Quote from: RE on Oct 10, 2023, 10:24 PMIt would be nice if we could get hold of the original Diner DB. I'm pretty sure my Host (A Small Orange) has a copy. Probably just have to pay a small fee to download it. Do you think you could hook it up here?
RE
If we have the database the posts can be extracted. The user base is different so artificial avatars would likely substitute. I will be dealing with users who have missing avatars soon. We are going to use the first initial in a colored circle trick just like You Tube does as a default avatar for users who do not have one.
I would extract topics and create a legacy board for them here. I would put all the posts under the legacy board.
The Diner has never used more than one board. The software allows for multiple boards so the legacy board can be dropped in easily. Getting post metadata to show however will be 'the issue'. Original authors are gone and are not part of our user base here. l'd write a custom script to display legacy posts and provide default metadata. I'd modify our theme to incorporate the script so we don't break the SMF software.