks, eh?

    You better do this upgrade quick then otherwise these “freaks” will come and get you!

  40. Rohit Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:29 am

    Wow this is great news and now we will move to new forum software!

    Go for it.:)

  41. LbR Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:29 am

    Thats a great new Shawn , Please make the banning system little lighter . I am banned on DP and cannot Access my account there forever because I made multiple accounts an year ago but I used only one account and after a long time i got banned :( all my contribution went to waste

  42. JJ Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:30 am

    So.. this post is the new dp?

  43. john edward Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:30 am

    Hello shawn please just announce when dp will be back..that will be useful for us…

  44. Shawn the Admin Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:31 am

    I think this post will get the most comments ever in the history of wordpress if you keep the forum down for more…

    Can u count how long will u go?

    or lets create the history :D

  45. Jake Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:32 am

    I hope it won’t take more than 3 hours :/

  46. Seo Company Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:32 am

    Awesome Shawn, Can be track Dp status from this Blog :)

    Thanks,
    NIT

  47. vorax Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:33 am

    so this is the best day of the best month and the best hour to run an upgrade ? :)

  48. Khassa Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:33 am

    He …how much time will it take …I have a lot of jobs to do…:(

  49. Suman Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:34 am

    Today Digital Point was running grate since morning. Just now I couldn’t make a comment. Hope the software update procedure will be done soon :) .

  50. Digital_shubhi Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:34 am

    Wow… 40 replies in just 5 minutes..
    All members are here now… :D

  51. Rajj Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:34 am

    Hey Shawn,
    I hope you won’t be high and screw up our Usernames/passwords :) Please be careful when you drink beer and typing on this DP server :) We trust you but can’t trust the beer you are sipping. Anyway Cheers. Waiting for DP to be online…

  52. Shawn the Admin Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:35 am

    hey checkout what’s there in vb 3.8.3 http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?postid=1746892

    and i see version 4 coming soon.. http://www.vbulletin.com/vbulletin4/

    we want PM search and PM quick reply please..

  53. Farman007 Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:36 am

    Well great job Shawn, It will be more secure and I hope we get some new features too :) , Upgrading will be a big challenge for you because there are millions of posts.

    Good Luck Shawn!

  54. Rohit Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:36 am

    Yes Shawn, I am damn sure this post will get over 100 Comments depends on Work and Beers. :D

  55. Event Promotion Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:37 am

    Thanks for the advice. I bet there are lots of people waiting to get paid, chasing orders, etc. that are getting their knickers in a right twist :)

  56. Deluxdon Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:38 am

    This is first we are seeing forum upgradation with live commentry by shawn ;)

  57. Event Promotion Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:39 am

    This blog comment thread is going be the biggest in history. I think it will reach 500 comments in one day. Who else wants to guess the comment total for one day?

  58. Digital_shubhi Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:40 am

    Yes Shawn, I am damn sure this post will get over 100 Comments depends on Work and Beers.

    Only 100 ???

    I think it will get over 1000 comments in 2 hours only… :p

  59. c-bolank Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:40 am

    time too rest. :)

  60. Jake Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:40 am

    I hope the upgrade finishes soon!!

  61. forumrating Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:41 am

    waiting to watch out for the latest version, i think it will help a lot the vb features are really cool.

  62. QadsI Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:41 am

    Shawn is there a way to contact you personally? Actually I sent many emails and PM’s but got no answer. Maybe this is the best way to contact you. I am very old on your forum but banned due to a very small mistake. I apologized many times on forum with different user but always again banned by MOD’s. Even my younger brother on forum requested to un-ban me but sadly he also got banned and the reason told user can’t use anyone’s account. My old user were very close to my heart and everybody knows me with that nick. Can you help me by unban my old account? it was: stormy

    It was obviously my mistake and I again really apologize for the reason I got banned. I shall be very very thankful to you.

  63. Deluxdon Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:41 am

    Shawn, Chrome (browser) posting problem remains same in this new vbulletin version :confused:

  64. Shawn the Admin Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:41 am

    And he seems doing more things
    - upgrading
    - drinking
    - approving and replying comments - strange !!!

    Is it Shawn for sure or a coworker.. :eek coz he was never so active.

  65. ScopeHosts Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:42 am

    Hoping … DP will be back soon…. As vb3.8.3 is best and secured …

  66. abboodeh Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:42 am

    congratulatioins for the upgrade :)
    i’s daytime here, why you didn’t upgrade it while i was sleeping (in your daytime) :D :D:D

    good luck pal!

  67. Suman Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:43 am

    Well…I’m excited to have some new features in DP :D . Can we expect to see a little different look of DP.

  68. Advertiserina Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:43 am

    Thank you upgrade
    Digital Point Forum for Professional
    Success For you Friend

  69. Hassan Ahmad Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:45 am

    [QUOTE]It’s almost 3am. If you are a cute girl reading this, please post your picture in the comments, k thanks.[/QUOTE]
    Finally drunk I guess ;)

  70. Shawn Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:45 am

    @Deluxdon - how the f*uck are you posting?

  71. d3sign3r Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:45 am

    Maybe an alert or warning should have been issued/displayed a couple of days prior.. but anyways.. good luck !

  72. zymon_king Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:46 am

    I’m very much interested to see the latest version of DP.
    how long it ‘ll take ?

  73. Technica Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:47 am

    any chances of upgrading the theme of the forum?

    Can you think about adding a new theme for the forum?

  74. AlexaJobs Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:47 am

    is it possible to get more positive itrader here…? :D :D

  75. kelvin Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:48 am

    so when the server will up back? .. so bored cause everyday i logged to digitalpoint forums do some research. I hope server will upback successfull after Upgrade.

  76. Hitesh Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:49 am

    I am sick to see DP upgrading. I need it urgently.

  77. Mahmoud Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:50 am

    Weee, hundreds of custom plug-ins (you wrote). That gonna be pain in the $$$ to modify it and get it work with the new Version 3.8.
    Get ride on that baby genius

  78. Jake Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:51 am

    Does anyone know when DP was first created???

  79. fahad majidi Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:51 am

    I hope server will upback successfull after Upgrade.

  80. Bohra Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:52 am

    Hey,

    Nice to see dp is going to be upgraded when ill be back

    Maybe this pic http://www.hdimage.org/images/4jnhyyu0im6xhuuusgis.jpg will entertain u lol the person who u missed a lot the one and only

    Ha ha

    Regards
    Bohra

  81. bordello Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:52 am

    well thanks Shawn for updating forum,,I hope there ll be change in theme too

    Thanks

  82. Shawn Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:52 am

    @Jake - I think I brought it online in June(ish) 2004.

  83. Shawn Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:53 am

    @Bohra - I hate you.

  84. Tanuj Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:53 am

    @ Shawn - Probably , I didn’t realize that there is a huge database running ; I know you’ve worked on it . Its not so easy to run such a big db . Cheers!!

    @ Shawn the Admin - Can’t you use a different name? its so f*ckin confusing…..

  85. lora Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:54 am

    abay ma k loray ma chod dii hai gandoo shawn tune digitalpoint kii

    infractions pay infractions atay rehteee hai gando terii takar ka ek forum banaonga na main tera pora forum lund hojayega koi bhi nahi hoga waha pay samjha

    mader chood teri ma ko chodo

  86. Techie Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:54 am

    Seems it is almost done…

    Hope we will see some performance improvement as well

    @bohra - that picture was really nice, is that you ?

  87. Tech Entrance Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:55 am

    Looks like you slept before completing the upgrade? Please update us. I see in the footer vBulletin® v3.7.0 Beta 2

  88. Shawn the Admin Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:55 am

    ok here is a cute girl pic for the bored hard working Shawn
    http://www.fashionsmash.com/fashion-news/pamela-on-westwoods-collection.htm

  89. Bohra Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:56 am

    @Shawn

    lol dont hate me ha ha i thought u missed him and that would cheer u up :)

  90. Hot Girl Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:56 am

    [IMG]http://i25.tinypic.com/289ejw1.jpg[/IMG]

    As reqeusted

  91. Jake Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:57 am

    I see DP archived in feb 2004

    http://web.archive.org/web/20040227042737/http://forums.digitalpoint.com/

  92. mdvasanth86 Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:57 am

    Hmmm… Sooooo many comments here… :)
    We are going to set a NEW WORLD record!:p

  93. Hubtonomy Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:57 am

    You do realise that your blog is going to suffer under the weight of all those DP’ers:)

    Maybe you should start on the coffee, I think it’s going to be a long night for you.

    O
    -oo-
    !!

    Picture of nice lady for you…..

  94. Mujji Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:58 am

    Great News, DP is updating. I hope we will get rid of those DB issues now.

    But its really boring without DP right now. I can realize how much you are bored doing this @Shawn :)

  95. Shawn Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:58 am

    @Hot Girl - marry me?

  96. GoScript Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:58 am

    @Shawn: Can you imagine people reactions if all reps were absolute zero ? :)

  97. Nintendo Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:58 am

    @Tanuj OK I changed the name for your love :d :D ..

    if anybody have review copies, plz send me to freereviewcopiessuck@dp.com

  98. Jake Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:59 am

    I never knew the DP theme was 5 years old LOL

  99. Cameljourney Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:59 am

    Anyone already watch “Public Enemies” Movie??

    Oh, well. wrong category, should go to Entertainment Section i think.

  100. Nitesh Khatri Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:59 am

    this is going to take a while ?

  101. Enea Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 2:59 am

    Good luck with the upgrading Shawn. I hope everything will work out.

  102. Techie Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:00 am

    oh myyy we don;t to loose all our reputation….

  103. Muhammad Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:00 am

    good job i think after up grading this site well working

  104. Mujji Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:01 am

    @ GoScript

    Some will still be happy. Those who have in negative :)

  105. Ezinez Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:01 am

    What kind of beer are you drinking now?

  106. Bohra Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:02 am

    @GoScript

    If reps became zero crazy rep gang will have lot of work to do :)

  107. Rohit Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:02 am

    It looks some people busy to build links via Comments. Hummm. :D

  108. CPABrute Affiliate Network Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:02 am

    Ahh, He rises from the dead and upgrades the forum, Now if it could only go abck to the way it used to be, without retarded a** mods who give you an infraction when you havent done a d*** thing.

  109. Mircea Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:03 am

    Shawn,
    I have http://www.tatanano.org, PR 3 and 100 uv/day. Are you interested in a link exchange? :) )

  110. gsv13 Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:03 am

    where is the beer pic? :-D

  111. Nintendo Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:04 am

    wooho, 100 comments reaches..
    I never received 100 comments in my 1 year old blog.. :eek:

    Aloha !!!!!!!!!!! Bravo Shawn Hogan !!!

  112. Bornmad Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:04 am

    cool…great to see Admin back on DP..

    DP needed the software upgrade..

    Have upgraded vB several times..However once or twice my forum got into a complete mess..:P

    Hope nothing of that kind happens now..

    Thanks Shawn…:)

  113. abboodeh Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:04 am

    here’s a lovely lady :)
    http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/1596/d8b9d8acd988d8b220d982d.gif

  114. Harris Gordon Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:05 am

    Shawn its time for you to get married man :P

  115. Sebo Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:05 am

    yay Upgrade :D

  116. Farooq Azam Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:05 am

    lol. I was freaked out. I use Dialup and it takes forever to load a page.

    When I visited DP today, the page was not loaded but the title was “Digitalpoint Forums”. I was really freaked out when I saw that. Because that’s what you see when you get banned :o . I was waiting for the page to load so that I can see the “Ban reason” and the deadline. :D

    lol. Thanks Shawn for the upgrade. Hope all the DB errors gets fixed.

  117. Bohra Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:07 am

    @Rohit

    I think the links are rel=”external nofollow” so thats not going to help i guess

  118. GoScript Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:08 am

    @abboodeh
    you want Shawn to have a heart attack or what ??

  119. Sebo Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:09 am

    lawl 1 minute ago i got a PM at DP

  120. Tanuj Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:09 am

    @Shawn the admin a.k.a nintendo - Awesome , i love you! lol :P

  121. alex Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:09 am

    Shawn - no doubt you are a gay..

  122. Nintendo Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:10 am

    I think people will start making ebooks on
    “how to make money of Shawn’s forum upgrade - Buy now “
    “viral marketing with Shanw’s upgrade” lol :lol:

  123. gsv13 Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:10 am

    Update!

    Dp is now vBulletin® v3.8.3

    Theme messed up!

  124. Tanuj Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:10 am

    I wish my rep gets doubled lol !

  125. Shawn Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:10 am

    To those asking, I’m drinking Newcastle beer.

  126. Love* Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:12 am

    Well I would post my pic but it looks like you’ve already proposed to someone else.. :p

    But in the event that doesn’t work out, I can bend like a pretzel (LMFAO!).

  127. Custard Media Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:12 am

    Thank god for the upgrade. So many problems on the old site.

  128. Nintendo Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:13 am

    @Tanuj - m or f ??? if m, wackoooooo I am not GaaY

  129. JH Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:13 am

    I pmed you

    Pm me for details

    BUMP!

    Dont infract me ;)

    Here is my pic that you requested. Please send payment.

    http://www.netsummary.dk/bianco/images/ugly_girl.jpg

  130. Nintendo Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:14 am

    look at the footer on dp now
    ” vBulletin® v3.8.3, Copyright ©2000-2009, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. “

    woila.. congrats dp community, beer time..

  131. Bohra Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:15 am

    i think full upgrade will take lots of time i mean all features of dp to be back to normal… but with the basic version it may come online fast

  132. Deluxdon Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:15 am

    Landed on v3.8.3 :D

  133. Andrew Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:15 am

    Wow this is great news!!!

  134. QadsI Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:16 am

    @ Shawn the Admin

    Would you mind not to remove the footer links on your fashionsmash blog? Because this theme was made by me and I didn’t allow to remove footer links.

    @ Shawn

    Accept my request or am gonna cry soon.

  135. RightMan Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:16 am

    The number of comments have already crossed 100 mark! :)

    Hopefully, we would see some visibly exciting features on our forum!
    How much time more for completion…Shawn? :(

    Regards,

    RightMan

  136. HussainGardezi Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:17 am

    Hey You are a great person, Shawwwwwwwwwwn Hogan….

  137. PocketHacks Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:18 am

    Great, I just can’t wait to see it up and alive :)

  138. Farooq Azam Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:18 am

    Where are the Mods? Will we get infractions here?

    @Tanuj: yeah! same here. I would love to have my rep doubled.

  139. gsv13 Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:18 am

    new forum categories will be added?

    BST is too messed up!

    Make it a category instead!

  140. abhijit Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:18 am

    for a second i thought i was banned from DP!
    but later after a clear look, i understood what had happened
    god my heart is strong!

  141. abboodeh Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:19 am

    @GoScript
    why she uses Colgate lol

  142. Shawn Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:21 am

    @Lovefabillar - I broke off the engagement with the other person. It turns out it really was a guy.

  143. Bohra Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:21 am

    Shawn i am spying on u see here is a proof http://www.hdimage.org/images/073f6ma9hbkokkz6q55m.jpg

  144. congmoney Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:22 am

    Great! I hope we will work with a better version. But when is it available?

  145. CPABrute Affiliate Network Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:22 am

    Ya know shawn, I was thinking, a new theme might not be a bad idea? right?

  146. digitalpoint Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:23 am

    Hello Shawn.. ,

    Great news for DP, finally updating….

    btw where is your cat?

    Cheers

  147. Nintendo Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:23 am

    shawn, you should upgrade this wordpress blog too.. should go for nested comments and comment reply options :D

  148. bunda azka Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:23 am

    okey…
    How long the update will take?

    i’m also waiting…:D

  149. Love* Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:23 am

    @Shawn, LOL Oh good, we can put my pretzel skills to use then!

  150. digitech Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:24 am

    Thank God!!
    Hope the issue with the database will be solved now.
    Waiting to see the forum in latest software.

  151. Danish Muzaffar Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:25 am

    Well its Good that shawn is upgrading , 2 months back we are also facing problems in opening Dp - Its Good that the Admin of Dp is taking Great step in Clearing the Things UP , Best of luck , Hopefully at night things are get back to original spots :D

  152. Rohit Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:25 am

    3:22 am - New moderator permissions set

    What happened to Old Moderators?:D Just Kidding.:D

  153. Nintendo Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:26 am

    oh yes, plz let us go in…
    can’t wait..

  154. Shawn Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:28 am

    @Love - if you are a real life girl, wanna go out on a date? (you don’t have to use pretzel skills… just dinner.) :)

  155. abhijit Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:28 am

    @Shawn,
    what about the PMs?
    will our PM’s remain or will we loose them?
    what about itrades?
    should we start building them from the start?

  156. WhatTheFuck Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:28 am

    We need a paid advertising forum to keep out the riff raff

  157. QadsI Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:29 am

    Forum is ok now. WOW :) Shawn please consider my request.

  158. Bohra Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:29 am

    Shawn, i think u need to update the template to the 3.8.3 version as the new things added will then only be visible to users, like profiles page and stuff

  159. Shawn Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:29 am

    @abhijit - I’m sure it should all be there, but I’m gonna be working on getting it all up to par/updating backend code I’m sure… weee…

  160. Nintendo Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:29 am

    wooho, its live.. all looks good

    well done,, was fast

  161. Shawn Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:29 am

    @Bohra - I know… read the update in the body of this post.

  162. ri12ku2002 Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:30 am

    Great ||

    I was waiting make me moderator :-)

    cheers

  163. abboodeh Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:30 am

    it’s up again :D
    but nothing have changed ?

  164. Love* Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:30 am

    @Shawn, I’m really a girl, but I’m halfway around the world (Philippines, to be exact). I would have loved dinner though. =(

  165. digitech Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:30 am

    Posting New Thread isn’t working..
    Database Error

  166. digitech Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:31 am

    Database error in vBulletin 3.8.3:

    Invalid SQL:

    INSERT INTO regimage
    (regimagehash, imagestamp, dateline)
    VALUES
    (’f648cb7b3125749c7e145f447ff0e6d6′, ‘Cj6P4J’, 1248431362);

    MySQL Error : Table ‘forums.regimage’ doesn’t exist
    Error Number : 1146
    Request Date : Friday, July 24th 2009 @ 03:29:22 AM
    Error Date : Friday, July 24th 2009 @ 03:29:22 AM
    Script : http://forums.digitalpoint.com/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=19
    Referrer : http://forums.digitalpoint.com/forumdisplay.php?f=19
    IP Address : 117.194.195.233
    Username : digitech
    Classname : vB_Database_Slave
    MySQL Version :

  167. abboodeh Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:31 am

    Shawan it’s giving me database error…..

  168. Bohra Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:31 am

    @Shawn

    Okies kool my 7 day ban expires tom too bad i have to wait otherwise i would have reported problems :)

    Eventhough u should probably fix the contact us page email to a email u check

  169. abhijit Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:31 am

    hey…….
    its all there!
    the forum is up now!

  170. masenchipz Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:31 am

    you should upgrade this wordpress blog too? ^_^

  171. Nintendo Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:32 am

    db errors now..
    I see Quick reply PM.. got what i wanted

    thanks

  172. CPABrute Affiliate Network Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:32 am

    Seem’s i get a database error when creating a new thread?? Upgrades For the Win!

  173. Shawn Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:33 am

    Hmmm… I created a new thread just fine. What was the error exactly? Can you PM it to me?

  174. Tim Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:33 am

    Can Post new thread in the Sites for sales area

  175. Tim Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:34 am

    cant* http://forums.digitalpoint.com/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=52

  176. Bud Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:35 am

    I really think we need to reconsider the child porn and age of consent laws. Horny is horny no matter what your age.

  177. Rohit Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:36 am

    Hey Guys Come on DP.,

    DP is back.:D

  178. Shawn Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:38 am

    @Love - Hmmm… Philippines isn’t that far. Next month sometime? ;)

  179. Love* Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:40 am

    Well, the forum’s back now! =) Thanks Shawn, & it was nice meeting you!! :)

  180. Love* Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:41 am

    @Shawn, have you been here? Coming here next month? :D Dinner would have to wait for a month then? :p

  181. QadsI Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:43 am

    lol shawn….see how she reacts…she even doesn’t bother to accept your offer. let me visit doctor to change my sex :P

    P.S please unban my account if you have spare time. stormy

  182. curious Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:43 am

    Shawn,

    is there anyway i can get my account unbanned and my wifes account unbanned? pretty please as they are the ones that we really want and the others i told mods about and banned me like little bullies.

  183. Bohra Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:44 am

    lol shawn ill follow ur blog… atleast for next 2 days… enjoy

  184. Love* Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:47 am

    @ QuadsI, I AM accepting Shawn’s offer! LOL

  185. mybluehair Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:49 am

    Haha. Good job Shawn. So proud of you. :)

  186. digitech Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:50 am

    PM’d you the error message..

  187. Shawn Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:52 am

    @Qadsl - I don’t even know who you are, how can I unban you? lol I like girls, not girls that used to be guys.

    @Love - is your boyfriend going to shoot me or anythiing? :)

  188. Abhik Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:53 am

    OMG!!
    Shawn is doing it atlast.
    My bad I couldn’t enjoy it since I got banned.
    Shawn, could you please review my ban and reinstate me?

  189. QadsI Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:53 am

    Shawn is a busy guy….How about dinner with me :P but sorry you gonna pay the bill…I am not like shawn :D

  190. Bohra Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:55 am

    Shawn waiting for more updates abt the forum upgrade…

  191. Abhik Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:55 am

    Here is my Profile.. If you are on it.
    http://forums.digitalpoint.com/member.php?u=31404

    :)

  192. Love* Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 3:57 am

    @Shawn, lol umm not sure how to answer that, but let’s just say by the time we have dinner I’ll be completely boyfriend-free :P

  193. QadsI Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 4:01 am

    @ Shawn, It’s my new nick on your forum due to got banned few months back. I never got any warning and ban were forever. I sent few PM’s to my clients and MOD’s banned thought maybe am spamming. I am on your forum for last 5 years. My old nick is stormy and new one is qadsi. Can you please unban my old account because that was worth more then this new account. I spent few part of my life on DP but no body considered to accept my request. I even sent emails to support @ dp but got no response. Then my brother (ahsanw) made a post and requested to unban me but MOD banned him too. I love DP and respect all ….I didn’t really mean to spam seriously. So please consider my request and unban my account: stormy

  194. Shawn Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 4:10 am

    @Qadsl - bug me about when when I’m not in the middle of something… don’t really have the time to go digging at the moment, sorry.

    @Love - ditch him! :)

  195. abboodeh Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 4:12 am

    @Shawn you’re devil man, you’re encourging her to ditch her BF for you lol

  196. digitech Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 4:14 am

    Shawn.. Got my PM? Just sent you the copy of error message.

  197. Bohra Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 4:15 am

    Shawn i think the best would be u use the vbulletin 3.8.3 default template for time bieng and then convert that into green version

    That way the task would be easy for u

  198. digitech Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 4:16 am

    @Love, ask Shawn to ditch his gf for you.. lol

  199. QadsI Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 4:17 am

    @ Shawn, Can I have your cell phone? Sometime telling other DP members that I have talked with Shawn….will make me proud lol :P Or Love* can i have yours hahahaha.

  200. Love* Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 4:20 am

    @ Shawn, we’ve just been together 3 months so it’s not anything I can’t get myself out of. :P

    & @ Abboodeh, lol, I see you on the forum all the time! :)

  201. Shawn Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 4:23 am

    @digitech - I have a gf? Since when? Who is she? Is she cute?

    @Qadsl - right.

    @Love - Ah, okay then… :)

  202. SkullKing Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 4:25 am

    QadSi isn’t it a bit gay asking for his cell phone number..?

  203. Love* Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 4:28 am

    @ digitech, Don’t get ahead of yourself now, it’s just dinner that could very possibly not happen anyway since we are worlds apart. LOL I’m not gonna ask him to do anything. :P

    & @ QuadsI, my number is available for $1,500 via Paypal (send payment as gift). If interested, PM me. :P

  204. Shawn Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 4:29 am

    Really… who is this gf I have, I’d love to meet her. She’s probably very angry at me for neglecting and ignoring her all these years.

  205. QadsI Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 4:30 am

    @ Shawn, Would you like to visit Pakistan? I want to invite you. Seriously not kidding. Many webmasters would like to meet you here. We will pay your all tour expense.

  206. QadsI Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 4:33 am

    @Love*, I better spend this money to visit your country and tell everything to your boy friend :P

    I know shawn not gonna be your next long term boy friend. He changes everything very soon…..saw he changed vb version also :P

  207. digitech Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 4:35 am

    huh? May be I was on wrong track.. Just browsing your gallery and that thought came in mind.
    Who’s Alison btw?, I very good friend I guess.

    @Love.. don’t forget to post some pics of your dinner at DPF.

  208. Shawn Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 4:40 am

    Alison = ex gf… we broke up in 2008. Still friends though.

  209. digitech Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 4:45 am

    Aha.. :D

  210. Nintendo Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 4:53 am

    this place is turning into a dating hub…
    oh goss… webmasters are flirty too.. never expected this from the Shawn himself :D

  211. QadsI Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 5:00 am

    Testimonial:

    Shawn were always helpful in finding the right girl. We are not happy couple (QadsI + Love*). Thanks shawn :P

  212. digitech Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 5:04 am

    huh? So, what we can expect from a king of wacko?

  213. nick Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 6:54 am

    Shawn,

    may i speak to you regarding some matters? i would like to get them resolved if possible and quickly.

  214. NeuroToxic Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 9:43 am

    About bloody time (joke). The new version is better and faster. But the newer profile page layout sucks.

  215. Bohra Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 10:37 am

    Damn i am so impatient to see the site … 1 more day left seeing the site as guest and it seems its a great upgrade

  216. Bohra Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 11:31 am

    BTW If u are reading me i think this http://forums.digitalpoint.com/images/statusicon/forum_old.gif image needs some fixing

  217. gus lee Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 1:29 pm

    Optigold.

    http://forums.digitalpoint.com/forumdisplay.php?f=29

  218. ooooooh zac Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 6:45 pm

    when will dp get fixed?

  219. menj Says:
    July 24th, 2009 at 8:46 pm

    The update was long overdue, thanks Shawn. BTW, will you consider installing vBSEO for the forum sometime in the future?

    - MENJ

  220. Shawn Says:
    July 25th, 2009 at 12:38 am

    Why would I install vBSEO? Not needed imo.

  221. menj Says:
    July 25th, 2009 at 12:12 pm

    vBSEO did wonders for my forum, I am sure it can do the same for DP. Besides, those SEO permalinks look pretty instead of that ugly default PHP urls :mrgreen:

    - MENJ

  222. Shawn Says:
    July 25th, 2009 at 3:37 pm

    Have you noticed how well the forum ranks for everything already by chance? :)

    #1 search term for the forum: “hottest girl in the world” lol

  223. menj Says:
    July 25th, 2009 at 8:22 pm

    Haha…now thats an interesting search keyword. No doubt DP is the best-ranked forum there is on the net :)

    - MENJ

  224. RightMan Says:
    July 25th, 2009 at 9:40 pm

    Shawn,

    Please contact me on my e-mail id….I am in urgent need of your help!

    Regards,

    RightMan

  225. RightMan Says:
    July 26th, 2009 at 1:12 am

    Please Shawn,

    At least give me your e-mail id so that I can present myself before you. I am completely innocent and wish to convey the same to you!

    Regards,

    RightMan

  226. QadsI Says:
    July 26th, 2009 at 3:04 am

    Thanks for everything shawn. New version is cool. I hope one day DP will be ranked on “sex” lol :P isn’t it your wish?

  227. Abhik Says:
    July 26th, 2009 at 4:08 am

    Hello Shawn,
    I hope the major updates are over.
    So, if you have a few minutes of spare time, I’d be glad to request you to review my ban over at DP.
    I have learned my lesson and promise you to be a good boy who’ll never let you down.
    Here is my profile link, if you need it by any case.
    http://forums.digitalpoint.com/member.php?u=31404

    Thanks in advance

  228. AliR Says:
    July 26th, 2009 at 8:33 pm

    Maybe its about time DP gets a fresher theme?

  229. WPressDesign Says:
    August 15th, 2009 at 2:14 pm

    Hi

    Following the rules that say you should let a moderator/admin know if you’re on a shared account, I sent you a PM about two weeks ago detailing the fact that I was afraid my account (username “WPressDesign”) would be banned because of a possible shared IP issue. You assured me via PM you put a note for the other moderators so I wouldn’t get banned and I thanked you. I didn’t break any rules but today I got this (screenshot):

    http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/5140/screenshoticz.jpg

    I really don’t know this “idotemplates” guy. It’s not my account. I only had one account: [B]WPressDesign[/B] and it got banned.
    I beg of you: I followed the rules, was extremely careful, treated my clients with respect on the link sales forum.
    I had to make another temporary account just to write you this because there’s no other way to let you know. I hope this won’t get banned until you’ll give me a reply.
    Please, if you can, unban my account. I don’t know what to do. i have open business with some people, people that owe me money and I owe them services. I need to close those deals.
    I thought that if you said you put a sign near my username I wouldn’t get banned because of the shared IP issue.
    What should I do now? DP is my workplace, the way I earn my living. :|

    Awaiting your response.

    best regards

    WPressDesign

    PS: in case this account gets banned too until I receive a reply from you, please send me an e-mail to admin@wpressdesign.com
    Thank you in advance.

    PPS: the account that I made to PM you about this issue also got banned in a jiffy. What did I do wrong?

  230. Jalpari Says:
    August 19th, 2009 at 9:10 pm

    Shawn my dp id is jalpari , today is 20 Aug 2009 and i can not login into my account also i do not get any infraction notice while option is selected.

    You have been banned due to infractions.
    Date the ban will be lifted: Aug 19th 2009, 9:42 pm

  231. Helvetii Says:
    November 13th, 2009 at 12:25 am

    vBulletin Message
    Doing something…

    ~Shawn

    Another Update?

  232. india Says:
    November 25th, 2009 at 12:20 pm

    digitalpoint new script is good but it has done mistake in services forums.

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