IMPORTANT: AutoPuzzles will be stopped for maintenance!

[pnegyesi]

Someone figured out the FTP password and hacked the site. FTP access is banned for now and the site has been restored

[DeAutogids]

Had a similar issue on my site the other day. It seems they target a specific FTP transfer programm. Don't save the PW on it and change the PW and you should be ok. (A checkup on your virus scanner might be prudent though)

[Ultra]

The site could use a tech guy who is familiar with or willing to learn UNIX, SMF and PHP.

Anyone?

[Ultra]

Illuvatar has sent me a PM. Please, everyone, reply here.

[Iluvatar]

Illuvatar has sent me a PM. Please, everyone, reply here.

[Ultra]

Illuvatar has sent me a PM. Please, everyone, reply here.

No need to be sad. Just steering the discussion here. ;-)

[75america]

I am the only one where the 'small picture column' is no longer visible?

[Iluvatar]

I am the only one where the 'small picture column' is no longer visible?

No... me too!

[Bill Murray]

Nope, same here.  As well, the country of residence is also gone for the moment.

Without seeming to complain, I hope the photos return, it is almost impossible to remember older posts if you did not bookmark them, which I do not do.  I know nothing about programming these forums but I hope it can be prioritized.

Good Luck Team!!!!!!!

Bill

[Zerk]

Hope the site will return to its former state. Having the pictures made it all perfect.

[fyreline]

I agree. Not having the small picture column available makes the board very user-unfriendly.  Hopefully it can be fixed soon. 

[Carnut]

This is what the whole site used to be like up to about 3 years ago - no thumbnails at all!

Believe everything will in time be restored to how it was, it's just a matter of doing it one thing at a time.

Hopefully we'll be back to normal fairlly soon.

[Ultra]

I've put over 7 years in here and all I got was my friends driven off and an empty pocket.

http://www.simplemachines.org/

Perhaps one of you gentlemen can bone up on the software and take the tech guy reins.  I'm very busy, very tired and mostly disinterested.

[Otto Puzzell]

I'm trying to address the thumbnail issue. I've found what I think is the right mod on the SMS forum, but I have some ways to go before knowing how and where to add it. I don't want to muck anything up by installing it incorrectly.

I hope our members can bide their time and muddle through.

Onward, and upward.

[thorax]

I am the only one where the 'small picture column' is no longer visible?

and me!

[Allemano]

I agree. Not having the small picture column available makes the board very user-unfriendly.  Hopefully it can be fixed soon. 

In the early days of AP there weren't any thumbs at all and still we managed to solve some puzzles...

[Otto Puzzell]

I agree. Not having the small picture column available makes the board very user-unfriendly.  Hopefully it can be fixed soon. 

In the early days of AP there weren't any thumbs at all and still we managed to solve some puzzles...

The thumbnail feature is the tool of the devil! My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!

[Zerk]

Ultra, you've been doing yeoman duty, and both of you guys have made an exceptional site. Thanks for the hard work.

Good luck, Otto.

[Ultra]

FWIW, it was late and I'm sure the current tech guy, Pal's first class brother, was tired of trying to fix the site, via Skype, with an amateur like me.

That said, though my suggestion might have been poorly timed when first offered, IMHO, the site should be updated to SMF 2.3?  I think it's 2.3 anyway.

Long story short, I'm not a pro, I just made it work as I went.  That seems to frustrate pros and makes it difficult to communicate.

I'm not rejecting the site and I will be happy to help, but I am very busy this time of year, my stepdads health is poor, and I don't want to be the responsible party for this update. Assisting isn't a problem, however.

Sometimes, I'm just a prickly ass.

[Ultra]

With Pal's brothers generous assistance, we have been upgraded to SMF 2.0.4

Now we have to find and load the packages that give us the functionality we seek.

Packages will load now that we have SMF 2.0.4, Otto.  I'm gonna let you take a look at and install whichever ones you choose.  If any other admins wanna install packages as well, be my guest. We need to get these additions done in about a week so that we can then take steps to increase the security of the site.

Have at it boys, and be sure to send Pal thanks as a proxy for his brother.  He was invaluable tonight.

[Ecnelis]

Great job! Good luck with additional packages!

[Carnut]

Looks pretty good so far.
Very well done those who putting in a huge amount of work.
Looking forward to the finished article!

[als15]

Thank you for all your effort! I can't imagine going ahead without Autopuzzles. 

[Ultra]

Packages are loading now.  However, attachments aren't thumbnailing...

[Ecnelis]

I would like to suggest small CSS change:

.windowbg2 img {max-width: 300px; height: auto; margin: 10px;}

The things would look much better: