Alternate solution:
#1 for natter, etc.
Modified threadsuck (with #names) stored offsite for showthreads, Nillylinks updated to point to them, OR Leave closed showthreads on the main board, archive everything else #1 style.
Sometimes I miss having powers... Oh. Oh! I know what this is! This is peer pressure! Any second now you're gonna make me smoke tobacco and--and have drugs!
Anya ,'Showtime'
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P.M. Marc - Feb 24, 2003 2:03:33 pm PST #3207 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
§ ita § - Feb 24, 2003 2:05:47 pm PST #3208 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hmm. Why don't we start with the modified #1? Zip and move Natters, leaving showthreads?
The problem with any synching, PMM, is that as far as I can tell, it has to be manual. As in not even with your average web app (since most hosts only allow programs running on their servers to access their DB).
Jon B. - Feb 24, 2003 2:07:17 pm PST #3209 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Why is it more important for the Show Threads to be searchable?
t /genuinely curious
P.M. Marc - Feb 24, 2003 2:08:23 pm PST #3210 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
D'oh. Good point.
P.M. Marc - Feb 24, 2003 2:08:57 pm PST #3211 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Not to be searchable, Jon. I think my point is to leave them to leave the Nilly and Promo breakdowns intact.
§ ita § - Feb 24, 2003 2:11:08 pm PST #3212 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Why is it more important for the Show Threads to be searchable?
While that wasn't the point, pondering the question makes me think that the Show Threads are more valuable (okay, I hate the word too) in terms of board discussion (it was our genesis, and is still much of our core), and I'm more likely to search them than the others. But that's just my pattern.
Jon B. - Feb 24, 2003 2:14:02 pm PST #3213 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I think my point is to leave them to leave the Nilly and Promo breakdowns intact.
I get desire to keep the Nilly links working, but Promo breakdowns? How do they fit into the mix?
P.M. Marc - Feb 24, 2003 2:17:19 pm PST #3214 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Oh wait. Those don't link to anything.
Need more coffee. t nevermind.
Jon B. - Feb 24, 2003 2:21:14 pm PST #3215 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
No worries, PM. Also, maybe this is obvious, but if we go with a version of option 2, we can code the existing Nillylinks so that if a thread is closed, the link redirects to the correct NAME tag in the archived version. In other words, we don't have to change the HREF tag within Nillytown itself.
Liese S. - Feb 25, 2003 11:37:41 am PST #3216 of 10000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I'm in favor of option 3. But I want us to be workable. So for me, the big thing is identifying the causes of the current problem of server overload and the anticipated future problems of space. I also hope that we're able to retain a cohesive site, and pay for additional necessary room if we can, rather than branch out to individuals' sites.