Looks like the search index may need checked, I'm sure Mike will add it to the 'to-do' list.BlueCrush wrote:Is there still threads to be uploaded? I tried searching for one about my dog's tumor and it is not there...?
ha! i will see if there is a search index that needs to be rebuiltponta2147 wrote:Lol I got this when searching for the "What did you do to your Vibe today?" thread (attached) hahahahaha!
phpbb wrote:The search backend is currently indexing all posts on the board. This can take from a few minutes to a few hours depending on your board’s size.
So is Arcsvibe <= looking like a general member not a moderator in greenjoatmon wrote:from my inherent inertia
I preferred the previous software's setting of 25 posts per page instead of the current 10
I liked having the active topics link on every page
Default is now to ALLOW USERS TO SEND ME EMAIL. I don't want that, and fixed it in my profile settings. Just wanted to mention it so people would notice.
Had to re-enter my location information. Wasn't that specific anyway, but what I had there did get lost in the conversion.
I am no longer a God. At various points we have debated the usefulness of post count derived tags, certainly a low priority thing to worry about, if ever. However, it would be good to tag the moderators as moderators. You admins get maroon usernames, but Sputnik only looks like a random user
Yeah I mentioned that it says global moderators are indicated by green text, but its not doing it for us right now.joatmon wrote:
I am no longer a God. At various points we have debated the usefulness of post count derived tags, certainly a low priority thing to worry about, if ever. However, it would be good to tag the moderators as moderators. You admins get maroon usernames, but Sputnik only looks like a random user
I fixed that for the moderators.joatmon wrote:However, it would be good to tag the moderators as moderators.
Fixed.Sputnik wrote:Yeah I mentioned that it says global moderators are indicated by green text, but its not doing it for us right now.joatmon wrote:
I am no longer a God. At various points we have debated the usefulness of post count derived tags, certainly a low priority thing to worry about, if ever. However, it would be good to tag the moderators as moderators. You admins get maroon usernames, but Sputnik only looks like a random user
i have changed it, for now, to 50 per page. personally i think 25 is too few, but if the group thinks 50 is too much then i can change it back to 25.joatmon wrote:I preferred the previous software's setting of 25 posts per page instead of the current 10
did you determine it's missing by using the search feature? i am currently re-indexing the search database right now, 45,900 posts done and 350k+ to go.BlueCrush wrote:One of my missing 2,800+ posts is my Genvibe Garage....
It was linked to my signature and I also scrolled thru the Genvibe Garage forum. I also tried the search function and it just brought me to the site index.mkowdley wrote:did you determine it's missing by using the search feature? i am currently re-indexing the search database right now, 45,900 posts done and 350k+ to go.BlueCrush wrote:One of my missing 2,800+ posts is my Genvibe Garage....
no longer over 9000? i resynced all the post counts, so they should be accurate. your number would be high if it included posts that had subequently been deleted, pruned, etc... atlhough 25% change sounds pretty high!BlueCrush wrote:Edit: My post count went from just over 9,900 to 7,121....Boooooo!
Would have been nice to at least have my Garage thread. I probably won't bother making another one. The reason I asked about my dog's (Zephyr) tumor thread, is that he passed away on Saturday, 5 years after his tumor was removed, and just wanted to add that in there to kind of bring closure to it. Oh well...mkowdley wrote:no longer over 9000? i resynced all the post counts, so they should be accurate. your number would be high if it included posts that had subequently been deleted, pruned, etc... atlhough 25% change sounds pretty high!BlueCrush wrote:Edit: My post count went from just over 9,900 to 7,121....Boooooo!
mkowdley wrote:regarding the header, i know it looks like a mess right now but i will try to clean it up in a day or two. i'm thinking about putting together a "design the GVC forum header" contest, just have to figure out what the entry requirements are going to be (dimensions, etc.). it has to layout well on a mobile as well as desktop (maybe two versions?) and provide enough room for the adsense banner at the top of the page. look for more info on this soon!
I wrote a program that should redirect any request for an old forum link (i.e., one that looks like this: http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=8984 ) to the corresponding topic in the new forum.joatmon wrote:A bunch of thread to thread links still have the old zeroforum URLs
(e.g. the links in viewtopic.php?f=11&t=5153 )
There does seem to be a massive amount of posts/threads deleted. I went from 711 to 547 posts, a 23% drop!BlueCrush wrote:Edit: My post count went from just over 9,900 to 7,121....Boooooo!
mkowdley wrote:I wrote a program that should redirect any request for an old forum link (i.e., one that looks like this: http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=8984 ) to the corresponding topic in the new forum.joatmon wrote:A bunch of thread to thread links still have the old zeroforum URLs
(e.g. the links in viewtopic.php?f=11&t=5153 )
The redirect is done based on the topic creator's name and the title. I have had several problems with it due to some mangling that was done of the topic titles when they were imported (apostrophes converted into HTML entities, other HTML entities stripped away like lt; and gt;, commas removed, spaces trimmed, etc.), and so it is a little inexact. If you notice a link to an old thread that doesn't redirect you to a corresponding thread in the new system, let me know and I'll check to see if some more special case code is needed.
You can check out the links on the page that joatmon listed to see the effect of this page redirection. You'll notice that one link doesn't work, but that's because it was an invalid link in the old forums as well (topic deleted).
Hmm, well things are improving anyway. I'm going to email gConverter and see what's up. Another thread was pointed out to me as missing as well that I emailed them about.BlueCrush wrote:The first posts of my garage, tumor thread and Poor Man's mod index are back, but none of the replies are there. I guess that's better than nothing. Thanks!
At the top right of the page, just left of the box that says "Search", there is a blue letter "A" with some arrows around it - click that.Houston wrote:I thought I posted yesterday asking where the option is to make fonts larger, but don't see it here. Maybe I screwed up. Anyway, how do those of us who have trouble reading small print make it larger? I can see how to make the fonts in my own posts larger, but how do I make the fonts of this entire board larger and therefore easier for me to read?
Mike,
I’m sorry, but we can’t reduce this topic. Just want let you know, that Zeroforum and phpBB forums are totally different bulletin boards, phpBB has a lots of different and limits, that’s not possible to do 100% identical conversion. You should understand this aspect and do not expect 100% result. gConverter is the most popular and complete way to do such a conversion. Our result is about 97-99%. There is not any other solutions, which can even do the 50% result of our work. You have about 400k posts and this is a not small forum to do one by one conversion.
Also, if you are not satisfied with this result, just let us know and we’ll remove this phpBB converted database instantly and you will not pay for this service.
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Thank you
Developer at gConverter
Enzo Fanelli
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Kowdley [mailto:mike@genvibe.com]
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 8:31 PM
To: gConverter Support
Subject: missing threads
Enzo
Here is another thread that was in the old system, this one doesn't appear at all in the new system
http://zforums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=45278
The statistics at the bottom of the Board Index page says "Total posts 429346 • Total topics 38501 • Total members 24224 •" which is 218 more threads than shown in the old genvibe pic you posted. Did you have that pic saved off or do you have a way of accessing the old site still?Baltovibe wrote:In doing an unscientific search, it appears there could be about a thousand threads that did not make the transfer between the old forum and the new forum. And, I miss ZeroForum's print view.
this is fixed nowjoatmon wrote:If you decide to go back to the way it was, then never mind, but if you want to keep the phpBB, then an FYI, the political asylum no longer restricts reading to logged in members only (can still read when not logged in)
have you tried the phpbb print view and found it unsuitable? there is a printer icon near the top right of each pageBaltovibe wrote:And, I miss ZeroForum's print view.
There is a way to access the old site. Using your method, which probably includes the off-limit threads that only the moderators see:joatmon wrote:Did you have that pic saved off or do you have a way of accessing the old site still?
Mike, I totally missed seeing that print icon. I will give it a try!mkowdley wrote:have you tried the phpbb print view and found it unsuitable? there is a printer icon near the top right of each page
I'm so sorry to hear that Brian .BlueCrush wrote:The reason I asked about my dog's (Zephyr) tumor thread, is that he passed away on Saturday, 5 years after his tumor was removed, and just wanted to add that in there to kind of bring closure to it. Oh well...