We wanted to give you a quick update on where we are in the vBulletin Forum Migration process. As well as give you some insight and hints on how to help us in this process.
This plan is still in effect, and we are currently working on our aesthetic image and we want that in place before we move.
Internally NCsoft is moving all of their game forums to this software platform so we are in line with other products for this process, and initial testing in the migration processing is happening on games that have a lower forum population and less content.
Ultimately we will take the time we need to ensure this is done properly and to minimize the chances for data loss. Now this brings me to how you can help us in this process.
What you see on the boards is only 10% of the data that will be migrated. We have found that the most data intensive and hardest area for us to transfer is our personal messaging system. We are working on a system that should enable us to move over messages for any active accounts, and we are also taking under consideration accounts that have been active within a certain time frame.
In the end we want this migration to be a smooth effort but we also know there are risks involved.
We would like you to consider doing the following within your personal message system.
[*] Please delete old messages that you do not wish to save.[*] Please consider not using read receipt messages for the next few months while we are migrating, or work to delete these messages.[*]Clean out sent messages box and incoming messages box.[*] Save and archive messages you wish to keep on your computers or another source (this is an effort to protect your messages as we cannot guarantee at this point that this data will be secure.)[/list]Doing the above practices will help us minimize the data as there are over 10 Million messages stored within our system that will take the migration process days to move, and it will also help you to protect and save content that you value on a personal level.
Greetings Forumites!
We wanted to give you a quick update on where we are in the vBulletin Forum Migration process. As well as give you some insight and hints on how to help us in this process.
The original announcement from Lighthouse can be found here: Planned Forum Migration to New vBulletin Forums
This plan is still in effect, and we are currently working on our aesthetic image and we want that in place before we move.
Internally NCsoft is moving all of their game forums to this software platform so we are in line with other products for this process, and initial testing in the migration processing is happening on games that have a lower forum population and less content.
Ultimately we will take the time we need to ensure this is done properly and to minimize the chances for data loss. Now this brings me to how you can help us in this process.
What you see on the boards is only 10% of the data that will be migrated. We have found that the most data intensive and hardest area for us to transfer is our personal messaging system. We are working on a system that should enable us to move over messages for any active accounts, and we are also taking under consideration accounts that have been active within a certain time frame.
In the end we want this migration to be a smooth effort but we also know there are risks involved.
We would like you to consider doing the following within your personal message system.
[*] Please delete old messages that you do not wish to save.[*] Please consider not using read receipt messages for the next few months while we are migrating, or work to delete these messages.[*]Clean out sent messages box and incoming messages box.[*] Save and archive messages you wish to keep on your computers or another source (this is an effort to protect your messages as we cannot guarantee at this point that this data will be secure.)[/list]Doing the above practices will help us minimize the data as there are over 10 Million messages stored within our system that will take the migration process days to move, and it will also help you to protect and save content that you value on a personal level.
Feel free to discuss this Forum Migration Update Here!