New topic: Life of this forum?
<http://forums.realsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?t=47777> Page 1 of 3 [ 40 posts ] Go to page 1, 2, 3 Next Previous topic | Next topic Author Message JohnV Post subject: Life of this forum?Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 8:59 am Joined: Sun Jan 28, 2007 2:38 pm Posts: 229 Will this forum be altered / moved / deprecated / deleted on favor of the Xojo Forum? Top Thom McGrath Post subject: Re: Life of this forum?Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 9:28 am Site Admin Joined: Tue May 06, 2008 1:07 pm Posts: 1436 Location: NotEvenOnTheMap, CT When Xojo is released, this forum will be locked. We'll keep them running for archival purposes. _________________ Thom McGrath - @tekcor Web Framework Architect, Real Software, Inc. Top markwalsh Post subject: Re: Life of this forum?Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 9:34 am Joined: Wed May 20, 2009 4:43 pm Posts: 957 Thom McGrath wrote:When Xojo is released, this forum will be locked. We'll keep them running for archival purposes. So what happens to ongoing discussions? Will any content be transferred over to the new forum? _________________ RB 2009r4 Windows XP Top Thom McGrath Post subject: Re: Life of this forum?Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 9:40 am Site Admin Joined: Tue May 06, 2008 1:07 pm Posts: 1436 Location: NotEvenOnTheMap, CT No. The new forums are a completely different format, and use your Feedback login instead of this phpbb3 login. Migrating data is pretty much an impossibility. _________________ Thom McGrath - @tekcor Web Framework Architect, Real Software, Inc. Top markwalsh Post subject: Re: Life of this forum?Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 9:55 am Joined: Wed May 20, 2009 4:43 pm Posts: 957 Thom McGrath wrote:No. The new forums are a completely different format, and use your Feedback login instead of this phpbb3 login. Does that mean that if you don't have a current license, you can't post to the new forum at all? Thom McGrath wrote:Migrating data is pretty much an impossibility. That's going to be a real pain for anyone trying to get help at the time of the switch, as the discussion will be disjointed. _________________ RB 2009r4 Windows XP Top J.Sh3ppard Post subject: Re: Life of this forum?Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 9:59 am Joined: Tue Mar 23, 2010 8:44 pm Posts: 649 Thom McGrath wrote: Migrating data is pretty much an impossibility. Why would you write this? I've known other people to migrate forum data, including user id's and passwords. Most recently (last month) a 'private' forum which is using new forum software and now has gone public. All data, the old posts, the userid's and passwords were maintained. Why couldn't you write an app that grabs and then rebuilds the data in the new forum's database or structure? Or simply keep the userids and generate new passwords that are emailed out to us? Top Thom McGrath Post subject: Re: Life of this forum?Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 10:18 am Site Admin Joined: Tue May 06, 2008 1:07 pm Posts: 1436 Location: NotEvenOnTheMap, CT J.Sh3ppard wrote:Thom McGrath wrote: Migrating data is pretty much an impossibility. Why would you write this? I've known other people to migrate forum data, including user id's and passwords. Most recently (last month) a 'private' forum which is using new forum software and now has gone public. All data, the old posts, the userid's and passwords were maintained. Why couldn't you write an app that grabs and then rebuilds the data in the new forum's database or structure? Or simply keep the userids and generate new passwords that are emailed out to us? The big problem is that I cannot maintain the user ids. I can't match your "J.Sh3ppard" username with a Feedback account with 100% accuracy. It'd get some right, but this forum pre-dates the Real ID/Xojo ID authentication system, so there is plenty it would get wrong. _________________ Thom McGrath - @tekcor Web Framework Architect, Real Software, Inc. Top Thom McGrath Post subject: Re: Life of this forum?Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 10:19 am Site Admin Joined: Tue May 06, 2008 1:07 pm Posts: 1436 Location: NotEvenOnTheMap, CT markwalsh wrote:Thom McGrath wrote:No. The new forums are a completely different format, and use your Feedback login instead of this phpbb3 login. Does that mean that if you don't have a current license, you can't post to the new forum at all? No, that's not what it means. _________________ Thom McGrath - @tekcor Web Framework Architect, Real Software, Inc. Top kermit Post subject: Re: Life of this forum?Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 10:37 am Joined: Mon May 30, 2011 12:56 am Posts: 679 >>, and use your Feedback login instead of this phpbb3 login<< Oh great. Feedback never works for me. This will be fun... So, given that only current licence holders can use feedback (in theory) does that mean that only current licence holders will be able to log into the forum then? Top DaveS Post subject: Re: Life of this forum?Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 10:59 am Joined: Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:46 am Posts: 4845 Location: San Diego, CA Bummer... guess I won't reach my 5000 post limit then _________________ Dave Sisemore iMac I7[2012], OSX Mountain Lion 10.8.3 RB2012r2.1 Note : I am not interested in any solutions that involve custom Plug-ins of any kind Top Bob Keeney Post subject: Re: Life of this forum?Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 11:35 am Joined: Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:48 am Posts: 3524 Location: Lenexa, KS I'm curious how the new forum will work. The IDE is now free. One would expect the new people will have a lot of questions...that they won't be able to ask because they don't have a Xojo account. So how WILL that work? _________________ Bob K. A blog about being a Real Studio developer at http://www.bkeeneybriefs.com Top jjb Post subject: Re: Life of this forum?Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 11:45 am Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2009 4:08 am Posts: 235 Thom McGrath wrote:The big problem is that I cannot maintain the user ids. I can't match your "J.Sh3ppard" username with a Feedback account with 100% accuracy. It'd get some right, but this forum pre-dates the Real ID/Xojo ID authentication system, so there is plenty it would get wrong. You don't have to do it. Import this forum and let the users make the connections themselves. Provide a screen where after people log-in to Xojo they can tie themselves to an existing user/pass from this forum by entering their existing username and password. If the hashes match make the connection. But even this should not be necessary if the email addresses match. _________________ RB 2012 Release 2.1 Personal edition (Windows) Top jjb Post subject: Re: Life of this forum?Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 11:51 am Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2009 4:08 am Posts: 235 Bob Keeney wrote:I'm curious how the new forum will work. The IDE is now free. One would expect the new people will have a lot of questions...that they won't be able to ask because they don't have a Xojo account. So how WILL that work? IIRC even joining this forum required registering for a trial of RB. BTW your blog's spam filter is very aggressive at the moment. _________________ RB 2012 Release 2.1 Personal edition (Windows) Top Bob Keeney Post subject: Re: Life of this forum?Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 11:53 am Joined: Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:48 am Posts: 3524 Location: Lenexa, KS jjb wrote:BTW your blog's spam filter is very aggressive at the moment. Even at aggressive mode you'd be surprised at how much spam gets through. Sorry for any inconvenience. _________________ Bob K. A blog about being a Real Studio developer at http://www.bkeeneybriefs.com Top jjb Post subject: Re: Life of this forum?Posted: Fri May 03, 2013 12:08 pm Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2009 4:08 am Posts: 235 Bob Keeney wrote:jjb wrote:BTW your blog's spam filter is very aggressive at the moment. Even at aggressive mode you'd be surprised at how much spam gets through. Sorry for any inconvenience. No problem. It's just that you've been posting interesting stuff about the forthcoming changes and it would be a shame if the number of comments was being restricted by your filter. Just thought I'd mention it. _________________ RB 2012 Release 2.1 Personal edition (Windows) Top Display posts from previous: All posts1 day7 days2 weeks1 month3 months6 months1 year Sort by AuthorPost timeSubject AscendingDescending Page 1 of 3 [ 40 posts ] Go to page 1, 2, 3 Next -- Over 1500 classes with 29000 functions in one REALbasic plug-in collection. 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