Upgrading

[moony3424]

Paw, how will we know how to get home after the world changes?

[Ham]

Paw'll have to send out the big dogs with barrels or rum or something..

Then we'd still be lost. Lost, but happy..

[pawtucket]

i will have messages on this forum for you.

[Tom Strange]

is that what that clock thing means? ...the world is ending?

[Ham]

Only as we know it.. :)-->

[Bob]

Here are a few things to expect at the new site:

Profiles:

• Your profile exists in the section titled “My Controls.” There is a link for it at the top of every page. This gives you access to your profile settings, avatar, picture (you can have a separate avatar and picture of yourself), personal messages (replacement to private topics), your picture albums for the Gallery (replaces Every Picture Tells a Storey forum), and Subscriptions (if you want email notification of new posts in certain topics)

• A new password will be assigned to your account and emailed to you. Once you log in, you can change it back, or to anything you like. This was required because the passwords on this site could not be ported.

• Most of the profile settings from this site are being ported over but some of it is not, specifically instant messenger settings. These will need to be re-entered by you.

• If you had any formatting codes in your signature, they will not display correctly. This is a function of a difference in how the two sites store signatures. To correct it, edit and save your signature. You shouldn’t need to change any of it and keep the formatting codes the way they are. After you save it though, it gets stored such that it will display properly. Any changes to your signature will show up in all your existing posts.

Topics/Posts:

• All existing topics and posts will be kept in tact and moved to the new site. They display correctly for the most part, but some anomalies will show (for instance, certain emoticons will not display, some formatting will be off). Formatting in signatures will be off until each person updates their signature.

Private Messages:

• Private Messages work much like email does, but it stays on the web site and allows you to keep anonymity (your email address is not used). They do not act like a discussion topic though, as private topics did. When porting over the existing private topics, each thread was converted into a single private message and placed in the Inbox of each participant of the PT.

• When you receive a new private message, the My Assistant pops up on your screen notifying you, gives you a snippet of the message, and link to the message.

• There is always a link at the top of every page titled “New Messages” with a count of your unread messages.

Gallery:

• This is for posting of pictures. It allows you to create albums for public or private viewing. If private, you can specify who you want to see it.

• There are also public galleries which Paw is setting up.

• The Gallery has an “ECard” feature that allows you to email a link to an image to someone else easily.

Pictures:

• Some of the pictures are being transferred, specifically ones that are attachments to a post. Currently, pictures in photo albums in the Every Picture Tells a Storey are not making it. We’re looking at a way to port them over, but it still needs work. As a last resort, they can be moved manually to the Gallery, but I’m still looking to avoid this.

Subscriptions (email notification of new posts to subscribed topics):

• Everyone gets a fresh start on their subscriptions. If you have any that you wish to continue, you will need to re-enter them in your “My Controls.”

[Bob]

Concerning avatars:

No one's ID will have an avatar associated with it. You will need update your profile in My Controls to assign one.

Paw has copied over the avatars that came with this forum. There are also a few new ones at the new site.

If you have a custom avatar, be sure to have a copy of it ready to upload at the new site.