awesome to hear, thanks for the extra effort jack!
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 5:04 AM, Jack Binks <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If you have a few emails from the lists prior to that you find yourself >> often referring to, please feel free to forward these round the list again >> so they're archived for posterity. > > That's a nice idea, but I think having all the archives already dumped in > there would be a lot more useful. Is there any technical (or legal?) reason > that prevents you from doing that? > > They're unfortunately not consistently 100% of posts, but since you've asked > so nicely I think I've found a (nasty) way of porting what archive data > there, is with some testing on an offline site. I'm going to attempt to > finagle this on the production site now, or rather once I've had a > fortifying cup of tea and a hobnob. Note that the forum bridge is going to > be down until I complete this, so anything posted there won't make it over. > New posts to the list via email will stack up however and should make it > (barring the potential for one or two). > I will email against once this is complete, be it a success or failure. > > Cheers > Jack > > Thanks, > Ivan > > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Ned Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Nice one, Jack... much appreciated. :) >> >> On May 5, 2011, at 4:57 AM, Jack Binks wrote: >> >> > Hi All, >> > >> > Due to popular demand we've made a few improvements to the mailing lists >> > in the form of a search-able archive and web front end. >> > >> > These can be found at http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ and act as a >> > bidirectional link up with the existing mailing lists. Anything posted to >> > the list will appear in the website thread listings, and anything posted to >> > the web will bounce out to the mailing lists (with a few minutes latency). >> > Note that the archives are both viewable and searchable without logging in >> > to the site, however if you wish to post via the web you'll need to log in. >> > This has a separate membership to the mailing lists, so use the register >> > link on the linked page to sign up. >> > >> > As with the mailing lists, these are not avenues for official support - >> > such reports should continue to go through [email protected] (along >> > with any problems you notice with the forums!). The archives run back a >> > couple of months, ie since the bridge element has been running, and will >> > build with time. If you have a few emails from the lists prior to that you >> > find yourself often referring to, please feel free to forward these round >> > the list again so they're archived for posterity. The email and web front >> > ends are both covered by the pre-existing code of conduct, and please note >> > the additional T&Cs and privacy policies linked in the page footer. We'll >> > be >> > setting up links from the main site shortly. >> > >> > An important facet of making these genuinely usable for everyone is >> > observing good thread etiquette, and that's down to all of us who use the >> > lists. The threads on the web front end mimic the threads seen in your >> > email >> > client, so even if you don't personally use threads in your emails, please >> > do follow standard rules when responding to ensure the archives are easy to >> > search and follow, and indeed, for everyone else who does use a threaded >> > email client view. >> > >> > For those of you who don't generally use threads, there are lots of >> > resources on the web related to good etiquette, however the most important >> > from this point of view are: >> > >> > -When creating a new topic hit 'new email' in your client and set to: >> > <mailing list address> (eg [email protected]). Don't find >> > a different email topic on the list, open a contained email, hit reply and >> > change the subject as there's a secret squirrel identifier which is used to >> > id the thread and which hasn't been changed. If you do this then your new >> > topic will appear in the previous topic's thread. >> > >> > -When replying to an existing topic, open the email in the thread in >> > particular you are replying to and hit 'reply' in your email client, >> > ensuring the to: is set to the mailing list address. Do not hit 'new' and >> > copy and paste the subject over, as for similar reasons to the last post >> > the >> > email will appear as a new topic, rather than part of the previous topic's >> > thread. An obvious difficulty that arises here is for those of you that use >> > the mailing list's digest view. If possible, when you get a digest mail you >> > wish to respond to, do so via the web front end against that particular >> > thread, so as to preserve that thread's integrity. >> > >> > Hope you find the improvements useful, and do let us know at support@ if >> > you run into any issues. >> > >> > Kind Regards >> > Jack >> > >> > -- >> > >> > Jack Binks, Product Manager >> > The Foundry, 6th Floor, Communications Building >> > 48 Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7LT, UK >> > Tel: +44 (0)20 7434 0449 - Fax: +44 (0)20 7434 1550 >> > Web: www.thefoundry.co.uk >> > >> > The Foundry Visionmongers Ltd. >> > Registered in England and Wales No: 4642027 >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Nuke-users mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nuke-users mailing list >> [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users > > -- > > Jack Binks, Product Manager > The Foundry, 6th Floor, Communications Building > 48 Leicester Square, London, WC2H 7LT, UK > Tel: +44 (0)20 7434 0449 - Fax: +44 (0)20 7434 1550 > Web: www.thefoundry.co.uk > > The Foundry Visionmongers Ltd. > Registered in England and Wales No: 4642027 > > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users > _______________________________________________ Nuke-users mailing list [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users
