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- Thu Dec 12, 2019 1:25 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Stuff
- Topic: Safarifriends yahoo group folders and discussions
- Replies: 13
- Views: 25438
Re: Safarifriends yahoo group folders and discussions
Thank you Robert for pulling the last messages from the old Yahoo group, I've downloaded both links and will look to incorporate into the data import process. A work-related IT project that has consumed most of my time in the last three weeks is wrapping up, leaving some spare cycles to resume effor...
- Fri Dec 06, 2019 9:15 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Stuff
- Topic: Safarifriends yahoo group folders and discussions
- Replies: 13
- Views: 25438
Re: Safarifriends yahoo group folders and discussions
Greetings everyone... just a quick comment on material from the old yahoo group. I've been spending some time working on ways to import messages into the underlying database that phpBB uses (MySQL). This has proven to be a challenge, both from a time perspective (my day job, various other obligation...
- Wed Nov 27, 2019 10:22 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Stuff
- Topic: Help Wanted: Forum Moderators
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9035
Help Wanted: Forum Moderators
Greetings all! After being away for several days in the last few weeks, I've noticed that there is a need for additional moderators. This has emerged mostly around the need to activate new user accounts, but other activities, such as categorizing and potentially moving posts to appropriate discussio...
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 4:07 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Propane overfill
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4942
Re: Propane overfill
Well, that's a little embarrassing: There's a good chance Lion's account got caught in the dragnet. They will need to sign up again. Hopefully no one else has been inadvertently booted.
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 2:54 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Stuff
- Topic: Additional action needed?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9314
Re: Additional action needed?
As Duane explained, no additional action is required for members whose accounts are already active. For new members, the sign-up process now leverages the prospective member's valid email address, to which a notification email will be sent after registration. In that email will be a link for them to...
- Tue Nov 05, 2019 7:37 pm
- Forum: ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Topic: Bogus accounts and posts
- Replies: 0
- Views: 9338
Bogus accounts and posts
Greetings! As you may have noticed, this forum has been flooded with new user accounts and gibberish posts, no doubt due to script kiddies renting a botnet or some such. Effective immediately, the requirement to confirm new user accounts by clicking a link in the notification email is restored. Acco...
- Tue Oct 29, 2019 11:46 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Stuff
- Topic: Default language selection
- Replies: 0
- Views: 7801
Default language selection
As part of the maintenance window on 10/29/2019, a new language pack was added to phpBB: American English. It is now the default language pack, replacing the initial default, which was British English. However, for those who registered between the time the forum came online and the time the first ma...
- Tue Oct 29, 2019 10:47 pm
- Forum: ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Topic: Site Updates
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8607
Re: Site Updates
The site update is complete. Some additional features have been enabled, such as photo galleries and message digest emails. The maintenance window is now closed. If you are experiencing problems with the site, please notify safari-admin.
- Mon Oct 28, 2019 8:47 pm
- Forum: ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Topic: Site Updates
- Replies: 1
- Views: 8607
Site Updates
This site will receive a software update on Tuesday, October 29. The maintenance window is 8pm-10pm Mountain Time. During that time, the site may become unavailable as configurations are backed up and the update is applied. Expected down time is less than 30 minutes, but it may occur at any time wit...
- Tue Oct 22, 2019 10:24 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Stuff
- Topic: Welcome to Safari Friends
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11406
Welcome to Safari Friends
This is a pre-production and possible future home for the Safari Friends group scheduled for removal from Yahoo Groups. This site is currently incomplete. Migration of content from the Safarifriends group on Yahoo is not yet accomplished, and the current look is the default installed theme. Please e...