!! We're Building a New Forum at writingforum.org (no S) !!

I kind of liked the blog function, but I used it in lieu of the yet-to-be invented Writers' Showcase. Just noodled out half-formed thoughts and posted stories I didn't want to waste crit points on.

My 2yen

 

Me too. I considered it another outlet for creative writing.

 

Wow. Focus on work & family for a couple months (err, years) and then come back to this.....

Crazy.

I do have a question - which may have already been answered - is it possible for all of the content in here to be moved to a new server, especially the research, questions, and people's posted work? I'm sure others have their preferences as well.

Thanks in advance!

 

Sadly, it seems not. They can't download the database and there would be potential legal issues with it as well.

 

Shoot.

All right, thank you!

I guess we'll see some of the same questions arise over time and then we'll build up a database that people can search...

 

If there's any content you want to keep though, you should download it.

 

Despite the disruption this will cause, thank you for the bracing dose of reality. Isn't that what we want for our characters, to throw things at them and see how they weather it? It's our turn, for real.

I'm prepping for a big writers' conference this coming Thursday through Sunday and I don't dare get immersed in this thread at the moment. When I do, I hope to find someone has outlined the most efficient way to back up anything each member would like to save. I'm sure I could figure it out on my own, eventually, but why reinvent the wheel?

That's going on the understanding that after the 29th, the WritingForums dot org URL will get us a 404 Page Not Found error. Or will it be archived somewhere?

I'll check back on the 20th.

 

So on

So we can copy and repost? Like our progress journals, for instance?

(Not that mine is that useful. Just asking. For a friend. Yeah.)

EDIT--As a Community Volunteer, how can I make myself useful? It'll have to wait till the 20th, but I can get in there and try.

 

Good to know. Let me know if I can help as well, once the new site is up and running.

 

Can we have a Member Writing Challenges forum - something like they have on WF.com

https://www.writingforums.com/forums/member-writing-challenges.60/

 

Include me in anything you guys do. I'm no coder but I love this place and there's people here i really look up to.

 

I've added the signature in my profile as well. But I made it red and bold so its attention grabbing.

 

So, a day or two before we get to board the new board? Going to be interesting to see how it looks and behaves.

I have a question related to security, if the team can answer it. What happens to our e-mails and passwords that are attached to this old forum once it goes down? What I'm asking is basically if they will be secured until the site's likely demise?

Looking forward to boarding the new ship. This rescue boat we're on is leaking, and I think one member ate another due to hunger kicking in.

 

I'm sure we used to have one here, but I may be misremembering.

 

They already answered this one, I think. Everything is in the database, which will continue to exist until the current host gets tired of non-payments and deletes it. The real question is whether Daniel has any off-site backups that are up to date.

Here is another question though. The domain will continue to belong to Daniel until it expires in about a year from now. If the domain expires and Daniel doesn't renew it, does the team here have any plans to buy it and run the new forum under the old writingforums.org name?

I don't think that's illegal. In fact, if they don't do it, someone else probably will.