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Forum moved to new host

Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:17 am
by joshuadenmark
Hi all

I have moved the forum to the new host.
Internal links will not function until domain name is pointing to the new host.

Re: Forum moved to new host

Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 12:59 pm
by pallas
Thank you.
I'm having a look around right now and will report any issue I might find.

Re: Forum moved to new host

Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 2:26 pm
by joshuadenmark
pallas wrote:Thank you.
I'm having a look around right now and will report any issue I might find.
Super, thanks :D

Re: Forum moved to new host

Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 2:27 pm
by TLovskog
Excellent!! Nice work!!

So far it seams to work very well.

Will there be support for Tapatalk?

Re: Forum moved to new host

Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 2:33 pm
by joshuadenmark
TLovskog wrote:Excellent!! Nice work!!

So far it seams to work very well.

Will there be support for Tapatalk?
Yes, Tapatalk will be installed very soon.

Re: Forum moved to new host

Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 3:57 pm
by Mike
Here's a draft of a refurbished VIC-20 logo for Denial, with the perspective being correctly applied this time:

Image

I can replace the cyan background with any other background colour, and would also add in the Denial caption.
joshuadenmark wrote:Internal links will not function until domain name is pointing to the new host.
It's good to know you're aware of this.

After 2010, Jeff had to prune the search database for space reasons. It would be good, if it could be rebuilt from the current text base. Will the Wiki also be re-installed?

Cheers,

Michael

P.S. One bug-report: the old forum already used UTF-8, it seems however the text data was imported as being 8-bit ASCII. Older postings and private message with umlauts, for example, now display these as 'รถ' instead of '

Re: Forum moved to new host

Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 12:31 am
by Bacon
Good job!

Re: Forum moved to new host

Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 3:36 am
by orion70
Great job - and nice avatar, Joshua :wink:

Re: Forum moved to new host

Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 4:33 am
by joshuadenmark
Thank you all :D

Avatar is open for upload, mine is my all time hero Commander Koenig from Space 1999 Moonbase Alpha - Great series :-)

Re: Forum moved to new host

Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 4:45 am
by orion70

Re: Forum moved to new host

Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:32 am
by Mike
Mike wrote:After 2010, Jeff had to prune the search database for space reasons. It would be good, if it could be rebuilt from the current text base.
joshuadenmark wrote:2. Search database is indexed now.
Does not seem to be quite the case, though. For an example, a search for 'minipaint' only turns up postings until May 11, 2010, even though I know there should be a lot more after this point. Likewise, a search for 'doom' doesn't find Kweepa's VIC Doom, instead the newest postings date from Apr 28, 2010 (and of course don't refer in any way to VIC Doom).

I suppose the search database has to be re-built entirely, so that also postings after the database pruning appear as results.

Re: Forum moved to new host

Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:54 am
by Jeff-20
I welcome changes. The Denial logo was a nod to the original fanzine. joshuadenmark has been working very hard on the move. I hope we can all show appreciation. It's a lot of work, so I'm staying out of his way for some of the more intricate procedures. When he is ready, I plan to return the commodore logos for new posts, etc. We should be able to discuss any of the available upgrades like fast reply, mobile access, and more. This is all very exciting for me.

Re: Forum moved to new host

Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:06 am
by pallas
Is the antispam system working, Jeff? I recall that was an important point which lead to the upgrade.
Joshuadenmark did a fantastic job, this forum is fast and has many new useful features, so thanks again!

Re: Forum moved to new host

Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:14 am
by joshuadenmark
Mike wrote:
Mike wrote:After 2010, Jeff had to prune the search database for space reasons. It would be good, if it could be rebuilt from the current text base.
joshuadenmark wrote:2. Search database is indexed now.
Does not seem to be quite the case, though. For an example, a search for 'minipaint' only turns up postings until May 11, 2010, even though I know there should be a lot more after this point. Likewise, a search for 'doom' doesn't find Kweepa's VIC Doom, instead the newest postings date from Apr 28, 2010 (and of course don't refer in any way to VIC Doom).

I suppose the search database has to be re-built entirely, so that also postings after the database pruning appear as results.
When i do a search on Minipaint, it shows this post as the last (page 5):

Forum: Programming Topic: Hires Graphics
Mike
Post subject: MINIGRAFIK 4.02 Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:20 pm

Replies: 111
Views: 32834

... into memory from READ-DATA statements during start-up). Edit : The executable of MINIGRAFIK is now part of the MG batch suite . The manual of MINIPAINT also contains instructions for using MG commands in your own programs.

Re: Forum moved to new host

Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:29 am
by joshuadenmark
pallas wrote:Is the antispam system working, Jeff? I recall that was an important point which lead to the upgrade.
Joshuadenmark did a fantastic job, this forum is fast and has many new useful features, so thanks again!
The antispam on this forum works (knock on woods) I have made a simple Q&A as spam protection and no spammers until now (7-9-13 and salt over left shoulder). No hazzle for administrator, user can activate by link send to mail.

But we still got lots of registration mail from the old forum (it is deleted, not on mother earth anymore) only god know why...