This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Rich, I remember when you set up this site where it is now, even for a dumbo like me it didn't take long to get used to, and I think it has worked, and still works, very well. Forum problems and downtimes have been very few indeed.
I'm definitely of the opinion that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it..."
Maybe for people watching but not yet sticking their oar in, it might be useful to mention a guesstimate on the hours per week required to administer the site? Ignoring for now the skills required to do it, even though one is clearly related to the other. I expect it’s harder to answer than ask!!
Hi,
A little update on this. Mr Falkor is very keen to try and install a copy of xenforo and use a copy of the forum database to create a test site to see if he could support and work with xenforo.
Before we do that we need the forum members to agree that they are happy with this.
Thoughts please!
What are the GDPR consequences of this? We've handed personal information - name, email address - across to you as the site admin. Can you hand it over to someone new, even for a test site, without sanitizing it?
so Rockdemon and several others were not too keen on the phpBB component of that proposal, fair enoughI am a phpBB admin of old, here are a couple of old phpBB forums I did Windsor Safari Park - Index page UFO FORUMS - Index page they are basically dead and dusty now but show phpBB basically in comparison to XenForo which is this site.
My idea (which probably wont be popular ) is to get a copy of this site's XenForo's database , doing that will not change anything on here at all, operations on here continue as normal, meantime the copy is used to create a phpBB version of these forums at another domain e.g classicroverforum.co.uk (or similar) , so now you have 2 sites with very similar content , "where are you going with this?" I here you ask, well the point is that no damage has been done to this site, all members can look at the new "copy site" and see if they are content for that to "take over" , if not, no harm done . if members want this option I will handle all costs involved and set this up within 1 month but lets see what other options we get first, early days.
I have to say if members don't want this , then fine, there are already plenty more options listed above Rich I note you say It's unfair on you to keep on doing it when it's a reminder of what you cant do at least for a year or two. so I hope fingers crossed in a year or so you'll be recovered and have a P6 back !! gotta keep positive and we are all feeling for you
Hi,
A little update on this. Mr Falkor is very keen to try and install a copy of xenforo and use a copy of the forum database to create a test site to see if he could support and work with xenforo.
Before we do that we need the forum members to agree that they are happy with this.
Thoughts please!
I'm happy with this.A little update on this. Mr Falkor is very keen to try and install a copy of xenforo and use a copy of the forum database to create a test site to see if he could support and work with xenforo.
Before we do that we need the forum members to agree that they are happy with this.