Salaam
If all goes well, all posts after 8:11 will go missing. Also, the place will look very different.
No Revival branding for starters. Differetn colour scheme. I can go for green, but I have decided to go for blue. It is the standard theme for drupal.
So if you ahve anything important to post, probably best to wait.
On the other hand, I can get away with saying
EDIT - It is taking way too long. about 20 mins to convert half a meg of data, so I am cancelling this for now.
Lol I opened this thread thinking it was about "The Big Movie (TM)".
BTW It's past 8:11. Me no see change.
That is when I copied the database.
If everything goes right, that post would pre-empt all posts saying "I posted at half 8 and the post has gone missing! Admin is evIl. With a capital I."
Step one of the big move was copying the relevant tables from the database into a new one. Currently I am uploading alot of stuff. Then after that I need to coonfigure alot more stuff. Then convert even more. Then do a few quick tests.
Then give the link to the new forums for testing.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
lol i thought it read "The Big Movie" too.... and im not seeing any changes??
Back in BLACK
THEY ARE NOT DONE YET!!!!!
IT WAS AN ADVANCED WARNING. A PREEMPTIVE STRIKE.
PS when it is all done I expect y'all to be disapointed. The new forums look may be a bit of a let doen as it is the default theme with not a single change. Not even the logo has been changed yet.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
so every1s goin bak 2 zero posts
Those who danced were thought to be quite insane, by those who couldn't hear the music...
ooo touchy touchy!
Okay can you explain what is going to happen regarding the usergroups and the posts in them...
WHY ARE WE MOVING FOR THE 100TH TIME :evil:
yeah its lyk a unreliable couple always moving and moving
Those who danced were thought to be quite insane, by those who couldn't hear the music...
It's the fourth move, not the hudredth.
You will keep your posts.
We are moving becasue phpbb seems to be getting alot of spam recently, and becasue i want us to.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
and because you can and you feel the need for change sometimes change is not good
Those who danced were thought to be quite insane, by those who couldn't hear the music...
Taking longer than I thought to convert the data.
Once the new stuff is up, it will run in parallel with these forums for a little while.
If it is decided that it is better to stay here, we will.
Sometimes change is good. Sometimes it is essential.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
ok, this is on hold again.
The server is taking way too long to convert the data.
I will convert the data on my PC before trying again.
So, for now y'all are safe. Post away, and when I get the chance, I will start the process again.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
admin can we have more space in our PM-boxes? pleeez.
[size=9]I NEVER WORE IT BECAUSE OF THE TALIBAN, MOTHER. I LIKE THE [b]MODESTY[/b] AND [b]PROTECTION[/b] IT AFFORDS ME FROM THE EYES OF MEN.[/size] [url=http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/Dust.html]Dust, X-Men[/url]
yes.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
thank you!
[size=7]but my sentbox is still 104% full...[/size] :oops:
[size=9]I NEVER WORE IT BECAUSE OF THE TALIBAN, MOTHER. I LIKE THE [b]MODESTY[/b] AND [b]PROTECTION[/b] IT AFFORDS ME FROM THE EYES OF MEN.[/size] [url=http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/Dust.html]Dust, X-Men[/url]
try deleting things once in a while... geez your like magpie or something
Back in BLACK
heyyy!
[size=9]I NEVER WORE IT BECAUSE OF THE TALIBAN, MOTHER. I LIKE THE [b]MODESTY[/b] AND [b]PROTECTION[/b] IT AFFORDS ME FROM THE EYES OF MEN.[/size] [url=http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/Dust.html]Dust, X-Men[/url]
ok... this is strange.
I have just done a conversion from phpbb to drupal on my PC. (fear not, this is not the final one. I was just testing out a few things. It stuill took me 3 hours to do though....)
So, what is strange?
Well I can see alot more PM's there than I can see over here. Those that aree in my inbox/sentbox here are there twice, but there are quite alot others there aswell. All verifiably mine, so nothing is messed up. Apparently these forums did not delete all the older PM's. Just hid them. :?
This poses a conundrum.
Shall I not import Personal messages, or shall I import them where you will have all you old PM's, but two each of your newer ones?
So, what shouild I do?
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
Didn't understand your question properly.
So if you import PM to the new system then we will all have our old PM's?
If you don't import PM's...so in other words you mean removing the PM system completely?
You will have most of them back. Mine start at september 2005. No dieas if I had PM's from before then, so I am not sure if that is all of them.
The issue is that the opnes that you have in your inbox here will be there twice. Those that you don't and believe lost will be there once.
You may need to delete 50-100 or so duplicates.
So, the question is fresh start, or duplicates?
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
That's not a problem, people can spend 5mins deleting pm's, if they can't then tough.
I myself use pm rarely, and mine is empty so doesn't matter. Go ahead and do whatever you need to do.
You were saying the conversion stage was taking too long....is that because of your pc, internet speed or something external (out of your control)?
No idea. Not pc, or internet. I think it is about disk activity. Maybe the disk could not seek/read/write fast enough? Out of my control if it is that.
My cpu usage was hovering at around 20%, but it still took over 3 hours to do on my pc.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.