*upanddownjumpingness*

-X

That would be awesome!

Yalahii.

*excited*

password - check.
e-mail - check.

It should also be noted that if this is going to succeed (which it probably won't; don't dare to hope), we'll only be converting the history up to the point where I get access to the message board files (I being the one who's going to try this conversion). So if you write any epic posts between [1 minute from now, 1 day from now, or whenever it'll be that I get said access] and [whenever the new site goes live] that you really care about, make certain to keep a copy of it in a text file somewhere, so you can repost it on the new message board.

[ December 18, 2007: Message edited by: Aan allein ]

dare to dream
now i need to remember to write a wiked diatribe between now and then, so it can be lost and i can make refrence  to the lost books               
of the wikedtribe

Not to mention the Smarch freeload....err, I mean, volunteers (SS, Sahi, Aan, only 3 of a zillion who've contributed, I'm sure) who are working hard to help Tad and Deb make it so.

Hip Hip
Hooray

Hip-Hip
Hooray

Hip-Hip
Hooray

So my full user name would be displayed, not the one in my profile described as my publicly visible name? I just want to stay as plain old me, I feel like Marlon when he's listening to Squirt in Finding Neemo, I know you're trying to tell me something important but I don't really know what you mean...

How do we tell you what we want Aan, and when?

plain old "Stuart", just the way he likes to be.

*wonders if changing your name will be possible on the new board*

Yalahii.

Sahi wrote:

*wonders if changing your name will be possible on the new board*

I don't think it will be possible, Sahi. Apparently nearly all the new BB software view the ability to change the publicly viewed name as a bug not a feature. (I guess other boards' participants aren't nearly as nice about it as we are here.)

There will be a few differences, like the screen names, between this BB and the next -- but we tried very hard to find the very best software that would be stable, robust, validate (so everyone would have the same experience regardless of browser/etc), offer as many of the things the Smarchers requested back when Tad first asked us... in fact, some of the delay in the whole site move is due to these discussions and having to switch gears when we discovered that initial choices were not going to fill the bill.

Another problem was the spambots and how to control them. For now, virtually all MBs are defaulting to the "captcha" -- the "type what you see in the box" form when registering. That's what we'll have on the new BB to give us a smidgeon of control. (One of the earlier delays was related to the choice of a MB software that did not have *any* feature to control 'bots. That didn't fly.)

Anyway, I believe we now have the best choice available (and thank you, Aan, for helping us find it!) -- and the design company are now working to implement a copy we can test and make Smarchy.

(My role in these things is mostly "squeaky wheel" and "gadfly". Sometimes I feel like it's "whiny toddler". Heh. I poke at what they give me to review, try to find things that aren't working quite right, etc. Aside from testing and whining, I also have the responsiblity for compiling the links and Tadalog -- which is what I'll probably always call the Tad's Works area of the new site, though that name didn't make the cut. That part of the site, as you might imagine, is extensive as it contains details and cover art for all editions of Tad's Works in all languages -- plus a few extras where we have them. But I ramble off topic again...)

BB Features will be as close to what we have here as possible. You won't be able to change your screenname, but you should still be able to log on invisibly (that's an add-on that hopefully they can implement). You'll still have PMs (another add-on; keep your fingers crossed). No smilies (Tad would be cross!) or avatars or user-uploaded images -- this in keeping with Smarcher's expressed wishes to keep the look "clean and simple like Smarch". I'm not sure yet whether we'll be able to control the default font size and color for user-added text in posts/etc, but we're trying. (Most of the available software lets the user choose this -- which if we kept that ability, we'd lose our "clean and simple" look rather quickly. On the other hand, if we cannot control it in the settings, we'll just get the Salmon of Correction out of the freezer and put it to work again!)

Forums should be nearly identical to what we have here -- with a couple of mods to make them less Shadowmarch-centric. I'll have to come back a bit later & post what the current plan is for names & such. Alas and alack, there will be no forum that doesn't really exist... maybe. We'll see.

I'm probably forgetting to mention some important something or other, but I think these are the high points & I'll let the rest be a surprise.

Cheers!

It appears you are all making a huge amount of effort to ensure we get a seemless transfer, I have no wish to jinx anything by saying that and hope all your endeavours work out, and I want to be called Stuart, was that enough butter?

Seriously though well done for all those involved in this transition, and good luck for the switch.

STUART, that's me plain old Stuart, soon to be 40 and too old to have a new name.

well, if you see dies ira  floating round that would be me

Just a quick (probably stupid) question... My email is not in my profile, does this matter for the transition???

Oh and I'll, if I understand correctly, just be Libra then....

*wonders if she doesn't really want to be Libra-in-a-roundabout-way*

Gah! Decision-making is bad for my poor head now....