03-25-2020, 03:12 PM
"Ask not what your forum can do for you, ask what you can for your forum" - Some disgruntled forum admin
So in restoring the old posts from the original GRF there comes some issues:
So in restoring the old posts from the original GRF there comes some issues:
- The back up does not contain the email addresses of previous members so if you know how to contact anyone, please let them know we are online again.
- The backup does not contain thread or forum numbers for the posts, so a new thread must be created, then through the database I have to assign the new thread number to the old thread, change the forum id #, etc.
- Some members were merged so you will find posts that do not show the correct author. Example: Alaska_Freedom and Whiteangel were merged so anything posted by Whiteangel shows as Alaska_Freedom and vice versa.
- When creating a new thread you may find that it contains old posts.
- Im sure we will encounter more issues
Offer an olive branch, be ready with an arrow.