Tactical Command boards - discussion

[nealhunt]

Rock on, CS.  You are highly appreciated.

[Dwarf Supreme]

That's really good news. Thanks, CS.

[Hena]

So which software you ended up using?

[Onyx]

That's really good news. Thanks, CS.

Ditto!

[jimbo_only_1]

in the words of the great peter griffon, "freaken sweet!"

[Mageboltrat]

I holding my breath with anticipation... unfortunately I'm starting to feel a bit light-headed, and peripheral part of my body are going a iffy shade of blue, so make it fast... I'm a desperate man.

[CyberShadow]

OK, an update....

I decided to go with phpBB for the new software. However, I dont want to leave the old boards locked and available. Previous problems appear to have been exaggerated by 'guest swarms' and a locked read-only board is just as vulnerable to them. Also, there is no converter from IkonForums to phpBB. But... there is a convert from IkonBoard to SMF, and a converter from SMF to phpBB.

So, I have run the IkonBoard converter to SMF and this is now partially (mostly) up and running. It took a while to convert over seventeen thousand threads  and we have lost around 80 threads in total somewhere (whether these are really lost, were duplicates or never existed in the first place is open to interpretation - and considering I wasnt expecting much from a converter that isnt designed for that particular platform, I am not unhappy) and - of course - the attachments are floating and not connected, although I still have all of these as I will keep the old installation available for myself only.

Next stage is now to convert from SMF to phpBB, give the entire thing a quick once-over check and open it up. It will be a couple of days, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Thanks for your patience.

[Vaaish]

Good to hear the first stage has progressed. Crossing fingers for the second!

[Dwarf Supreme]

Excellent news. Thanks, CS.

[Mephiston]

Great news, but as ever a question 

Do you expect user's to be migrated or will we need to register again?

[Mageboltrat]

Great news, but as ever a question 

Do you expect user's to be migrated or will we need to register again?

he's just worried about having his post count reset

[Mephiston]

Nope, I was never in the running for uber numbers!

[Pulsar]

Thanks for all the work CS, crossing fingers 

[horizon]

+1 to Cybershadow.

*casts spell of protection*

[lordgoober]

Question,  in this migration were the PMs saved?  I was in the middle of planning a trade when the forum blew up and I wasn't able to get the email of the guy I was trying to trade with.