Posted on 08/19/2004 5:47:38 PM PDT by John Robinson
Hi all,
We're planning a major overhaul of the way the site uses forums, topics and keywords. In short, we're going to flatten out the structure, merging those three distinct indexes into a single index and reorganize some URLs.
What we'll end up with are articles with one or more "categories." Basically a hybrid forum, topic or keyword.
Comments and articles will be associated with a Primary Category (or Home Category?) which is similar to how they are associated with a forum now. You can browse comments in a Primary Category just as you would browse comments in a forum now. The primary distinction, other than programming, is that anybody will be able to create new "forums" by creating new keywords.
We'll probably have these changes installed either tonight or tomorrow night, I've yet to finish the programming.
I'll update this article in about an hour. I have to make a prior engagement, but wanted to get the information out now--just in case I can pull it together tonight.
We'll be down for about half an hour while I update the database. Again, that should be either tonight or tomorrow night. I'll post a notice when I'm certain.
I am stunned. What did he say?
You guys all have it easy.
The mods will have to figure out what John did and how to manage it on the fly. Not only that, he never writes an instruction manual.
No respect, I tell ya, we get no respect
Dude,
WHY are you doing this as we go into the weekend?
You KNOW some of us will go into withdrawel if there are problems....
( Naw. Seriously. Knock yourself out...)
Oh my, what about us old dogs who have trouble with new tricks??????
Yeah I know....the visuals aren't all that swift.
If I think of anything else, I'll comment again, OK?
Ewww! That's disgusting! :o)
That's why you get the big bucks - eh?
Thank you SO much for that lovely visual :)
Heh. He said tendricles. Heh, heh...
about the changes
Does it help the Admin Moderator "lag problem when moderating large threads" issue or has that been solved already?
How will it affect the search function?
If answered further down in this thread, ignore. I just had these questions based on the first post. I do DB design as part of what I do, so it's just something I'm interested in.
Thanks for all your efforts.
Changing the way the keywords work..
...
Keyword blastfeemy!
Okers.
That said, I'll have to see how it works.
(Will I still see keyword "Darkshearesfault" anywhere?)
At last, a Belly Girl forum!
Ping, they're going to tweak the setup again and change how keywords and topics work.
What are YOU whining about???
From what I can tell, it looks like the Sidebar Mod
is getting hit with the brunt of this change.
And do we ever see him whining???
Nooooooooo!
Could you PLEASE just make a list of ALL of new things And how they work?
If we get lost,could you have a HELP forum setup for a week after the new stuff comes on? PLEASE?
I question the timing of these changes.....
Oh No!!!
I got a post from the Admin Moderator.
As the guy in "Road to Perdition" said before he got shot: "Am I in trouble?"
But you STILL get to hunt trolls, and you still get to lurk among us stealthily.
I, your greatest fan and initiator of one of the whiniest threads ever would never correct you in public.
But isn't it "fora"?
Don't hurt me.... ;)
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