United kaput once again?
May 17, 2002 | 3:40 pm
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www.avsforum.com seemed to migrate all the users, post counts, and threads without a hitch.
I think they eliminated some of the old archive boards, but that may have just been a housekeeping decision.
Speaking for myself, if keeping all the posts back to post 1 available is a key point, I have to say that it just doesn't make that much difference to me as a user. I do occasionally search for a very old post, but it's reasonable to set a limit.
You could even consider keeping archive posts on UBB while the past 24 months or so are migrated to a new system if that opens up new options.
EDIT: I know I've enjoyed some of the additional functionality of vBulletin, like the ability to set number of posts per page for myself; the buttons to jump to first unread post in a thread; and polls, in particular.
[This message has been edited by robb (edited 05-17-2002).]
I think they eliminated some of the old archive boards, but that may have just been a housekeeping decision.
Speaking for myself, if keeping all the posts back to post 1 available is a key point, I have to say that it just doesn't make that much difference to me as a user. I do occasionally search for a very old post, but it's reasonable to set a limit.
You could even consider keeping archive posts on UBB while the past 24 months or so are migrated to a new system if that opens up new options.
EDIT: I know I've enjoyed some of the additional functionality of vBulletin, like the ability to set number of posts per page for myself; the buttons to jump to first unread post in a thread; and polls, in particular.
[This message has been edited by robb (edited 05-17-2002).]
May 20, 2002 | 10:34 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ScottC:
But wouldn't Infopop's UBB Threads be better? It would be almost the only way to keep all your users and posts. It offers favourite threads (a My Home feature), full moderation and post approval and is based on PHP/MySQL instead of flat HTML like UBB 5.47.</font>
But wouldn't Infopop's UBB Threads be better? It would be almost the only way to keep all your users and posts. It offers favourite threads (a My Home feature), full moderation and post approval and is based on PHP/MySQL instead of flat HTML like UBB 5.47.</font>
May 20, 2002 | 2:24 pm
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We're cleaning up the directory and have United shut down (as per the announcement)...
it should be back up within an hour or so...
Update: The maintenance went well and a lot of old orphaned files were removed. United seems to be functioning smoothly, but since its good behavior is sporadic, let us know if it konks out again...
[This message has been edited by dan at WebFlyer (edited 05-20-2002).]
it should be back up within an hour or so...
Update: The maintenance went well and a lot of old orphaned files were removed. United seems to be functioning smoothly, but since its good behavior is sporadic, let us know if it konks out again...
[This message has been edited by dan at WebFlyer (edited 05-20-2002).]
