I will donate if need be to keep this baby running. PM me if needed. :lol:

sorry guys - but im in a bit of a "will code html for food" phase.

cheers

blay

I too would like to see this board remain as a whole......

And am willing to contribute (if need be) to keep the vibe alive!

It's all about the vibe!

:)

This forum has a different vibe to others on the net. There are alot of characters on here....and its friendly. Alot of forums have genuine wankers and alot of the members are way too up their own arses (im thinking Darksonus here)

DS

see my above post. I am willing. . . . .

I can perhaps help out. I can host the forum if needed. I have plenty of bw/space to spare that will cover the forums current and future usage.

I have a dedicated server thats got well over 1000gb/m bw. Currently it`s used for radio streaming/website. I`d be happy to host this forum there
aswell.

My icq is 198785701. Any of the admins feel free to contact me.

btw. i cant send private messages on the board.

:D

Sounds good Tommy. My hope is someone who has been here for a while can take it over. What does everyone else think? Maybe we once we have a few options a vote may be in order.

I am really busy right now, I'll answer tomorrow

Well I for one will not sleep until you do Sebastian; thanks for the heads up.

:wink:

The site im running at the moment is www.audiosluts.com. I should be able to convert the virus forum over to vbulletin and have it as the main forum section of audiosluts. Of course i`d aswell register a new domain for the website.

It`d certainly be a pleasure to host this in the future.

:D

TommyS, you may host the forum if you wish. Easiest to do that way.

If you could go about transfering me the db/files i can get to start converting it to vbulletin.

I have a ftp on the server that can be used to upload these files. Please enable me to send pm messages here and i can give you login details for it.

:D

edit: I`d like to a do test import before I start building the forum. Once im happy everything was imported ok, i`ll do a proper one with the latest db of that day so we dont loose many posts.

You cannot send PM's?

I get:

"Sorry but the administrator has prevented you from sending private messages"

:(

Weird... It really was disabled. I have no idea why. Now it works. Send Sunesha a PM for the DB & other info.

ok I will pm him as soon as possible. thanks :D

Hey Tommy,

YOU ARE THE MAN!!!

Please post if you will experience any financial setback in doing this.

I know that a a few people have offered funds to keep the forum alive.

It is very kind of you to do this.

:D

-Alex

I wont be looking for a finacial donations cause 10-20Gb or more is just a tiny amount of the total bandwidth allowed.

I`d also like to say that i`ll just be taking a webhosting/technical role if the forum change is permitted. I in no way will come between the admin/mods desicions here.

:D

This would rock.

Really.

And many thanks to Sunesha as well :) I've been hanging around here for a few years and it's always nice to read you guys.

so let me get this straight - our forum will now become a section on audiosluts?

guys - if you read my post earlier, the webmaster is prepared to host this forum in its entirity - exaclty as you see it here today.

i thought the issue you guys had was that you didnt want to amalgamate with another forum?

Rami is prepared to cover all hosting costs, and *NOTHING* changes.

but, if you just want to be part of another board, well thats fine too.

just my $0.02.

cheers

blay

No, I dont want to be part of another forum. Come on then, lets transplant the entire forum into the TI forum....as Blay says. Blay im with you on this one.

DS

Now that has sank into my slow brain...

Basically, keeping this forum alive is the most important thing to me whether it be as a unique entity with its own URL or part of another.

My first choice? Independent of course.

But co-existence is better than none if that is the only route available.

At any rate it is very nice of Tommy and Rami to offer their help in both scenarios and I applaud them for it.

Cheers! 8)

-Alex

Certainly not. I was intending to do away with audiosluts and have Unofficial Access Virus forum as the main feature. I`ll also be able to add a radio stream for the forum and any other features required, including the forums own domain name. This is why i got a dedicated server instead of renting space/bw from a webhosting company which can limit what you do.

Anyway the main thing is the forum gets a new home for the future. My offer is there for aslong is needed.

:D

OK let's get this sorted guys.

I'd much rather have the forum independant of any other forum. Tommy has been here for ages too, so I think if he can handle the size of this board, then he should take it over.

As far as it merging into another board goes - this is a last resort. It's great that we have the option though. Thanks TI board.

Where's Juho's, 303's and everyone else's opinion on this? Maybe a little more discussion on this thread, then let's get an opinion poll going. Juho can set it up I reckon.

I'm strongly supporting TommyS on this issue. Go Tommy, go!

Blending this forum as a part of an other forum would be the same as deleting the whole forum.

i'll give you my opinion about this....

Well i support everyone who is capable of hosting this forum wherever he wants as long as the forums are the same (same categories) as well as the users and the overall atmosphere we have here since years.

Now the point is that i've never understood the meaning and the goal of having a seperate forum for the Virus TI, isn't it a virus? did we have a seperate forum for the B then the C ? The answer is abviously NO.
So hosting this board under the Virus TI label is kind of a restriction which imho is not a good idea at all. I don't blame people who made that board, they're free to have their own community if they want, but personnally, i prefer this one (although I've registred on the other one too :D ). To me, the virus forum is this forum. Here is where i've learnt everything about it, and it's not by chance access employees check it regularly.

So, let's sum up, imho, hosting this forum under a neutral name such as audiosluts or anything else is quite better than Virus TI. Then, another possibility, TommyS says he has space and bandwidth for it, it is also possible to put it in a seperate folder, and make a domain name point to it independently from audiosluts.com , there is just the database issue which may need to be solved, it means TommyS will have 2 databases!

Anyway... that's my opnion!

I don't think this forums is a plain Virus forum anymore. This is a forum on a higher level. As many of you have noticed that most of the discussions are non-Virus releated and remember that this forum has no trolls or any other dickheads (which could change totally if this forum would be interated to another forum). Although we fight from time to time, it all happens in a good spirit. This is like a happy commune.

As Hatembr said TommyS has really great hosting possibilities. The danger in being hosted on a same site with TI forum is that it could eventually lead to au ugly situation in which our idyllic paradise is combined by force to the TI forum (although it probably won't happen, but the danger exists). Being hosted on a server that doesn't have any other Virus releated forums will reduce the risk of forum combination greatly and being hosted by long-term Unoffical Virus forum member offers a stable ground for our forum to live and grow in peace.

Edit: I'd also like to say that I really have nothing against the TI forum. I just fear the combination-by-force too much to allow the TI forum server to host this forum. Sebastian and I planned to even rename this forum in the server change process, because - as I said - this is not a plain Virus forum anymore.

So it's settled then. Tommy is the guy for the job!

I don't know about the renaming though. I guess it's OK as long as it has "unoffical" and not unofficial in the title. :D

So the co-admin will have to get off his piratie arse and PM to make this happen.

i think its funny that noone read my previous post that stated rami would be happy to host this forum in its entirity with absolutely no change...

my concern i expressed was merely that virusforum would just become a section on audiosluts...

tommys offer is very generous and if it is a decent server then i say go for it - i just wish people would read more than just my first post regarding the situation - seems some are a little too protective of this little php board :wink:

cheers

blay

You're not reading my posts. Hoho.

I fear the forced unification in the future. "Hey, afterall they talk about Viruses there. Let's combine these forums". I believe it won't happen, but there's a chance.

But anyways TommyS really has loads of bandwidth, and it's generally better server than Rami's server, so why not to move to TommyS' server? There's only plusses on TommyS side...

The best Virus board must be protected. ?hih.

i would not have backed rami's offer if i did not think he would keep things the way they are.

how so? id be interested to hear the differences juho, just out of curiosity...


those who protect feel threatened in some way. this was only a genuine offer to help preserve the board - my main motive as stated numerous times in this thread.

if tommy can provide a medium though which we keep our board - then i thank him. just dont make the TI forum out to be some evil incarnation of this board...

cheers

pete

Yes. I know. But eventually the users blend when the forums are on the same site and the pressure of unification gets bigger.

Radio stream, file hosting, endless traffic...

I said earlier that I don't have anything against the TI forum. All I just said that two almost identical forums under a same roof could eventually lead to a unification process, which would change thinds a lot. It's like moving to a big city from a small town.

But think of it: A links to two almost same forums. New people probably sing in to both of the forums and eventually majority of the double users get tired of bouncing between the forums and start to demand an unification. I don't say it will happen, but it could happen. Probably in the far future, but still the danger exists and I don't want to lose this board.

no probs at all juho, and i understand your points.

like i said - if tommy can host the board with no change - it is a very generous offer.

nice to see you have started to reads my posts :wink:

cheers

blay

I am glad that TimmyS is able to host this board and with some new features. That's really cool!

I am sorry i haven't really replied to this thread. Ive been really busy lately and i will be for some time forward aswell.

What is the feeling on changing from phpbb to vbulletin?

The db should be able to be converted without a problem.

Vbulletin? What's that?

Edit: Googled... Seems ok.

btw. what sort of skin are we looking for the forum when it`s on vb?

A good selection is at:

http://www.extremepixels.com/skins_vb.php

I thought oivar may suit Unofficial Access Virus forum.

http://www.extremepixels.com/forum/index.php?styleid=52

I know the appearance means alot to some people. Whats everybody`s opinions?

I want a clear and clean appearance. Nothing too fancy and graphic-drenched.

same here. a simple layout lets the board function alot better

Looks great TommyS. I think something simple would be cool and probably make the server run faster?

Also.....will you have the capability to not crop topics? Im hoping that if you do transplant our forum over to another host...then we can keep all posts and build a better knowledge base for the years to come.

Cheers man for seriously considering to save our forum

DS