Two forums or what?
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So...
Since there are apparently two forums now, what's the deal? Are we just stress testing this discourse set up? I'm trying to be a good little early adopter here but it seems like most of the activity is going on in the other one.In short, what gives?
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Haven't you ever moved house? There's a transitionary period where you live in the old one and alreayd have stuff in the new one. It varies per person and per move, but we are in that situation now.
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but it seems like most of the activity is going on in the other one.
Really? I get the opposite impression; at least from what I've seen today; most of the posts I've seen since this morning (UTC) have been on here....
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New toy to crack etc.
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In short, what gives?
Well, unless someone wants to take a crack at a post import script, the CS forums will be simply set to read-only mode. Which, knowing CS, probably means the reply/edit button is only hidden in a few cases.
Doing the "official move" is a big deal I think, since all the article comments will come here as well. So, I kind of want to work out the kinks first, maybe style it a bit, etc.
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maybe style it a bit,
Speaking of which... does that mean that TDWTF home is getting a makeover, or that plan has been abandoned?
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does that mean that TDWTF home is getting a makeover
Yes indeed! It's just taking a lot longer than I hoped. Currently implementing it now, could probably do a few screenshots.
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Here's a very basic mockup of what the article page might look like: [img]/uploads/default/32/83766a14edd61b99.png[/img]
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NEW LOGO?!?!?!?!
I don't know how I feel about that... :-/No, I know exactly how I feel about that. I am against it. Seriously man, I just got my shirt with TDWTF logo on it - then you're going to go and change it? It's going to be a while before that logo is "vintage" and in the meantime I'm going to look so unfashionable.
Other than that I kinda like it.. Looks like a similar L&F to the OMGWTF 2 page.
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Really? I get the opposite impression; at least from what I've seen today; most of the posts I've seen since this morning (UTC) have been on here....
Maybe it just seems that way to me because not that many people have jumped the fence yet.
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NEW LOGO?!?!?!?!
Yeah, IDK either. I'm not feeling the one in that mock-up either TBH.
I think it should change... currently its way too long (which is why the shirts/mugs have only "WTF"), and it's right now on the "is this a shitty rubber stamp, or a pixelated thing" fence. Either way, the new logo should feel more TDWTF, not less TDWTF.
Ideas?
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the new logo should feel more TDWTF, not less TDWTF.
Maybe it should feel more WTF.
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NEW LOGO?!?!?!?!
I like the old logo because he looks profoundly mentally retarded. The new logo looks like it wants to rape me.. D:
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I like the old logo because he looks profoundly mentally retarded. The new logo looks like it wants to rape me.
I fail to see the distinction. Doesn't one imply the other?
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Haven't you ever moved house? There's a transitionary period where you live in the old one and alreayd have stuff in the new one. It varies per person and per move, but we are in that situation now.
My house is in Dhromed lower intestine. I just peak out occasionally for some verbal vomit.
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I should eat more goddamn fiber.
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I should eat more goddamn fiber.
But then I'd have nowhere to live. I might even have room with @morbiuswilters
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It's no surprise they call him the wyrm of infinite spew.
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Yes. Make it read only quickly.
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Yes. Make it read only quickly.
Well, Nagesh is here. I guess that makes this Corn-holing official-like.
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But then I'd have nowhere to live. I might even have room with @morbiuswilters
Sorry, I've been squatting in @joe_edwards visual cortex during blinks or other periods when he has has eyes closed, and it's pretty tight in here as it is.
Filed under: Maybe we could permanently blind him and open this place up a bit..
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Sorry, I've been squatting in @joe_edwards visual cortex during blinks or other periods when he has has eyes closed, and it's pretty tight in here as it is.
Filed under: Maybe we could permanently blind him and open this place up a bit..
This is the internet, I'm sure we can find plenty to blind him with....
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Is that guy in Nagesh's post wearing a sash that has a fish impaled on a spear? Awesome...
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... thank my non-existent god that I have browser addons that hide such sharing buttons if they actually look like that at go-live.
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Isn't "import all posts for all users" a critical feature for changing forum software?
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@Lorne_Kates You're saying this like all member's posts are having some valuable content in them. I think you can get @ben_lubar macro posting engine and just make some stuff up.
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Seriously man, I just got my shirt with TDWTF logo on it - then you're going to go and change it?
Thank your deity that you didn't get a permanent tattoo.
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Critical features aren't important.
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@Lorne_Kates said:
Isn't "import all posts for all users" a critical feature for changing forum software?
No... more of a "nice to have". It'd probably take days of work just to map the db fields of CS => Discourse. Then we'd have to test to make sure it doesn't muck up like the username import did.That doesn't sound like a fun way to spend my weekends, and I'm not sure it's worth paying a dev/contractor to do it.
Although, maybe @Nagesh has some friends who can help and do it on the cheap?
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Although, maybe @Nagesh has some friends who can help and do it on the cheap?
if I subject them to this task, they want want to remain friends for long.
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That doesn't sound like a fun way to spend my weekends, and I'm not sure it's worth paying a dev/contractor to do it.
Kickstarter?
Do you have a mapping of old user ID to new user ID? (Since usernames were mangled.)
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That doesn't sound like a fun way to spend my weekends, and I'm not sure it's worth paying a dev/contractor to do it.
I'll do it. I just need a dump of the old database, a dump of the new so I can see the structure without going through the rake migrations, and -- for reasons that I refuse to explain -- mod powers on the new forum.
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Do you have a mapping of old user ID to new user ID? (Since usernames were mangled.)
left(oldname, 15) == newname
At least until the 20 char restriction kicks in and a couple may change after that.
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left(oldname, 15) == newname
At least until the 20 char restriction kicks in and a couple may change after that.
Don't forget those bastards who changed usernames on this forum.
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Don't forget those bastards who changed usernames on this forum.
Or have more than one username.
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I'll do it
Seriously though, @apapadimoulis, I would be willing to take a crack at it. I'd need the dump of the post tables; a dump of some posts on Discourse so I can see the structure, how it stores markup internally, etc; and the username/id pairs on both sites.
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Have you seen https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-users-and-assigning-a-post-count/15674 yet? And/or http://forums.thedailywtf.com/forums/p/30922/364644.aspx#364644 ?
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Seriously though, @apapadimoulis, I would be willing to take a crack at it. I'd need the dump of the post tables; a dump of some posts on Discourse so I can see the structure, how it stores markup internally, etc; and the username/id pairs on both sites.
No big one here. If you are single and not going out with anyone, you can even find time.
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Well, that’d be awesome.
Do you have sql server (even express is ok), that way I can just get a .bak file of CS. I believe the discourse backs are all csv files, or something. I haven’t looked yet.
Catch me on email, apapadimoulis at inedo dot com.
(also… tyring this reply via email thing)
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(also… tyring this reply via email thing)
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Ben, this is Murica. Those are tires, not some limey "tyres". And they're patriotic tires.
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Those are tires, not some limey "tyres".
The image URI has it
speltspelled tires...?
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Ben, this is Murica.
Judging by the text in the background, it's actually Asia, which makes them "tiles."
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left(oldname, 15) == newname
Well, the dot in my name got changed to an underscore. And since I had a 3 day free username change, I took it.
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DINKEL WHEAT!
###DINKEL WHEAT!
##DINKEL WHEAT!
#DINKEL WHEAT!
I love me some dinkel wheat.
Filed under: Peter Dinklage
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and -- for reasons that I refuse to explain -- mod powers on the new forum.
You son of a bitch, you sold me out!
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@Lorne_Kates said:
Isn't "import all posts for all users" a critical feature for changing forum software?
It didn't even import my goddamn username - and I registered a couple of years ago on CS. I don't know how you could possibly expect importing posts to work out.