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As we all discussed originally in this thread, and I gathered further opinions over here with a poll, we are taking the steps to move our (meaning all of us) board off of patriotsplanet.com and to patriotsplanet.net, because of issues here and lack of response to them.
I would like to thank everyone for their help, and for making sure I don't sleep as well the next few days. I am grateful for your trust and I hope it serves to save the community for a long time. I am also thankful to Austin and the folks at Chiefsplanet for giving us our start and for hosting us for the past 18 years. It never would have happened without FallingAlice and Austin. I was given the freedom I needed to run the board and make changes to it. That kind of 'benign neglect' served us well for a long time. But as with all things, there comes a point where change must happen or death occurs. We can no longer overcome the hurdles here.
I will temporarily close the forums here and then open them back up. Once they have been reopened, no posts after that point will be migrated.
Below, I will paste my "to do" list and I will edit this post as things progress.
I would like to thank everyone for their help, and for making sure I don't sleep as well the next few days. I am grateful for your trust and I hope it serves to save the community for a long time. I am also thankful to Austin and the folks at Chiefsplanet for giving us our start and for hosting us for the past 18 years. It never would have happened without FallingAlice and Austin. I was given the freedom I needed to run the board and make changes to it. That kind of 'benign neglect' served us well for a long time. But as with all things, there comes a point where change must happen or death occurs. We can no longer overcome the hurdles here.
I will temporarily close the forums here and then open them back up. Once they have been reopened, no posts after that point will be migrated.
Below, I will paste my "to do" list and I will edit this post as things progress.
[*]Make Coffee - complete
[*]Close patriotsplanet.com board temporarily - complete
[*]Download PM tables - complete
[*]Download Thread tables - complete
[*]Download post tables - complete
[*]Open board and post message about posts not counting - complete
(the above steps will take an hour or two very early in the morning)
[*]Drink Coffee - complete
[*]Upload tables - in progress - complete
[*]Download backup of current Blue style on temp vb4 install - complete
[*]Close .net board - complete
[*]Import tables - complete
[*]Check board for functionality - complete - all posts and threads successfully imported!
[*]Optimize the tables and update some counters - complete
[*]Make and download final vb3 full database backup - complete
[*]upload vb4 files - complete
[*]Run upgrade - complete
[*]Drink coffee - complete
[*]When complete, check board for functionality - complete
[*]Check and fix forum links - complete
[*]Update counters, saving rebuilding search index for last (may run all weekend, but I will leave it going while the board is open) - complete
[*]Fix my profile - skipped to leave as is for now.
[*]Import Blue style backed up previously - complete
[*]Fix mobile style banner - complete
[*]Delete all other obsolete styles complete
[*]Write welcome message and promote to article - complete, but need to work on the CMS more. Its weird.
[*]Set secret code at BY1401's request - complete- Start making board more secure via [redacted] - in progress
[*]Open board - complete
[*]Drink coffee - complete
[*]Close .com and place redirects - complete
[*]Copy old.net front page links and make articles new front page of .net with Anni's mem links. May need redirect. - complete
[*]Populate new front page and configure - complete
[*]Check for reported issues and make replies - complete
[*]Triage issues and determine priority - complete - Create automated backups
[*]Test email functionality - complete - Work on responsive mobile style - going to skip for now, the one included works well.
[*]Work on Tapatalk - complete - Work on social media integration - This might be DOA after some additional reading.
[*]Configure registration options and reopen new user registration - complete - Kill the bots
[*]Drink coffee - complete - Search for mods including ones that are antibot for new user registration
- Extended rep mod?
- Other mods and other style choices
- While checking new registrations and responding to issues
- Figure out a way to prune user database of bots without losing legitimate registrations