Welcome to our new forum application — Forum Archive

14 Mar 2005, 16:15

Welcome everybody to our new forum application, I seriously hope you will enjoy it, it's quite empty right now, but I believe I'll do my best to make to import all data from the previous one.

We had serious issue with the previous forum, but this one should be more stable, and as you might notice, this is what inspired what I have done on NOOL.

Let me configure it property and you'll feel at home! Sorry if you have to register, I don't really have the time to import the user database in here, maybe it will enventually be done.

14 Mar 2005, 16:25

Looking good Spotnick. Will the old threads be imported at some stage? Also can the usual suspects be given access to the weeding forum?

14 Mar 2005, 16:29

Wasim wrote: Looking good Spotnick. Will the old threads be imported at some stage? Also can the usual suspects be given access to the weeding forum?

I should be able to import them, at least I'll try, but then again, I'd have to import the user database before.

But maybe it's not a bad idea to start fresh.

14 Mar 2005, 16:33

Your call. Appreciate the time and effort.

You mentioned you might need more donations--how much you looking for?

Two queries: can we get the old smilies back instead of msn ones? And is the weeding forum still on?

Once again, top job mate....although its going to be a bastard going through the back catalogue in the Song Review forum!

14 Mar 2005, 17:02

Wow! Starting everything from the scratch. It's not a bad idea really.

At least the search engine works fine on this forum. [:P]

14 Mar 2005, 17:16

greeetings to the newness.

14 Mar 2005, 17:36

Looks good Nic! Easy on the eyes. It sure is empty in here... echo... echo... echo... echo...

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14 Mar 2005, 18:17

Thanks for all your work over the years Nic.

It really is strange to be in here with NOTHING around.

For once, I have more posts that all the UK guys...

14 Mar 2005, 18:40

I would not import the old threads. If they are important they will return on their own.

What about weeding??

14 Mar 2005, 19:03

What about weeding??

I guess it won't be back now.

14 Mar 2005, 19:10

No reason not to have the weeding forum again. There were still a few of us participating although with easytree and individual trading there is less of a need. Always fun to get a gig in the post and I would be up for it if everyone else was.

14 Mar 2005, 19:19

Wasim wrote: No reason not to have the weeding forum again. There were still a few of us participating although with easytree and individual trading there is less of a need. Always fun to get a gig in the post and I would be up for it if everyone else was.

Maybe it's not a problem now but when it was started there was the fear that the official types that have been known to browse here weren't exactly too keen on seeing Nic's site associated with such nefariousness.

I could be overreacting. :)

14 Mar 2005, 19:22

Spotnick, the new forum looks good, and loads about 10 times faster for me. For some reason the old NOOL threads would take a bit to open (maybe because of the traffic).

Funny (well, not really funny but..), I post frequently on another message board that recently had problems, and we had to start from scratch. I probably had close to 800 posts on that board, all wiped out, but whatever. # of posts does not = status symbol. Just means I like to talk a lot!

1002

14 Mar 2005, 19:57

It seems like i've been here before.

14 Mar 2005, 20:16

Mester wrote: Thanks for all your work over the years Nic. It really is strange to be in here with NOTHING around.

For once, I have more posts that all the UK guys...

I'll second the thanks, and NOW I know what it feels like to be there at the beginning! [;)]

14 Mar 2005, 20:18

Wasim wrote: can we get the old smilies back instead of msn ones?

[Y][Y][Y]

[pi] [:D]

14 Mar 2005, 20:28

Feels an awful lot like going to a singles bar after being castrated, doesn't it?

Bring back the old forums! Long live the new flesh!

14 Mar 2005, 20:32

Wasim wrote: Your call. Appreciate the time and effort.

Two queries: can we get the old smilies back instead of msn ones? And is the weeding forum still on?

Doing my best for the smilies... [evil4]

Don't know yet how it exactly works, but I'll find out.

For the weeding, problem is, the 100 posts limit isn't quite true these days hehe...

14 Mar 2005, 20:34

Looks good Nick, also checking to see if my avatar shows up.

14 Mar 2005, 20:36

Green wrote: Looks good Nick, also checking to see if my avatar shows up.

Give it 15 mins, that's the cache delay if I remember right. [:D]

I guess the smilies too.. hum.

Just for the record, you need to upload your avatar, now you can do it !

14 Mar 2005, 20:48

I can't seem to make the smilees to show up in my posts.

How is everybody else doing it?

Thx.

14 Mar 2005, 21:10

Spotnick re weeding forum

Perhaps access can be dished out to the regulars and from then on those who reach the golden milestone can be let in? Of course there are people I frequently trade with anyway so its no big deal.

I've got another wee gripe. I keep getting emails telling me people have replied to this thread when I've disabled notifications on my profile. No offense like but I don't give a shit who responds to this topic. :)

14 Mar 2005, 21:18

Spotnick wrote:

Just for the record, you need to upload your avatar, now you can do it !

Like I know where I found that avatar...

14 Mar 2005, 21:34

MCD wrote: I can't seem to make the smilees to show up in my posts. How is everybody else doing it?

Thx.

Don't you see the panel at the left when you are posting?

You can also use the codes directly, but I admit, my system was better than this one.

14 Mar 2005, 22:10

I forgot to specify... I do have the source code of this forum application, so yes, I can do whatever I want with it and put it back inside the NOOL main application (which is what is likely to happen in the long run)

There are a few things I'll have to modify, like this smilies map and the way smilies are handled.

But the problem is, it's monday (er... tuesday) and I won't have any time to work with this really before next week-end, so the point right now is really to test it and see if it can handle NOOL's pressure ;)

If it does, then I'll start playing with it, because it has a lot of very nice features in it... but if I start modifying it, I can't upgrade, so I must do it all myself ;)

14 Mar 2005, 23:57

Spotnick wrote:

so the point right now is really to test it and see if it can handle NOOL's pressure ;)

You heard the man - INCREASE THE PRESSURE!!!

Well done Spotnick!

15 Mar 2005, 00:32

Nicos - I said this last time something went wrong, but you know that if you used a PHP based forum, it wouldn't fall apart every time the server load went a bit too high for Windows + IIS to handle...

15 Mar 2005, 02:08

Hello,again.

15 Mar 2005, 02:35

I am a BIG fan of NEW ORDER.Is GILLIAN still a member?And will they tour AMERICA this year?

Rocket Mick the IMPOSTER

15 Mar 2005, 02:40

why can't I post a new message, but I can reply to an existing one? Goodmorning Mick, you alright?

Does 'post a new message' mean you're starting a new thread?

this is gonna take some getting used to. sorry to see that we're starting from scratch although some of the old forums were heavily polluted, so no loss there.

whatever you decide on the weeding, I want in !