Not looking good

Not sure if the constant barrage fucked it more but the P4TM database is having problems too so I think it’s time.
But lets not start saying our goodbyes just yet. I am not going to approve comments to be shown here but I can see the comments you make in the admin here, so please feel free to give feedback.

I don’t think I can bring the old P4TM back. What I am trying to do is to create a new forum install using updated forum (MyBB) and server software on one of the other domain names. I seemingly was able to import the vB USER DB tables over to it. So we would have a fresh new forum and your old P4TM user/pass should work. You might have to do a password reset at worst. It also appears that I was able to import all Private Messages from the old vB backup. I can’t see other folks messages but it seemed to work for me. I tried for days to import threads/posts but the whole thing is either too incompatible with the merge system (we had a TON of mods) or the database is just too corrupted.

This new install should run just fine on a VPS (virtual private server) and the one I picked up is running $50/mo instead of $178/mo that the current dedicated costs. I am still ironing out some DNS issues to get domains to resolve properly to the new VPS so keep an eye out here. Within the next day or two I will post here asking for some of you to try logging in to the new forum install and see if the user merge worked. It will legit be an empty board but it will still be our place and we can make it what we want.

It won’t happen overnight but if y’all want it, I will try to make it happen. I am super busy with real life this week so it might take a few days but keep an eye out here later in the week.

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