my offer / ssm backup forum

[lohengrin]

updated 11 november 2024

my offer to all:
you are welcome to join ast. we use the same forum software as ssm. no-one is replacing ssm. it's just another option. several ssm members have already joined.

my first offer to the owner:
i can fix your forum. 14 years of php and phpbb knowhow is at your disposal. no conditions. free of charge.

my second offer to the owner:
i will be happy to get you in touch with some really amazing php techies if you prefer that route.

[Saturn]

I like your YT wideos.

[Thom]

I'm open to it.

[Richard Baker]

Thank you for your kind offer

With this forum running on auto pilot, the hosting site will be expecting payment soon, if that does not happen everything will be gone forever.

If there are any references or archives members here might want I would strongly suggest you begin downloading them

[lohengrin]

just to be clear i'm not trying to replace ssm

i just don't want to see another forum community destroyed. only a few are left

i want to give you guys a back up just in case things go bad here

some of the ssm members are already over at ast (i can create an ssm group so you can keep track of ssm members if that helps)

- i don't purge / delete anything
- i can create any forums you want in any format you want
- i check the site at least once every week
- trusted admins are there every day
- the bills are paid by monthly donations
- it's the same forum software

[Thom]

just to be clear i'm not trying to replace ssm

i just don't want to see another forum community destroyed. only a few are left

i want to give you guys a back up just in case things go bad here

some of the ssm members are already over at ast (i can create an ssm group so you can keep track of ssm members if that helps)

- i don't purge / delete anything
- i can create any forums you want in any format you want
- i check the site at least once every week
- trusted admins are there every day
- the bills are paid by monthly donations
- it's the same forum software

I've blown the dust off of my account there. I signed up a few years ago, but hardly even lurked, but now I've started to post one of my builds there.
If you can make a section similar to Movies, TV, Books and Other Media and 'Thunderdome,' that would be awesome.

Thom

[lohengrin]

this is just a rough version for you guys to check out

https://www.allscaletrek.com/viewforum.php?f=152

i can change or tweak it accordingly.

i have also set up an ssm group to act as a quick link directory to all ssm members. just register at ast first and join the ssm group.

let me know what you think!

[Stu Pidasso]

Nothing other that Trek? No thanks.

[lohengrin]

um, no, that's not what i was offering.

[Thom]

Nothing other that Trek? No thanks.

There is a section called 'Other S&SF Modelling' that has quite a few Star Wars builds and other sci-fi subjects.

[irishtrek]

Just checked the what's new here page and the wallpaper page has one for October so John's still around, just not logging on for some reason.

[Thom]

Just checked the what's new here page and the wallpaper page has one for October so John's still around, just not logging on for some reason.

IDK, kind of odd to upload one wallpaper and ignore everything else going on. Like giving a car with a busted head gasket a car wash.

[Andrew Gorman]

People have their reasons. I'm chilling. On the whole, everything works!

[Richard Baker]

My biggest concern is not that this site is working (barely) but for how long.
Hosting services want to be paid and if that is not done in a timely manner then this place goes dark and all resources are gone.

I am planning on spending some time on this weekend harvesting everything I can just to be on the safe side.

I remember many years ago (AOL Dialup days) my computer went down. It took a couple of weeks to get the parts and repair ir, when I did so I started logging on to my favorite sites and found everything was shut down or content was missing. Turns out when my system was dark Majel Barrett-Roddenberry had gone to all the sites with Trek focus/content and C&D'd them- so much stuff I counted on to always be there was gone for good and I never saved anything since I figured it would always be there...

[Brad]

That's a great point, Richard! I need to make sure I've downloaded everything I might need!

[irishtrek]

Just checked the what's new here page and the wallpaper page has one for October so John's still around, just not logging on for some reason.

IDK, kind of odd to upload one wallpaper and ignore everything else going on. Like giving a car with a busted head gasket a car wash.

He probably cannot log on for some reason which he has no control over, or a moderator did the calendar update. Point is we won't know unless John is able to log on again. At least he seems to be aware of the problems and took steps to get thing back to normal around here, or he had a moderator do it.

[Andrew Gorman]

For the alternate site, it asks for a log in but I don't see an option to register.

[lohengrin]

the registration was disabled it should be working now

[lohengrin]

I would suggest backing up whatever stuff you have on here and putting it on ast we have 12 years of stuff on there.

[Thom]

Just checked the what's new here page and the wallpaper page has one for October so John's still around, just not logging on for some reason.

IDK, kind of odd to upload one wallpaper and ignore everything else going on. Like giving a car with a busted head gasket a car wash.

He probably cannot log on for some reason which he has no control over, or a moderator did the calendar update. Point is we won't know unless John is able to log on again. At least he seems to be aware of the problems and took steps to get thing back to normal around here, or he had a moderator do it.

That sounds like a stretch. I understand it, as we don't have any idea what is going on on his end of things. AFAIK, John has not reached out to anybody, not here nor on the Face, even if to simply say, 'hey, I can't get on, but I'm working the problem. Until then, here's a new wallpaper.'
That little update is just so weird in relation to everything else going wrong.

EDIT

Just checked the What's New page, and scrolling down, I came across this posted between 7/2 and 8/1.

A head's up: we'll be AFK from 3-15 August. The Store will be open, but nothing will ship 'till we get back,

So they went 'somewhere. '

[irishtrek]

By updating the wallpaper he's letting us know he's still around, at least he knows what's been going on with the forums, As for anything else only time will tell.

[Andrew Gorman]

For the alternate site, I can't seem to get past the USS Defiant question... I always called it the Tick.

[Richard Baker]

For the alternate site, I can't seem to get past the USS Defiant question... I always called it the Tick.

Noth8ng says you need to like every trek ship design, personally I think the Defiant looks like a shampoo bottle but I just focus on sharing what I know/like and not rain on anybodies parade...

[Thom]

For the alternate site, I can't seem to get past the USS Defiant question... I always called it the Tick.

For the alternate site, I can't seem to get past the USS Defiant question... I always called it the Tick.

Noth8ng says you need to like every trek ship design, personally I think the Defiant looks like a shampoo bottle but I just focus on sharing what I know/like and not rain on anybodies parade...

OT, but I've always liked the thought of a Defiant class rushed into service with a standard pair of nacelles on struts, in place of their tucked in, streamlined versions.

[Andrew Gorman]

It's not a criticism of the Defiant, I try to enter the name to confirm my humanity for registration and it keeps getting rejected.

[WraithVerge]

Has anyone tried contacting John's wife, LindaSmile? Maybe she knows something about what's going on?

[lohengrin]

For the alternate site, I can't seem to get past the USS Defiant question... I always called it the Tick.

the answer to the question is USS DEFIANT

please note the answer is case sensitive so use uppercase only

alternatively if you give me your email I can register an account for you

[lohengrin]

sorry guys, i had the ssm backup forum hidden for everyone except admins. it should be working now.

https://www.allscaletrek.com/viewforum.php?f=152

[Thom]

Has anyone tried contacting John's wife, LindaSmile? Maybe she knows something about what's going on?

I think LindaSmile has been off even longer than John.

[lohengrin]

i have gone the extra mile and pre-registered and activated accounts at ast for all the active ssm members and added them to our ssm members directory. i have sent out pm's here with login details. all you need to do is login and change the password and email for new account.

some of you were already registered at ast but i have added you to the directory as well.

you don't need to participate if you don't want to but i am trying to take action before something really bad happens to the ssm forums.