I just finished the past precursor to upgrading the site out of the way. Starting early Thursday, the sites will be in transition for as long as it takes me to migrate the data from the old site to the new site.
The process to move just the forums will take several hours. Moving the gallery data (over 30 GB) takes the better part of a day. The old site will be at best READ ONLY (look but no posts). It may not even be that functional.
When the transition is complete, the new site will become www.ncwoodworker.net, and the old one will be retained as old.ncwoodworker.net (though it will be left read only) for a short time just to make sure nothing got lost.
Your usernames and the like will be unchanged. Your avatars seem to come back to life on the test forums, so that should be good.
THINGS not yet implemented:
Articles - these are going to have to be manually moved over. Fortunately, there aren't that many, but this can be done after the site is switched.
Classifieds - I've not found a reasonable classified system for XF2. I'm continuing to work on that. In the interim, you can just post your for sale or whatever in the appropriate forums as regular posts.
Tapatalk - I will install this addon as soon as the transition is done.
Chat - This will come right after tapatalk.
In discussing with the rest of the board, we're not going to implement the "visit frequency" requirements as defined in the Discount Program (DQ) and the User Privilege Levels.
The other requirements will remain the same (days as a member, number of posts, Who-we-are thread, Name, Addr, OptIn, and Telephone Number). To maintain any of the statuses of DQ, User, Senior User, or Corporate Member, you will need to have had some activity on the board in the last 30 days.
Thank you for bearing with us during the upgrade.
The process to move just the forums will take several hours. Moving the gallery data (over 30 GB) takes the better part of a day. The old site will be at best READ ONLY (look but no posts). It may not even be that functional.
When the transition is complete, the new site will become www.ncwoodworker.net, and the old one will be retained as old.ncwoodworker.net (though it will be left read only) for a short time just to make sure nothing got lost.
Your usernames and the like will be unchanged. Your avatars seem to come back to life on the test forums, so that should be good.
THINGS not yet implemented:
Articles - these are going to have to be manually moved over. Fortunately, there aren't that many, but this can be done after the site is switched.
Classifieds - I've not found a reasonable classified system for XF2. I'm continuing to work on that. In the interim, you can just post your for sale or whatever in the appropriate forums as regular posts.
Tapatalk - I will install this addon as soon as the transition is done.
Chat - This will come right after tapatalk.
In discussing with the rest of the board, we're not going to implement the "visit frequency" requirements as defined in the Discount Program (DQ) and the User Privilege Levels.
The other requirements will remain the same (days as a member, number of posts, Who-we-are thread, Name, Addr, OptIn, and Telephone Number). To maintain any of the statuses of DQ, User, Senior User, or Corporate Member, you will need to have had some activity on the board in the last 30 days.
Thank you for bearing with us during the upgrade.