Forum software change discussion

[EHM-0654 Murray]

OK, I've come up with a loose timetable of the work I'll be doing to switch over forum softwares. Actual times are up in the air and totally dependant on when I wake up on Saturday morning, but I hope to start at 0600Z (sorry to our eastern European and far eastern pilots... you'll be the most affected...) Anyhow, here's the task list.

1. Disable non-admin access to both forum softwares
2. Switch round the URLs
3. Migrate content from old forum to new forum (this takes the time)
4. Post-migration tidy up (this also will take some time)
5. Test new forum on old forum URL
5. Enable non-admin access to new forum
6. Test new forum again, Just In Case ™

As you can hopefully see, there's plenty of space for rolling back to the old forum in that (not that we'll need to).

I'll be as quick as I can, not wanting to keep the forum turned off entirely for any longer than I need to, but steps 3 and 4 are "as long as it takes" steps, so I can't begin to guess on when I'll be finished and you'll all have access again.

[EHM-2387 Eric-Jan]

Good luck!

I hope for you, that it turns out to be a smooth transition, and that you get to enjoy some of your weekend too

Not that swapping forum softwares isn't a whole bunch of fun; it's jut not how I would see me spending my weekend. So I imagine you and yours would like this to be an efficient as possible switch. I wish you all the luck and efficiency you need to make that happen. And then some!

Eric-Jan

[EHM-0654 Murray]

Thanks for the support E-J, but I fully expect to be finished by 0700Z

It's once we're on the new software that the big fun begins.