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paul.blitz
29th January 2004, 04:45 PM
With many thanks to Tim and to Teasel, the data from the Tim-hosted forum was exported, and then imported / updated into the GAGB-hosted server.

Initial checks show that the forums and user data have imported well, and the only problem *I* have seen so far is that smilies on old messages may not be there.

If you find any problems with these forums, please let us know in this thread!

Thanks!


Paul Blitz

Bill D (wwh)
29th January 2004, 08:48 PM
Thanks, everyone! It all looks good to me. I don't see any missing smilies though, even in ancient posts - perhaps I just haven't looked at the right (wrong?) ones.

Edited for grammar.

paul.blitz
29th January 2004, 09:11 PM
Originally posted by Bill D (wwh)@Jan 29 2004, 08:48 PM
I don't see any missing smilies though, even in ancient posts - perhaps I just haven't looked at the right (wrong?) ones.

Either it was an error here on my PC, or it got fixed... but I too can now see the smilies ok!

Paul

Chris n Maria
30th January 2004, 08:14 AM
Oh, I've just noticed its moved. Well done everyone involved.

A big thanks also to the founding members for sticking true to their promise to hand over control to an elected comittee. Let hope your baby can stand on its own two feet.

Big thanks to T&J for hosting GAGB up until now. It is apreciated.

Chris

seifer
30th January 2004, 05:45 PM
On this forum, now that we're not draining Tim's bandwidth, are we allowed avatars?

Teasel
30th January 2004, 06:24 PM
Yes, there are a number of pre-installed avatars, or you can upload your own. Click on <My Controls>, then click <Edit Avatar Settings>, then follow your nose.

Incidentally, talking of bandwidth, there are various settings under <Board Settings> which let you switch avatars, smileys etc on and off, and choose how many messages you see per page. So you can choose your own compromise between a nicer "look and feel" and a faster download speed.

Teasel
30th January 2004, 07:45 PM
If you feel the need, you can also upload images. Eg here&#39;s where I live B) Please keep the size down though (both file size and photo dimensions), or we&#39;ll have to switch on the thumbnail option (or disable images completely).

BugznElm&#39;r
31st January 2004, 01:38 PM
Everything seems to work just fine ... looks like a good transition. Super job folks&#33;

Server seems nice and fast too considering it has avatars now.

Great work&#33; :D

BugznElm&#39;r
31st January 2004, 01:42 PM
Originally posted by Teasel@Jan 30 2004, 07:45 PM
If you feel the need, you can also upload images. Eg here&#39;s where I live B) Please keep the size down though (both file size and photo dimensions), or we&#39;ll have to switch on the thumbnail option (or disable images completely).
One advantage of using the thumbnail option is that is prevents irregular post width in the forum and takes away the need to scroll sideways (not that that&#39;s a problem on 1600 x 1200 :D ).

The thumbnail option is also kinder on dialup users too.