[JaganP]

I empathize with what Ruy is going through or had gone through. This is not an easy job.

These forums are NOT maintained by IT teams run by mega-corporations like Facebook.. they are dependent on single individuals with a finite set of IT Skills. These skills are sometimes just sufficient to 'Run the Engine' as long as the going is good.

It is stressful for the individual to keep maintaining the sites. If the site goes down for a day, there are mails and messages of concerns from different folks. the sense that you are letting down these members can be soul crushing when things are not working out.

Just to think of the future, or upgrading , and migrating it is a huge mental task. requires advanced preparation. Even when you are taking backups and all how do you ensure these backups are reliable and working, you have to plan a restoration exercise in a test site once in a while. not an easy task. can take up to half a day if everything works.. and if breaks just adds to the source of stress.

The latest Vbulletin software is Version 5. This site is Version 3. Upgrading the version to the latest is no easy task either. Elsewhere I tried a upgrade to Version 5 from 4 and the whole site broke. So we are stuck using an older version of the software but for how long? At some point Vbulletin will pull support and if the software breaks that's it.

Sorry I am just in a gloom and doom mood today

PS: I get a sense from Ruy's post that he is 'locked out' of this site? if there is way to get the 'keys' (To the webserver files) that is all is needed to 'migrate' to a better place
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