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This has been a bug for a very long time and I'm sure it's a known issue, but I figured I'd document it here since I don't think it's been documented.
Basically, if you format a quote tag incorrectly, it will screw up [i]all[/i] quotations, including previous quotations that had been formatted correctly, such that you will see the tags instead of the desired formatting. It's also easy to trigger this bug because it will consider any quote tag without the name of the post's author to be improperly formatted; you can't do <quote>blah blah</quote> (substitute brackets for the <>'s, of course); it has to be <quote=whoever>blah blah</quote>.
(Also, found another one as I was posting this: I made the headline too long and it said "Text to long max 50 characters". "To" should be "too". Even better, set the maximum number of characters for the textbox so that overshooting the limit isn't even possible for most users.)
This forum software has stopped developing. Maybe we should switch to some other forum software like phpbb. The problem is to port all data from this forum software to the new. Otherwise all threads and posts will disappear, which may not be desirable.
Well, I can't say I'm an expert at stuff like phpBB, but I do have a basic understanding of how it works, as well as SQL, etc., so maybe I could be of service...
I've thought about maybe using [url=http://drupal.org]Drupal for the entire site. In Drupal, there is a built-in forum. But it is not so advanced. There are modules to install so it becomes a bit more advanced. With Drupal, there are advantages to the simple ability to add more functionality on the site. The problem with phpBB is that it is a standalone software that is making it more difficult to integrate with the web site. The fundamental problem remains, to port data from the old software to new software. The current forum software stores data in a MySQL database. This makes Drupal and phpBB, too, but not in the same table structure. Attachments are stored in another file structure. Passwords are stored using a different hash function, so passwords must be reentered by the users.
I've also heard that some modules in Drupal can counteract each other (but that problem isn't seen often).
I think SMF can also work (as it has the ability to convert MySQL databases to suit SMF). The problem here is that I don't think it can convert Senaculum's database structure.
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I think I would be able to write some script that extracts all relevant data from the database and turns it into something that can be used by other forum software, provided it's not encrypted somehow. I don't know how, say, phpBB stores, say, user passwords, or users, or anything really. Maybe it uses some really finicky tables and indexes that are all hashed and encrypted in various and complex ways that makes just creating new posts and stuff very tricky.
On the other hand, if users are created more or less manually, their old posts might be added to the new forums by spambots designed specifically for this purpose. The dates would all be messed up, but...
I always thought phpBB & PunBB stored password data as escaped hex values in their SQL databases. However, I'd use MySQL; the last time I used PunBB to create an SQLite database, by information was encrypted (even though it was an SQL database created by PunBB's scripts themselves).
But I see what you're saying.
Perhaps, if you want, I can send you (via e-mail) one of my old database backups from my currently offline website (it's a standard MySQL Improved database; I'm giving you my permission & blessing to use it for experimentation & examination). Perhaps you can see how it's structured (including topics, threads & user data) & figure out a way to convert/restructure this forum's database for phpBB/PunBB.
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There are just the passwords that are encrypted. All other data can be migrated to another software.
I have started to work on a new site, but the development goes very slowly. Like many of you, I don't have so much time to do this. The plan is to use Drupal as CMS and forum software. The wiki will continue to be stand-alone. I work as a web developer so this is easy for me, but it takes time.
I will start to build the site, then I will look into migrate the data to the new site. Maybe someone can help me with theming the new site later on.
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