01-23-2017, 09:07 PM
(01-23-2017, 04:34 PM)Kevin S. Brundick Wrote: Dave, when you say "we have a copy of the other one" - exactly what does that mean? How much content of the other site? From day 1 to most current when it went off line week before last? Will others have access to it's wealth of knowledge even if it becomes in-active? Dear Lord, I don't want to loose that site! What would it take to obtain the site from Kevin (or whoever it belongs to)? Is it a money thing? Would he have to be bought out? Would you be so kind as to explain to us about this "copy" and accessing it in the future if we loose the other one? It would be very helpful to us hardliners that can't live without our daily "fix"!
Ok first Kevin G. is an administrator with full access. that means he can go into the server area and change major stuff.
i was a forum admin. that means i can change stuff in forum layout but can't touch or fix server issues. since i pissed off the owner Gary E. i can't even do that anymore. in fact my membership was deleted.
rather than being pissed i accepted the result.
the forum is actually owned by Gary E. i did discuss the forum with him once.
as he knows very little about the internet it didn't go well.
without going into details he decided Brian and i were trying to steal his forum. at least that's what i took from the conversation.
i assured him it was not true.
anyway he assured me he would keep the forum lit as long as possible.
on the forum copy.
there was a copy of the forum made about 03/2016.
by making that copy a series of events was set off that ended with me getting bounced. but the copy was made so most of the forum is preserved.
sadly it is literally a copy. it is unmodifiable and alot like reading a book.
that said it's better than being lost.
it is my hope that should gary ever decide to leave the net expenses behind he will give us the oppurtunity to copy a live version into new software.
that's all i got
dave l.