Rich Lucibella
Staff
The new TFL software is available for Member testing. It runs on MySQL and should be faster and far more efficient, if we make the switch. That's a big "if" since, we are not comitted to it as yet. The software is new and there were a number of bugs that we needed to work out. Depending on what we hear from the Members, we may or may not go with it. Here's some notes:
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<LI>Expect the new Board to be slow, during the testing phase only. MySQL requires some tweaking and this is very difficult while UBB is sucking up all the system memory. We'd like to get as many TFL'rs as possible posting to the new software. This will allow us to really get a handle on where we can pinch and pull.
<LI> Your memberships from TFL have been ported over. You simply need to go to "profile" to set your cookies and have the system recognize you.
<LI> Feel free to test the new software at your convenience. Temporarily it will allow you to register under multiple handles in order to test the registration feature. Feel free to post gibberish, edit your posts, change your profile and create general, non-offensive mayhem. We want you to try and "break" it.
<LI>All TFL posts as of today have been imported into the new database, with the exception of the Suggestions Forum. This is not a dynamic process....in other words, posts made there after the import of a few hours ago are not reflected here and vice versa. All test period posts made there will disappear if we do the switchover.
<LI>Provide your comments, feedback and bug reports in the Suggestions Forum on the new software....you'll see it's empty as of now. Please try to be as specific as possible, providing links to example threads. Also, we did not author the software...so please try to keep the wish list posts to a minimum. We know this is a judgement call and is dependant on your knowledge of what's involved in a change. Just use your best judgement and we'll try to respond to all requests.
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Have at it. The test forums are located at http://www.thefiringline.com:8080/forums/index.php
Rich
[This message has been edited by Rich Lucibella (edited November 07, 2000).]
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<LI>Expect the new Board to be slow, during the testing phase only. MySQL requires some tweaking and this is very difficult while UBB is sucking up all the system memory. We'd like to get as many TFL'rs as possible posting to the new software. This will allow us to really get a handle on where we can pinch and pull.
<LI> Your memberships from TFL have been ported over. You simply need to go to "profile" to set your cookies and have the system recognize you.
<LI> Feel free to test the new software at your convenience. Temporarily it will allow you to register under multiple handles in order to test the registration feature. Feel free to post gibberish, edit your posts, change your profile and create general, non-offensive mayhem. We want you to try and "break" it.
<LI>All TFL posts as of today have been imported into the new database, with the exception of the Suggestions Forum. This is not a dynamic process....in other words, posts made there after the import of a few hours ago are not reflected here and vice versa. All test period posts made there will disappear if we do the switchover.
<LI>Provide your comments, feedback and bug reports in the Suggestions Forum on the new software....you'll see it's empty as of now. Please try to be as specific as possible, providing links to example threads. Also, we did not author the software...so please try to keep the wish list posts to a minimum. We know this is a judgement call and is dependant on your knowledge of what's involved in a change. Just use your best judgement and we'll try to respond to all requests.
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Have at it. The test forums are located at http://www.thefiringline.com:8080/forums/index.php
Rich
[This message has been edited by Rich Lucibella (edited November 07, 2000).]