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RE:Back to the future 07 Aug 2011 23:29 #31

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RE:Back to the future 08 Aug 2011 09:49 #32

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RE:Back to the future 08 Aug 2011 15:56 #33

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Let's cut to the quick.....

So are the missing posts going to be restored?

Do we have to do anything different to access the site in the future?

If so, when?

Cyber Steve wrote:

Fair question Tom, that I can't answer yet. I've been up 32 of the last 36 hours fixing the marketplace stores because the tech folks gave up on it so not completely lucid. I just got them working an hour ago, still have some links to fix but the hard server side work is done.

The forum files were too big for my designer to manipulate the merger of the database (she was the one that promised me she could reconnect the ones lost in the move but so far she has let me down more than once so I'm losing, actually lost, confidence). I'm going to talk to someone else with a talent for black magic on these things tomorrow. If anyone can do it he can. I know all posts are important to someone and I will do all I can to recover them.

This was a big messy site underneath the shell and had a lot of band-aids that didn't hold up on the new server, I'm doing my best to get it all running again.

I'll take that as techno speak for "I don't know"

Once you've had time to do further review and assessment perhaps you could let us know the answers and in the meantime, any idea when that might be?

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RE:Back to the future 08 Aug 2011 19:03 #34

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Thomas_Ride&Drive wrote:

I'll take that as techno speak for "I don't know"

Once you've had time to do further review and assessment perhaps you could let us know the answers and in the meantime, any idea when that might be?

Your sharp Tom, yes that is a pretty accurate translation. Yesterday I was told it is possible but I have to hire an SQL programmer to merge the missing posts into the main database. Sounds expensive and a little iffy (post counts and reply to sequences are going to be mismatching for one thing and I suspect Vbulletin isn't going to like that one bit) but I'm going to try to find someone to do it for me if I can find someone who has successfully done it before. Not in the mood for experiments.

My priority right now is to fix the front end and upgrade the marketplace stores which are ancient. I'm trying to get that software purchase done today. Been a wee bit messier than I ever imagined these first few weeks. Thanks for your understanding and patience, good things are coming.

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RE:Back to the future 08 Aug 2011 20:10 #35

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RE:Back to the future 08 Aug 2011 21:39 #36

Eric Russell OFFLINE Senior Member Posts: 431 Thank you received: 19 Karma: 3	Thomas_Ride&Drive wrote: Once you've had time to do further review and assessment perhaps you could let us know the answers and in the meantime, any idea when that might be? Out of the thousands of threads and posts on here, which ones did you notice were missing that were so important to you?
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RE:Back to the future 09 Aug 2011 12:14 #37

Western Hill Forge OFFLINE Master Posts: 1431 Thank you received: 23 Karma: 5	I also don't think it's worth spending much money to restore a few missing posts. If it's cheap and easy, go for it, otherwise don't stress over it. The stuff I posted that went missing wasn't worth a poop anyway Regards
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RE:Back to the future 09 Aug 2011 14:10 #38

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Thank you guys. That takes some pressure off so I can concentrate on the new stuff. I can tell you won't be cheap or easy to recover them. That was bad information from the designer. I should have turned off the forum, copied it, moved it, turned it back on. Would have been offline for a day in some places but would have kept the data stream intact. That is what I asked to have done but she was so confident that it would not be an issue (lost data) and so adamant that turning it off was a bad idea that I let it run. Live and learn and move forward.

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RE:Back to the future 09 Aug 2011 17:05 #39

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Eric Russell wrote:

Out of the thousands of threads and posts on here, which ones did you notice were missing that were so important to you?

None.

But having read a load of waffle about posts missing and what might and might not be done to get them back, I was getting a strong sense that we needed clarity about what could and couldn't be done.

I always think it's best to manage expectations and if anything under promise and over deliver rather than the other way round.

Cyber Steve wrote:

Your sharp Tom, yes that is a pretty accurate translation. Yesterday I was told it is possible but I have to hire an SQL programmer to merge the missing posts into the main database. Sounds expensive and a little iffy (post counts and reply to sequences are going to be mismatching for one thing and I suspect Vbulletin isn't going to like that one bit) but I'm going to try to find someone to do it for me if I can find someone who has successfully done it before. Not in the mood for experiments.

My priority right now is to fix the front end and upgrade the marketplace stores which are ancient. I'm trying to get that software purchase done today. Been a wee bit messier than I ever imagined these first few weeks. Thanks for your understanding and patience, good things are coming.

I take that as techno speak for "It's harder than I thought and I'd have to pay someone to have a go. In the meantime I'm doing what's important"

Now if I've got that translation right I'd say just concentrate on what's vital and tell us simply what can and can't be done and what we will need to do and when if indeed there's anything different.

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RE:Back to the future 09 Aug 2011 18:58 #40

cyber steve OFFLINE Owner Posts: 846 Thank you received: 50 Karma: 9	I try to live by this Tom, "I always think it's best to manage expectations and if anything under promise and over deliver rather than the other way round." I try very hard to exceed expectations. Works when I am in charge of the task, doesn't always when I am relying on 3rd party expertise. So going forward, expect very little from me, then it will all be good news!
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RE:Back to the future 15 Aug 2011 16:46 #41

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