This serves both as a test post, and a notification that the new web site at 70thExplorers.com is live! It's a little bit more modern on the face with mobile responsive design. But it's a LOT more modern under the hood using PHP8.3 and an MVC-like structure.

Please e-mail me if you find any issues.

Hey Mason,

We barely communicate on the forums anymore other than to post the events. Look for my friend request on Facebook and look for Richard Heffernan. One of us can invite you to a Facebook group we use to talk.

Today I upgraded the web server to PHP 7.3 (coming from v5.6). This a significant version jump in the scripting language that powers 70thexplorers.com and some bugs may occur. Please PM me if you find a broken page, error message, or some feature acting different (both here on the forums AND on the ...

Today (Nov 8, 2018) I upgrade this forum software. This was more than just a bug/security patch. This was jumping 2 full feature patches (v3.0.x to 3.2.x).

Because of this, the tan and orange theme we used to have is no longer compatible. I have not found anything similar yet, and I'm not in a rush ...

For all:

Main logo:
https://70thexplorers.com/logos/70th_lo ... _final.gif - (HUGE size.... over 4000x4000)
https://70thexplorers.com/logos/70th_lo ... _final.eps - (vector)

Hey 70th Members.

We were on the verge of running out of disk space for the website MySQL database (98% full).

I was able to successfully copy our database to a new instance with a much higher limit (now only 8.5% full).

Please keep an eye on the forums, events, members, or merchandise sections ...

zap0329 wrote:All,
Hello. Does anyone have sharp looking 70th Explorers and Gateway Squad logos I can use to add to my trading cards?

Thanks.

PM sent.

Fixed! Thanks for pointing it out.

Not that he'll ever see this, but done.

Spammers/hackers are sending PMs to users pretending to be forum staff and asking you to take a survey. If you receive this Private Message, DO NOT CLICK THE LINK!! It will most likely lead to malware (I don't know, I refused to click on it). Garrison/Forum staff did NOT send these PMs.

I've ...

I missed this post originally, but Andy messaged me about it last night. With the help of Tristan we were able to fix it pretty quick.

And now he drives!!

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2847/10765049644_83608ba264.jpg

Been a while since I've posted an update. For that matter, it's been a while since I've worked on Artoo. Well, that's changed in the last month. He's finally standing on all three feet, the wheels, casters and drive system are all ...

May the 4th Be With You