SAAC Forum

Quote from: 2112 on January 21, 2018, 05:44:34 PM
At the bottom of each page, it would be great to have a "to the top" button.

I added "Go Up" and Go Down" links at the top and bottom of topic pages...that may help

Check here...

http://www.saacforum.com/index.php?topic=206.0

http://www.saacforum.com/index.php?topic=206.0

Quote from: SFM6S087 on January 20, 2018, 10:13:41 PM

1) If the forums were backed up, how did everything get lost?

There was a multiple failure of both hardware and software at the Server that caused sufficient corruption.

2) Is the current backup process more reliable than the one that just failed? And if so, how?

Yes... going forward, we will have redundancy beyond our last regiment.

We installed an automatic image resizer for attachments... that will help a lot.

We also are working on an additional Photo Gallery for image hosting and linking to posts...stay tuned.

Quote from: Rodster-500 on January 20, 2018, 07:10:51 PM
In this case the club and it's members provide a forum for anyone to participate and enjoy unlike some other club forums which require a  membership to access the forum.

We have always described the Forum as a place for Members, non-Members and friends.

Vern...how is this?

Rewrote to show Recent TOPICS, rather than POSTS... plus expanded to most recent 15 Topics.

How is the new SAAC forum affiliated with the SAAC club?

--the same way as the old one, administered and run by SAAC HQ

Will everything posted here be visible to anyone with an internet connection regardless if they are a forum member and/or SAAC club member?

--the Forum is and has always been open to Members and Non-Members alike. Not all info will be visible to Guests.

Do our annual SAAC membership dues help support the forum?

--in a manner of sorts. Expenses for software and hosting are paid by SAAC HQ, and dues are a main source of funding for SAAC.

Do SAAC club members get any special privileges?

--as in the prior Forum, SAAC Members have an elevated user account, with reserved Forum areas for their use.

Who 'owns' the information posted on the forum and what are they allowed to do with it?

--The information posted is owned by the respective authors. If you don't want to freely share info, do not post it.

Will the forums be backed up?

--They have been and they will continue to be
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I always thought the 'old' forum was a benefit of being a supporting SAAC club member but I may have been wrong.  I'd like to understand the relationship between the club and forum before jumping back in.

--The Forum is a significant component of the Club, provided for the pleasure and convenience of its members and friends.

This topic has been moved to SAAC Forum Requests.

http://www.saacforum.com/index.php?topic=104.0

Quote from: Vernon Estes on January 20, 2018, 12:16:37 PM

I was more thinking about the same sort of thing that Forum 1.0 had where it just pushed threads to the top bases on which was most recently posted on..IMO many people follow what is happening on the forum only based off that list.

Understand... let me look into it.,, thanks

Hi Vern... I have added the "Most Recent Posts" to the bottom of the home page.

Do you suggest more than 10 showing? ...or some variation?

Thanks

Online details and registration should be up by Feb 1.

...and, yes, we will advise all by eblast, Facebook and Forum posts

Quote from: FL SAAC TONY on January 20, 2018, 10:42:38 AM
Will the old restoration information be archived some point in time in our new forum?

As we sort thru the "broken glass"... whatever makes sense will be archived in some form here.

...but do not set your expectations high.

Important past posts should now be recreated here by the authors.

Thanks to all who have been reporting spurious spam.

The reason there was so much is that, for the last 24 hours, we left registration wide open to help folks re-register.

I have now implemented Shelby-related challenge questions into the registration process...so that should limit junk considerably, since most of the porn spam is done by automation and not real people.

Please do keep an eye out for any rogue new member that posts garbage and continue to report same.

Thanks.

Quote from: 67st102 on January 20, 2018, 10:29:52 AM
So help the forum members understand why there were not regular backups of data over the years along the way.  Its really unfortunate that so much information had to be lost forever/ disappear because a backup of data did not occur.  Was this possible to do - but just not get done - or is it more complicated than that?  And is there a plan for the backup of data going forward?  Are we learning from mistakes made or could the same thing occur going forward?  Not trying to stir the pot, just trying to understand why some preventive maintenance did not occur and therefore the lose of so much good information - which is really disappointing.  Glad its back and running again though.  Thanks for the efforts to try and recover the past.

It was a perfect storm of malfunctions at the server side.
Of course, you always learn from the unexpected... new features are in place.
Thanks for your concern.