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Thanks all. Try not to break it now. :whip:
Slave_L wrote:I've succesfully migrated one of my forums with about 30 minutes downtime this way.
The problem was caused because it was not me doing the migration. It was our host that did it and they dropped the ball time after time. The things I could do were done very quickly as soon as I know it needed to be done. The whole move would have been much less stressing if I would have been allowed to do it myself instead of relying on professionals.
Slave_L wrote:A tip for next time, if the forum throws errors, it may be better to prepare a .htaccess file to redirect everyone to a static page and whitelist your own ip for that process.
I was considering doing something like that and it would have been done if the forum had not returned when it did. Just a little less technical.
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You perv! :wink:
JIMDINI wrote: Unfortunately the server didn't allow access to the main site either.
I did not know that the main site went down. I see no reason why it would have done that.
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JIMDINI wrote:Unfortunately the server didn't allow access to the main site either.
I did not know that the main site went down. I see no reason why it would have done that.
I never had any trouble accessing the main site. I was there regularly to see if there was any mention on how the migration was coming along.

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When I got the BoundAnna.com page and clicked I am over 21 I got the error message?
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Well Jimdini, you really have to be over 21 to access the site. That's not an error...

Yes, I very well know you're older, its a joke

@Anna: I see, yeah, if you're not in control of the migration, that really sucks.

Hmm, I see BBCode is turned off... Oh well..
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Slave_L wrote:Hmm, I see BBCode is turned off...
Not any more! :hi:

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Awesome... But did you only fix it for [i]that post...[/i] or... ;)
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Slave_L wrote:Awesome... But did you only fix it for that post... or... ;)
Now that's odd. :?

I checked your settings, and BBCode is ON by default. As it is in mine.

This line should be in italics.

And of course it is indeed in italics in the preview mode. That's reasonable since the disable BBCode option is unchecked.

You might have a problem with your account settings... unless...

...you're messing with me by intentionally disabling BBCode in your posts... that's a whippable offense... :whip: :twisted:

Try to get that checked.

Or seek shelter. :mrgreen:

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[quote="bound_jenny"][quote="Slave_L"]Awesome... But did you only fix it for [i]that post...[/i] or... ;)[/quote]

Now that's odd. :?

I checked your settings, and BBCode is ON by default. As it is in mine.

[i]This line should be in italics.[/i]

And of course it is indeed in italics in the preview mode. That's reasonable since the disable BBCode option is unchecked.

You might have a problem with your account settings... unless...

...you're messing with me by intentionally disabling BBCode in your posts... that's a whippable offense... :whip: :twisted:

Try to get that checked.

Or seek shelter. :mrgreen:

Jenny.[/quote]

It seems there is still something funky in the forum settings then. When I make a reply or new post it shows "BBCode is OFF" and "smileys are off" on the right of the screen. Indeed the normal panel of smileys isn't there and the button bar with BBCode presets also doesn't show
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There's indeed something funky with BBCode, but it seems limited to only this topic or this forum maybe. In other places BBCode is working as it should.
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Curioser and curioser... ???

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Hmm.. in other discussions when I go to post I see

BBCode is ON
[img] is ON
[flash] is OFF
[url] is ON
Smilies are ON

But in this message I just see

BBCode is OFF
Smilies are OFF

I wonder if the "Announcements" forum has been configured oddly in the control panel.
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sweh wrote:But in this message I just see

BBCode is OFF
Smilies are OFF
But not for me... everything is ON.

It seems to be the same for lj and Anna - I see their messages with full BBCode formatting.

Permissions? It would make sense for an announcements subforum.

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Yes Jenny, because you and the rest of the staff are mods, you have no posting restrictions. But I'm not sure if you have the permissions to go into the admin panel and check on the settings for this Announcements forum, but I'm pretty sure that is off.

Then again, I don't think we could reply at all in the past, so that may be why it only now comes up.
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Slave_L wrote:Yes Jenny, because you and the rest of the staff are mods, you have no posting restrictions. But I'm not sure if you have the permissions to go into the admin panel and check on the settings for this Announcements forum, but I'm pretty sure that is off.
That seems to be correct. You normal members has very limited rights in this part of the forum. This is to discourage complex discussions that fits better in the other forum parts.
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anna wrote: That seems to be correct. You normal members has very limited rights in this part of the forum.
we have normal members ?
be a switch, double the fun :-)
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