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Terrifyingly On-Topic.
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What's the best way to save PMs?
Someone posted instructions for saving threads back before the old DC board got yanked -- it was easy and I copied dozens. But it's been years (4 1/2, can you believe it?) and I don't remember how anymore....
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#deleteFacebook
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Originally posted by Nightcrawler:
FYI, I'm suspending new registrations in preparation of the move.
I'll probably suspend new posts later tonight. I think this is something to post in <span style="font-size: 64px;"> BIG LETTERS</span> on the main page, rather than in an SPHQ thread... Originally posted by Thriftshop Debutante:
What's the best way to save PMs?
Someone posted instructions for saving threads back before the old DC board got yanked -- it was easy and I copied dozens. But it's been years (4 1/2, can you believe it?) and I don't remember how anymore.... Unless the posts have images you specifically want to keep in them, use the Down them all extension for Firefox and save them in one fell swoop from the profile page. Otherwise, you're saving them one-by-one. And what about the images in http://www.legionworld.net/cgi-bin/ubb_upload.cgi
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[EDIT: In response to TD.]
Well, there are numerous ways to do so.
I use Internet Explorer cause it saves even the images involved if you save it as an ".mht" file. You can also save as ".htm/.html" and it'll grab the images from the web.
In I.E., click on "Page" and then choose "save as..." Then click "save" and on to the next one.
In Firefox, click "File" then "Save Page As..." and then pick your poison. Also, in Firefox, you'll have to rename it each time. I.E. does it for you.
Does that help? Chances are everything will translate over. I just don't know if switching to Threads will purge anything if the other person has deleted a PM or whatever. I just want everyone to take precautions as I'd have to find a way to re-create my back up Classic LW somewhere for a person to grab a PM after all of the changes take place.
I'm currently going to try and just move this Classic Board first (despite the limitations) and then, once that works. I may (or may not) upgrade. If I wait to Upgrade after 7.3 is released (currently it's 7.2.2) then I won't have to hack (and figure out how to hack) as much to get what we already have with Classic.
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Wanderer
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Reboot, SPHQ needs the attention.
And everything is going over. I'm just not sure how well everything will pan out if/when we upgrade to Threads. Precautions is all.
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To ensure that PMs do make it to the "other side," I've decided to turn them off tomorrow evening and will try to move us tomorrow night.
Unless, you guys think I should hold out because of the various Legion issues coming out tomorrow.
Let me know what's better...a bad server causing mayhem and frustration or a temp (unknown amount of time) shut down to move to a good server.
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I vote the sooner, the better to get LW back up to peak reliability, Gary.
Still "Lardy" to my friends!
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Cool. Since it took me 45 minutes or so to log back in, I'm turning off PMs now.
If you still need to see a PM let me know and I'll turn it on long enough to grab it, but please don't respond/create a new one. It's taken me over 24 hours to back up this site last night from scratch. It's just too cumbersome to let new files be created and written to while I'll try to salvage and move them over to another server.
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Fabulous and Sparkly!
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Fabulous and Sparkly!
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Gary, you do what you have to do. And thank you for doing it! 
The only character in all of literature who has been described as "badnass" while using the phrase "vile miscreant."
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I did a back up last night too Gary. Without the video and image folders it took 14 hours.
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Yeah. I should say that I did sleep and had to resume during that 24 hours.
With the PMs and new registrations on hold, I should be able to keep track of the other changes made to the site.
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#deleteFacebook
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