Many thanks, Jack. And sorry that ended up being so much trouble! I certainly appreciate it, though. Paired with the search engine of the web forum, this will be a huge source of info.
Thanks so much, and have a great weekend. Ivan On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Jack Binks <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, that was more painful than I expected. Definitely need something more > fortifying than tea and biscuits now! > The web front end should now have been updated with the mailman archives we > have here, sewn together with individual's mail archives for areas where the > central ones were lacking. Anyone who's registered on the site today will > need to re-register I'm afraid, and there may have been a post or two > dropped in the changeover as I had to unlink to set up a bridge to an mbox > importer and then feed posts into that. Not very pleasant. > Have a nice weekend all. > > Cheers > Jack > > > On 06/05/2011 17:38, J Bills wrote: > >> awesome to hear, thanks for the extra effort jack! >> >> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 5:04 AM, Jack Binks<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> If you have a few emails from the lists prior to that you find yourself >>>> often referring to, please feel free to forward these round the list >>>> again >>>> so they're archived for posterity. >>>> >>> That's a nice idea, but I think having all the archives already dumped in >>> there would be a lot more useful. Is there any technical (or legal?) >>> reason >>> that prevents you from doing that? >>> >>> They're unfortunately not consistently 100% of posts, but since you've >>> asked >>> so nicely I think I've found a (nasty) way of porting what archive data >>> there, is with some testing on an offline site. I'm going to attempt to >>> finagle this on the production site now, or rather once I've had a >>> fortifying cup of tea and a hobnob. Note that the forum bridge is going >>> to >>> be down until I complete this, so anything posted there won't make it >>> over. >>> New posts to the list via email will stack up however and should make it >>> (barring the potential for one or two). >>> I will email against once this is complete, be it a success or failure. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Jack >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Ivan >>> >>> >>> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Ned Wilson<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Nice one, Jack... much appreciated. :) >>>> >>>> On May 5, 2011, at 4:57 AM, Jack Binks wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi All, >>>>> >>>>> Due to popular demand we've made a few improvements to the mailing >>>>> lists >>>>> in the form of a search-able archive and web front end. >>>>> >>>>> These can be found at http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ and act as a >>>>> bidirectional link up with the existing mailing lists. Anything posted >>>>> to >>>>> the list will appear in the website thread listings, and anything >>>>> posted to >>>>> the web will bounce out to the mailing lists (with a few minutes >>>>> latency). >>>>> Note that the archives are both viewable and searchable without logging >>>>> in >>>>> to the site, however if you wish to post via the web you'll need to log >>>>> in. >>>>> This has a separate membership to the mailing lists, so use the >>>>> register >>>>> link on the linked page to sign up. >>>>> >>>>> As with the mailing lists, these are not avenues for official support - >>>>> such reports should continue to go through [email protected](along >>>>> with any problems you notice with the forums!). The archives run back a >>>>> couple of months, ie since the bridge element has been running, and >>>>> will >>>>> build with time. If you have a few emails from the lists prior to that >>>>> you >>>>> find yourself often referring to, please feel free to forward these >>>>> round >>>>> the list again so they're archived for posterity. The email and web >>>>> front >>>>> ends are both covered by the pre-existing code of conduct, and please >>>>> note >>>>> the additional T&Cs and privacy policies linked in the page footer. >>>>> We'll be >>>>> setting up links from the main site shortly. >>>>> >>>>> An important facet of making these genuinely usable for everyone is >>>>> observing good thread etiquette, and that's down to all of us who use >>>>> the >>>>> lists. The threads on the web front end mimic the threads seen in your >>>>> email >>>>> client, so even if you don't personally use threads in your emails, >>>>> please >>>>> do follow standard rules when responding to ensure the archives are >>>>> easy to >>>>> search and follow, and indeed, for everyone else who does use a >>>>> threaded >>>>> email client view. >>>>> >>>>> For those of you who don't generally use threads, there are lots of >>>>> resources on the web related to good etiquette, however the most >>>>> important >>>>> from this point of view are: >>>>> >>>>> -When creating a new topic hit 'new email' in your client and set to: >>>>> <mailing list address> (eg [email protected]). >>>>> Don't find >>>>> a different email topic on the list, open a contained email, hit reply >>>>> and >>>>> change the subject as there's a secret squirrel identifier which is >>>>> used to >>>>> id the thread and which hasn't been changed. If you do this then your >>>>> new >>>>> topic will appear in the previous topic's thread. >>>>> >>>>> -When replying to an existing topic, open the email in the thread in >>>>> particular you are replying to and hit 'reply' in your email client, >>>>> ensuring the to: is set to the mailing list address. Do not hit 'new' >>>>> and >>>>> copy and paste the subject over, as for similar reasons to the last >>>>> post the >>>>> email will appear as a new topic, rather than part of the previous >>>>> topic's >>>>> thread. An obvious difficulty that arises here is for those of you that >>>>> use >>>>> the mailing list's digest view. If possible, when you get a digest mail >>>>> you >>>>> wish to respond to, do so via the web front end against that particular >>>>> thread, so as to preserve that thread's integrity. >>>>> >>>>> Hope you find the improvements useful, and do let us know at support@if >>>>> you run into any issues. >>>>> >>>>> Kind Regards >>>>> Jack >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> Jack Binks, Product Manager >>>>> The Foundry, 6th Floor, Communications Building >>>>> 48 Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7LT, UK >>>>> Tel: +44 (0)20 7434 0449 - Fax: +44 (0)20 7434 1550 >>>>> Web: www.thefoundry.co.uk >>>>> >>>>> The Foundry Visionmongers Ltd. >>>>> Registered in England and Wales No: 4642027 >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Nuke-users mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Nuke-users mailing list >>>> [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >>>> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Nuke-users mailing list >>> [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >>> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Jack Binks, Product Manager >>> The Foundry, 6th Floor, Communications Building >>> 48 Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7LT, UK >>> Tel: +44 (0)20 7434 0449 - Fax: +44 (0)20 7434 1550 >>> Web: www.thefoundry.co.uk >>> >>> The Foundry Visionmongers Ltd. >>> Registered in England and Wales No: 4642027 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Nuke-users mailing list >>> [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >>> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> Nuke-users mailing list >> [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >> > > -- > > Jack Binks, Product Manager > The Foundry, 6th Floor, Communications Building > 48 Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7LT, UK > Tel: +44 (0)20 7434 0449 - Fax: +44 (0)20 7434 1550 > Web: www.thefoundry.co.uk > > The Foundry Visionmongers Ltd. > Registered in England and Wales No: 4642027 > > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >
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