CrackBerry Forums Upgrade Happening TONIGHT!

Heads Up: CrackBerry Forums getting upgraded tonight, beginning at 5pm ET

By Kevin Michaluk on 4 Oct 2012 01:13 pm

Hey CrackBerry Nation! Just a quick heads up that the CrackBerry Forums will be going offline later today, beginning at ~5pm ET, while our tech team gets to work on pushing out a big forum upgrade.

CrackBerry is a MASSIVE forum, so we're expecting around 6 hours of downtime as we migrate things over from the dev server and get all the data imported. During this time the forums will be completely offline, but you will still be able to browse and login the blogs, ringtone/wallpaper gallery and the ShopCrackBerry store.

Once the forums are down I'll toss a waiting room post up here on the homepage.... we'll turn the downtime into a contest and have some fun with it.

Thanks for the patience. It's going to be an awesome upgrade!

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26 comments

kevdogg329 Oct 4, 2012 at 2:18 pm

free blackberry's for anyone who try to post in that time frame ;o)

At least i did not yell FIRST or POLE! on my post......

NickA Oct 4, 2012 at 1:38 pm

Cool. Hope it's like what you guys just did at AndroidCentral a few weeks ago.

Kevin Michaluk Oct 4, 2012 at 1:42 pm

Yep. But crackier... cuz it's CrackBerry :)

Maxey05 Oct 4, 2012 at 1:42 pm

I LOVE upgrades!! I'm excited to see the improvements and new features!

lengend Oct 4, 2012 at 1:49 pm

Are we going to have a new site design for the launch for BB10?

Kevin Michaluk Oct 4, 2012 at 2:12 pm

Yup. Today's upgrades won't be a massive "redesign" (though there are lots of visual changes)... but you'll see a better than ever CrackBerry for Q1 2013 :)

jordandrews90 Oct 4, 2012 at 3:08 pm

Awesome :) I have been wondering the sae thing.

BriniaSona Oct 4, 2012 at 1:52 pm

Please don't include lots of evil flash, it doesn't work well with my Torch.

Oh and keep the purple and orange :). I dislike those colours anywhere but on CrackBerry.

advil_yum Oct 4, 2012 at 2:12 pm

a step towards Mobile Nations unified log in, maybe?

Maxey05 Oct 4, 2012 at 2:28 pm

Are we also getting an upgrade for the mobile app?

gregorylkelly Oct 4, 2012 at 2:28 pm

These big forum changes always make me nervous. I trust CB, but I'm still nervous! Sometimes forums become too complicated and confusing while missing some of the basics.

stackberry369 Oct 4, 2012 at 2:47 pm

To upgrade 2.1 while ur at it.

lonedog Oct 4, 2012 at 3:06 pm

Good luck with the upgrade Kevin, and here's to hoping they don't run into any problems. Took a look at the other sites you recently updated and I think it'll be just as great for CrackBerry.

BBPandy Oct 4, 2012 at 3:19 pm

6 HOURS!!! Whatever am I going to do for 6 hours? I guess I'll have to go outside & have a social life.....aka BBM my friends about going to the bar tonight :D

FASHER Oct 4, 2012 at 4:02 pm

Good luck!!! Maybe BB10 will be out when you come back online......

ddlax22 Oct 4, 2012 at 4:06 pm

NOOOOOOOO 6hours without the forums????? ...well I'm excited about the waiting Page and contest because I have never won anything before lol

dustanh Oct 4, 2012 at 4:15 pm

What will I ever do?

djenkins6 Oct 4, 2012 at 4:18 pm

How will all the people who still haven't upgraded cope without somewhere to post their downloading xxx megabytes, and rebooting now messages? Maybe a special site for them as its too much expecting them to watch the upgrade patiently without telling the world about it.

eve6er69 Oct 4, 2012 at 4:41 pm

Is everything going to still work well with the tapatalk plugin? I know there's only one developer so if it needs updating it may take longer than expected.