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Posted by audiori on 04-01-2006 at17:31:
The Message Boards
I'm testing something with the Lost Dogs board.. you guys can find it at
www.thelostdogs.com/post/
The board link on the main page of the site will also take you there at the moment.
Our boards are being targeted by porn & casino spamming bots, so I'm checking to see if changing the board address will fix it. It's hard to shake them lose because they're not registering to actually post - just create a user profile.
Posted by audiori on 04-01-2006 at23:07:
This seemed to work, but we might have an easier solution in the works.
Posted by audiori on 04-02-2006 at21:54:
It's now back to it's regular location at
www.TheLostDogs.com/wbb2/
Board updates are in the works... should be some new and oddball options.. avatars might work for a change once its done.
Posted by bigdork.2 on 04-02-2006 at22:10:
nevermind
Posted by audiori on 04-02-2006 at22:35:
Michaelroe and TheLostDogs boards are now updated fully... we're trying to decide what to do with this one and the 77s one. They're so old that updating is a much bigger problem with potential problems.... so we gotta decide what the best way to do it is. We'd like to get all four boards completely up to date with the newest versions.
This update should fix the problem with the spamming registrations totally.
Posted by audiori on 04-03-2006 at02:05:
Just a brief update. We are backing up everything we can for the 77s and DA boards before we try to do an update. The big problem with those boards is that it's jumping from a 2.1.X board to a 2.2.X board. The Dogs and MichaelRoe boards were created as 2.2.X boards so it was very simple.
Going from 2.1, to 2.2. is a big leap in coding and board structure. It's similar to when we originally updated this board from the original beta version. Thats why we're being extra careful with it. When we did that old update, the update program itself crashed while trying to convert the old messages to the new board format. Thats why we ended up losing some posts. We don't know if the 2.1 to 2.2. update will try to convert the posts again or not, but we want to play it safe just in case.
Posted by Pfiagra on 04-03-2006 at02:09:
[Begin transmission]
Roger...we are "go"
Execute upgrade on your mark.
[End transmission]
Posted by servantsteve on 04-03-2006 at06:47:
Why not just save the posts somewhere else and start the board completely fresh? Once you can find a way to convert them, bring them back slowly, and speed up the process once you're comfortable with it. To be quite honest, it may not be a bad idea to start fresh anyway. It's very difficult for new folks to wade through all the old (dare I say it?) garbage. There, I've said it.
Posted by bigdork.2 on 04-03-2006 at07:28:
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Originally posted by servantsteve
Why not just save the posts somewhere else and start the board completely fresh? Once you can find a way to convert them, bring them back slowly, and speed up the process once you're comfortable with it. To be quite honest, it may not be a bad idea to start fresh anyway. It's very difficult for new folks to wade through all the old (dare I say it?) garbage. There, I've said it. |
do you really want to start a new post war?!?!?!?
Posted by bereal on 04-03-2006 at14:27:
That was bad scrimi
but I did step into that one.
Posted by servantsteve on 04-03-2006 at20:47:
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Originally posted by bigdork.ORG
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Originally posted by servantsteve
Why not just save the posts somewhere else and start the board completely fresh? Once you can find a way to convert them, bring them back slowly, and speed up the process once you're comfortable with it. To be quite honest, it may not be a bad idea to start fresh anyway. It's very difficult for new folks to wade through all the old (dare I say it?) garbage. There, I've said it. |
do you really want to start a new post war?!?!?!?
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Little care I
Posted by Scrimshaw Nick on 04-03-2006 at21:50:
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Originally posted by bereal
That was bad scrimi
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I know. If it makes any difference, I did debate for a while whether I should have hit the "post reply" button or not.
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Posted by PuP on 04-03-2006 at23:01:
dorf = Mystery Babble-on?
Posted by bereal on 04-04-2006 at11:16:
ROTFLMAO
Posted by Mountain Fan on 04-04-2006 at11:29:
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Originally posted by PuP
dorf = Mystery Babble-on? |
Whose Whore Here?
Posted by bereal on 04-04-2006 at16:22:
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Originally posted by Mountain Fan
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Originally posted by PuP
dorf = Mystery Babble-on? |
Whose Whore Here? |
Posted by Audiori J on 04-04-2006 at16:39:
Seriously, if nobody cares if we start the board over, then it would be much easier to do that. We kind of figured everyone would want to keep the old posts thats why we are going to the trouble of trying to make sure that happens when we upgrade.
Or what we could do if everyone is ok wth it is delete threads that have not been posted in for weeks or months. It would affect thread count, but maybe it would help secure the current threads by deleting those old old ones.
so..
1. Try and keep all posts and threads while upgrading
2. Delete old threads when upgrading
3. Clean the slate while upgrading
Discuss...
Posted by PuP on 04-04-2006 at17:11:
I'm nostalgic for the old posts, but if they really get in the way of progress then I say let 'em go!
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