Archiving the PCKF

entropicdecay · Post by **entropicdecay** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 19:08

Alright. It'd be nice to have an archive of the old PCKF, in case it eventually goes offline or some other problem gets rid of it. So I took the liberty of archiving a page. Now, this is just preliminary stuff. Here it is.

Any suggestions? I know I need to do something about the non-functional links, and I could probably lose most of the stuff above and below the posts (the logo etc. aren't really necessary for the archive). Alternatively I could go
with a more minimal approach and take out almost everything but the usernames and post content. What do you think?

DaVince · Post by **DaVince** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 19:26

I say we use that converter mentioned earlier and save the whole bunch as XML, then use an online XML reader/converter or something to display the pages.

entropicdecay · Post by **entropicdecay** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 20:42

DaVince wrote:I say we use that converter mentioned earlier and save the whole bunch as XML, then use an online XML reader/converter or something to display the pages.

That'd probably work much better. I've been trying archiving some stuff in a simpler almost-plain-text format, and it's pretty tedious. I could just save HTML copies of the threads, though, and put them up on my site.

Post by **KeenRush** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 22:47

Agree that using something converter might ease the job...

Well, I doubt I'm going to read those anyways, but perhaps they are good for someone who likes going through them.

Commander Spleen · Post by **Commander Spleen** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 0:45

HTML backups would be neat. They keep the original atmosphere in tact (though they still rely on dynamically-linked images that are liable to vanish in years to come).

It's also a good plan to transfer as many useful threads into the new phpbb so they can be searched more easily. This definitely needs to be undertaken. The question is, do we want to import them into their rightful categories, or form an archive forum to keep the clean slate we have?

Post by **Yorpy** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:30

I'm for an archive.

memsys · Post by **memsys** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:36

I'm for an archive too divided into subforums

entropicdecay · Post by **entropicdecay** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 21:32

An archive would probably work best. Also, I remember talk about salvaging a scant few posts from before the crash, could those be added too?

Malvineous · Post by **Malvineous** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 22:18

Commander Spleen wrote:HTML backups would be neat. They keep the original atmosphere in tact (though they still rely on dynamically-linked images that are liable to vanish in years to come).

You could use wget to download the whole forum, linked images and all. IIRC it will even update the .html files to point to the local images.

DaVince · Post by **DaVince** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 22:28

Okay, but can wget work recursively on a domain (download all links it can find as long as it points to the same domain)? That'd be kickass.
Umm... I just re-read your post, and guessing that it would? Lemme man that stuff...

EDIT:

Wget can follow links in HTML and XHTML pages and create local versions of remote web sites, fully recreating the directory structure of the original site. This is sometimes referred to as â€˜â€˜recursive downloading.â€™â€™

Cooool! Thanks for the info, I'll be sure to use this on any website I want to backup!

Post by **xtraverse** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 0:33

http://dosclassics.com/old/pckf/

Some interesting topics from many years ago there, you won't find these on the current ezBoard.

Djaser · Post by **Djaser** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 7:52

xtraverse wrote:http://dosclassics.com/old/pckf/

Some interesting topics from many years ago there, you won't find these on the current ezBoard.

Oh goodie, I found one my first flamewars with eK!
And Rorie going out of control was always fun.

DaVince · Post by **DaVince** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:49

Nice! Look what I found in there:
http://redlaine.topcities.com/

Keen 3D! Too bad that version was abandoned.

Djaser · Post by **Djaser** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 21:58

It's entertaining that you bothered to save all topic where Rorie, eK, Globox, and me are going nuts. Do you love us that much?

entropicdecay · Post by **entropicdecay** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 22:16

xtraverse wrote:http://dosclassics.com/old/pckf/

Some interesting topics from many years ago there, you won't find these on the current ezBoard.

Whoa, I didn't know about this...

Edit: Is it just me or did this forum used to be a lot more hostile?