update: news update notifications will now mostly work. have slight error

there was an error with the login script when I changed over to the new package manager.

its fixed now and login and logout should finally work properly.

I'll redo and clean this at a later date

update2:
package system has been constructed and looks to be working as intended!

update:
just working on a few more changes for simplicity. after this, smooth sailing on live

news and forums have been reworked and integrated using same framework.

Big step forward. means we have a bridge measure to start cleaning up code on live, while making them reasonably compatible on test

They still have backend polishing issues, and front end display issues.

- Forums will be set live after testing functionality.
- Display and usability bugs will be corrected as we go, while live.

next: mail

login issues should now be fixed
I'm making fairly significant structural changes to the backend of alacrity now. they will affect everything systemwide.

please inform me if you see abnormal behavior.

Thanks!