quote:Originally posted by Nightcrawler: The problems with porting over forced my hand sooner than I was ready.
You definitely can't redo it? It seems like there's a LOT of stress for you caused by the fact that it's Been Done and we'll lose something like a month's worth of posts - if you could do a new transfer, then you could simply take as long as you need.
That's the problem. When I was doing the transfers not everything (especially the posts) would come over and the script is built in such a way that it overwrites and starts all over again. The VB guy that manages the importing tool also had numerous issues due to the age and modding of this board (and he knows what he is doing). The last port he did, gave us the most we both thought was possible and I made the decision that it was the best place to stop. This wasn't an easy process that can be repeated whenever I want to.
The month worth of posts can be re-posted manually. There's also a hack that I can use to rewrite the authors and the dates, if I have to move it all over myself.
I'll look at the date when I get home.
From: San Diego, CA | Registered: Jul 2003
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quote:Originally posted by SoM: Minor thing then - can you switch the dates to say (e.g.) "December 11, 2012" rather than 12-11-2012? The latter looks like the 12th of November to me (and probably all other UK Legion Worlders).
Remember remember the twelfth of November!!!
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From: Boston | Registered: Aug 2003
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I really like the new version of the website. I especially like the addition of Groups.
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Ah...vBulletin doesn't have the concept of log in vs. public usernames. Most people's names have been converted to their public name. Try that and let me know if there's still an issue.
I'll be looking into hacking the board to allow separate public names, but for now that's the way it is.
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Eryk Davis Ester
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Hmm... so no name-changing on the new boards?
From: Liberty City | Registered: Jul 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Nightcrawler: I'll look into it.
Ah...vBulletin doesn't have the concept of log in vs. public usernames. Most people's names have been converted to their public name. Try that and let me know if there's still an issue.
I'll be looking into hacking the board to allow separate public names, but for now that's the way it is.
That worked. Thanks, I would not of thought to actually try that.
From: Turn around... | Registered: Jul 2003
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Another thing I just noticed - one user (Phantom-Girl) seems to have been duplicated, with all her posts appearing under "imported_Phantom-Girl".
cleome46
or you can do the confusion 'til your head falls off
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[sulks]
It's not letting me log in at all, at least for now.
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From: Vanity, OR | Registered: Dec 2008
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quote:Originally posted by SoM: Another thing I just noticed - one user (Phantom-Girl) seems to have been duplicated, with all her posts appearing under "imported_Phantom-Girl".
I'll have to merge them when I get home. I had to do the same for me as I was pre-existing. Don't know why she is, though.
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It's not letting me log in at all, at least for now.
Are you trying cleome or cleome46?
From: San Diego, CA | Registered: Jul 2003
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