WTF Happened?!?!
#23
Posted 20 November 2010 - 05:28 AM
Well Byz, we better get started making a new skin for the forums! 8D
Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the
quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.
-Mary Anne Radmacher
quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.
-Mary Anne Radmacher
#26
Posted 20 November 2010 - 11:54 PM
:ooo
TO BE LIKE ME YOU MUST:
[i]Live Laugh Love <3!
Give It Your Best Always!
Never Think Wrong!
Always Be You!
[i]Live Laugh Love <3!
Give It Your Best Always!
Never Think Wrong!
Always Be You!
#28
Posted 04 December 2010 - 10:36 AM
Holy crap byzy - you could have easily backed up all the old posts with DownThemAll.
It's not going to put them in a workable format (a format that can be merged with an IpB database). But at least it could have preserved all the posts.
I've actually used DownThemAll (and Httrack) to back up numerous forums that I've lost. After the Tonto clan forums went gone (and same for LKS as well), I really did not want to lose such history again so I came about and used DownThemAll to archive every single post from several forums I posted on. Granted, I am running out of space on my external HDs, but the Wanderers Clan forum archives shouldn't be that large
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Okay, here's the thing. I've managed to save the google caches of a few of the posts. They're at http://simfish.xtreemhost.com/WND . But I would like other people to do a favor ASAP (before google deletes its caches). Someone here should get downthemall (it's an easy firefox extension at https://addons.mozil...efox/addon/201/) and download all the entries in the cache of each of google search results that I saved. I can't do it all because google keeps on accusing my computer of being a bot each time I try to click on the "cache" button. I recently entered some very complicated search queries into Google. So someone else will have to do it.
It will be far from a full mirror, but it will still be a lot better than nothing. Basically the query I used was "index php" -inurl:lofiversion -inurl:showuser site:wanderersclan.net (I tried using more complicated queries but google accused my browser of being a bot)
It's not going to put them in a workable format (a format that can be merged with an IpB database). But at least it could have preserved all the posts.
I've actually used DownThemAll (and Httrack) to back up numerous forums that I've lost. After the Tonto clan forums went gone (and same for LKS as well), I really did not want to lose such history again so I came about and used DownThemAll to archive every single post from several forums I posted on. Granted, I am running out of space on my external HDs, but the Wanderers Clan forum archives shouldn't be that large
==
Okay, here's the thing. I've managed to save the google caches of a few of the posts. They're at http://simfish.xtreemhost.com/WND . But I would like other people to do a favor ASAP (before google deletes its caches). Someone here should get downthemall (it's an easy firefox extension at https://addons.mozil...efox/addon/201/) and download all the entries in the cache of each of google search results that I saved. I can't do it all because google keeps on accusing my computer of being a bot each time I try to click on the "cache" button. I recently entered some very complicated search queries into Google. So someone else will have to do it.
It will be far from a full mirror, but it will still be a lot better than nothing. Basically the query I used was "index php" -inurl:lofiversion -inurl:showuser site:wanderersclan.net (I tried using more complicated queries but google accused my browser of being a bot)
#29
Posted 05 December 2010 - 01:20 AM
Okay done, I downthemall'ed all the threads so no one else needs to do it. They're at the website above. Feel free to use search or google desktop to see whether or not some thread you want is preserved.
#30
Posted 05 December 2010 - 05:12 PM
Holy wow. This is awesome. Like seriously awesome. Thank you so much Simmy.
I'm gonna be going through it all for the next 8 hours at my work. Yay.
I'm gonna be going through it all for the next 8 hours at my work. Yay.
#33
Posted 04 February 2011 - 07:58 AM
You utter bellend Byz... though I can't talk much I've done far worse while boozed up.
#37
Posted 06 February 2011 - 02:31 AM
I'm still waiting for that invite to come back your way and have a proper beer up Mr Wique...

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