Quote:if we can convert our scrapes of the forums into a database, then we're golden.We should be able to automate a fair amount of it, he said optimistically.
Beehive does look promising, although I'd ask folks to check out their live demo forum and let me know if you're comfortable with the interface. It may be "I like what I'm used to" talking, but I kinda like our "top level board listing" format. (Then again, that may be one of the things that is customizable; the demo is only one board and doesn't show what the multiboard interface looks like.)
Its goal of efficiency in space, bandwidth, etc. is definitely a big plus for me. I have to go back to my ISP and find out what my storage limits currently are -- all I remember is that my website is comfortably under them -- and how much it'll cost to expand them if it's necessary to host 3.5 gigs of historical data (yes, I know it'll be smaller when we extract the content) + room for the future. I'm going to have to actually talk to someone there, because their website has changed since the last time I went digging for info there, and now I can't find the relevant page(s). I'm pretty sure they already have MySQL available.
Might be a week and a half at least until I can do this -- what with the holiday, our upcoming vacation and all.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.