End of this Forum and Start of a New One - Questions?

Julian Evison · April 26, 2026, 22:14

I have moved this post as people couldn't previously reply to it!

We are in the course of sending out email messages to all members announcing the launch of a new Website which will also include a new 009 Society Forum and the closure of this one. There is also a similar announcement, focussed on this forum under 'Announcements' here: https://forum.009society.com/index.php?topic=5996.0

I've launched this topic so that you can ask any questions you may have and keep all the replies in one place.

Julian

Hugh Norwood · April 27, 2026, 09:06

A good opportunity to spring-clean one's posts (and change to a more reliable photo hosting site)

B.Meldon · April 27, 2026, 09:46

1. Will we still be able to post a limited number of small size photos on to the new forum just like we can now?
2. Will a firefox pre-saved user name and password word work on the forum as it does now or will we have to type in e-mail and password every time our browser is re-started visit?
3. Will there still be a direct link to unread topics that can be added to bookmarks?
4. Will we be able to access the new forum form multiple locations and from various ip addresses just as we can now? (The web site is a pain for this if we access from different locations around the UK.)

Webmaster · April 27, 2026, 11:02

Quote from: B.Meldon on April 27, 2026, 09:461. Will we still be able to post a limited number of small size photos on to the new forum just like we can now?
2. Will a firefox pre-saved user name and password word work on the forum as it does now or will we have to type in e-mail and password every time our browser is re-started visit?
3. Will there still be a direct link to unread topics that can be added to bookmarks?
4. Will we be able to access the new forum form multiple locations and from various ip addresses just as we can now? (The web site is a pain for this if we access from different locations around the UK.)

1. Yes, actually larger and more off them

2. That is controlled by Firefox or any other browser configuration and out of our control. If it works now then it should work for the future.

3. Yes, simply bookmark the page you are viewing.

4. Yes, however that is controlled by the internet, your access provider and browser configuration not the 009 Society. The current website is accessible globally for everyone.

Hugh Norwood · April 28, 2026, 08:39

(will it be | is it) possible to download a local copy of one's posts on the current forum?

Terry Mowles · April 28, 2026, 23:03

Hugh, click on your profile, look for "Show posts" and click that.

It should then show all your posts.

You can then print each page (currently 113 of them) as a pdf or right click each page and save as will save as a html file that will open in your browser.

One caveat - make sure to name each print/download individually in the save dialog window eg add the page number after the name or you will just overwrite the file you just downloaded.

Hugh Norwood · April 29, 2026, 19:49

Yes - I was rather hoping there might be an easier way to do that! <grin>

clayliner · May 02, 2026, 16:59

Thanks, Julian - I'm pleased that someone (else) has started this thread (though I'm not sure how it's arrived in 'Prototype information'!)

We'll obviously need to wait until 11th May to see how the changes look in reality. However, my question at this stage relates to Layout threads - something like 'Selborne', maybe? - which contain the entire history of a layout, including its build. It seems these will still survive after the changes, albeit 'frozen' in a read-only format, on the old forum. However, in your message you say "This period [until 30th June] may also be used for you to transfer any posts that you feel are relevant from the old forum to the new forum".

I wonder how posts would best be copied from the old forum to the new? And, if one can transfer specific posts, could the same process not be used to transfer the entire pre-existing thread (which could then be continued 'live')?

David.

Julian Evison · May 05, 2026, 15:51

David,

Sorry for the delay in replying as a bit of investigation was necessary. Unfortunately we can see no way of bulk copying over a thread. Individual posts can be copy and pasted, but that is it.

Probably the best way of making the connection between the old forum and the new one is simply to start a thread in the new forum and the first post is a link to the relevant thread in the old forum. The old forum isn't going away, it will still be viewable, just it won't be live.

If someone wants to refer back to the specific content of a post on the old forum, that text can indeed be copied and pasted in to the new forum.

I hope this clarifies things.

Julian