duncan-uk Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 So now we have the forum back up and running and a steady trickle of registrations we need to build! The forum is nothing without knowledge and content and this comes from people asking questions, sharing knowledge and posting their experiences. So if you've done a job, found out something interesting, want advice or just want to show off your car please post away! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 On 03/10/2022 at 12:40, duncan-uk said: So if you've done a job, found out something interesting, I know this bloke who swapped out an entire steering rack, but didn't take any pictures apparently.🤭 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan-uk Posted October 6, 2022 Author Share Posted October 6, 2022 I know the same bloke, he hasn't changed the column yet so says he doesnt want to do half a post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Pppffft Lame excuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan-uk Posted October 7, 2022 Author Share Posted October 7, 2022 So i've been having a play with the old site capture Whilst some links are dead if you play with the capture date and settings you can access quite a lot. I don't know if there is a way to extract and create a database we can merge/ search - thats out my pay grade but if people had an interesting thread/ how too etc its worth taking a little time to see what you can extract and repost. Anything you can recover and repost will help us and others. https://web.archive.org/web/20210616084801/https://forum.bmw5.co.uk/ TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan-uk Posted October 7, 2022 Author Share Posted October 7, 2022 So for instance to extract the E39 Mileage thread I did this: Went to https://web.archive.org/web/20210616084801/https://forum.bmw5.co.uk/ and clicked on 39 tech section: https://web.archive.org/web/20210511133957/https://forum.bmw5.co.uk/forum/64-e39-1996-2004/ You can see in top right how many captures there has been, so click on that... You can then see a dot on 17th Jan 2022 so click here... Ans you get a link to the snap shot. So by playing about with dates of snapshots you can recover stuff, as is say we can't do it all but we should be able to recover some knowledge! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syncrofred Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Now I’ve managed to get back into Forum, my post numbers are in single digits. They used to be in four figures. Any chance of recovering them? Not critical I know, but it makes me look like a Newbie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan-uk Posted November 8, 2022 Author Share Posted November 8, 2022 I’m afraid not. This is a totally new platform and regrettably we can’t migrate the data across as it doesn’t exist in a usable format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkfan Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 I take it a full back up wasn't saved when the old forum was taken offline in migration preparation back in the year? I'm far from an expert but the normal procedure is to save two copies and tinker with one for the migration until it's sorted. If the tinkered copy goes Pete Tong - take another copy of the saved forum and tinker again but always make sure you have one perfect saved copy in case it all goes horribly wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syncrofred Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Not the end of the world. The important thing is getting the answers and that has always been reliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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