Yeah, tungchao. The reason we moved from cocoaforge is because they're the ones who didn't backup stuff from the forums on a regular basis, and then lost lost of (very) valuable information :(
I'm guessing that hosting isn't going to be a problem, as it's so easy to set it up nowadays and most of us already have accounts any way. It's more a matter of admin etc. as Alcor said. If we get the go-ahead I'm sure we could get stuff going without a problem ;) On Jun 21, 4:08 pm, Sesquipedalian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Heh. We were hosted there. Our move to Google Groups was prompted by > the sudden loss of our cocoaforge forum database. > > On Jun 20, 11:25 am, tungchao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > What about hosting it here ? > > > This board runs already several forums of major mac open source > > application like (Adium, Growl, Perian, Cyberduck, ...) > > >http://forums.cocoaforge.com/ > > > tungchao > > > On Jun 9, 6:15 pm, Patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Alcor, > > > If you're looking for a helping hand, I'd be happy to help (as I'm > > > sure lots of other people will). Anything I can do to help QS! > > > If by 'maintaining' you mean hosting / server / backup / forum > > > software etc. then I'd be happy to help out in that department. > > > > Of course, I'll let you make the decisions, but unless you plan on > > > making Google Groups the permanent solution the longer things are > > > left, the harder it will be to revert. > > > You've mentioned backups of the old forums from ~ 1 year ago. Is there > > > nothing in there of use? Could we not create a new forum and restore > > > what we do have? > > > > On Jun 9, 4:15 pm, AIcor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The main reason we're using groups is that I don't have time to > > > > maintain the old forums. I figure it is better to have something that > > > > is reasonably stable. > > > > On Jun 8, 6:05 am, Howard Melman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I think you're overstating things a bit; I've used far worse > > > > > groupware. I'm seeing the "discussions are down" message but a few > > > > > minutes later they came back. Amazon was down for 2 hours on Friday, > > > > > > > > > > so Google Groups being down a little isn't so bad. > > > > > > I'm not sure why the first three (sticky) threads are closed. > > > > > > You should now be able to upload a file (not there is a limit of > > > > > 100MB > > > > > total for all files). I uploaded the quick reference. I also opened > > > > > up > > > > > page editing (sadly doesn't work in safari) and added an FAQ. > > > > > > Howard > > > > > > On Jun 8, 2008, at 4:24 AM, Patrick wrote: > > > > > > > Yeah, don't get me wrong! I'm grateful to all the support I can get, > > > > > > and I'm not trying to undermine Alcor (or Google :P ) in any way. I > > > > > > just think that there may be a better solution. > > > > > > If there's enough response to this topic (and if Alcor is happy), > > > > > > I'm > > > > > > sure we can come up with something. > > > > > > > On Jun 8, 8:14 am, Ty Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> I have to say that I think Google Groups is probably the worst > > > > > >> communal communications tool I've ever used. However, I'm not the > > > > > >> guy > > > > > >> in charge and I'm just happy to have any quicksilver community at > > > > > >> all. > > > > > > >> Ty > > > > > > >> On Jun 8, 2008, at 3:11 AM, Patrick wrote: > > > > > > >>> Well, this has just made me hate Google Groups even more :P > > > > > >>> It just claimed this post 'didn't exist', and I've just been told > > > > > >>> ' > > > > > >>> Discussions aren't available right now. We're sorry. Try again > > > > > >>> shortly. ' > > > > > >>> Not true! :S > > > > > > >>> On Jun 8, 8:08 am, Patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>>> Well, > > > > > >>>> After posting around here for a while, I've recently seen how > > > > > >>>> limiting > > > > > >>>> Google's Groups can be. > > > > > >>>> I wasn't able to upload a file, and I also wasn't able to write > > > > > >>>> this > > > > > >>>> post in the ' The forum is dead. Long live the forum... er... > > > > > >>>> group. > > > > > >>>> ' topic (anybody know why?) > > > > > > >>>> I was just wondering if everybody else is happy with Google > > > > > >>>> Groups, > > > > > >>>> or > > > > > >>>> whether anybody has any alternatives? > > > > > >>>> I have a feeling the Group may be harming Quicksilver's image. > > > > > >>>> I've > > > > > >>>> replied to countless posts over at macrumors.com about > > > > > >>>> quicksilver, > > > > > >>>> trying to help and directing them to post here, only to get the > > > > > >>>> answer > > > > > >>>> that 'the Group is dead' or something similar. > > > > > > >>>> If we're all happy with the Group, then that's fine. If not then > > > > > >>>> I > > > > > >>>> (and I'm sure other people would be to) am happy to set up a > > > > > >>>> support > > > > > >>>> forum running a more user-friendly software (phpbb?) which might > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> make > > > > > >>>> life a bit easier. > > > > > > >>>> What's everybody's thoughts?
