"We've happened upon a bit of a problem...."

[lavalava]

hey Rob its your bbq so you call the shots but just so you know the bbq sauce has gone rancid as of late. i will take a vacation from PW until such time as things change. aloha.

[Rob Tucker]

Fine with me. If you want to abuse people please find another venue.


Assume the best and ask questions.

Punaweb moderator

[dan d]

Hey Rob
I have been using a server out of Bulgaria for some time . Its safe and fast. The fastest servers in Europe are in Bulgaria
shoot me a PM if u would like some help. da sons a great computer nerd.
My website for comparison
email me

And I think for a puna site you do extremely well
aloha

Dan D
HPP

[pahoated]

Yeah, vbulletin is the forum software that has pretty much taken over. It has a lot of bells and whistles but is quite a bit of work to maintain, usually requiring admins, and is fairly prone to hack attacks. Facebook is making forums look like dial-up modems. Wordpress blog sites are falling by the wayside. For technical specialty sites, forums provide the feedback to provide productive communication so they will stay around as resources, not community sites and chatter. Even with all the misinformation on PW, it still is a kind of news bulletin for a remote rural area.

"Aloha also means goodbye. Aloha!"

[Minette]

i can't figure out what is wrong with this forum site that it needs to be changed. Thank you Rob.

[pahoated]

This forum runs on a fairly old open source program. Similar to when DOS was replaced by Windows and things just stopped being compatible. Kind of amazing it has run this long. This is an example of a Hawaii vbulletin forum that is somewhat active. Not really recommending vbulletin, it means a big increase in maintenance. Might be better to run the existing program on a newer server, if it is compatible.

http://www.hawaiithreads.com

Apparently, the kona people chat about Puna over there (old thread).

quote:

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http://www.hawaiithreads.com/archive/ind...12853.html
Konaguy
I read the recent Tribune-Herald stories about Puna's road and traffic problems, and the state Department of Transportation's plans to improve them.
It seems like there was a lot of whining during those meetings about the roads. It's as if the people of Puna awakened recently (and suddenly) to the realization that they live ... IN PUNA!
People, why did you move to Puna if you wanted all the services and amenities (and roads) offered by a place that's a little less rural, such as Hilo? Didn't you pay a lot less to buy property there? Didn't you want to live a more rural lifestyle? There's a reason Puna has always been cheaper than "the city," you know. Less infrastructure!

timkona
May 29th, 2007, 12:11 PM
Let's be honest. Folks in Puna are not known for their rationality or their intellect. Check out their council representative if you need further proof. Like a poster child for the illiteracy movement.

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"Aloha also means goodbye. Aloha!"

[VancouverIslander]

Interesting, just today I was marvelling at how fast the pages loaded and how well everything runs.

Just call me Mike

[TomK]

Rob,

In case you aren't aware, email via PW is broken and you get that "We've happened..." error message.

It probably is time to change, despite loving this simple and easy to use software. I fully understand why it might have to go though, but it'll be hard to watch it walk off into the sunset.

Please let me know if I can be of any help.

[SBH]

Rob, thanks again for all you do, I can't imagine how much time this takes to read and moderate.

If you do decide to create a new, modernized Punaweb 2.0 and archive this current site, I would like to offer you the domain PUNATICS.COM to use for your new forum. I can't think of a better use for that domain and you could make Punatics T-Shirts to raise money for expenses and for any charities you wish.

[kalakoa]

If given a raw dump of the database (or means to collect it) I would index everything into some kind of searchable "knowledgebase" application -- I'm most interested in preserving the farm/garden and building topics, there's just too much good stuff in there.