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Jim EwaldJim Ewald Posts: 733
edited 2010-09-21 06:58 in General Discussion
We have completed a full cycle of re-posting the forums messages from the old forums site to the test server. Please feel free to scan the test site and report back here with an threads or posts that contain broken text or formatting. The test site is located at http://66.60.158.206.

We are ready to re-post the old message to the production site now. We want to give everyone an opportunity to examine the results before we proceed.

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  • tdlivingstdlivings Posts: 437
    edited 2010-09-18 12:29
    I took a peek at posts of mine on the test forum. All looked ok, links worked and pdf attachments were good.
    Brought back some memorys also, I ended up rereading some threads.

    Tom
  • kuronekokuroneko Posts: 3,623
    edited 2010-09-18 17:02
    Jim Ewald wrote: »
    We have completed a full cycle of re-posting the forums messages from the old forums site to the test server. Please feel free to scan the test site and report back here with an threads or posts that contain broken text or formatting.

    Not sure if this falls under broken text but one of my posts uses a number of embedded links http://66.60.158.206/showpost.php?p=1236993&postcount=156. The first and third bullet points contain broken links (attachment and thread respectively). All other links are fine. Regardless, that's one post I updated since so can probably be ignored.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2010-09-18 18:23
    Kuroneko,

    The test forum was migrated in February. Links in the old forum to posts or attachments created since Feburary have no targets in the test forum, so are broken, as you've noticed. When the conversion is made to the production forum, those same links will be made whole again.

    -Phil
  • kuronekokuroneko Posts: 3,623
    edited 2010-09-18 18:30
    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) wrote: »
    The test forum was migrated in February. Links in the old forum to posts or attachments created since Feburary have no targets in the test forum, so are broken, as you've noticed.

    Odd, I was under the impression that they (link targets) were rather old. Doesn't matter right now. Small issues like that - if they persist - can be resolved manually. Thanks.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2010-09-18 18:42
    There are two broken links in that post (the first two). In the old forum version (http://forums.parallaxinc.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&p=7&m=409696#m409696forums.parallaxinc.com/), they point here:

    1. http://forums.parallaxinc.com/forums/attach.aspx?a=44071 (Attachment #44071. The highest attachment number as of the test forum migration was 39712.)

    2. http://forums.parallaxinc.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=443003 (A post made in April of this year.)

    -Phil
  • tdlivingstdlivings Posts: 437
    edited 2010-09-19 10:01
    It would make sense and is expected that when you execute the process of correcting this site you will have to shut it down to avoid interference with the process.
    While is is down the forum at Savage Circuits site is a place to continue discussions or ask a question.
    http://www.savagecircuits.com/forums/forum.php
  • Jim EwaldJim Ewald Posts: 733
    edited 2010-09-19 10:42
    It would be incorrect to presume that this site will be offline while we repost the corrected messages from the old site. The update process plays nicely with the live site.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2010-09-19 10:53
    Expanding on Jim's comments a little, the update program imitates a forum moderator, by logging in, reading posts from the old site, converting the HTML to bbCode, and uploading the bbCode to the new site via the edit screen for each post. So it's no different from having a very active moderator online while the forum is running normally.

    -Phil
  • Cluso99Cluso99 Posts: 18,069
    edited 2010-09-20 06:45
    I have just checked some of my posts on the test forum.

    I note these things...

    1. There appears to be two addresses for the same thread
    http://66.60.158.206/showthread.php?p=1221915
    http://66.60.158.206/showthread.php?t=170330

    2. post #14 by Bill has quoted my post. Here, the listing is displaying the html tags <UL>..<LI>..</UL> instead of the bullet points

    3. I note my logon name instead of my user name is being displayed.

    Otherwise, links, photos and attachments look good.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2010-09-20 09:09
    Cluso99,

    Thanks for your diligent inspection! Regarding your notes:

    1. vBulletin actually has three ways to access a post, in order of increasing specificity:

    a) showthread.php?t=<threadno> shows the first page of the specified thread, starting at the top of the thread.

    b) showthread.php?p=<postno> shows the targeted post within in its thread context at the top of the screen, and

    c) showpost.php?p=<postno> shows a single post by itself.

    In the old forum, addressing a specific post was much harder. You had to specify not only the forum number, but also the page number within the thread, then the post number twice.

    2.The HTML tags were showing in the old forum, too. There's not much my program can do about stuff like that. It's the old GIGO principle in action. :) (Click here for a side-by-side comparison.)

    3. The test site was migrated in February. Login issues and how to display user names were still in flux at that point. Remigration to the production site will not change the way users are shown there.

    -Phil
  • WBA ConsultingWBA Consulting Posts: 2,935
    edited 2010-09-20 12:05
    You get a big fat thumbs up from me, my post that had the most issues is clean!!!

    http://66.60.158.206/showthread.php?t=172267
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2010-09-20 16:05
    Andrew,

    Thanks! I'm glad you're happy with the conversion! I'm also glad you posted the link, because I found a conversion error in the thread. One of your links didn't get converted. In the old forum, it was embedded as

    http://forums.parallax.com/forums/?f=25&m=271943

    rather than

    http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=271943

    which is how virtually all links are formed. Apparently the default.aspx is optional, which fact I was not aware of and my program did not account for. (I guess the word "default" should have been a clue, right?)

    Anyway, both the conversion program and your post have now both been fixed.

    -Phil
  • Cluso99Cluso99 Posts: 18,069
    edited 2010-09-21 06:58
    Thanks Phil :smilewinkgrin: I look forward to the new migration when you are happy with the results.

    Here is a link (as above) where I use nested lists. They have all converted correctly
    http://66.60.158.206/showthread.php?p=1221915
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