The new site will have an export feature built in. I'd be surprised if it is possible here.

Another way to do it here would be to search for all of your posts... Nevermind. The search caps out at 1,000 posts.

Without having the site do that, it is easily done by copy/pasting from the comment collection under one's name. — Paine

I think this might be the only way. Note the url parameter at the end of the url, "https://thephilosophyforum.com/profile/comments/11883/paine/40". That number indexes the posts. So if the parameter is 40 then it is showing you your most recent 40 to 79 posts (i.e. X to X+39). You can manipulate that parameter to access older posts, or to begin where you left off copy/pasting.

You could also use my tip <here> to ditch the side column and use ctrl-a to save time.

I'm not all that concerned about it, I guess, otherwise I would have been doing that all along. — Janus

I have used some stuff elsewhere but mostly considered writing here as a one-shot deal. Remembering the past for me has been about recalling discussions in OPs. Anything i said was in the context of other statements. There is a Groundhog Day movie quality to much of that.



Interesting points on how to search the site. Since the old site will be preserved, I wonder if the "advanced search" functions that work now will work there. There are words that get to the beginning of the site, long before I showed up.

Thanks Jamal, the projected new forum sounds great. Is there any way of exporting one's posts from the old forum as a word file? — Janus

I'll have all the data and I'll be able to provide members with a posts export on request. In fact I might provide it at the archive site.

There is a Groundhog Day movie quality to much of that. — Paine

:lol: Indeed there is a Sysyphean element.

That would make things easier!

:up:

Since the old site will be preserved, I wonder if the "advanced search" functions that work now will work there — Paine

The content will be preserved but it won't look or work like the existing site. It depends how much time I spend on building it. Searching by author or discussion title are easy enough — not sure about a full text search.