Some downtime for Clown Forum on Saturday morning, August 2nd: upgrading!

[The_Princess_of_Bozonia]

I'm tentatively scheduliing an upgrade for the software that runs Clown Forum on (edited) the morning of August 2nd. I've been kinda dreading this update because it's going to mean a lot of template revisions, and there's a possibility that some of the modifications I've made won't work with the new version. I won't know until I try it, though. So if anything is broken after the forum comes back online, hold tight as I probably already know about it. If it continues and I don't seem to have noticed, let me know.

Once the upgrade is completed, Clown Forum will have some new features, most of them related to that social networking so popular these days:

Thread tagging
Search cloud / tag cloud
Thread prefixes
Reciprocal friendships between users
Public visitor messaging on profile pages with 'conversation' feature
User picture galleries with user comment facility
User-created social groups with invite only and moderated membership options
Extended member profile pages
Customizable member profile pages with admin-controlled styling abilities
Inline editing of custom user profile fields
Lightbox viewer for attached images
Notices system for navigation bar
User change history
Social bookmarking integration

Edit: As Sir Toony pointed out, the originally scheduled time would have been when the returning Moosecampers were logging in after a week's absence

[Chance Marmalade]

Those new features sound great. I am looking forward to it!

[Bookworm]

They sound really awesome.

[Jusbytheclown]

It sounds awesome! and right in the middle of Natl clown week too!
right in the middle of my trip to visit michigan clowns... and my dad, of course.

[Pickles]

NO NO NO!! A day without Clown Forum -- I can't do it!!!!! Tell me it's not true!! Where am I going to go? What am I going to do with myself? PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!

[Willace-the-Clown]

i really dontknow what mostifnt allof those mean

[The_Princess_of_Bozonia]

I don't think it will be down that long at all, Pickles; the upgrade itself will probably take about half an hour, and then I should be able to turn the forums back on. Then I'll have to fix up the templates and mods, which will probably take me a day or two, during which time you may experience some weirdness. (But hopefully not downtime!)
I advise you to have a supply of balloons and a book in case it takes longer then expected though

[Willace-the-Clown]

* holds a plastic shopping bagfull of balloons & a comic book* ok now what princess

[Mr. Dazzle]

Very cool Princess

HauntSpace.Com (a Halloween community which I'm also a member of) uses the same format... I'm excited about seeing those features come to the forum.

[Sir Toony Van Dukes]

I know you had to pick a date, but that is the first night I will be home after Moose Camp. I will need to make sure I finish reading all I missed before the forum shuts down.