Help Needed/Wanted for 5AF

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

There might be a way for us to persist historical posts and then import them into the new system. I’m just not familiar with how the forum stores the data

[mikey]

All of my posts have been gold. Losing them devalues my innumerable contributions.

That's legit the only thing that holds me back. I know if moving the board - people do leave over historical stuff.

At least save my posts in the Pens section...and some of meow's...

[Morkle]

Maybe a bread crumb towards helpfulness: https://www.phpbb.com/support/docs/en/3 ... -or-domain

This is likely what I would be doing to start. Plan would be to renew here - spin up other site, the redirect/transfer domains.

[MrKennethTKangaroo]

I don’t know if I have the willpower to start a solstice thread on a third platform

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

I'd be willing to chip in some cash.

[tifosi77]

"tifosi77's Roo's Threat Of Various Solstices And Equinoxes"

[Morkle]

So I'm doing the yearly cost. I'll pin the total and payment details. I have no interest in collecting more than what I need for the year.

[Kane]

I can sling a few bucks if it's needed. Anything for progress.

[willeyeam]

i am not your tech guy but will contribute monetarily and in-kind with valuable posts

[Kane]

i am not your tech guy but will contribute monetarily and in-kind with valuable posts

Press X to doubt.

[Pavel Bure]

All this socialism brings a tear to my eye.

[faftorial]

There might be a way for us to persist historical posts and then import them into the new system. I’m just not familiar with how the forum stores the data

Probably a MySQL db.

[CBear3]

I believe so faf, it's been over a decade since I (poorly) ran a phpBB.
I'd be willing to help technically, but I doubt I'd be of much worth. I'll definitely help financially, where I might be of marginally more worth.

[NTP66]

I was going to crack a joke at dodint losing his top posts record, but I must have gone on a shitposting tear because now that'd be me.

[Rylan]

I like that we are getting a council down.

[NTP66]

[Morkle]

There might be a way for us to persist historical posts and then import them into the new system. I’m just not familiar with how the forum stores the data

Probably a MySQL db.

I'm actually looking into upgrading to 3.3 now since I'm randomly working on this today. Just trying to not nuke the site.

[tifosi77]

i am not your tech guy but will contribute monetarily and in-kind with valuable posts

Press X to doubt.

*right-choice_piano-roll.wav*

[willeyeam]

Does the upgrade keep the tif wiki bot on the site?

[NTP66]

Source of the post Is there anyone out there who'd want to be a technical moderator to help get the things needed that the group obviously wants and talks about for the entirety of the year?

Wouldn't you need somebody familiar with phpBB/moderation? I mean, if you guys can do it, I guess anyone can, but still...

[Morkle]

I don't know of anyone familiar with it honestly. It's a tech that I really don't ever see at all anymore outside of this site and the old one, lol.

[scb147]

So the final bill to renew for a year - for the services this site needs is 579.69/year.

My next step, is moving away complete from Bluehost during that year. If that means taking on a new forum tech all together - that's fine.

We might lose a lot of our post history, but it might be vital to do that.

I went to check out the phpBB page, and saw an ad that had this:

BlueHost.com - voted best web host with superior support 2004-2010! Offering a free domain, unlimited space, unlimited transfer - easy 1-click install of phpBB all for only $6.95/month… Sign up now!

$6.95/month, eh?

[NTP66]

At any rate, if you actually do need some sort of technical help, I can try and lend a hand.

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

I’ve never worked on a phpbb forum before but I **** despise php as a language, just from an aesthetic standpoint

why can’t this **** be python???

[NTP66]

this dadhole over here is advocating for python