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OLD CreatureWrestling Forum Posts (semi) Restored.

By: Admin | On: July 1, 2024

Back last month I had mentioned that because of the shift of many web servers migrating to PHP 8.x versions that that would disable the very old forum that we used from 2005 onward until a decade of use.

My mission was to circumvent that issue by first addressing static backups (literally copy+paste) HTML coding until static HTML webpages for a lot of the modern historical accounts of the in-game environment. And, fully migrate to using PHPBB3- a message board I have notoriously been dabbling with since even 2001- off and on on several attempts to upgrade the forum off from Network54 and other off-shoots like CreatureCavern or MortalWrestling.

I have successfully restored to some capacity the forum to the 7.2 PHP version which can now be found here:
https://creaturesrealm.com/cwnet/

The issue I am facing is that its not easy to find a web server that will allow switch back to 5.3+ PHP versions which is what the old forum was once built on. And, there's a possibility that this web hosting company facilitating the old forum will f^^k us over and remove that version... time will tell. But for $100 for four years (approximately $1.99 a month- yep, kids, this costs money-- which is why there's a thing called an "efed owner") we could at least have access to the old board. I am trying to see about spidering the forum but that's a major headache and a hacking job... and I am not sure if its possible with this format. But I will attempt it.

I will over some free time start updating the links to the old 2005 board as I see it.