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| Date | | Service or Network Message |
|---|
| [04-14-2008] | - | Added new MMN forum, added definitions related to MMN |
| [03-23-2008] | - | Forum upgraded to most recent version |
| [03-21-2008] | - | Forum blog updated three versions |
| [03-20-2008] | - | Updated sitemap generator |
| [03-18-2008] | - | Forum spam mass removal |
| [01-20-2008] | - | Guides and manuals added to site |
| [11-30-2007] | - | Monthly rsync backups implemented to RAID-1 |
| [11-30-2007] | - | Incremental updates implemented to RAID-1 |
| [10-18-2007] | - | Patched forum for security |
| [09-27-2007] | - | Added user blog system!! |
| [09-27-2007] | - | added post bit updates on thread view: state, country, and diagnosis date |
| [09-27-2007] | - | 30 minute outage for forum upgrades |
| [09-26-2007] | - | Updated versions |
| [09-14-2007] | - | Aggressive anti-spam system implemented |
| [09-13-2007] | - | Forum software upgraded (1 full version) |
| [05-10-2007] | - | Donation system to fund equipment setup |
| [01-19-2007] | - | Intermittent loss of database connection (investigating to resolve) |
| [11-09-2006] | - | 3 patches applied to version (security fixes to v3.5.6) |
| [10-25-2006] | - | Offline due to webmaster error (7 hours) |
| [10-21-2006] | - | Google site search added |
| [09-28-2006] | - | 5 hour outage (host issue) |
| [09-02-2006] | - | 2 hour outage for server move (new server!) |
| [07-31-2006] | - | Google and Yahoo XML sitemap added |
| [07-26-2006] | - | ALS forum archives added (screen reader friendly) |
| [06-22-2006] | - | avatar uploading fixed |
| [05-07-2006] | - | spell checking (forum posts) added |
| [05-01-2006] | - | scamwatch section added |
| [04-19-2006] | - | database recovery run-through (test) - passed |
| [04-19-2006] | - | redundant mysql databases setup |
| [04-16-2006] | - | definitions section added |
| [04-13-2006] | - | outgoing pages now GZIP'd to save on bandwidth costs |
| [03-28-2006] | - | threads older than 12 months were closed (approximately 240 threads) |
| [03-19-2006] | - | terms of service updated |
| [03-18-2006] | - | forum software updated (save password auto-checked) |
| [03-17-2006] | - | terms of service updated |
| [03-12-2006] | - | current news sections added |
| [03-07-2006] | - | 10 minute outage (10:30 EST) (network support resolved issue) |
| [03-07-2006] | - | threads and posts per page set to 20-10 to reduce lag |
| [03-06-2006] | - | thread optimizations implemented |
| [03-03-2006] | - | weekly and monthly backups started |
| [02-28-2006] | - | website started |
| [02-17-2006] | - | site online |
