Just an update for everyone:
Server packages (MySQL, php) have been upgraded to support the new software.
Tried a test migration today to myBB 1.4.8 - took six hours! It didn't go so well, though.
1) Quotes of text didn't transfer, so any posts with quotations in it came out pretty garbled.
2) Threaded mode didn't translate - everything is a reply to the main post. This may be unavoidable for migrated threads and I won't consider it a disaster if "old" threads lack true threading.
3) Private Messages could not be transferred. I don't consider this a big deal, though. Does anyone keep important information that they need to keep in PMs? It's not exactly good practice. :)
4) Forum privileges got all kinked up. Anyone with access to the specific guild forums will no longer have such access until I come up with some kind of system to fix that.
5) User post counts seem to be mostly thrashed and make no sense.
Anyway, there were probably more issues I didn't see off the bat. Going to try massaging scripts to see what I can come up with and try again soon. In the meantime, please try the forums out for yourself! Head over to:
http://www.lurkerlounge.com/betaxforum
Try to log in (your password to this forum SHOULD work for the new one) and play around with the software.
Please document bugs and issues in this thread. Anything posted to the new forums will NOT be kept - these forums you're looking at now are still the official forums. The beta forums will be wiped clean - maybe regularly - as migrations are tested. So feel free to post whatever you like over there to test anything.
The idea will be to try to address problems via either the migration scripts or post-scripts that I can custom make to run after the real migration.
Oh, and someone find me a cool forum skin... :(
Server packages (MySQL, php) have been upgraded to support the new software.
Tried a test migration today to myBB 1.4.8 - took six hours! It didn't go so well, though.
1) Quotes of text didn't transfer, so any posts with quotations in it came out pretty garbled.
2) Threaded mode didn't translate - everything is a reply to the main post. This may be unavoidable for migrated threads and I won't consider it a disaster if "old" threads lack true threading.
3) Private Messages could not be transferred. I don't consider this a big deal, though. Does anyone keep important information that they need to keep in PMs? It's not exactly good practice. :)
4) Forum privileges got all kinked up. Anyone with access to the specific guild forums will no longer have such access until I come up with some kind of system to fix that.
5) User post counts seem to be mostly thrashed and make no sense.
Anyway, there were probably more issues I didn't see off the bat. Going to try massaging scripts to see what I can come up with and try again soon. In the meantime, please try the forums out for yourself! Head over to:
http://www.lurkerlounge.com/betaxforum
Try to log in (your password to this forum SHOULD work for the new one) and play around with the software.
Please document bugs and issues in this thread. Anything posted to the new forums will NOT be kept - these forums you're looking at now are still the official forums. The beta forums will be wiped clean - maybe regularly - as migrations are tested. So feel free to post whatever you like over there to test anything.
The idea will be to try to address problems via either the migration scripts or post-scripts that I can custom make to run after the real migration.
Oh, and someone find me a cool forum skin... :(
Quote:Considering the mods here are generally liberals who seem to have a soft spot for fascism and white supremacy (despite them saying otherwise), me being perma-banned at some point is probably not out of the question.