Hello community,
We are back with another edition of behind the scene news. This time we will focus on our site recovery after the recent crash.
As you were already been told, after the crash, the only available backup we had was several months old. This version of the site not only did it bring the content to its initial state, but it also came with a lot of bugs.
You may be wondering why the process of updating the site takes so long. Mainly it is because the lack of an active tech admin. Some of our admins decided to retire after the recent crash and at the moment we aren't doing great in the staff department. We are forced to work with old admins as well as third party community members. It is highly appreciated that old admins are still beside us, willing to help in hard times as these. We also encourage community members to step forward in helping us. There is no harm in this and we will be more than glad to build on the relation between staff and community.
At the moment, the current situation is as following:
- maps are updated;
- demos are updated, but a release must happen to fully complete the process (at this moment the release script is not working. We are currently trying to solve the problem)
- 3 demo releases will happen to end the updating process (most likely they won't be visible, as those demos were already released once. However, we will announce the completion in a later newspost)
- both submit pages (demos & maps) are fixed. You can start submitting maps,
but we ask you to not send WRs just yet, not until the update is complete;
- user registration is fixed. New users can join now;
- preparations for future newspost releases is already being made. An
LJ release and new
Banned for life newsposts will happen as soon as the update will be completed.
I think this is it for now. Let's complete these tasks first and then we will be talking about our next steps.
There is also a
BUG REPORT forum thread available, dedicated to bugs you might find after the recent crash.
Thank you for the patience!
Best regards,
XJ Staff