New Message Boards On The Way - important

[Carl]

We're getting close to our move to new message boards. The posts will be imported as well as all active users (those who have never used the boards will be deleted).

I'll let you know when we plan to do this, but the boards will be down for at least a few hours when we make the switch. The plan is to close these boards and make them read-only. Your private messages will not be transferred, so you might want to save any you'd like to keep.

If you want to check out the new system, go to Fusion and have a look. It will give you a good idea of what we're in for. I'm sure we'll have a few bumps, but I think you'll see that the future of our message boards is in good hands.

I'll update this thread as soon as I know more.

[edna]

Thank you! :: Hope everything goes fine.

[Levis]

Oh good... that saves me the trauma of having to delete my PMs

Thank you... so cool... ir'll be like private discussion boards for a while

[Foxy]

Looks good guys!

[Carl]

We're looking at Friday for the switch. If you're using a bookmark to get to the boards, be sure to click the link from the home page to get to the new ones. There will be redirects here, but I'm not sure where we're going to put them yet.

[edna]

It´s not going to be www.songfacts.com as before? I´m afraid I don´t understand what you mean... well, guess it won´t be difficult to find, anyways... if that´s what you mean.

[invisible_r]

is this the reason why the boards have been so slow recently?

[Earth-Angel]

It´s not going to be www.songfacts.com as before? I´m afraid I don´t understand what you mean... well, guess it won´t be difficult to find, anyways... if that´s what you mean.

It'll be the exact same boards but just a slightly different address and there are loads of cool new functions and graemlins!

[Carl]

Hi Edna.

The link won't be http://www.songfacts.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php anymore, so if you have that as a bookmark, it will take you to these boards. We'll make it easy to find the new link, but once we put the boards up you can find them from the homepage link.

[Carl]

Make sure you guys copy and save any private messages you want to keep. I'm not sure what's going to happen when these boards go offline and Fusion is up.

[edna]

Carl, I´ll burn some incense for the Gods and will make some ritual dance so everything goes fine, it rules as it should, no posts eaten, etc.

Good luck to everybody!!

[Batman]

Is there a reason this is important besides PMs? I don't want to sound rude, I'm just curious.

[edna]

And have you begun already? I ask this becuse the boards are so slow these days...

[bazooka]

The plan is to close these boards and make them read-only.

What does that mean in "for Dummies" language?

[Grassroots]

This is a test registration. I like. I like.

[Earth-Angel]

What does that mean in "for Dummies" language?

Read-only meaning that they will be there to browse through, but you will not be able to add anything either as a topic or a reply. You will also not be able to log in to view your PMs or profile anymore.

[bazooka]

Read-only meaning that they will be there to browse through, but you will not be able to add anything either as a topic or a reply. You will also not be able to log in to view your ... profile anymore.

But that is not at all the way it is working.

I think you can still reply to old board posts, etc.

[Earth-Angel]

You can't log in though...you have to log in to post, right? When you go to the old homepage and click on message boards or log in to the old boards, it redirects you to the new Fusion boards.

[edna]

Anyways, I wouldn´t mess with the old server...

It might eat my profile, posts, almost everything...