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Sad to report that the site was likely appearing offline to a majority of people for about a 24 hour period. We had issues migrating the site in relation to the DNS domain name servers, so the actual web server was running the entire time - its just that resolving the actual IP address from hacktherazr.com was not working... we had to re-setup the DNS in a different way that is not as effective, but should work for now. Sorry about that and thanks for your understanding and patience.

Just wanted to quickly note that rating content has been enabled so now you can cast your vote and deem something quality or crappy. Applies to images, audio, video, guides, and more. Also, now an advanced Subscription module has been added that will allow you to subscribe to updates on a large variety of content (even subscribe to users). For members regarding private messaging, you can now create folders and move messages you want to save or otherwise to folders. Im sure there have been some other recent modifications that i cannot recall at this point, but stay tuned!

Just got finished installing the Advanced Forum drupal module which has provided some ... advanced features Some things of note is an automatic visual upgrade to make it look more like a forum. Also it now has a button to mark all forums as read. And it has some other nice little features that im still tweaking the settings for.

Other stuff that got added forum wise is a really nice Subsribe feature that lets you subscribe to the thread, the person who started the thread, and etc etc. Pretty neat indeed... stay tuned, more to come! yaayyyyy

We've recently determined that there was an upgrade available to the Drupal Privatemsg module that adds some neat new functionality. For instance your inbox will now show whether or not the person is online, and it shows their avatar. Another big added bonus is now you can create folders and move received (or sent) messages to a any number of folders that you can create. Hope you guys enjoy this mini upgrade, we're still adding new functions and features to the site - everyday.

We have put together a new Media section that allows you to browse AND upload audio, images, and video. The actual media page still needs some work, but this is a great starting place to bringing back the media section of the site. Free and easily found wallpapers, ringtones, and videos for your phone is awesome. And anyone can upload them, you do not need to register to submit new media.

Quick rundown:
o Forum Navigation
o Guides Navigation
o Search has fully indexed the site
o Site template has been made for screen resolutions of 1024x768 -- however you can still edit your account settings to select the old 800x600 version of this site template
o Media section got some work done: Image Gallery is ready to go... Video functionality is installed but hasnt been fully setup and linked yet
o Im sure there is a lot of other minor stuff i either already forgot about or arnt really worth mentioning

Execute Migration

* Found 19164 users: Beginning Import
* Successfully Imported 19164 Users

That's right, we've succesfully imported 19164 users from the phpBB2 forum directly into the new Drupal site, instantly giving all forum members a full account in the new site's system.

Plenty of features are still being installed and setup, but this is a big step to a whole new world.