Discussion > Fate of Our Planet?
If we did get a static archive of the site, where would we put it? I don't know if we could import it into a thread on this site but I could try if you can get us a sample of data.
DOC R.
I ran an application that basically crawls the site and creates a local version of the content. It wasn't foolproof, but it would be one option. My preference would be to get the data in some database form so you could try to integrate it, but apparently Ning didn't make that so easy. Darrell probably would be able to provide the best advice.
Just as a point of thought, how would we go about archiving this discussion forum or switching it to a different type in the future? I know the ones I host with PHPbb can go to Vbulitin and others, but I have never actually done it.
Sandy.
PS: Brad, your thread title sounds like the thread would be about global warming or something . . .
Sandy Houston
SS has an export function as well as an import function. If we can get the RP threads in some form of data base or delimited file I'd wager we could get it in here somehow. Question is, is it worth it to try to get it in?
As far as exporting, I think the SS forum material can be sent out to a PHPbb system. I've done some research and that multi-threaded functionality is high on the list of SS wants, and it's in the development pipeline to come.
Doc_R
Sandy - I should have said, "OurPlanet" not "Our Planet". Anything we can do to archive the content in any format is better than what we had prior to that.
Brad Shea
Creating new thread in Members Only Section to discuss this.
Brad Shea
Darrell Mobley (Owner of Rocketry Planet) has been trying to scrape the content out of Our Planet using Ning's migration tools. So far no joy. Our site is a sub site of his and as such we have no access to try to use those tools. His plan is to migrate all of that content onto a new site hosted by him for free - but the timeline is unclear.
Given this new site - does anyone see much use in the Our Planet website?
Assuming the answer is NO... how much effort should we put out to try to capture the old content? There is quite a bit of history there and even if we only had a static archive it might be worth having around - does anyone feel strongly about it one way or the other?