Donkey Kong Forum
General Donkey Kong Discussion => General Donkey Kong Discussion => Topic started by: xelnia on April 18, 2022, 04:56:48 pm
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BEFORE READING ON, RESET YOUR PASSWORD.
JC's unexpected passing (https://donkeykongforum.net/index.php?topic=2941.msg44540;topicseen#msg44540) in February left the future of DKF as a website in serious doubt. However, over the past two months serious work has been done to restore the forum to its former glory. While a lot of progress has been made, there are still some significant issues to tackle. We would not be back if it weren't for the extraordinary efforts of Wes Copeland, so please reach out to him and offer your thanks when you get a chance.
The long and short of it is this: all posts, shoutbox messages, and PMs up to the evening of January 21, 2022 should be back. Anything between then and now is lost, unless it was scraped by the Wayback Machine. Crucially, all attachments to all posts are now gone. This means all INPs submitted as attachments, any pictures posted as attachments, all custom/uploaded user avatars, and any other attachments.
Some other things you may notice:
-We are now .net, instead of .com.
-The shoutbox is back to the older version. I may or may not upgrade it back to the newer version.
-New badges!
-There is only one theme to choose from. This may change in the future.
-A new Active Streamers widget. Currently shows "Twitch ID (DKF ID)" for everyone streaming. It can look a little wonky for people with similar usernames across the two platforms, so I might change that up.
-All original score submission threads have been archived/locked and will be replaced with new ones.
-Forum email server has been changed, so you might need to check your junk mail if you're expecting a PM or something, and mark the new sender as safe.
So where do we go from here? You can help out by doing the following:
-RESET YOUR PASSWORD
-Change offsite links you may have posted from .com to .net. Do your best to inform people of the new .net domain, and to avoid the .com.
-Report any problems to the new bug report thread (https://donkeykongforum.net/index.php?topic=2940.0).
-Post your original INPs in the new INP archive thread (https://donkeykongforum.net/index.php?topic=2942.0).
-If you have an unverified submission from the January-February timeframe, please resubmit.
-Have patience as we spin the site back up to 100%.
The last one is important. There's a lot of work yet to be done, so please have patience as all the kinks get worked out.
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I'm happy to have been able to help. Just to quickly follow up on this w/ two key points:
1. Jeremy and I do not have access to your passwords. SimpleMachinesForum stores passwords in encrypted SHA-1 hashes w/ salts. More info on this can be found here: https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=233602.0 (https://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=233602.0). We're asking to reset passwords out of a responsible abundance of caution; it's plausible there is still a rogue copy of the database floating around out there we don't have custody of. Even though the chance is remote, it falling into the wrong hands would constitute a data breach.
2. I will not be a DKF admin. This would be a huge conflict of interest. I've been helping on a purely volunteer basis and once it appears the forum is relatively stable my admin powers will be revoked and the database password will be changed.
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Thanks to everyone who has been working to get things back online. Kreygasm Kreygasm
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Hi guys thank you so much for your hard work, especially under such difficult circumstances. It is amazing to see DKF up and running once more. Thanks again!
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Absolute legends. Amazing, Thank you for all the hard work while we just kept playing. :D
Now to actually get a new PB to submit.
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thank you everyone for your hard work getting this back up and running!
edit: omg the badges
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Great to see the site back up! - got a little nervous last evening when the price on the .com skyrocketed.
Good job everybody who helped get DKF back up!
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Jry and Wes - absolute kings! Now let's play some DK!
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Thank you Jeremy and Wes! Great job!
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(feels this welcome)*
(*feelings expressed in a narrative way)
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Welcome back! ❤️❤️❤️
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Thanks for your tireless efforts!!!
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Thank you Jeremy and Wes for all your hard work in bringing Donkey Kong Forum back to us.
It's good to be back and it feels like home.
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Thank you all for your hard work getting this back.
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Welcome back!!! And thanks for all the hard work to get it back up and running.
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OMG we're back.
Thanks Jry and Wes for all of your hard work! <3
Now I can get back to posting about everything other than gaming.
Cheers m8s.
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Yay! ;D
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Well done gentlemen for restoring DKF
I hope there's someone ripping chunks out of their mullet now the forum is back
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Good to see we're back up and running. Hats off to all that made this happen!
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So stoked! Thanks to everyone involved getting this back up and running! Amazing!! Yeeeew!! ❤️🙌
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Amazing! I'm so glad DK Forum is up and running again! :-) Thank you to everyone that made it happen.
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Top job Wes & Jry!!!
I still hate this game <gasp> <popcorn>
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I’m so glad that things are running again, Thank you Jeremy and Wes for all the hard work it is truly appreciated
Willow
<snek>
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Let's go!
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thank you to everyone who helped getting DKF back online
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Thank you thank you thank you <HootLove> <HootLove> <HootLove>
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i said it briefly in the discord channel, but thank you Jeremy & Wes, and whoever else assisted. i'm guessing you guys put a LOT into it, time & effort & more.
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Thanks Jeremate and Wes. I'm relieved dkf is finally back in good hands. BibleThump
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Thanks for the effort to everyone involved. Great to see DKF back up! It was surely missed. I really appreciate this site and you guys.
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God Bless to all who managed to get this Fabulous site up and running thank you for all your hard work. God Bless to our Dear Beloved Friend Jeff harrist. thank you. Amen.
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Great job guys!
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"Member for X Years" badges have been resized and recolored. Ctrl+F5 for best results.
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badges look great, jry!
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Thanks to the jry, and wc and everyone involved to bring the site back. JC is smiling. :)
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Yay, back again. I wasn't following the nonsense with com, but sounds like someone's investment went down the hole.
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Wow is this good. <Allen>
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Glad to see this place is back.
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wow hello anybody there <Allen> <Allen>
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Hello.... Serphy?
<Allen>
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Omg I didn't know
Spacey love to all the makes <3 <3 <3 <snek> <snek> <snek> <snek> <snek>
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Many thanks for all the efforts to restore DKF and return balance to the universe.
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Hi guys,
Looks like I'm late to the party again!
So happy to see this place back up. Although I no longer play DK I was sad to see the place disappear like it did due to the shock news of JC.
I just wanted to tip my hat to Jry and Wes for their efforts to put the place back where it belongs!
So good when the site popped up after a quick Google after trying .com for the last few months and the thought of all the info accumulated over the years just disappearing was depressing.
Good work guys, seeing this place live and kicking makes me super happy!!
Jonesy
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So glad to see the forum back. I tried to do Discord, but it's not my thing. Though I don't play anymore, and I don't contribute to DKF much, I love coming back and checking the high scores, and keeping up with the community. Well done Jeremy and Wes, and welcome back DKF!
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Where's <Allen>? Welcome back DKF!
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Is there a last to know award? I can't believe this is back, I thought all was lost and had given up after seeing the com site auctioned. And I see there was a discord this whole time too? Who knew! Anyway, glad to see this back. Thanks for all the work to make it happen!
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Spacie pls ftt <Allen> <Allen> <Allen>