RadioRob

As I've said previously, out of an abundance of caution, I've backed up most of the content on Daddy's server. The first priority was getting the forum itself back online which has been done. I've gotten to the point where I've been able to tackle restoring the review site.
 
This was MUCH more difficult as there was a bunch of things coded specifically for Daddy's server. I managed to get the data copied over and to import the mySQL database associated with the site. Once I did that, nothing really worked so I had to go look into the code to see what was going on. This involved changing a bunch of files to reflect where files are located on the new server.
 
It's not perfectly restored (meaning some of the commentary and news links are not fully working), but all of the reviews seem to be working.
 
Main Website: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/
Reviews Based on Location: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/cruise
Reviews Based on Name: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/search
 
I do not plan to try and maintain the system Daddy used to run the reviews. It is simply too much to try to manually do. So the plan for now is for the archive to stay as-is for historical purposes. At a later time, I plan to introduce a new review site that would collect the info and allow for a more streamlined method of management. Once it's ready, we'll need some volunteers to help us manually migrate reviews over into the new long-term tool. Once we're ready to do that, I'll post here asking for some help with all of the copy/pasting that is going to be involved.
 
Hopefully in the next half hour or so, I'll be able to have the main review website redirect to the archive. It's not perfect, but I hope it helps us preserve a vital part of our history.

As a side note, per my post in the tech forum, a cry reaction is no longer a negative reaction. It’s considered neutral as of about 5 minutes ago.

As I've said previously, out of an abundance of caution, I've backed up most of the content on Daddy's server. The first priority was getting the forum itself back online which has been done. I've gotten to the point where I've been able to tackle restoring the review site.
 
This was MUCH more difficult as there was a bunch of things coded specifically for Daddy's server. I managed to get the data copied over and to import the mySQL database associated with the site. Once I did that, nothing really worked so I had to go look into the code to see what was going on. This involved changing a bunch of files to reflect where files are located on the new server.
 
It's not perfectly restored (meaning some of the commentary and news links are not fully working), but all of the reviews seem to be working.
 
Main Website: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/
Reviews Based on Location: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/cruise
Reviews Based on Name: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/search
 
I do not plan to try and maintain the system Daddy used to run the reviews. It is simply too much to try to manually do. So the plan for now is for the archive to stay as-is for historical purposes. At a later time, I plan to introduce a new review site that would collect the info and allow for a more streamlined method of management. Once it's ready, we'll need some volunteers to help us manually migrate reviews over into the new long-term tool. Once we're ready to do that, I'll post here asking for some help with all of the copy/pasting that is going to be involved.
 
Hopefully in the next half hour or so, I'll be able to have the main review website redirect to the archive. It's not perfect, but I hope it helps us preserve a vital part of our history.

As I've said previously, out of an abundance of caution, I've backed up most of the content on Daddy's server. The first priority was getting the forum itself back online which has been done. I've gotten to the point where I've been able to tackle restoring the review site.
 
This was MUCH more difficult as there was a bunch of things coded specifically for Daddy's server. I managed to get the data copied over and to import the mySQL database associated with the site. Once I did that, nothing really worked so I had to go look into the code to see what was going on. This involved changing a bunch of files to reflect where files are located on the new server.
 
It's not perfectly restored (meaning some of the commentary and news links are not fully working), but all of the reviews seem to be working.
 
Main Website: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/
Reviews Based on Location: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/cruise
Reviews Based on Name: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/search
 
I do not plan to try and maintain the system Daddy used to run the reviews. It is simply too much to try to manually do. So the plan for now is for the archive to stay as-is for historical purposes. At a later time, I plan to introduce a new review site that would collect the info and allow for a more streamlined method of management. Once it's ready, we'll need some volunteers to help us manually migrate reviews over into the new long-term tool. Once we're ready to do that, I'll post here asking for some help with all of the copy/pasting that is going to be involved.
 
Hopefully in the next half hour or so, I'll be able to have the main review website redirect to the archive. It's not perfect, but I hope it helps us preserve a vital part of our history.

I have updated "Verbose" to be a sleeping icon and "Applause" to be the requested one. Given that I just made the change, it might take a little bit for your computer's temporary internet files to update to the new version.

Before COVID, I used to be out in Phoenix a couple of times a year for work. Some day again soon!

As I've said previously, out of an abundance of caution, I've backed up most of the content on Daddy's server. The first priority was getting the forum itself back online which has been done. I've gotten to the point where I've been able to tackle restoring the review site.
 
This was MUCH more difficult as there was a bunch of things coded specifically for Daddy's server. I managed to get the data copied over and to import the mySQL database associated with the site. Once I did that, nothing really worked so I had to go look into the code to see what was going on. This involved changing a bunch of files to reflect where files are located on the new server.
 
It's not perfectly restored (meaning some of the commentary and news links are not fully working), but all of the reviews seem to be working.
 
Main Website: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/
Reviews Based on Location: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/cruise
Reviews Based on Name: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/search
 
I do not plan to try and maintain the system Daddy used to run the reviews. It is simply too much to try to manually do. So the plan for now is for the archive to stay as-is for historical purposes. At a later time, I plan to introduce a new review site that would collect the info and allow for a more streamlined method of management. Once it's ready, we'll need some volunteers to help us manually migrate reviews over into the new long-term tool. Once we're ready to do that, I'll post here asking for some help with all of the copy/pasting that is going to be involved.
 
Hopefully in the next half hour or so, I'll be able to have the main review website redirect to the archive. It's not perfect, but I hope it helps us preserve a vital part of our history.

As I've said previously, out of an abundance of caution, I've backed up most of the content on Daddy's server. The first priority was getting the forum itself back online which has been done. I've gotten to the point where I've been able to tackle restoring the review site.
 
This was MUCH more difficult as there was a bunch of things coded specifically for Daddy's server. I managed to get the data copied over and to import the mySQL database associated with the site. Once I did that, nothing really worked so I had to go look into the code to see what was going on. This involved changing a bunch of files to reflect where files are located on the new server.
 
It's not perfectly restored (meaning some of the commentary and news links are not fully working), but all of the reviews seem to be working.
 
Main Website: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/
Reviews Based on Location: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/cruise
Reviews Based on Name: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/search
 
I do not plan to try and maintain the system Daddy used to run the reviews. It is simply too much to try to manually do. So the plan for now is for the archive to stay as-is for historical purposes. At a later time, I plan to introduce a new review site that would collect the info and allow for a more streamlined method of management. Once it's ready, we'll need some volunteers to help us manually migrate reviews over into the new long-term tool. Once we're ready to do that, I'll post here asking for some help with all of the copy/pasting that is going to be involved.
 
Hopefully in the next half hour or so, I'll be able to have the main review website redirect to the archive. It's not perfect, but I hope it helps us preserve a vital part of our history.

As I've said previously, out of an abundance of caution, I've backed up most of the content on Daddy's server. The first priority was getting the forum itself back online which has been done. I've gotten to the point where I've been able to tackle restoring the review site.
 
This was MUCH more difficult as there was a bunch of things coded specifically for Daddy's server. I managed to get the data copied over and to import the mySQL database associated with the site. Once I did that, nothing really worked so I had to go look into the code to see what was going on. This involved changing a bunch of files to reflect where files are located on the new server.
 
It's not perfectly restored (meaning some of the commentary and news links are not fully working), but all of the reviews seem to be working.
 
Main Website: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/
Reviews Based on Location: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/cruise
Reviews Based on Name: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/search
 
I do not plan to try and maintain the system Daddy used to run the reviews. It is simply too much to try to manually do. So the plan for now is for the archive to stay as-is for historical purposes. At a later time, I plan to introduce a new review site that would collect the info and allow for a more streamlined method of management. Once it's ready, we'll need some volunteers to help us manually migrate reviews over into the new long-term tool. Once we're ready to do that, I'll post here asking for some help with all of the copy/pasting that is going to be involved.
 
Hopefully in the next half hour or so, I'll be able to have the main review website redirect to the archive. It's not perfect, but I hope it helps us preserve a vital part of our history.

As I've said previously, out of an abundance of caution, I've backed up most of the content on Daddy's server. The first priority was getting the forum itself back online which has been done. I've gotten to the point where I've been able to tackle restoring the review site.
 
This was MUCH more difficult as there was a bunch of things coded specifically for Daddy's server. I managed to get the data copied over and to import the mySQL database associated with the site. Once I did that, nothing really worked so I had to go look into the code to see what was going on. This involved changing a bunch of files to reflect where files are located on the new server.
 
It's not perfectly restored (meaning some of the commentary and news links are not fully working), but all of the reviews seem to be working.
 
Main Website: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/
Reviews Based on Location: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/cruise
Reviews Based on Name: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/search
 
I do not plan to try and maintain the system Daddy used to run the reviews. It is simply too much to try to manually do. So the plan for now is for the archive to stay as-is for historical purposes. At a later time, I plan to introduce a new review site that would collect the info and allow for a more streamlined method of management. Once it's ready, we'll need some volunteers to help us manually migrate reviews over into the new long-term tool. Once we're ready to do that, I'll post here asking for some help with all of the copy/pasting that is going to be involved.
 
Hopefully in the next half hour or so, I'll be able to have the main review website redirect to the archive. It's not perfect, but I hope it helps us preserve a vital part of our history.

As I've said previously, out of an abundance of caution, I've backed up most of the content on Daddy's server. The first priority was getting the forum itself back online which has been done. I've gotten to the point where I've been able to tackle restoring the review site.
 
This was MUCH more difficult as there was a bunch of things coded specifically for Daddy's server. I managed to get the data copied over and to import the mySQL database associated with the site. Once I did that, nothing really worked so I had to go look into the code to see what was going on. This involved changing a bunch of files to reflect where files are located on the new server.
 
It's not perfectly restored (meaning some of the commentary and news links are not fully working), but all of the reviews seem to be working.
 
Main Website: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/
Reviews Based on Location: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/cruise
Reviews Based on Name: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/search
 
I do not plan to try and maintain the system Daddy used to run the reviews. It is simply too much to try to manually do. So the plan for now is for the archive to stay as-is for historical purposes. At a later time, I plan to introduce a new review site that would collect the info and allow for a more streamlined method of management. Once it's ready, we'll need some volunteers to help us manually migrate reviews over into the new long-term tool. Once we're ready to do that, I'll post here asking for some help with all of the copy/pasting that is going to be involved.
 
Hopefully in the next half hour or so, I'll be able to have the main review website redirect to the archive. It's not perfect, but I hope it helps us preserve a vital part of our history.

As I've said previously, out of an abundance of caution, I've backed up most of the content on Daddy's server. The first priority was getting the forum itself back online which has been done. I've gotten to the point where I've been able to tackle restoring the review site.
 
This was MUCH more difficult as there was a bunch of things coded specifically for Daddy's server. I managed to get the data copied over and to import the mySQL database associated with the site. Once I did that, nothing really worked so I had to go look into the code to see what was going on. This involved changing a bunch of files to reflect where files are located on the new server.
 
It's not perfectly restored (meaning some of the commentary and news links are not fully working), but all of the reviews seem to be working.
 
Main Website: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/
Reviews Based on Location: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/cruise
Reviews Based on Name: https://archive.m4m-forum.org/search
 
I do not plan to try and maintain the system Daddy used to run the reviews. It is simply too much to try to manually do. So the plan for now is for the archive to stay as-is for historical purposes. At a later time, I plan to introduce a new review site that would collect the info and allow for a more streamlined method of management. Once it's ready, we'll need some volunteers to help us manually migrate reviews over into the new long-term tool. Once we're ready to do that, I'll post here asking for some help with all of the copy/pasting that is going to be involved.
 
Hopefully in the next half hour or so, I'll be able to have the main review website redirect to the archive. It's not perfect, but I hope it helps us preserve a vital part of our history.

The site data has been copied over but unless I buy another domain and forward it, there is not a way to bring it online until we get control of DNS. Team Washington is in Vegas working on that and a few other things this week.

I’m personally very interested in recovering it. It’s what drove the most interest to this forum. It’s part of our history/heritage and I think if I can set it up right, it will be as much work to maintain as moderating an individual forum.

I have updated "Verbose" to be a sleeping icon and "Applause" to be the requested one. Given that I just made the change, it might take a little bit for your computer's temporary internet files to update to the new version.

I’m personally very interested in recovering it. It’s what drove the most interest to this forum. It’s part of our history/heritage and I think if I can set it up right, it will be as much work to maintain as moderating an individual forum.

The site data has been copied over but unless I buy another domain and forward it, there is not a way to bring it online until we get control of DNS. Team Washington is in Vegas working on that and a few other things this week.

Only if it involves being presented by a really hot guy in a bow tie and no pants!

When I migrated the forum, all reactions were showing up as a question mark "?". I had to manually re-associate them with no idea what they were before. I can edit any of the ones that are there or create new ones if they make sense.

I don't know why it's associated as a negative reaction... that's how it was by default. If the community agrees, I can change it to a neutral reaction. (I don't know if it should be considered a "positive" reaction, so neutral would be a decent compromise.)

It’s now a neutral reaction.

I don't know why it's associated as a negative reaction... that's how it was by default. If the community agrees, I can change it to a neutral reaction. (I don't know if it should be considered a "positive" reaction, so neutral would be a decent compromise.)

Yes. That's the easiest way to think about it.

I don't know why it's associated as a negative reaction... that's how it was by default. If the community agrees, I can change it to a neutral reaction. (I don't know if it should be considered a "positive" reaction, so neutral would be a decent compromise.)

I don't know why it's associated as a negative reaction... that's how it was by default. If the community agrees, I can change it to a neutral reaction. (I don't know if it should be considered a "positive" reaction, so neutral would be a decent compromise.)