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hen918

Tue Jun 11 2019, 07:44PM

Registered Member #11591 Joined: Wed Mar 20 2013, 08:20PM
Location: UK
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I think a kickstarter for a new website with imported database would be a good idea. The website bit is easy, the importing all the old data, not so much

Mads Barnkob

Thu Jun 13 2019, 07:04AM

Registered Member #1403 Joined: Tue Mar 18 2008, 06:05PM
Location: Denmark, Odense C
Posts: 1968

Long story short.

We tried in the admin team to work on this, it is no trivial task to convert 3 old legacy databases into a new system. Eventually this died out for various reasons

Two years ago we were some users from 4hv that started a new forum, HighVoltageForum.net

, to have a updated modern forum software to keep sharing our projects, discussion etc. on.

I have kept myself from trying to hijack 4hv users, because I never wanted to do that against Chris, the admin of 4hv, and this is also why I first mention this 2 years after our launch.

DerAlbi

Thu Jun 13 2019, 08:54AM

Registered Member #2906 Joined: Sun Jun 06 2010, 02:20AM
Location: Dresden, Germany
Posts: 727

Thank you for your efforts. It is hard to argue that you would take Chris something away - there seems to be no effort towards holding the community here.
There seems to be enough feedback that there is something drastically wrong with the forum, yet it seems like a one way communication - even if some of that is read, it would be nice to hear actual feedback or a plan for the future.

Maybe we are just standing around a dead body poking it with sticks to see if it still lives.

hen918

Thu Jun 13 2019, 11:52PM

Registered Member #11591 Joined: Wed Mar 20 2013, 08:20PM
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The thing is, there is a website, it's hosted, it has a domain, and it runs (kind of), it just needs that little extra, like an old CNC that has 0.2mm of backlash, but you have all the programs you need on the 1.44MB floppy in the still functioning drive in the control box. Someone needs to come along and fit some new ballscrews. A couple of days work, 9-5.

The host, domain, and the database all seem OK, it's a shame to abandon a good forum because of some stupid front end bugs.

Patrick

Wed Jun 19 2019, 07:10PM

Registered Member #2431 Joined: Tue Oct 13 2009, 09:47PM
Location: Chico, CA. USA
Posts: 5639

lets not kick around the admins too much. hopefully we can get a professional temp programmer paid 9-5 to straighten the forum out with a go-fund-me ? unless its data specific stuff....

I am getting ready to drop a major project i think we will all benefit from, i think ill do it via PDF to compensate for the crippled forum.

Patrick

Thu Jun 20 2019, 05:39PM

Registered Member #2431 Joined: Tue Oct 13 2009, 09:47PM
Location: Chico, CA. USA
Posts: 5639

Am I correct in presuming "php" is the code and tongue of the devil ?

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Thu Jun 20 2019, 06:40PM

Registered Member #56 Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 05:02AM
Location: Southern Califorina, USA
Posts: 2445

I largely 'outgrew' high voltage, and by extension 4hv, when I moved to grad school and have all but stopped posting on 4hv as a result. I had been lurking once in a while, but the impossible captcha and frequent logouts made lurking less convenient. Now that the captcha is less bad I have started lurking a bit more but still don't post much since I have stopped working on hv projects.

It would be a shame to see the forum die because of bit rot causing the software itself to stop functioning, but I suppose that is how online forums work. Maybe it is time to move this forum to not-as-old.4hv.org with its previous 2 predecessors and start anew? In my opinion the most important part of the migration process is that the old posts remain archived somehow (looking at you, non-functioning old.4hv.org and older.4hv.org) since there is such a wealth of interesting information on them. For example I have a few coils where the only documentation I have for them was hosted on the old forums. After the forum backups went down I was able to get them off of the wayback machine for my own records, but they are basically gone to the ages at this point.

Patrick

Thu Jun 20 2019, 11:54PM

Registered Member #2431 Joined: Tue Oct 13 2009, 09:47PM
Location: Chico, CA. USA
Posts: 5639

no matter what we must preserve 4hv.org in at least an archived state. Its just to precious to lose !

MRMILSTAR

Fri Jun 21 2019, 01:08PM

Registered Member #62119 Joined: Sun Feb 04 2018, 04:59AM
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Posts: 136

I have started using "highvoltageforum.net" as an adjunct forum to "4hv.org". I post to both as needed but if I need to post pictures or video then "highvoltagefprum.net" is currently the only viable alternative.

Ash Small

Mon Jun 24 2019, 05:15AM

Registered Member #3414 Joined: Sun Nov 14 2010, 05:05PM
Location: UK
Posts: 4245

This forum means a lot to me.... I've met some interesting people, both online and 'in the real world'.... I'd certainly contribute to a Go Fund Me to get it fully operational, or at least archived with photo's.... It's not just the HV stuff, it's the attitude to general electronics and everything else as well.....

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