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General Discussion / New forum test
« on: April 17, 2010, 09:12:21 pm »
I want to migrate this forum to a more modern forum system that can do things like private messages and problem free uploads. I tried several forum packages but it seems a forum called SMF has the best migration path from Snitz (the software that currently runs this forum)
As a test I migrated all the posts on this forum to the new system along with all the members and put it up here: http://www.zabaware.com/community/index.php
Please play around with it and let me know if everything seems to work and your thoughts on the system. All your login info should have migrated over along with 10 years of posts. This is only a test, please continue using the current old forum for real posts for the time being. When the time comes I'll resync the posts to the new forum and then shut this one down.
I've already noticed a problem where old attachments and some URL links aren't linking properly due to a difference in how the URL tag works in both forums (Snitz uses URLS in double quotes, SMF uses nothing) but let me know if you see other issues.
As a test I migrated all the posts on this forum to the new system along with all the members and put it up here: http://www.zabaware.com/community/index.php
Please play around with it and let me know if everything seems to work and your thoughts on the system. All your login info should have migrated over along with 10 years of posts. This is only a test, please continue using the current old forum for real posts for the time being. When the time comes I'll resync the posts to the new forum and then shut this one down.
I've already noticed a problem where old attachments and some URL links aren't linking properly due to a difference in how the URL tag works in both forums (Snitz uses URLS in double quotes, SMF uses nothing) but let me know if you see other issues.