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.

Will the old data be downloadable and searchable off line? I always thought that would be a cool feature.

The archive will exist as a website, where you will be able to see all the discussions and posts. It will have some kind of search functionality, and it will have a "Your posts" page where you can view and download your posts (or anybody else's: you'll just enter the username). You'll be able to access that download while you're offline, if you keep it on your device (obviously).

If you need to access everything offline, and not just your own posts...well, it's possible for me to provide a package you can run locally, like a private website, but I find myself wondering why you would need to.

but I find myself wondering why you would need to. — Jamal

Well now, curiosity killed the cat didn't it?

Actually, I could see no need for the entire database. There've just been times when I enter a thread and it's on page 12 or so and I'm Johnny come lately and I'd like to review it, and I hate to say, then maybe I could use AI to summarize where we are so that I could pick up and enter the fray without being repetitive to what's already been said.

So I was more envisioning an individual thread data download feature.

It sounds like you're talking about ongoing discussions, but all the discussions on the archive site will be finished, static, frozen in time. So I'm confused about what you're looking for. You can't "enter the fray" on the archive site.

As it happens I built a first version of the archive site yesterday and the way it works is it shows the full discussion on one page.

The new site doesn't have pagination at all. Every discussion will be infinite scroll. There's an AI "Summarize this topic" button too, but I haven't tried it, and it can be turned off.

As for downloading, you can just do Ctrl+p and then save as PDF. This will work on the new site (you can try it here on another Discourse forum) and also on the archive site.

and it can be turned off. — Jamal

Please :pray:

Why is it better for me to turn it off globally than for you to ignore it?

I can think of reasonable answers to that—I just want to understand the opposition.

Within 10 years, the vast majority of the internet will be AI generated---such is the logic of competitiveness and consumerism. We won't be.
— Baden

I really hope. :grimace: — bongo fury

Sorry to not develop an argument. Casting a vote, though.

I am glad that the current pagination will be turned into a single document for the archives. The "Find in page" browser function will make searches one-stop shopping.

I fixed my email so it is current and then noticed that I had turned off notifications sometime in the past. Just mentioning in case others find themselves out of the loop before the transition.

I am glad that the current pagination will be turned into a single document for the archives. The "Find in page" browser function will make searches one-stop shopping. — Paine

Non-paginated threads are nice insofar as they can be printed to a pdf in a single move, as @Jamal pointed out. Nevertheless, Discourse does not load the entire thread at one time if it is large thread (see <this thread> for an example). So you will still have to use a search for large threads.

Hmmm, I was also there during the old PF days and I still miss it at times. It is like an abandoned café with lights out, chairs on the table and a notice saying it has permanently relocated. I wonder how the TPF originals will feel. In any case, a lot of kudos to Jamal for making this move possible. It is a lot of work you are willing to put in for this place. It is appreciated.

I'll be making an announcement when it's open for new sign-ups. As I say, around March. — Jamal

I assume this means that the new site will use a new URL for a time? Because if the new site immediately uses https://thephilosophyforum.com then nobody will ever see the announcement on this site because this site will be using a different URL that nobody will know.

I had the temporary URL of the new site showing here for a moment there but I was forgetting that since the legal stuff isn't in place I can't approve any new members yet.

But you can have a look at the archive site, built on a data export from a few days ago.

https://tpfarchive.com

Wow! This is fascinating. I typed my username, and every post since I joined here it is perfectly ordered from the newest to the oldest. I can follow my TPF track very easily!

:up:

It's a little too slow from where I am. Maybe I'll paginate the results on the "your posts" page (you can get them all in a single file in the download).

(you can get them all in a single file in the download). — Jamal

Yes, yes. I also saw it--very nice!

It's a little too slow from where I am. Maybe I'll paginate the results on the "your posts" page (you can get them all in a single file in the download). — Jamal

Slow page loading (without pagination) was something I was concerned about. I'm often accessing TPF via a cellphone hot spot with relatively poor cell service, so I appreciate the relatively fast loading of the present site.

Well I was only talking about the archive site, where it's less critical.

I see. :up:

The new site should be good too.

Now that you are doing it, it seems no brainer to separate the storage room from the grille.

I don't know what you mean.

Pardon my penchant for analogy.

If you work in a restaurant, you try to separate stored goods from actual food production. And the idea is central to other means of production. So, I applied a pedestrian truism to a current situation. Not expecting a Pulitzer prize for that observation.