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Departure pre-announcement All good things must come to an end

#31 User is offline Rarmander 

Posted 26 June 2006 - 11:27 AM

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LocalH, on Jun 26 2006, 12:26 PM, said:

I have yet to decide if I want to start with a fresh installation. I'm considering a two-step transition if I do - phase one would be where I set up the board as we know it now (just running it on the new hosting), and phase two would be when we start fresh (making these forums into read-only archives).

I think we should start fresh and make these into read only forums.

#32 User is offline voice 

Posted 26 June 2006 - 12:05 PM

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I would say choose what is easiest.

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I strongly vote that we keep everything exactly as it is.

#34 User is offline Robjoe 

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I'm really sorry to see you go Simon, but everyone leaves sometime. I wish you the best of luck in what's next you. ;)

As for the forums, we should seriously keep shit the same. I don't wanna have a clean sheet and have to reregister.

#35 User is offline LocalH 

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One thing that has to be kept in mind - the forum has been highly customized by Simon, and I'm not sure how easy those modifications will be to maintain. I'm not saying I will absolutely start fresh, just noting that it is a possibility.

#36 User is offline Metal Man88 

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Would making a new forum make some of the people who aren't oldbies into oldbies? Assuming you have even the same ranking system.

(Dumb question, but if you do make it, that's this and the Ezboard I've been through. Mostly the Ezboard, buuut I saw all the Sonic Xtreme action and lurked for a while [doesn't count]. Meh. Probably wrong topic to ask this.)

#37 User is offline Tweaker 

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LocalH, on Jun 26 2006, 12:26 PM, said:

I have yet to decide if I want to start with a fresh installation. I'm considering a two-step transition if I do - phase one would be where I set up the board as we know it now (just running it on the new hosting), and phase two would be when we start fresh (making these forums into read-only archives).

Well, Hackr offered to convert the board to IPB 2.0 and port over the skin if I remember correctly, so it may not be a bad idea to keep things as is if it can all work out. Besides, a new board is always annoying, especially when you have to switch between boards if you wanna read old topics. :P

A majority of Simon's mods seem to be security fixes and IPB2.0 features ported over to avoid upgrades. Most likely not much would change if we upgraded, as a result.

#38 User is offline Knux13 

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The legendary Wai must post a picture of himself upon departure. So let it be done!

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Knux13, on Jun 26 2006, 02:49 PM, said:

The legendary Wai must post a picture of himself upon departure. So let it be done!

I'm not opposed to that idea, actually. That is entirely his call however. Care to please all of your fans one last time, Simon?

#40 User is offline Billy 

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Meh, I seriously doubt he'll do it.
I mean, the guy chances it with his last name on the interewebs anyway. =P

#41 User is offline ThunderPX 

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AFAIK, trial members are not a standard feature of IPB 2.0 =P

#42 User is offline Puto 

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I think Trial Members can be done in nearly any forum, using the regular "change-rank-when-you-reach-X-posts" system. The first rank is "Trial Member", at 30 posts they "upgrade" to "Pending Approval", and the Member/Tech Member/Oldbie ranks are special no-auto-upgrades ranks.

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Pu7o, on Jun 27 2006, 03:25 PM, said:

I think Trial Members can be done in nearly any forum, using the regular "change-rank-when-you-reach-X-posts" system. The first rank is "Trial Member", at 30 posts they "upgrade" to "Pending Approval", and the Member/Tech Member/Oldbie ranks are special no-auto-upgrades ranks.

Yes, but it doesn't automatically tell you how many posts you have left =P

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ThunderPX, on Jun 27 2006, 03:30 PM, said:

Yes, but it doesn't automatically tell you how many posts you have left =P

There is one way - enable viewing of post counts for trial members. Then, you can see how far you've got to go until you hit the 30 post limit ;)

Is it possible to only enable viewing of post counts for a certain group, and not others (like we currently have on this board) without complex mods? You'd want trial members to see how many posts they have used up, and other members to see this information - but you would not want trial members to see other member groups post counts.

#45 User is offline Skaarg 

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Well Simon. I must say that I will miss you and that I greatly appreciate all you've done for this great community. Enjoy life, take a vacation someplace or something. =P

My vote for the new forums is that this place should be kept untouched by new people on the new forum so that it should be a read only forum. I say we bring back the post count emeralds though. =P
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