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Okay Meth...
So based from your reply up above you, NT Staff, us (the users) are all hoping that the transition will be a good painless success.
But, what if it isn't. What if there are problems or things go bad or whatever.
Will this niketalk domain, site or whatever it is still be up and running and active?
Just hoping there is a backup or something in case something doesn't go as planned with the new platform.
What if things go bad on the transition and this niketalk that we are on with huddler is not operating anymore where will we go
And, what if there is no niketalk for a few weeks, months (exaggerating here) then we might not be able to gain back our big userbase we currently have now.
I can appreciate the concern, but that's not going to happen.Okay Meth...
So based from your reply up above you, NT Staff, us (the users) are all hoping that the transition will be a good painless success.
But, what if it isn't. What if there are problems or things go bad or whatever.
Will this niketalk domain, site or whatever it is still be up and running and active?
Just hoping there is a backup or something in case something doesn't go as planned with the new platform.
What if things go bad on the transition and this niketalk that we are on with huddler is not operating anymore where will we go
And, what if there is no niketalk for a few weeks, months (exaggerating here) then we might not be able to gain back our big userbase we currently have now.
1) Welcome to the world of tech companies.
Okay Meth...
So based from your reply up above you, NT Staff, us (the users) are all hoping that the transition will be a good painless success.
But, what if it isn't. What if there are problems or things go bad or whatever.
Will this niketalk domain, site or whatever it is still be up and running and active?
Just hoping there is a backup or something in case something doesn't go as planned with the new platform.
What if things go bad on the transition and this niketalk that we are on with huddler is not operating anymore where will we go
And, what if there is no niketalk for a few weeks, months (exaggerating here) then we might not be able to gain back our big userbase we currently have now.
I can appreciate the concern, but that's not going to happen.
We're doing far more than "hoping" for a great transition - we're preparing for it. We've been working hard every day and will continue to make every necessary investment to deliver the best result we can for our fellow members.
The company we've partnered with has already successfully ported a Huddler site to the same platform we'll be using. The site only experienced about 20 hours of downtime - but most of that wasn't "total" downtime, but a "content lock" period during which posts could only be made to a special, temporary area that would not be transferred to the finished site. Minor issues with user permissions, gallery albums, etc. were resolved within 24 hours. The site not only retained its traffic, but increased its traffic after launch.
They retained their posts, images, articles, forums, and galleries. Users were able to log in seamlessly using their existing passwords. Account information like post count, join date, reputation score, follow lists, and ignore lists were maintained. Private message conversations were carried over. They even upgraded the site to HTTPS for greater security.
While past performance is no guarantee of future success, we'll build in enough leeway in our departure to make sure that we have all the time we could possibly need to overcome almost any conceivable problem.
Without getting into too much technical detail, it's not an "all or nothing" process.
We have everything we need right now to run a forum website today, but we're working to have all our content, accounts, etc. converted for us on the new platform, and to develop a look and feel that is unique to and representative of NikeTalk. The preservation of NikeTalk's legacy content is well worth the added effort and expense, and that's where most of the complexity lies in this transition. If it were simply a matter of running a brand new forum on NikeTalk.com to ensure that everyone has someplace to post, we could do that within hours.
I know it can be difficult to just take that on faith, but hopefully you'll feel more confident and comfortable when we have a beta site available for our volunteer testers to check out.
For now, though, I think the aforementioned Huddler sites should serve to demonstrate that this is a very achievable goal. Each one made different choices, and each experienced its own issues, but they all succeeded in converting their communities' content and their sites all have a future to look forward to on a new, modern forum platform. We will do the same.
The company we've partnered with has not only done this successfully, but delivered what's considered the smoothest migration in the history of the Huddler platform.
The one site that didn't make it failed to attempt a migration, perhaps due to financial concerns.
This is something we've prepared for, and we've spared no expense to achieve the best result possible.
For @Nelson C
and myself, NikeTalk has been a part of our lives for over 17 years now. We know how much it means to our fellow community members, and we're not taking any unnecessary risks with it.
NikeTalk will survive this, and it's our goal to ensure that the loss of our current platform will not be a setback, but a step forward.
1) Welcome to the world of tech companies.
2) Had we not gone with Huddler, we wouldn't have been able to carry over any posts, accounts, or user data from the original site. All of that would've been lost and we'd have started from scratch.
3) If we'd gone with, say, vbulletin, which was the de facto choice for independent forums at the time of our last move, we'd be looking to convert to more modern software now anyway.
If I had to go back in time to 2012 and plan our escape from the forum Gulag we were stuck in back then, knowing everything I know now, I would still choose Huddler. All told, you've had a positive experience here for almost five years, but the platform has run its course and now we're going to take the next step forward for our community.
yeah i aint tripping, makes sense.
I've addressed this before, but, for the sake of clarity I want to reiterate that this will be an amicable parting of ways between NikeTalk, Wikia, and Huddler.
Methodical Management
The one you're using now has a join date of 2003. If it's working now, you're good. Your account will transfer over and, at relaunch, you can just sign in with your current password.
Yes, post counts and join dates will carry over for every user.Will my post count carry over? I lost like 5K posts during the last move.
never knew about the search. thanks.
