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Doc
Keeper of the Scrolls


2010 Posts
Posted -  11/09/2010  :  20:18
My initial thoughts back in March 2004 when I set up the OGFB website for the first time was to give the Barnoldswick community its own website, the other offerings available at the time for the town were sparse to say the least. I had been experimenting with various software Content Management Systems (CMS) and settled on a CMS developed by MaxWebPortal (Which later became SkyPortal). I taught myself to program in Classic ASP Script and got involved in the future development of the SkyPortal CMS software suite and ended up with what you see here today.

Earlier this year, the webmaster that hosted SkyPortal.net went AWOL never to be heard of again and the continuing development of the software package subsequently ceased and so did the rest of the Skyportal community. This meant that the future development of our own site was limited to my own skills as a programmer taking on the development of the entire package which due to the technicalities of the Skyportal software licencing agreement would not be possible.

Therefore in light of the above I now need an alternative route to safegaurd the future of the OGFB website and its community. For the last six months I have been investigating other offerings from CMS software providers and trying to decide which package would be the most suitable to transfer the existing data into. I have looked at Joomla, DotNetNuke, Drupal amongst many others and have recently come into contact with other webmasters who were/are running the Skyportal CMS system and are in the same predicament as ourselves. The general concensus of the webmasters is that Drupal offers the most flexibility in what we are looking for, to this end we (the webmasters) have created another website dedicated to this issue in migrating a SkyPortal website over to another more flexible and future proof system. The Drupal membership covers many thousands of webmasters throughout the world and has a lot stronger development team.

The main aims of this transition project are:
  1. To migrate the current OGFB website off the dedicated MS server (Currently costing £70 a month) which runs IIS, ASP and MSSQL onto a lower cost Linux server running PHP and MySQL 
  2. To safegaurd the majority if not all of the exsiting OGFB data and Images, a conciderable technically difficult task in itself.
  3. To have the flexibility to allow us to customise and manage our own individual websites
  4. To conform to the recognised industry standards for websites.
  5. To ensure that the future of the OGFB website will be secured.
Talking of the future, my own priorities have changed these last few years and my wife and I are now planning on selling our farmhouse, buying a smaller terrace house together with a capable sailboat and over the next few years circumnavigating the planet Earth and enjoying all that she has to offer - while we still can.

But before that happens I want to ensure that all the technicalities of the website migration have been completed and that the site is up and running succesfully before I hand over the administrative reigns as webmaster to Stephen Taylforth better known as our exsisting OGFB member - Pluggy. I expect the transition will take some time before all the migration issues have been resolved, but in the meantime the current OGFB website will not change and will remain available until the big day comes to switch them over. I will be getting Pluggy more involved in the website administration once we have something to administer on the new server setup, until then watch this space for updates and news on the project.

May I take this opportunity to thank everyone for their continued support and contributions over the last six years.

 

Best regards

Doc - (Current) Webmaster - OneGuyFromBarlick


TTFN - Doc


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Stanley
Local Historian & Old Fart


36804 Posts
Posted - 22/11/2011 : 10:05
I've mailed him Comrade and asked him to have a look at the thread.


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Doc
Keeper of the Scrolls


2010 Posts
Posted - 25/11/2011 : 09:07
The issues relating to the transfer of data to a new platform are still a work in progress, it's a slow process having to rely on others but we will get there oneday.

The donation process is still operational and can be found in the top right corner of the home page and also on the bottom of my signature - Please Donate away it's all for a good cause.

I'll try and give you regular updates on the progress on the transition project but for now have fun and take care.


TTFN - Doc


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Whyperion
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122 Posts
Posted - 13/12/2011 : 09:09
Have you changed the forum style and main logo colours , I prefered the old ones , the latest is wishy washy and teeny font.


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panbiker
Senior Member


2301 Posts
Posted - 13/12/2011 : 09:24
You can have a personal choice of colour and scheme by using the skin changer in the right hand side toolbar on the homepage. Use the dropbox and choose whatever takes your fancy. I use "Frosty Sky", I find it pleasanr on the eye.


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Tizer
VIP Member


5150 Posts
Posted - 13/12/2011 : 09:30
Whyppy, you can change the font size of any web page to whatever you like in your browser. In Firefox you use Control + and Control -, I'm not sure if it's the same keystrokes in Internet Explorer.


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Whyperion
Regular Member


122 Posts
Posted - 13/12/2011 : 18:46
thanks , I had changed in my settings a couple of days back it but thought I was only changing it for the Calendar view and not for the the forums!


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Stanley
Local Historian & Old Fart


36804 Posts
Posted - 14/12/2011 : 07:22
Have a look at this LINK. I don't know what format Doc will use but am sure he will be bearing in mind transferabilty with the least inconvenience to members.


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