Host Walt
June 21st, 2004, 03:40 PM
We're getting close to the next try to convert to the new message board platform (vBulletin). The issue last time was the volume of the data base.
That means that, to ensure success, the archive of posts will be made smaller by moving less history.
I do not know what the cutoff date will be but am reasonably sure it will be not much more than 3 months of posts.
That means a thread that started on, say, November 30, 2003 will not be imported even if a post to that thread was made yesterday.
It's safe to say that a thread that started on or after April 1, 2004 will be imported, so if you want to plan ahead, if you have a continuing thread that started before April 1, 2004, you may want to start a new thread now rather than lose the whole thread during the conversion...and copy over any of the older stuff you want to retain.
The old boards will remain available for a short time (a week or so) after the conversion, then they'll be gone and not accessible. Thus, setting up links to the old posts will not work.
It is very possible that the history period will be a few months longer (say March 1 or February 1) but it's best not to count on that.
In any case, we are all looking forward to a nice clean, fast and error free platform coming soon to a computer near you.
Walt Tuthill
Cruise Board Moderator
Contact at Shiptender@aol.com
That means that, to ensure success, the archive of posts will be made smaller by moving less history.
I do not know what the cutoff date will be but am reasonably sure it will be not much more than 3 months of posts.
That means a thread that started on, say, November 30, 2003 will not be imported even if a post to that thread was made yesterday.
It's safe to say that a thread that started on or after April 1, 2004 will be imported, so if you want to plan ahead, if you have a continuing thread that started before April 1, 2004, you may want to start a new thread now rather than lose the whole thread during the conversion...and copy over any of the older stuff you want to retain.
The old boards will remain available for a short time (a week or so) after the conversion, then they'll be gone and not accessible. Thus, setting up links to the old posts will not work.
It is very possible that the history period will be a few months longer (say March 1 or February 1) but it's best not to count on that.
In any case, we are all looking forward to a nice clean, fast and error free platform coming soon to a computer near you.
Walt Tuthill
Cruise Board Moderator
Contact at Shiptender@aol.com