The Classic Forum section

Well, it looks like it might be possible to migrate the Forums from the classic F1M web site over to the new site.

Its a little messy, but involves updating the phpBB2 Post-Nuke module into a full version of phpBB3, which is new, and then using a phpBB-Drupal bridge to link the two programs.  I had intended to move the Forums into Drupal itself, but this might actually be easier and someone has actually managed to do so successfully. It should even move the attachments.

What I may do is try to test it in the next week or two.  I will have to disable the Classic Forum for a little bit and may ask everyone to test out the new Forum by posting non-vital posts, private messages, and attachments. This will be really important - if the new Forum is not tested really well and there is a problem, there will be no way to move any important info back to the old Forum.  The update will not affect the old Forum, so if we spot a problem early we can always go back, but if we miss something and it blows up a couple weeks down the road... well, that would be really bad.

I will let folks know when I plan on doing the test.

Eric

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HI,

It should have all the Forum posts listed, but I will check to see if any are being excluded.

Eric

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Eric,

 

would it be possible not only to list threads started in forum on home page, but also new threads posted in ad-section? And other sections?

Wim

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Eric your site is just great.

And its great to have seen it come along in the 7 years i have been around.Did you every think it would be this big?

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I thank you for all the work you have put into the "new" forum, it's starting to take shape now!

When you're racing,it's life,anything that happens before or after is just waiting... Steve McQueen 1971