Question about New Bulletin Board

Jeff Mottle · October 4th, 2003

I'm working with the guys at vBulletin and have already done the first conversion of our existing board. There are still a few things to work out, but I wanted to know how important people's PM (Private messages were) This is one of the areas that is not converting too well and I suspect it may come down to waiting a few more months, or gong ahead shortly but losing all of the PMs.

Also, I should note that I was able to get the look and feel almost identical to what we have now. Even I was getting the two mixed up during testing. You guys will LOVE searching. It's actually usable now.

xgarcia · October 4th, 2003

Jeff, I've never received nor sent a Private Message through the forum. I just look up people's email and use that. Love to see that new search engine.

Frosty · October 4th, 2003

I dont use the PMs either and I didnt even notice the switch. Man, thats smooth Jeff.

Jeff Mottle · October 4th, 2003

LOL. That's cuz I have not switched yet.

Based upon my first attempt at the conversion there are probably about 50-60 people who have at least 5-10 PM each.

crazy homeless guy · October 6th, 2003

private messages work fine on the new board, but you are having difficulty transferring existing messages over?

i vote for sending an email to the people who have private messages stored, and telling them to make their own archive of them. the main goal of a message board is to have info available to the public. private messages are only benefiting the people who have the messages saved. chance are they don't really need them anyway, and just never bothered deleting them.

October 4th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
Jeff Mottle President/Founder Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Age: 33 Posts: 5,059 Name: Jeff Mottle	I'm working with the guys at vBulletin and have already done the first conversion of our existing board. There are still a few things to work out, but I wanted to know how important people's PM (Private messages were) This is one of the areas that is not converting too well and I suspect it may come down to waiting a few more months, or gong ahead shortly but losing all of the PMs. Also, I should note that I was able to get the look and feel almost identical to what we have now. Even I was getting the two mixed up during testing. You guys will LOVE searching. It's actually usable now. __________________ Jeff Mottle CGarchitect.com

October 4th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
Frosty Moderator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Durham, NC Age: 35 Posts: 1,008 Name: Steve Shaw	I dont use the PMs either and I didnt even notice the switch. Man, thats smooth Jeff. __________________ Steve Shaw, M.Arch www.crucialperception.com

October 4th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
Jeff Mottle President/Founder Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Age: 33 Posts: 5,059 Name: Jeff Mottle	LOL. That's cuz I have not switched yet. Based upon my first attempt at the conversion there are probably about 50-60 people who have at least 5-10 PM each. __________________ Jeff Mottle CGarchitect.com

October 6th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
crazy homeless guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: San Francisco Posts: 2,895 Name: travis schmiesing	private messages work fine on the new board, but you are having difficulty transferring existing messages over? i vote for sending an email to the people who have private messages stored, and telling them to make their own archive of them. the main goal of a message board is to have info available to the public. private messages are only benefiting the people who have the messages saved. chance are they don't really need them anyway, and just never bothered deleting them. __________________ travis schmiesing

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October 4th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
xgarcia Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: FL Age: 29 Posts: 471 Name: Xavier Garcia, Jr.	Jeff, I've never received nor sent a Private Message through the forum. I just look up people's email and use that. Love to see that new search engine.

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