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Fyron
May 31st, 2003, 05:22 AM
The SE4 forum Category can not have new threads made in it, and the display on the main Intel forums page is very very fubared. This needs to be fixed ASAP. A good solution would be to create a 2001-2002 forum archive Category and move all threads with the Last post in 2001 to 2002 there. I think that maybe the Category has exceeded the number of threads that the forum software can handle. If this is the case, then moving the old threads will allow the bug to be avoided, and will probably end up being much easier to do. I can volunteer my time to get all of those threads moved over if noone at Shrapnel has time for it.
Tim Brooks
May 31st, 2003, 11:58 AM
I think we have it whipped. Let us know if you have further trouble - it may be getting too big. For fastest service, when something like this happens, use customer service.

Sorry for the troubles.
Fyron
May 31st, 2003, 10:12 PM
I thought this was part of customer service? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif
Richard
June 2nd, 2003, 01:50 AM
It appears to be working fine now.

As far as your suggestion goes it isn't possible now, but will be in a future upgrade of the board.
Fyron
June 2nd, 2003, 02:23 AM
It was done with the 2000 Posts. Why is it not possible to do again?
Richard
June 2nd, 2003, 05:29 PM
Because I did SOME of the 2000 Posts by hand, it isn't complete. I am not doing that again http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif .

A mass move is in the new Version of the software.
Fyron
June 4th, 2003, 02:09 AM
The more and more I learn of UBB, the more and more I have to wonder why you guys paid money for it. A free forum script such as phpBB has all the functionality as UBB, with a lot more. Such as mass moderation abilities. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif
Richard
June 4th, 2003, 03:13 PM
I can do the same thing in UBB, I just don't have the time http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif . In fact this Version of UBB has a LOT of custom hacks.

phpBB has it's own problems, and was not out when we first founded Shrapnel.
Fyron
June 5th, 2003, 12:55 AM
phpBB has a feature to select all the threads you wish to move and move them all at once. In fact, I believe there is even a "select all" button so you can just deselect the ones you don't want to move, which would be less than those you do. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

And I just used phpBB as an example. You could always have installed a new forum at a later date, you know. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif There are conVersion tools that can convert various forum database types to be useable in phpBB (most forum scripts have such tools).

[ June 04, 2003, 23:56: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]
Richard
June 5th, 2003, 02:23 AM
The problem is phpBB is a resource hog compared to UBB. I know I have administered both.

Plus it has security holes that are continously being patched, which require upgrades.

Our UBB has so many custom hacks that it would never convert over clean, plus I would then have to add many of those features into the new board.

In any case it is more work than it is worth.