Hi Everyone,
It is long overdue, but we are finally at the last stage before moving the TDIClub forums over to a new software. This will deal with a large number of unresolved issues people have noticed with the forums over the past few years such as modern browser support, mobile support, https support, etc. After evaluating a number of different forum software systems and migrating the TDIClub forums to these formats I ended up selecting Xenforo as the next forum software. While it isn’t a direct migration of everything, there is a way to ensure that very little data is lost and most of the features you have grown accustomed to are still working. As we move forward after the migration a few additional feature will also become available. Please note that I plan to drop the Tapatalk integration as the new system is much more mobile browser friendly.
That said before I do the final migration I wanted to get some feedback from the membership on the new system and determine if there are any major issues before the final migration happens. To do that I’ve opened up the test site with the latest data migration (August 3, 2020). While I won’t be able to address every item you may find, please note the issues in this thread: http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?p=5608673
I’ll address any show stoppers before the migration and clean up the other items after the migration that I currently have planned for the evening of Friday August 21, 2020. I expect the forums to be back up and running later in the afternoon or evening of August 22nd.
Anyways the test site is located at https://xenforo.tdiclub.com and to ensure no confusion with the main forums and ensure search engines don’t index this, you’ll be prompted for a username and password first. Use “tditester” as the username and “tdiclub” as the password.
Here are some comments:
1) Most of the data has been migrated into the new system. This includes:
4) Forum redirections. This was most important.
Again, please have a look and note any issues you find such as permission issues, limits on PMs, uploading files or other things. The link for specific problems you find is here: http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?p=5608673
Thanks in advance for your feedback and testing.
It is long overdue, but we are finally at the last stage before moving the TDIClub forums over to a new software. This will deal with a large number of unresolved issues people have noticed with the forums over the past few years such as modern browser support, mobile support, https support, etc. After evaluating a number of different forum software systems and migrating the TDIClub forums to these formats I ended up selecting Xenforo as the next forum software. While it isn’t a direct migration of everything, there is a way to ensure that very little data is lost and most of the features you have grown accustomed to are still working. As we move forward after the migration a few additional feature will also become available. Please note that I plan to drop the Tapatalk integration as the new system is much more mobile browser friendly.
That said before I do the final migration I wanted to get some feedback from the membership on the new system and determine if there are any major issues before the final migration happens. To do that I’ve opened up the test site with the latest data migration (August 3, 2020). While I won’t be able to address every item you may find, please note the issues in this thread: http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?p=5608673
I’ll address any show stoppers before the migration and clean up the other items after the migration that I currently have planned for the evening of Friday August 21, 2020. I expect the forums to be back up and running later in the afternoon or evening of August 22nd.
Anyways the test site is located at https://xenforo.tdiclub.com and to ensure no confusion with the main forums and ensure search engines don’t index this, you’ll be prompted for a username and password first. Use “tditester” as the username and “tdiclub” as the password.
Here are some comments:
1) Most of the data has been migrated into the new system. This includes:
a. Posts
b. Media (jpg, png, gif and other images and video files) from photopost (the images section of the current forums) and it can be modified, deleted.
c. User accounts
d. PMs
2) The following was not migrated:b. Media (jpg, png, gif and other images and video files) from photopost (the images section of the current forums) and it can be modified, deleted.
c. User accounts
d. PMs
a. Non image media (ie PDF, xls, doc, etc) from photopost.
3) The look and feel is pretty much the XenForo default. For now I just made minor changes as I felt the migration was most important and the visual can be dealt with lateri. So that this data is not lost, the old set of files will still be accessible to download, however it will no longer allow for modifications, deletions, etc
ii. To deal with fact the new media gallery does not permit PDF, XLS, and other not image files, there is a ‘resources’ centre where these items can be uploaded. I added a PDF of a MkIV timing belt change as a display. Hopefully this work around won’t be too cumbersome.
b. Some other minor itemsii. To deal with fact the new media gallery does not permit PDF, XLS, and other not image files, there is a ‘resources’ centre where these items can be uploaded. I added a PDF of a MkIV timing belt change as a display. Hopefully this work around won’t be too cumbersome.
4) Forum redirections. This was most important.
a. Due to how the old photopost system worked, I was not able to setup a redirection of the old images that were directly linked. This is another reason the old image files will be directly accessible using the old URLS.
b. All the major links, images, etc should now be migrated. This is where I require assistance in finding problems. For almost any page you should be able to just replace forums.tdiclub.com with xenforo.tdiclub.com or pics.tdiclub.com with pics-xenforo.tdiclubcom in the URL and you should see the same content in the new software. Please note this is only for posts prior to August 3, 2020. For example:
5) A few features worth noting:b. All the major links, images, etc should now be migrated. This is where I require assistance in finding problems. For almost any page you should be able to just replace forums.tdiclub.com with xenforo.tdiclub.com or pics.tdiclub.com with pics-xenforo.tdiclubcom in the URL and you should see the same content in the new software. Please note this is only for posts prior to August 3, 2020. For example:
a. The interface is modern. It is mobile enhanced. Yes, finally it is up to modern standards.
b. When posting you can access the media gallery directly.
c. No more login issues between the picture server and the forums.
d. More items than I can mention right now… I’ll let you discover them. ��
b. When posting you can access the media gallery directly.
c. No more login issues between the picture server and the forums.
d. More items than I can mention right now… I’ll let you discover them. ��
Again, please have a look and note any issues you find such as permission issues, limits on PMs, uploading files or other things. The link for specific problems you find is here: http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?p=5608673
Thanks in advance for your feedback and testing.
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