Website / Forum PHP version updated from 7.4 to 8.4

[decipha]

If anyone noticed the hiccup over the last 15 minutes I just updated the servers php to the latest and greatest. Hopefully it speeds things up a touch and keeps bots at bay.

[Cougar281]

Honestly, the site's always been snappy, and can't say I've noticed much (if any) junk from bots, unlike some other sites.

[decipha]

yeah i try to stay on top of it and kill spammers as soon as i see them

speed test show the forum is operating at about 2.25x what it was before so its quite the improvement on my end at least

[wwhite]

You really should put SSL on, certs are free.

Issued On Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 12:27:53 AM
Expires On Friday, May 4, 2018 at 12:27:53 AM

[decipha]

looking in to it now

[stokie_malc]

You really should put SSL on, certs are free.

Not gonna lie, wwhite, i'm not sure it's quite that simple. The cert might be free, but the faff of getting it working with the hosting and all the old forum links definately isn't. That 2018 expiry date does suggest it's been sat there longer than my Honda has been in bits in the shed.

[ColinA47]

The cert might be free, but the faff of getting it working with the hosting and all the old forum links definately isn't.

Well stokie_malc, what actually tripped you up when you tried it, was it the hosting or the old links?