Frequently Asked Questions about the Hub migration
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Frequently Asked Questions about the Hub migration
What is the migration all about?
We are retiring the flat, no-login style forums and moving to a new feature-rich Hub.
Why are you doing it?
The Hub currently has no registration or login, and so the forum moderation was very difficult. The migration is done mainly to handle this, and keep the Hub a clean place for fun. The new Hub will also be feature-rich which means hubbing will be a new experience!
How do you plan to do it
We'll be doing it over the next few weeks.
Step 1. you'll be able to see an experimental forum to test the new setup and get used to it.
Step 2. Miscellaneous forum will be moved. Initially we'll transfer some topics that have good discussions going. NO text will be lost. (well, that includes the non-sense text also. they will be deleted manually later.) Of course, you can also request topics to be transfered if we miss any.
Step 3. Culture forums will be transfered next, as in Step 2. All other forums will follow later in stages.
How will this affect the Forum users?
We are trying to keep the migration as smooth as possible. But intermittent troubles are to be expected. When a forum is being migrated, posting will be disabled for that specific forum. (other forums will be ok.) And, some topics may not be available for viewing.
You have to get used to the new style of posting and viewing the Hub. But the effort shouldn't be much.
Registration
First and foremost, you have to register to create topics or post replies. Pl do it ASAP (link on top). It is FREE, just takes a few secs.
Topic list view
In addition to the new phpBB style of topic list view, we are trying to keep the old style of viewing topics: 1) myHub 2) allHub aka 'Hot Topics' 3) default 'current topics' list. We know a lot of people like (1) and (2) styles, so we try to retain them. But the urls will automatically redirect to the topic in new Hub. So you have the option of staying with current Hub topic browsing style, while also having phpBB features, etc. Best of both worlds!
Topics
As mentioned above, all good topics will be transfered. Every post will be transferred too. If your post had the right tamil font, it will appear correctly. Otherwise it may appear as jibberish.
Poster details
Unfortunately, the names and emails cannot be linked your ids. So your 'No. of posts' in the new Hub will not include your old posts. All the transferred posts will appear as posted by HUB Oldposts.
The post details can be found in the subject of corresponding post, including time of post. Some details may have been truncated due to subject length limits.
Posting
There are some changes. See 'Welcome to the new Hub' thread. Specifically, posting in tamil is slightly different. See the 'Posting in TAMIL' thread.
These are the fundamental ones. Others will be posted in due course.
What can I do to help you?
By being patient :) There may be some hiccups initially, please bear with us.
Also help us do a stress test during the experimental phase by trying out all the features of the new Hub and give us feedback.
What if I have some other question?
Post here. Or 'pm' me (click button at the bottom of this post).
I like the new Hub. Nice Going, Mr. Rajaram. 8)
This new format is pretty exciting!
I would like to suggest that there are certain options available in the "Post Reply" page - which may not be understood may all who visit this forum.
Espescially options like List and all.
Do we have a comprhensive HELP file - which would give us all the info about every option available in the reply box?
And we can have a general Help kind of documentation - which would present certain basic information at a single location - about the plethora feautures available in this new site( I see a whole loottt of them!!!).
Cool design! might be great if we have a concise documentation to go with it!
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geno, phpBB is a very popular forum, so there should be detailed documentation already on the web. why don't you do you a search. If you find a good link, tell me. We'll link it.
I have bookmarked a thread from the old forum hub. How do I find it on the new Hub?
You don't have to do anything. You will be automatically redirected to the new thread.
RR,
that wud be great. i was thinking of all those thread links i have saved :)
thanx :)
And regarding the phbBB documentation - thanks for enlightening me on that one!
i wasnt aware of this fact before. I went thru their website and was amazed.
I wud definitely try and dig out any info reg. this - thanx for ur post :)
Any updates on the migration of Misc forum?
Miscellaneous Forum will be moved at Oct 26 2004, 5AM EST. After the migration, topics on the old forum will automatically redirect to the corresponding topic in the new Hub.
RR,
Great to know that! I saw the announcement in the old hub too. Thanks for your efforts :)
More updates
Due to some problems, the migration is only half done. Will be completed tomorrow. Note that this doesn't cause any disruption in accessing topics, both in old and new hub.
Some points,
1. We have decided not to transfer ANY of the religion/caste related topics, due to our prior bad experience.
2. Huge topics will not be moved fully, but will point to old responses.
RR,
can u tell us when the Kavidhaigal section will be moved here??
Final update on migratin of Miscellaneous Forum
The migration has finished. At the old forum, you'll now see a list of topics reflected from the new forum.
If you find any good topic missing, post the url in the 'Topics to move' thread in the Misc forum.
Hello RR,
I am not able to see this thread in the old hub (even in the old threads page) but can access it directly. Could you please include this in the migration.
Many Thanks
TS
http://www.maiyam.com/indcmusic/19637.07.51.54.html
I didn't get you exactly. You had only asked to specify the threads that are in the miscellaneous section of the old hub. And we thought that you are going to create various other sections like Poetry, Films, History, Food, Sports etc.. and transfer the threads little -by- little, section vise. But your post says that the migration has been completed. Could you please clarify on this. We feel, neither here nor there now :(Quote:
Originally Posted by RR
ts, sure when the Classical music forum is taken up.
Roshan, just look at my post carefully. It only talks about 'Miscellaneous forum'. Of course, other forums would follow soon..
RR,
I got it. Thanks :)
RR,
i cant access the OLD HUB since this morning...is it down for some reason??
:(
malligai,
www.forumhub.com
- cant be accessed as such
But when you try :
www.forumhub.com/poems - thamizh kavithaikal section
www.forumhub.com/expr - Miscellaneous section
www.forumhub.com/tlit - tamil literature main
et al
- it opens up :)
Geno Avargale,
thanks...
one more thing...ur avatar is really cooooll, but who is that 'spooky' character anyways??
:lol:
Yeah Geno! Your avatar looks real cool! Is it Malcolm X?!!
heyyy, how come some of u have been promoted to JUNIOR hubbers, and i am a NEWBIE hubber??....
nooooo fair!!!!
:( :(
Hey Malligai! That's Aalavanthaan Nandakumar - kadavuL paathi mirugam paathi :)Quote:
Originally Posted by malligai
RR,
Access to the forumhub main page is denied. We can only access the sections separately as per the links given by geno above. But most of the hubbers are not aware of it. Besides, most of the hubbers were routed to the new hub through the old forumhub. Since the access to the main page of forumhub is denied, I believe that most of them are stuck out there.
Kindly do the needful in this regard.
Thanks
Roshan
Roshan, thx. It's fixed now.
RR,
Thanks for the speedy response :)
Roshan,
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Hey Malligai! That's Aalavanthaan Nandakumar - kadavuL paathi mirugam paathi :)[/quote]
OOO, OK... :D ...i thought that it was Geno's picture... :lol: :lol:
malligai,
yEnga "ALavanthAn"-a pOyi enn kooda Oppidaringa?!!
I actualy look like "anbE sivam" nalla sivam - after that accident!
:D :D :D :D
XYZ
Malcolm x?!Quote:
Originally Posted by nirosha sen
Wow! that wud have been a cool choice too! :)
but Nope Nirosha! That's "nandakumar" from "ALavanthAn"! :D
Don't tell me u dont know "AlavanthAn"!!!!!! :wink:
Why do i get this "strange" feeling that you guys are pulling my leg?!!
:D :D
Migration of Poems forum
Poems Forum will be migrated at Nov 7 2004, 9AM EST. After the migration, topics on the old forum will automatically redirect to the corresponding topic in the new Hub. The old pages will remain in the archives.
Update: Completed at 11:30am (partially).
Why are the first posts (& a few more) in new poems forum not viewable as tamil script?
We are aware of this problem. It'll be fixed soon.
Migration of Poems forum - II
Final Update: Missing post problems fixed, and the migration of Poems is complete.
//migration of Poems is complete.//
complete??..already??... :( :(
malligai, I'm not ruling out trasfer of more topics. (I'll move the topics you asked for.) You can request more topics in the sticky topic under Poems forum.Quote:
Originally Posted by malligai
Migration of Indian Food forum
Indian Food Forum will be migrated at Nov 21 2004, midnight EST. After the migration, topics on the old forum will automatically redirect to the corresponding topic in the new Hub. The old pages will remain in the archives.
Update: completed at 1:40am EST.