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Number: 2827
From: n20capri
Date: Sat May 31, 2003  12:09 pm
Subject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] Setting up a McLaren forum web site

Body:
Marq,

That sounds awesome!! Like I said, I familiar with the web so if we
decide to go this way I can definitely help with maintaince and
moderating...

As far as the archives...I was thinking we might have to view each
thread and copy and paste it over to a new board...that would take
forever but it would get the job done...we'd also have to include
the message number...there are 28?? messages but if everyone did
some each day and emailed a text file of their archives it wouldn't
be too bad...lol.

WOW there are alot of forums on your site!!!Mike

--- In ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com, "InfoSysSec" <infosyssec@i...>
wrote:
> Hi Mke...
>
> Must be my day for dolling out thoughts. I also run a web site
that operates with phpBB forum messaging software. It is located at
>
> http://www.SecurityForumX.com
>
> I 'think' there is a way that I could create a McLaren specific
forum within my current web site so that only McLaren forum message
bases would be displayed when visitors use it.
>
> But you do raise an interesting point about what would happen to
all the 'old archives of posted messages' that are presently hosted
with Yahoo. This is also the same 'catch 22' gotcha that Yahoo
will probably be relying on when they attempt to convert their
currently free service to a pay service. When faced with the task
of starting fresh, most people will not want to walk away from all
the 'historical' messages that were gathered in their old Yahoo
forum. So many folks will simply fork over cash to Yahoo and
continue with what they have rather than start over.
>
> And unfortunately Yahoo does not make things easy for taking the
messages from their forums and transplanting them into some other
forum elsewhere.
>
> With regards back to the phpBB forum software, I will touch base
with the authors of phpBB and see if it is possible for me to create
an additional forum that is a complete standalone from my other
forum. I really don't think the McLaren folks want to have to look
at our security related forums in order to get to the McLaren
specific forums.
>
> So if I could set it up as a standalone forum than that would be
one possible solution. And the best part of it all is that I DON'T
PAY FOR BANDWIDTH and I already OWN three web servers on the
Internet that each have T1 fiber optic connections ( great pipes ;)
>
> Marq
> http://www.InfoSysSec.com
> http://www.SecurityNewsPortal.com
> http://www.SecurityForumX.com
> http://www.SecurityChatX.com
> http://www.Feunoir.com - I created and operate this one as a
favor to the dog breeder of my Gordon Setter
> http://www.ItsOttawa.com - I created and operate this one as a
favor to my brother-in-law for his limousine company
>
> I also own about 45 other domains ;)
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: n20capri
> To: ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 11:42 AM
> Subject: [ASC McLaren ] Re: Photo section dilema
>
>
> It would be nice to be able to set up a "real" message
> board...like a PhpBB or something...They have a ton of features
and
> have remote linking capabilities. They can be set up to have
> multiple forums and the search feature is WAAAAY better then
this
> yahoo crap. Threads don't get messed up and links are
links...you
> also have the capabilities to add remote linked pictures to a
> thread. I believe the PhpBB's are free but of course require
web
> space and some maintenance and setup. I will look into what
exactly
> is involved in setting a board up. I am very web capable and
would
> love to set something up. I'm sure there are a few people on
here
> that would be willing to help me maintain and moderate the site
and
> of course chip in some money. The only problem I see is being
able
> to copy all the messages from this site to the new board...it
would
> be nice to not have to "start over". Anyway, Like I said I will
> look into a better setup...if anyone has any suggestions, or
ideaa
> please feel free to email me...
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
> n20capri at comcast dot net (<--we won't have to seal with this
crap
> either...lol
>
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