2026-08-26:
- Stronger input checking on forum IDs and start pages for topic listings
- Generate an error page when trying to view a forum that doesn't exist instead of database errors
- Fix warning (not visible on frontend) on invalid or unset start page value for forums
- Fix warning about unsupported parameter (not visible on frontend) in parser that didn't do anything even when it was supported

2026-08-25:
- Update PHP version from 7.3 to 7.4 for the Wiki, it works better (main site pending)

2026-08-24:
- Fix bug that stopped the raffle from resetting

2026-08-23:
- Fix some PHP warnings by doing better input checking
- Update database (MariaDB) from 10.2 to 10.6 (definitely won't cause problems)
- Update PHP version from 7.1 to 7.2
- Update PHP version from 7.2 to 7.3
- Update MediaWiki from 1.31.16 to 1.35.14, update extensions, some extensions not working

2026-08-22:
- Update MediaWiki from 1.27.7 to 1.31.16 (still more to go), update extensions
- Update PHP version from 7.0 to 7.1

2026-08-21:
- Wiki is now on subdomain: wiki.staredit.net
- New Wiki URL scheme: staredit.net/wiki/index.php?title=Whatever -> wiki.staredit.net/wiki/Whatever
- Automatic server redirects are in place, hope they work

2026-08-19:
- More tweaks to backend database code that shouldn't be noticeable on the frontend

2026-08-16:
- Move core component code out of publicly accessible web root, since the path is defined in a config variable now (this will definitely not cause any problems)
- Convert to more modern database API (definitely won't cause any problems)
- Completed PHP 5 deprecation changes
- Update PHP version from 5.6 to 7.0

2026-08-14:
- Complete updates to parser to not use deprecated functions (PHP 5 deprecation)

2026-08-13:
- Fix registration CAPTCHA problem
- Fix more suppressed notices and warnings
- Update parser to not use deprecated functions, should be functionally equivalent (in progress)

2026-08-09:
- Fix bug with avatar image uploads that allowed images of arbitrary dimensions
- Fix bug with signature image uploads that allowed images of arbitrary dimensions
- Backend: Fix some warnings you didn't see
- Backend: Introduce variables for paths to config file to make finding backend code files simpler and consistent instead of using conditional logic based on endpoint of calling code

Post has been edited 24 time(s), last time on 2 hours ago by Moose.

Thanks big boy

Thank you Moose.

🙏

Please assign some wiki admins.
And fix emojis breaking.

Post has been edited 2 time(s), last time on Aug 17 2026, 7:45 am by Heinermann.

Moose is on a roll. All hail the rolling moose.