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Forum conversion impending...
Topic Started: Apr 28 2011, 08:50:34 AM (1,342 Views)
Marcus
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In about a week, I am going to run a zetaboards conversion script that will collect posts, threads and member info from here and plant them into our SMF forum. If this works out, we can move over to SMF with little disruption and our accounts intact. Feel free to post on here while the conversion happens, but some posts may be lost if they are made post conversion.

Even if this works out, I'll still have to check how it looks on SMF and make sure it is all working before we can pile over. If it doesn't work out, we can still hang here with no issues, if it does we can all move over.

Why SMF?

Back before Exilian, it was Mixed Mods, and I had my own forum software, and since Invisionfree/Zetaboards, I've missed the control and freedom I had with SMF. Being able to so what I want, change what I want etc. has always been a plus for me, and hopefully will be for other admins. It also means I can get rid of the bloody adverts, which give money to no one but ZB.

New Theme

Bear in mind the SMF board has no Exilian theme atm, if anyone feels sufficiently skilled enough to make one, they are free to do so and PM it to me.

So, big changes coming up, but whatever happens, the board and it's posts and members will be safe. ZB will only be removed once we are 100% sure that the SMF board is functioning properly and has all data. Although losing the mass of spam posts from '08 wouldn't be any huge loss to me. :P
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Good luck.
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Apr 28 2011, 04:48:57 PM
We salute you. :)
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OK, this is happening now, your accounts will be transferred, but passwords will be changed, you should all get a message telling you your new random password. Log in and change it to something you can remember.
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Looking at the messages so far, a fair few custom fields in member info won't be transferred, so these will have to be set up again, but so far so good.
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Ok, since conversion script is not compatible with SMF 2.0, I'll have to import it to 1.1.7 then upgrade to SMF 2.0.
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It would appear to be a success. All posts have been transferred. You should all have recieved an automatic PM concerning your randomly generated passwords on the new forum. If not, I will try to resend, or you can use SMF's lost password feature and change your password that way. Your emails should have all been transferred, so you shouldn't have any issues there.
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Oh yeah: http://exilian.co.uk/forum/
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I'll miss this forum...
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