@ Normp

I put the forum in maintenance mode because I saw that some forums are not intended for the public. This was not taken over correctly during the conversion. You have to make these settings yourself because I don't know them. You can then cancel maintenance mode.

pyragony54 -- I can't imagine the amount of time you've put into "saving" my forum! I am SOOO appreciative. Is there anything I can do (manually) that can help? Also, can I try the suggestion made to "Recount Membership" & "Rebuild Members History"? Or that is not an option here?

Thanks again.
Norm

@ Bill Myers

The problem is something completely different that I didn't notice. A maximum of 10,000 files can be uploaded using FTP before the server closes. I then switched to ftps, it doesn't work either. But there are over 12,000 files in the forum. I'm trying with sftp now. If that doesn't work either, then it's Bluehost's fault. I can't adjust anything in the power panel either. I have to see now.

This is the reason why the conversion did not work completely and therefore an incorrect date is displayed. The funny thing is that for these posts the TXT file is not on the server, but the post is still shown. It's probably in the cache. I dont have a plan yet.

I don't have this problem on my server.

@ Normp


I'm not doing anything at the moment, I have to solve this problem first. If all else fails, you must contact Bluehost or I will offer you space on my server. It is ultra-modern. However, this is not free.

pyragony54 wrote on Oct 10^th, 2023 at 6:58pm:

Ah, ha! Got it.

More than likely, Bluehost has a file limitation based on various plans even though that isn't made public. But like other similar hosts, that company seems to be easily scalable; up or down either way depending on one's needs. If that's the case, then NormP can check with that company's support to find out.

I lease my own dedicated server that doesn't have file limitations other than space of course. I think I've been with the same hosting company for about 20 years or so (even as they went through different name changes).

About 7 years ago, it finally dawned on me that I really don't need my own server. After all, there are other viable, and more affordable web hosting options that are easily scalable; shared hosting, VPS hosting, cloud hosting, etc. I could even get a server that offers more, and that costs less than what I pay.

As a backup option, back in 2016 I moved a bunch of websites off the server I have to a company that seems similar to Bluehost. The pricing is quite reasonable, the service has always been good, and it even comes with self-installing forums.

As silly as this sounds, the only reason that I still lease that dedicated server is because of a YaBB forum that's on it. 

pyragony54 --- How much in US Dollars per year?

pyragony54 - I have sent you a PM with some additional questions about moving  my poetry forum to your server when you're finished resolving the issues you're working on.  Once again, thank so much for your help and advice.

pyragony54 wrote on Oct 11^th, 2023 at 2:59am:

Excellent! WinSCP is the program that I use, which includes using it for regular backups of the YaBB 2.4 forum that I operate. Those backups have come in handy over the years ... makes quick work of restoring zeroed out, or missing membership files, for instance.

pyragony54 wrote on Oct 11^th, 2023 at 3:36am:

Great price!