I just saw Adrian's post at the top of the board! I'm about to cry - this has been such a nice board to be on. So many of the others are either frequented by youngsters rather than adults, and/or they're snarky.

Does anyone have any idea how we can save the On-Ice threads? Having them available to search has been a lifesaver for me, in more ways than one!

I was wondering the same thing. I have no technical knowledge, but is there any way to save them in some sort of cached form, or something? Or are they downloadable?

disclaimer: i have no idea what i'm talking about, as you can see.

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After you open a thread, click on the "thread options" link at the top of the page.

Select "Show Printable Version"
The first 40 posts in the thread will be displayed on a plain-text page.
<alt><file><save as>
Type a unique file name and change the "Save as type" to "Text File (*.txt)"

Page forward to capture the next 40 posts, then repeat until done.


I asked Adrian if we could somehow archive the On Ice forums to plain text, but I don't know if that's possible. It might be a lot of work for him.

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Hmm, archive.org seems to have been regularly visiting the forum, see this: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://skatingforums.com

It would seem that the last "update" was in 2008, however if you click through to the saved pages, and then go to particular forums (like "on ice - skaters"), you will see even today's posts there, saved on archive.org. Big problem, though: there is no easy way to navigate the forums back in time through archive.org, and only the board default 2 weeks are shown. I have to play around with this...

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Would someone else be able to take over this site from adrian? Maybe we could collectively keep it going.

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That is a GREAT idea! I would pay annual dues for that. Maybe Isk8NYC can find out from Adrian what it would entail.

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I've been doing searches for topics I'm interested in and doing a simple copy and paste into Notepad (any text editor will do) to save particular posts.

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I sent an email to Adrian, but I don't think he's online right now. I'm busy tomorrow morning, but I'll try to let you all know if/when he responds.

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Count me in as someone who'd be happy to pay something towards the Board's upkeep.

Same here - I'd be fine with paying a fee for the board's upkeep also.
Mimi

I was wondering about paid subscriptions, too. I am a supporting member on a couple of boards way less useful than this one.