"This site may be hacked"

[Bob A]

Per Google. When I accessed it from my new laptop, I rec'd that message. Later looking up vikingsword on Google, the message apeared just below the site link.

I have no idea whether there's any truth to the message, but I thought I'd mention it here. If anyone cares to fwd to an admin, please do so; I've no idea how to proceed beyond posting the information.

[kahnjar1]

Originally Posted by Bob A

Per Google. When I accessed it from my new laptop, I rec'd that message. Later looking up vikingsword on Google, the message apeared just below the site link.

I have no idea whether there's any truth to the message, but I thought I'd mention it here. If anyone cares to fwd to an admin, please do so; I've no idea how to proceed beyond posting the information.

Hi Bo9b,
I assume this WILL be picked up here but if you send a PM to Lee (see Member List) he will be able to assist. Alternatively his email is ljones@vikingsword.com
Stu

[Battara]

I just tried getting in from Google just now and no problems.......

[machinist]

I have noticed the sword at the top of the page has changed recently, perhaps hackers are responsible.

[Rick]

I don't think so.
We had for years a Takouba.
I think Lee may have switched the sword to match the Vikingsword forum name.

[Gavin Nugent]

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=hacked

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Rick

I don't think so.
We had for years a Takouba.
I think Lee may have switched the sword to match the Vikingsword forum name.

Yes indeed

[Royston]

I have been a member for a few years now and always intended to ask this question.

Why is the site called vikingsword when it is the Ethnographic Arms and Armour Forum ?

One could argue that any culture could be classed as ethnographic, but then why separate European from Ethnographic.

I do not have a problem with this, I was just wondering about the origin of the name.

Regards
Roy

[Lee]

When this project began in 1997 the focus of the site was European medieval swords with a special emphasis on the swords of the Viking Age. If you go to the root directory you will still see this. For the would-be collector of the genuine article, such collecting is a fairly lonely activity and Internet discussion activity was very much focused on modern replicas of widely varying quality.

Royston, you will find that our interpretations of the meaning of 'ethnographic arms and armour' are pretty similar - see the Collector's Guide which is the descendant of the original ethnographic page. My collecting interests have always been a bit migratory and the original version of that page was written during boring non-relevant (to me) moments of a professional conference. The intended message at the time was that there were a lot of very reasonably priced pre-industrial arms in the antique market showing great design and ingenuity and that the frustrated would-be collector of European medieval swords could find exciting artifacts from other cultures well within their actual reach.

When the current forums software was implemented, it was just the main ethnographic discussion forum and swap. The previous UBB forum did have a European medieval sword section and it was dead. Antique arms collectors do tend segregate and the sub-forums we now have arose from user requests.

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I have researched and continue to research the https suggestions. Apparently, turning it on is cheap and easy and the forums software is fairly compatible, especially as we have forced use of the attachments feature. However, it also appears this would generate a lot of chaos and broken links for many users. More investigation is to be done, but for now it looks like this will be a consideration when there is an upgrade to a newer version and a migration to vikingsword.org for the forums.

[kronckew]

thanks for keeping us informed, lee.

[BANDOOK]

Originally Posted by kronckew

thanks for keeping us informed, lee.

GREETINGS ADMIN
AS ALL HAS GONE MOBILE ,ANY WAY WE CAN HAVE A APPLICATION WHICH IS MOBILE FRIENDLY ,AS MORE AND MORE MEMBERS WILL BE USING MOBILES ,I AM AWARE THERE IS A PRICE DUE TO COST SO AM READY TO PAY A FEE EVERY YEAR AS I LOVE THIS SITE ,BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH TECHNOLOGY.
ITS JUST A SUGGESTION AND I RESPECT ADMINS VIEWS AND RULES BUT WOULD REQUEST TO CONSIDER.
REGARDS
RAJESH ALVA

[Lee]

Such an accommodation will ultimately come with the eventual upgrade mentioned in my previous post. One question is whether to start the active forums anew as we did 11 years ago, leaving this online as an archive or whether to attempt a full migration with the update. Each option has its advantages and disadvantages. The fresh start option could be on vBulletin's hosted service that would automatically have all updates applied.

I personally dislike these now ubiquitous mobile devices for the all too common phenomenon of, when the thing chirps for attention, the person I had been conversing with face-to-face instantly drops our conversation mid sentence. Want to define 'lonely' in the 21st century? - it is being in a room where everyone else has a mobile device and you do not. I also dislike the redesign of the internet world to accommodate these devices, leaving my desktop with a broken experience. Once an early adopter, I have evolved into a techno-Luddite. Who would have thought?

I also have zero personal interest in attempting to administer a subscription / donation / advertising model. None. I have discussed with the Moderator Team in the past the prospect of creating a properly governed non-profit organization to maintain this project and to carry it forward.