Ralph Angenendt wrote on 01/30/2011 12:41 PM: > Am 29.01.11 05:18, schrieb Phil Schaffner: > >> 1. A relatively seamless transition from the old site to the new, >> preserving both content and internal links to the greatest extent >> possible, and migrating existing active accounts. > > Internal links meaning links to already existing forum posts? That could > be quite hard to maintain (although yes, it would be great). Understood. >> 3. A mechanism for registering new users that locks out the spambots >> that have plagued the forum. Individual spammers we can handle with >> relative ease. The bogus accounts by the thousands are much more of a >> drain on resources. > > Yes. Especially as not all of them can be weeded out via database access > easily, either. We did that with lots of accounts, but that didn't > really help in the long run. I was thinking of using some mechanism like captcha - not perfect, as I understand that it can sometimes be defeated by a sophisticated bot. but would probably help a lot. >> Similar concerns apply to the Wiki - Seamless migration of existing >> content, and an easy path for contributors to continue their work, while >> preventing bad guys from doing damage. > > I really wouldn't touch the wiki stuff, except of upgrading to a new > version, maybe, once I can figure out a *working* way to do that. The > moin migration scripts aren't that hot. My misunderstanding there - thought a new Wiki was being contemplated as well. Phil