Come on where the feck are my posts going?

[Cheese]

Your input is appreciated but please don't answer questions you don't know the answers to. It saves me on valuable scrolling time.

Where you born a dickhead or did you have to work on it?

Please use correct spelling when attempting to insult me so that my kid siblings don't laugh at you. Thanks.

[tesco]

From the move to vbulletin a few thousand threads got corrupted (when you view them there's no posts, or last poster, or any other info...it's basically just a title). Those were finally fixed.


As for teh counting, normally the post count is just increased every time a post is made, and decreased when one is taken away.
But that might not be set right, so teh recount counts all posts in the db with your name as the poster and changes your post count to that.

Cheers Ross, I understand the first bit. The second bit is still confusing. Does that mean my post count would go down because some of my posts are no longer in the db or would it go up because the count would then include my lounge posts?

The instructions in admincp say it would go down.

[Cheese]

Cheers Ross, I understand the first bit. The second bit is still confusing. Does that mean my post count would go down because some of my posts are no longer in the db or would it go up because the count would then include my lounge posts?

The instructions in admincp say it would go down.

Is that because of the reason I theorized or some other heinous reason?

[tesco]

Hmm

Update Post Counts
This will recalculate all of your user's post counts based on their CURRENT posts in the database. Do not run this if you have pruned posts, manually changed post counts, or imported from another forum package and you wish to maintain your users' current counts. Your members' post counts will PROBABLY decrease so only run this if you believe you really need to! Once they decrease you can not bring them back up without restoring your database or manually editing each user. You have been warned!

My guess is that any posts that might not have been subtracted from your post count for whatever reason (like if a post was deleted and it never decreased post count).

[Snee]

All corrupt threads were removed today.
That could be related.

Also i saw an option in admincp that goes through the database and counts every one of a users post to make sure their post count is right...i wonder what yours would be at then.

What is a "corrupt thread"?

One that accepts bribes, I would imagine.



Run the update, rossco. Go on. You know it'll be a laugh once people start noticing.

[Cheese]

Hmm

Update Post Counts
This will recalculate all of your user's post counts based on their CURRENT posts in the database. Do not run this if you have pruned posts, manually changed post counts, or imported from another forum package and you wish to maintain your users' current counts. Your members' post counts will PROBABLY decrease so only run this if you believe you really need to! Once they decrease you can not bring them back up without restoring your database or manually editing each user. You have been warned!

My guess is that any posts that might not have been subtracted from your post count for whatever reason (like if a post was deleted and it never decreased post count).

Cheers Ross. Does this bit: "or imported from another forum package" mean we'd all lose posts from the old forum?

Anyhow that doesn't seem a healthy thing to do. I'll make my 9 posts up again.

[tesco]

Hmm


My guess is that any posts that might not have been subtracted from your post count for whatever reason (like if a post was deleted and it never decreased post count).

Cheers Ross. Does this bit: "or imported from another forum package" mean we'd all lose posts from the old forum?

Anyhow that doesn't seem a healthy thing to do. I'll make my 9 posts up again.

Maybe.

But actually i think they mean like transferring all users from one board to another but leaving the threads behind.

[Skiz]

You've lost 9 posts just in the last couple of hours.

[Cheese]

Cheers Ross. Does this bit: "or imported from another forum package" mean we'd all lose posts from the old forum?

Anyhow that doesn't seem a healthy thing to do. I'll make my 9 posts up again.

Maybe.

But actually i think they mean like transferring all users from one board to another but leaving the threads behind.

I did that when I moved The Moderation to a paid for board. In an effort to keep everyone's post counts I manually inputted their post count on the new board. Took me about 3 hours.

[Cheese]

You've lost 9 posts just in the last couple of hours.

You're right, I had them this morning.