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Offline Antigen

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Switch back to PHPBB3
« on: August 07, 2008, 12:55:33 PM »
Hey, anybody got $35 to pay a consultant to convert back to phpbb3?

Thanks,
Ginger
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Re: Switch back to PHPBB3
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2008, 05:34:59 PM »
Looks like we're underway. We'll have a short outage for a couple of hours when the final conversion goes through either tonight or tomorrow.
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Re: Switch back to PHPBB3
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2008, 06:08:39 PM »
why are you switching back?
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Re: Switch back to PHPBB3
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2008, 06:13:56 PM »
Cause SMF sucks, basically. So many useful things we can't do with it, like ferinstance just order the damned forums in the index by last post time. That'd be cool, eh? Also, if done right, we might actually recover all or much of Deb's link collections among other things.

More than that, though, it's just a more used and so better supported project. I was a damned fool for pushing Mike into it for dumb reasons.
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Re: Switch back to PHPBB3
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2008, 06:30:14 PM »
Gingy, just remember that the message is more important than the media
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Re: Switch back to PHPBB3
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2008, 06:42:35 PM »
Yeah, well, the media has to be usable or people won't use it then there will be no message.
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Re: Switch back to PHPBB3
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2008, 07:14:09 PM »
Quote from: "Antigen"
Yeah, well, the media has to be usable or people won't use it then there will be no message.

will moderators be able to see info about posters again?
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Re: Switch back to PHPBB3
« Reply #7 on: August 09, 2008, 01:40:03 PM »
What is the BFD about moderators access?
Anybody with a brain can 'track someone down', can't they?
Besides:  if you post on a PUBLIC forum, that should say
it all right there.  Why all the secrecy?
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Re: Switch back to PHPBB3
« Reply #8 on: August 09, 2008, 01:46:07 PM »
Does it mean that we have to convert 1000 of links from Fornits Wiki again?
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Re: Switch back to PHPBB3
« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2008, 10:30:40 PM »
I'll leave the smf version up but locked at least for awhile. I can probably also do some server rewrite mojo to translate smf urls to phpbb3 ones. I'll try not to leave you hanging, though.
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Re: Switch back to PHPBB3
« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2008, 06:33:37 PM »
The conversion will be underway shortly.  When this happens, the SMF version of the forum (this one) will be locked down and links will be posted to redirect you to the new, pbpbb3 forum.  Hopefully this will allow a lot of the older links to work and generally bring back the "old" forum atmosphere.
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Re: Switch back to PHPBB3
« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2008, 10:09:16 AM »
Antigen and Psy,

Thanks for all you do. I know these conversions are a pain, and you're doing your best to provide a good forum.

Auntie Em

P.S. I did like having the images displayed as links--I could choose which images to access, rather than all or nothing if I turn images on/off. Just fyi, no worries.
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Re: Switch back to PHPBB3
« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2008, 12:59:24 PM »
SMF forum does not seem to be available as of yet?

Posts appear subject to "moderator approval" prior to appearing, and yet, there are apparently no "moderators." This may have something to do with the phenomenon that no one is posting. That is, nobody's posts are appearing.

In fact, this post may be a kind of test: it may very well not appear!
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Re: Switch back to PHPBB3
« Reply #13 on: August 12, 2008, 02:03:51 PM »
testing...
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Re: Switch back to PHPBB3
« Reply #14 on: August 12, 2008, 02:18:32 PM »
Looks better, maybe bring back the old forum colour scheme? Not that I didn't mind the Red and Black of my University colours, but the old forum colours just looked better for a background.

also, CHATBOX!
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