Post your tech glitches, errors, issues, etc. here.

What Cowgirl13 said. I think a lot of us aren't necessarily here to find information, but to stay in touch with people who helped us when we were new and with whom we've developed relationships. Just in the last few days, I came across a thread from several months ago that got reactivated when someone made a new comment. In the original responses were three consecutive posts from ShetlandPony, BevJen, and Moth. After the initial sadness of reliving the loss of these three women, I savored the chance to once again read their words of wisdom and support to a new member and remember why we treasured their existence. I've occasionally read much older posts and felt like I got to know people who are no longer here. One of my favorite quotes from the late, great, Sir Terry Pratchett is "Do you not know that a [person] is not dead while [their] name is still spoken?" I think it applies to reading their words, too.

Just to be clear, I am not suggesting that older posts be abandoned. Absolutely not. I agree with y'all that they have value and should be maintained.

My suggestion was that they don't necessarily need to be migrated into the full-function forum. They could be saved in an archive database that uses less space and resources. They would still be tied to the forum search engine, and accessible through that avenue. For example, if someone searched for "brownie recipe", they might get a results list like:

• "Pauline's best brownies"
• "What's your fave brownie recipe?"
• "Grampa's choco-coffee brownies" [archived]
• "I love my MIL, but hate her brownies" [archived]

"Grampa's choco-coffee brownies" is still accessible, but the view won't be as flashy as the active forum boards.

If archiving helps save time and reformatting resources for the transition to a functional platform, then great. If it's just as much work to archive old posts as it would be to migrate them, then it's not worth the extra effort.

Good points. I was brainstorming if it would have helped. But if archival just creates more work on the back side, it's not going to be worth it. A functional and user-friendly interface is the primary need.

What is preventing the powers-that-be from giving us a box to check so that we can remain logged in? Every. single. time. I visit the forum I must log in using the x number of convoluted steps. Tons of sites have a little box to check if you wish to remain logged in, it could be for a set period of time like two weeks, or simply stay logged in until you choose to log out. If I post a comment and go to another website, then think of something I want to add to the comment, I must jump through all the hoops to log in again, even if it’s been a short time away. Frustrating to say the least.

Divine--I access the forum on a laptop and I always stay logged in, at least until I reboot the PC or log out when I leave the website.

And to add to the mix, I access this site on my iPad. Sometimes I stay logged in, sometimes I don’t without any discernible reason !

I use a desk top with FIrefox and I stay logged in until I sign out. Must have something to do with the equipment we're using???

Devine: What a pain... I will be interested to see the Mod's response.