Moving to pachydome.com is underway. Things members should do.

[What Exit?]

Create a link to [del:1marqr57]http://www.pachydome.com/forums.[/del:1marqr57] http://www.MELLOPHANT.COM/forums

[del:1marqr57]Save off any PMs you want to save, I don't think they will be moving over.[/del:1marqr57] Nevermind

[del:1marqr57]Ensure you have a copy of your avatar to upload again as these may not move over.[/del:1marqr57] Nevermind


Ask Questions here. Check for Updates in the announcement.

[TheFlame]

As I'e commented on chat, I regret not having seen the proposed new name earlier.

"Pachydome", phonetically, has unfortunate connotations. Specifically, it sounds like 'Paki-dome', and "Paki" is a racial slur in British English.

[AllWalker]

That is unfortunate. But as you say, the connotation is phonetic - in text, the medium we will be using, it should be clear that is not what we mean. Hopefully. As for speaking about it in meat space, well, a nickname might be in order. Or business cards. Or tattoos.

[Sarahfeena]

If it helps, I think many of us will just refer to it as "the dome.".

[Feirefiz]

Are we supposed to register again or are there any plans to transfer the user database?

[Orual]

Are we supposed to register again or are there any plans to transfer the user database?

Yeah, I just registered my name. And then I realized that maybe I shouldn't have.

[elmwood]

Please don't register there yet if you're already registered here. When the database is moved over, usernames and passwords will transfer over. Registering at the new site only makes merging more difficult, because old DoMeBo users would need to be associated manually with users at the new board. There's also a lot that still needs to be configured; user groups, chat and the like.

PMs should transfer over when the pbpBB database is moved over.

[Zuul]

That is unfortunate. But as you say, the connotation is phonetic - in text, the medium we will be using, it should be clear that is not what we mean. Hopefully. As for speaking about it in meat space, well, a nickname might be in order. Or business cards. Or tattoos.

Well, if it helps at all, "pachyderm" is pronounced pak-i-derm, not pak-y-derm. I'd been pronouncing it "pak-i-dome" in my head, so there's not as much of a phonetic connotation.

[Orual]

Please don't register there yet if you're already registered here. When the database is moved over, usernames and passwords will transfer over. Registering at the new site only makes merging more difficult, because old DoMeBo users would need to be associated manually with users at the new board.

Sorry to cause extra trouble.

[Dangerously Unqualified]

WE

Perhaps Pachydome will be joyfully abbreviated to PD.

Regards,
DU

[Heffalump]

Save off any PMs you want to save, I don't think they will be moving over.

Could I get some quick instructions please? Saving PMs in vB is pretty self-explanatory. I'm not seeing the same function here.

ETA: I'm thinking there's a function that doesn't involve cut and paste. Thanks.

[Myrnalene]

Could I get some quick instructions please? Saving PMs in vB is pretty self-explanatory. I'm not seeing the same function here.

Hi Roo, elmwood clarified in post #7 that PMs should carry over.

[Heffalump]

Could I get some quick instructions please? Saving PMs in vB is pretty self-explanatory. I'm not seeing the same function here.

Hi Roo, elmwood clarified in post #7 that PMs should carry over.

Cool! I missed that. Thanks!

[featherlou]

Please don't register there yet if you're already registered here. When the database is moved over, usernames and passwords will transfer over. Registering at the new site only makes merging more difficult, because old DoMeBo users would need to be associated manually with users at the new board.

Sorry to cause extra trouble.

Me too. Sorry about that. (Where's the "sheepish" smiley?)

[Jeff]

I don't understand even remotely why everyone was so enthused about Pachydome, I think it's a terrible name.

[elmwood]

What will probably happen during the move: vBulletin uses a script called Impex to convert members, passwords, posts, PMs and other data from other message board systems. Sometime in the next week or so, the admins here will save the DoMeBo MySQL database. All posts made here after that point, all account changes, all PMs sent and so on will NOT be transferred over; DoMeBo will become an "amnesia pit" of sorts for a couple of days. The admins here will probably turn off new member registration at DoMeBo, to avoid any confusion during the actual move.

After the transfer is complete and everything seems to work okay, domebo.net will point to the new site.

It's gonna' be an edumacational experience for the new admins. I'm going to be there to help, but I'm really not an "owner" of the new site. I posted some things earlier about what I think some of the problems on DoMeBo were, and I'm putting my time where my mouth is. Eventually, I'll fade into the background; I'm already running one message board, so I can't be a "Jerry" at Pachy for too long. I want to see the new site to succeed, though. Success doesn't necessarily mean GB-like traffic, but rather a sustainable, slowly growing community that will eventually find its own personality and niche in the expanding universe of SDMB spinoffs.

[Sarahfeena]

Elmwood, we all really appreciate the help you're giving us, we really do. Thank you SO much.

[Myrnalene]

I don't understand even remotely why everyone was so enthused about Pachydome, I think it's a terrible name.

No one came up with a better, and it's time to rock and roll.

[Hokkaido Brit]

Please could someone point me to a post that explains why all this is happening?? I've been here twice over the past day or so trying to find ANY information at all and failing miserably.

Thanks in advance.

[Muffin]

Please don't register there yet if you're already registered here.

Oh crap, I didn't realize that. My apologies for having registered there. The last thing I would want to do is make more work for you. Again, my apologies.

[Sarahfeena]

Please could someone point me to a post that explains why all this is happening?? I've been here twice over the past day or so trying to find ANY information at all and failing miserably.

Thanks in advance.

Hi, Hokkaido Brit! Take a look at my OP in this thread...it lays out some of the problems we were having, the key one that brought about most of these changes being #3.