Documentation is gone

DrakhanValane · Post by **DrakhanValane** » Mon May 24, 2004 1:06 pm

Did the board cull the Documentation for you?

Post by **TGPO** » Mon May 24, 2004 1:45 pm

Ouch, tried accessing it from the links on the website, they just dont exist any more. Joran I hope you kept the files somewhere else too.

Kell Of Neversummer · Post by **Kell Of Neversummer** » Mon May 24, 2004 3:01 pm

I have copies of most if not all of them if necessary.

Shasz · Post by **Shasz** » Tue May 25, 2004 11:48 am

I noticed that this morning too. I've asked about it in IRC but no one is alive in there this morning.

XxDkCobraxX · Post by **XxDkCobraxX** » Tue May 25, 2004 1:57 pm

docu forum = arrowed!

Joran · Post by **Joran** » Tue May 25, 2004 8:14 pm

We're looking into it, that's all I can say for now.

Kell, if you would be so kind as to send any copies you made to me at joran@nsrealm.com, I'd be very grateful.

If anyone else has cached copies (Go to File > "Work Offline" and then try to access the pages), sending the HTML source code for those pages would also be a great deal of help.

The following pages have been recovered using Google cache and by players:

FAQ
Rules
Subraces
Tradeskills (thanks to dond!)
Factions
Items
Merchants
Quest Data
Binding
Deities
Jobs (thanks to Kell!)
Keyword System (thanks to Kell!)
Synergy Tactics (thanks to Kell!)
Miscellaneous Info
Spell Modifications

Update!

We have managed to recover all but 2 of the topics, thanks to everyone's help! The only remaining ones are the Realm Storyline page and the Experience and Levels page. Thanks to Lokey we know the specific URLs for those topics too :)

Method for finding these in your cache:

First, make sure "Work Offline" is CHECKED on the file menu. If this is unchecked, you risk losing the cached documents if they exist and replacing them with a 404 message :)
While working offline, type this into the address bar: http://www.nsrealm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=X, or (if you use this address to view the forums) http://boards.nsrealm.com/viewtopic.php?t=X
REPLACE X with either 24 or 32. These are the topic numbers for the remaining lost threads.
If you get a message saying the page is not available offline, just click cancel and move to the next one.
If the page pops up (hooray!) simply send either the source code (view/source) or the html file (file/save) to joran@nsrealm.com

Thanks in advance to anyone helping out! I do not relish the thought of having to not only re-type but re-think all the documentation! Those helping out will no doubt be lavished with all kinds of gifts :)

I've backed up the database now, just in case, and I'll do it again at regular intervals now, to be safe.

dond · Post by **dond** » Wed May 26, 2004 2:16 am

it was me that sent in the tradeskills info!

i didn't use your way though. i'm using ie 6, so there are multiples of the same address sorted by dates.

if you go to tools > internet options > settings (under general tab, and under the temporary internet files section) > view files, you'll see a list of all files in your cache (cookies not included).

just click "type" to have it sorted and scroll down to "HTML"
then look for "nsrealm.com/boards/etc etc <insert topic number here>".
might want to look at the ones that's a few days old (22nd-23rd of May likely), and hopefully, you'll have the info!

and after all that, you might want to clear the cache

bongoblue · Post by **bongoblue** » Wed May 26, 2004 6:43 am

Hmm. No, I clear my cache every day.

It could have happened due to the 'expire' flag being changed. I know someone who has a BB2 forum and that happened to them a month ago.

Joran · Post by **Joran** » Wed May 26, 2004 8:40 pm

No, it wasn't an accident.

"Someone" decided to fire a parting shot at all of us, and deleted all topics in that forum.

Wonderful, eh?

bongoblue · Post by **bongoblue** » Wed May 26, 2004 9:10 pm

Joran wrote:No, it wasn't an accident.

oof.

I can host a duplicate when you get them back. I had thought about asking to do that when I arrived here. Sorry for not bringing it up earlier.

WNxRS 99 · Post by **WNxRS 99** » Thu May 27, 2004 3:30 am

Joran, ive got the last 2 files, ill send you them now...

Mun Zu · Post by **Mun Zu** » Thu May 27, 2004 11:02 am

so if we have them all, where are they? the links on the website still dont work, or is that just me?

Thanos · Post by **Thanos** » Thu May 27, 2004 12:45 pm

maybe he hasn't linked them back up?

Pretty sad someone would do that.

LadyCheron · Post by **LadyCheron** » Thu May 27, 2004 5:27 pm

Having the text back is not quite the same as having the pages (with all of their HTML tags) back. Also, Joran's got a Real Life(tm) and a Real Life Job (tm). He's only got a few hours each evening to work on the module and the boards.

Akatomboo · Post by **Akatomboo** » Thu May 27, 2004 7:11 pm

Well if you remember a few keywords from the pages still missing, google can have a cache of these.
hope that helps.