Alright, here's the deal: In less than 50 days, the Star Army's old forum, hosted by ezBoard, will run out of money. It's part of the Star Army philosophy that we should keep our old RP posts forever, but since we have our own forum now, why should we continue putting money into this one we don't use anymore?
Thus, our best option is to make a permanent solution by backing up the old forums and then deleting the board we no longer need. Unfortunately, there is no way to directly access ezBoard's database. Here's where Star Army's strong community comes in. I need volunteers to go to the old forums, copy the topics, and send them to me.
To keep it simple, we're going to want them in text (.txt) files, by forum pages. remember, since they're in chronological order, you'll need to start at the last one and work your way forward as you paste the topics into the text file for that forum page, so things stay in order. Also, put the post's date (it's in the left column under the username at the start of each post in the text file.
The text files should be named archive_[forumname]_p[pagenumber].txt, for example, "archive_yamatai_p1.txt" and so on. Email the archived posts [email protected]
The posts will eventually be added to the website, either in the form of downloadable printable booklets (ala YSS Ongaku) or as HTML pages (perhaps both). Phase two of this project will archive the archives from this forum, but since we're not on a time limit, we'll wait till this one is done first.
I'm going to try to find a way of rewarding all those to participate.
Forum Moving Assignments:
Thus, our best option is to make a permanent solution by backing up the old forums and then deleting the board we no longer need. Unfortunately, there is no way to directly access ezBoard's database. Here's where Star Army's strong community comes in. I need volunteers to go to the old forums, copy the topics, and send them to me.
To keep it simple, we're going to want them in text (.txt) files, by forum pages. remember, since they're in chronological order, you'll need to start at the last one and work your way forward as you paste the topics into the text file for that forum page, so things stay in order. Also, put the post's date (it's in the left column under the username at the start of each post in the text file.
The text files should be named archive_[forumname]_p[pagenumber].txt, for example, "archive_yamatai_p1.txt" and so on. Email the archived posts [email protected]
The posts will eventually be added to the website, either in the form of downloadable printable booklets (ala YSS Ongaku) or as HTML pages (perhaps both). Phase two of this project will archive the archives from this forum, but since we're not on a time limit, we'll wait till this one is done first.
I'm going to try to find a way of rewarding all those to participate.
Forum Moving Assignments:
- Other Planets IC Forum
http://p222.ezboard.com/fgrandstararmyfrm51
Rescue Volunteer: Daniel/Sypher [Completed]
- Other Starships IC Forum, Pages 1 and 2
http://p222.ezboard.com/fgrandstararmyfrm20
Rescue Volunteer:
- Ralfaris IC Forum, Pages 1 and 2
http://p222.ezboard.com/fgrandstararmyfrm47
Rescue Volunteer: Daniel/Sypher [Completed]
- F*nyar IC Forum
http://p222.ezboard.com/fgrandstararmyfrm48
Rescue Volunteer:
- Yamatai IC Forum
http://p222.ezboard.com/fgrandstararmyfrm46
Rescue Volunteer: Leigh (username: Lin)
- Star Army IC Forum, Pages 1 and 2
http://p222.ezboard.com/fgrandstararmyfrm19
Rescue Volunteer:
- Star Army IC Forum, Pages 3 and 4
http://p222.ezboard.com/fgrandstararmyfrm19
Rescue Volunteer:
- Star Army IC Forum, Pages 5 and 6
http://p222.ezboard.com/fgrandstararmyfrm19
Rescue Volunteer:
- Star Army IC Forum, Pages 7 and 8
http://p222.ezboard.com/fgrandstararmyfrm19
Rescue Volunteer:
- Star Army IC Forum, Pages 9 and 10
http://p222.ezboard.com/fgrandstararmyfrm19
Rescue Volunteer:
- Star Army IC Forum, Pages 11 and 12
http://p222.ezboard.com/fgrandstararmyfrm19
Rescue Volunteer:
- Star Army IC Forum, Pages 1 and 2
http://p222.ezboard.com/fgrandstararmyfrm46
Rescue Volunteer:
- YSS Yui Archives Two IC Forum, Pages 1 and 2
http://p222.ezboard.com/fgrandstararmyfrm43
Rescue Volunteer:
- YSS Yui Archives Two IC Forum, Pages 3 and 4
http://p222.ezboard.com/fgrandstararmyfrm43
Rescue Volunteer:
- YSS Yui Archives Two IC Forum, Pages 5 and 6
http://p222.ezboard.com/fgrandstararmyfrm43
Rescue Volunteer:
- YSS Yui Archives One IC Forum, Pages 1 through 10
http://p222.ezboard.com/fgrandstararmyfrm43
Rescue Volunteer: Wes