April 01, 2022

Fresh start

There are definitely some things to work through but a few notes:

  1. There were two migrations completed overnight. One migrated the existing live redmen.com forum. The other migrated two old archives with posts and other data going back to 1999. In the first migration we were not able to migrate over Private messages. This new system has a very powerful and updated forum and private messaging system. But we did not have an easy path to migrate. We also could not import user avatars and other photos you may have had on your redmen.com profile. These things are not lost. You can still access them and if you like, update your profile and your fancy new account. But strange enough some of the second migration (the older data) we were able to import some of those things. So you may have some private messages in your account now going back many years. And some of the accounts got their avatar updated but from their very old version.
  2. I will be leaving parts of redmen.com functioning for a little while in order to help everyone migrate and to give everyone time to clear out private messages and collect old avatars or pictures.
  3. Some of the old archives are currently visible to all members. Have fun with that. Some older forum archives and in that migration ( some posts and private messages from 1999-2011) some of the old avatars are private messages were imported.
  4. I believe all of your accounts were also merged properly. So your past redmen.com self and your account as it was yesterday - here now and moving forward.
  5. The Rookie Forum still lives. But we have a different approach. Rookies can now post in the main Fan forum but noobs can still have a place to be noob... Moderation has some new elements and if people don't behave they will be banned. New processes and standards forthcoming. For now -play nice.
  6. Everyone will need to reset their password on the new forum. As long as your email was valid, this should be no problem. If it wasn't valid, contact me and we'll fix it.
  7. IMPORTANT: no more user handles. Your username is your handle. Whatever your username is, that is your handle. For anyone that had a username that was different than their handle/display name, you can change your username in your account.
  8. IMPORTANT: For anyone whose username was your email address I had to substitute a random username for you. You should definitely change your username in these case because the ones that I gave you are super lame and people will feel sorry for you for representing so poorly... ;)
  9. There will be ongoing updates and tweak over the next few days. I encourage anyone who needs help to contact me directly. I will also be publishing some tutorials on new features like using the forum as an app on your phone and https://red.fans

I know there are some issues to work through and new features to absorb. And oh yea, I hope you enjoyed my April Fools message.
 
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Regarding the private messages that didn't migrate, is there a way for us to migrate them or download them?
 
JohnnyFan said:
Regarding the private messages that didn't migrate, is there a way for us to migrate them or download them?
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you can access them via your account on redmen.com Eventually I will shut it down completely but for now you have full access but I would continue any further private messages here not there.
 
Red.Fans said:
Fresh start

There are definitely some things to work through but a few notes:

  1. There were two migrations completed overnight. One migrated the existing live redmen.com site. The other migrated two old archives with posts and other data going back to 1999. In the first migration we were not able to migrate over Private messages. This new system has a very powerful and updated forum and private messaging system. But we did not have an easy path to migrate. We also could not import user avatars and other photos you may have had on your redmen.com profile. These things are not lost. You can still access them and if you like, update your profile and your fancy new account. But strange enough some of the second migration (the older data) we were able to import some of those things. So you may have some private messages in your account now going back many years. And some of the accounts got their avatar updated but from their very old version.
  2. I will be leaving parts of redmen.com functioning for a little while in order to help everyone migrate and to give everyone time to clear out private messages and collect old avatars or pictures.
  3. Some of the old archives are currently visible to all members. Have fun with that. Some older forum archives and in that migration ( some posts and private messages from 1999-2011) some of the old avatars are private messages were imported.
  4. I believe all of your accounts were also merged properly. So your past redmen.com self and your account as it was yesterday - here now and moving forward.
  5. The Rookie Forum still lives. But we have a different approach. Rookies can now post in the main Fan forum but noobs can still have a place to be noob... Moderation has some new elements and if people don't behave they will be banned. New processes and standards forthcoming. For now -play nice.
  6. Everyone will need to reset their password on the new forum. As long as your email was valid, this should be no problem. If it wasn't valid, contact me and we'll fix it.
  7. IMPORTANT: no more user handles. Your username is your handle. Whatever your username is, that is your handle. For anyone that had a username that was different than their handle/display name, you can change your username in your account.
  8. IMPORTANT: For anyone whose username was your email address I had to substitute a random username for you. You should definitely change your username in these case because the ones that I gave you are super lame and people will feel sorry for you for representing so poorly... ;)
  9. There will be ongoing updates and tweak over the next few days. I encourage anyone who needs help to contact me directly. I will also be publishing some tutorials on new features like using the forum as an app on your phone and https://red.fans

I know there are some issues to work through and new features to absorb. And oh yea, I hope you enjoyed my April Fools message.
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I love this new format! Thank you Big Red for the new look!
 
Site looks great Paul!

Small thing, any plans to add the page toggle to the top of each thread page as well?
 

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The absolute best feature on the old site was the ability to click on that little red number indicating how many new posts in a thread since your last visit. It would then take you exactly where you left off. Any chance of installing that into the new version?
 
JohnnyFan said:
The absolute best feature on the old site was the ability to click on that little red number indicating how many new posts in a thread since your last visit. It would then take you exactly where you left off. Any chance of installing that into the new version?
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I did like the counter just to see which threads has the most action to catch up on since last visited.

But I think if you "mark read". Then next time you come back in and click new posts. When you click on those threads it takes you to the oldest of the newest posts you didn't see in that thread.

Hope I got that right.
 
Red.Fans said:
1) the future is: https://red.fans redmen.com will remain live for the time being for the reasons outlined in my original post item#2.
2) On the redmen.com site the Forum link now goes here. Also you can now install the red.fans forum on your mobile home screen and it will function as an App. this works on both iphone and android but works better on android
3) quoting is now limited to only one level. Overall the site should be a massive improvement for mobile use. keep the feedback coming including problems you encounter or suggestions for improvement. There are also some organizing features now available to all users and at a global level such as Bookmarking and Threadmarking. I do have a few more features in the queue to rollout.
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The best part (well for me at least) is the one level quote. Navigating through threads that had multiple quotes posts became unsightly.
This is cleaner and efficient.
 
Ptskee said:
When I go to my preferences/settings I try and change to Eric what I was listed on the site before but it says this name has already been taken? It’s mine!!! Lol
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There are a lot of members who had registered with just a first name but then their handle was something different or as in your case the username was something then the handle was a first name. So send me an email or private message and we will sort it.
 
JohnnyFan said:
The absolute best feature on the old site was the ability to click on that little red number indicating how many new posts in a thread since your last visit. It would then take you exactly where you left off. Any chance of installing that into the new version?
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OK it essentially works like that now but without the number indicator. There is no way to just turn it on like that but I will see what can be done.
 
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