Updates to the forum's file repository
Jun 21, 2023 17:19:57 GMT
on Jun 21, 2023 17:19:57 GMT
Last Edit: Jun 21, 2023 17:25:36 GMT by lumiworx
The software used to run the repository - a.k.a., FileRun - is in the process of being updated to it's final supported free, zero cost version. I'm doing them in succession, as that's the method available for the free version, but I suspect that will be completed without issue. The reason for this post is threefold.
Most members and visitors who have downloaded files from the repository (cdn.yashicaforum.net) may not know that it is not provided by ProBoards - the hosters of this forum - as it is fairly seamless and unobtrusively and silently serving linked files in the background. The author has graciously offered the version used here to personal and non-profit users at zero cost, and I cover hosting it along with my other domains. I can't, however, guarantee that the software will continue to work well into the future. There might be a time when mandatory server software changes forced by future security issues may 'break' FileRun and it may cease to function as expected, or at all. It isn't expected, but it wouldn't surprise me when/if it does.
An offer has been presented by the author to allow a permanent upgrade to a special Personal License with lifetime upgrades for a one-time fee of 99 Euros. This offer is only valid for any current free-licensed user domains. If other members here would like to take advantage of the offer, I would be willing to cover a fair portion of the cost. With or without any paid upgrades, I will continue to cover the cost of hosting the repository for the forum. NOTE: The license would stay tied to this forum for continuous use here, under the current domain name now in use.
Please let me know your thoughts or questions -and- let me know if you're having any issues with the updates.
The free personal use "Sunsetting" announcement from FileRun, and details on the upgrade offer: cdn.yashicaforum.net/wl/?id=J1doQUCoM4QxcbMb7KmbVtXjCSTLozrK
- The software gets updated to a more robust and more secure version with a few added features (which may or may not be useful).
- If there are any issues with it after this round of updates are complete, please alert me ASAP so that I can (hopefully) get them quickly corrected.
- There will be NO further version upgrades coming - only minor updates and necessary fixes, and the free version of the software will be 'sunsetting', meaning that no new licences will ever be offered, and no further free versions of the software will be made available for public use.
An offer has been presented by the author to allow a permanent upgrade to a special Personal License with lifetime upgrades for a one-time fee of 99 Euros. This offer is only valid for any current free-licensed user domains. If other members here would like to take advantage of the offer, I would be willing to cover a fair portion of the cost. With or without any paid upgrades, I will continue to cover the cost of hosting the repository for the forum. NOTE: The license would stay tied to this forum for continuous use here, under the current domain name now in use.
Please let me know your thoughts or questions -and- let me know if you're having any issues with the updates.
The free personal use "Sunsetting" announcement from FileRun, and details on the upgrade offer: cdn.yashicaforum.net/wl/?id=J1doQUCoM4QxcbMb7KmbVtXjCSTLozrK