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Since Whut cleverly snuck the keys of the site into my pocket and disappeared behind a corner, I've been hoping to find a way to move the website to a new server, under new, more accessible code. Since then I've gotten phpBB installed on my server, but it quickly became apparent that it'd be a notable amount of work to maintain the look of wdfnews.com, which is one of my primary desires. So, I'm now on the hunt for someone to help with the conversion. We can stick with phpBB and work to convert its many template files to what we have now, or can explore other pieces of software in which it might be a bit easier to do so. Have experience with PHP-based forum or CMS software? Got a bit of free time to help move us over? Let me know!
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I totally would but I have never coded anythign beyond HTML 3. Sorry man. silverwasp wrote:Be careful what you wish for... I have 10 younger siblings and I am only 20....
Yes.... Same parents WarMachine wrote:meh...maybe if he hadn't been handed a burning house he could have done great things, but right now he has won the Prize for what? Damage Control?
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Sure, just hit me up with whatever you need. I am sort of jack of all trades (PHP, SQL, Linux, webservers, etc). You are probably a lot better at it than me, but I am sure that I could provide a helping hand.
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bragr wrote:Sure, just hit me up with whatever you need. I am sort of jack of all trades (PHP, SQL, Linux, webservers, etc). You are probably a lot better at it than me, but I am sure that I could provide a helping hand. I second this. I love you for trying to revamp the forums, Rik. Thank you. <3 *call me* If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. - Carl Sagan My Backpack
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Muffalopadus wrote:I second this. I love you for trying to revamp the forums, Rik. Thank you. <3
*call me* Oooh. Multiple offers. I've given Bragr access to the code so he can see what'd be needed. I'll see what he comes back with. I can probably give you access to, if you want to look at phpBB. If it comes to making changes, though, we'll have to be careful not to step on each others' toes. And no problem. I only wish I had the cycles to do it, myself. I love integrating systems together and would like to see server stats and other things prominent on the site. But what we have now won't let me do it... I only hope phpBB does. Personally I'd rather a CMS package I've used for years (such as at http://www.handofthefaith.com), but I know Bragr is finicky about using custom code that can't easily be updated when new releases come out.
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The hard part is doing the mapping between the databases, especially since you are looking to swap to phpBB. Someone will have to sit down and analyze the schemas, formulate the mapping, then write a web service that will crunch through the data and insert into the new database tables.
Site layout and design is a different story too. What you are talking about is some serious work. Especially since you are migrating from a windows POS web back-end to an open-sourced one.
I'd do it, but I code all day for a living. I barely have enough time as it is, let alone have any desire to code outside of my day job.
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DredNaught wrote:The hard part is doing the mapping between the databases, especially since you are looking to swap to phpBB. Someone will have to sit down and analyze the schemas, formulate the mapping, then write a web service that will crunch through the data and insert into the new database tables. Especially considering we don't have access to the site's current database. =P Even Whut doesn't know how that stuff works, and I've gone through a round of attempts trying getting access to it. We'll probably be reduced to some god-awful spider logic or something, to pull HTML, parse out post contents, and populate them into a new database. Things probably won't be perfect, but I'm confident I can pull off a couple miracles there. Worse case scenario, if some things don't come over right, we might put this version of the site on lock down and push it to http://archive.wdfnews.com or something for reference--for however long Whut keeps it hosted. It's a pain in the ass step to take but it's either that or we sit around, waiting for Whut's server to die or for him to need the room for porn storage. =/ P.S. In other news my porn collection is now sitting on my mirrored 2TB network drive. Hurray for data redundancy! P.P.S. No. You can't have any of it.
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If you could get access to the source (either vb.net or c# for asp.net), you can grep for the db connection info (e.g. dbo object). I'm guessing the db backend is relational (e.g. ms sql or mysql). So once you have access, you can browse the schema/tables and/or perform a backup (dump). Keep in mind that with any database conversion, chances are that you'll lose the stored procedures; you'll either have to rewrite those or just port them over.
Anyhow, I would think that the goto guy to contact for more info is Sirusdv.
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