BetaZone forum will be deleted?

[Fendoran]

Hello, i have no idea where to go, but i have a Forum for the Beta 5v and it says that i will loose my Forum once it is over, and it will be DELETED why? whatt can i do to prevent that?

[David Clark]

Fendoran, please create a new thread for your issue

[Fendoran]

Oct 27, 2013 13:15:16 GMT -8 David Clark said:

Fendoran, please create a new thread for your issue 



Whatt do you mean by that? D:

[David Clark]

I've moved these posts into a new thread, so don't worry about creating a new thread. In the future, however, instead of posting in someone else's thread dealing with a completely separate issue, create a new thread with a subject that accurately conveys the topic of the issue you're having.

For your original question, it sounds like you are asking about a BetaZone forum. They are indeed temporary and will be deleted when there is no more need for it (likely on or around December 31st of this year, as that's when all v4 forums are upgraded to v5). If you have work on your BetaZone forum that you'd like to transfer over to your actual forum when it is upgraded to v5, it's possible to export your themes and plugins and keep the files on your computer until your actual forum is upgraded.

In Admin > Themes, selecting a theme and then going to the Export tab will allow you to save a .pbt file to your computer that can be imported in this same section when your forum is upgraded. Plugins also have an export option and can be transferred in much the same way.

[Fendoran]

I have a Website named "Timeless-Misery.com" and it seemed to one of those Beta 5v or whattnot test sites and it will be Deleted once BetaZone ENDS here's a image lol. "http://timeless-misery.com/images/betazone-message4.png" i wonder whatt i can do to prevent my "BetaZone" or whatt they call it will be deleted!

[David Clark]

See my above post, Fendoran, and please stop posting in other people's threads.

[fendoran]

Ohh yeah sorry, i didn't know whatt happened when my posts all asuddne dissapeared, sorry and yeah i see but is there nothing else that can be done to save the forume?

[Michael]

Oct 28, 2013 9:23:28 GMT -8 fendoran said:

Ohh yeah sorry, i didn't know whatt happened when my posts all asuddne dissapeared, sorry and yeah i see but is there nothing else that can be done to save the forume?

No. As the message at the top of all BetaZone forums has stated since day 1, BetaZone forums are not permanent. The are a testing environment only, and are not meant to be kept. There is no way to keep the BetaZone forum online past the end of BetaZone. 

[Brian]

BetaZone forums were never meant to be used as your main forum. The service was to be used as a testing area before you converted a V4 forum to V5.

That deletion notice has been there for an exceedingly long duration.

[David Clark]

You were notified that BetaZone forums are temporary and for testing purposes only when you registered it from the original, timeless-misery.boards.net/ - additionally, there is a banner that displays on all BetaZone forums that emphasizes that they are temporary.

I recommend logging into the original v4 forum, upgrading it to v5, and beginning the process of transferring over the content you created on the BetaZone forum. Unfortunately it seems you linked your custom domain to the the temporary BetaZone copy, and that regrettably means the same link will need to be purchased for the original non-temporary forum when it is upgraded.

[fendoran]

so as i bough ".com" to the BetaZone was a pretty dumb idea than?

[David Clark]

A mistake, definitely, but not the end of the world. I just inquired on it and was told that once you've gotten your original forum timeless-misery.boards.net upgraded to v5 and you're all set there, we can get the timeless-misery.com/ linked to that one instead of your BetaZone forum free of charge, since you weren't aware of the circumstances fendoran

[fendoran]

so i won't pay any more on this forum as i am now when that is fixed?

[fendoran]

btw it is "PL-TIMELESS-MISERY.BOARDS.NET" not "TIMELESS-MISERY.BOARDS.NET" that is also my website kind of just that i am not a admin on it and is no longer in use, and i can't delete it so idk whatt to do with it.

[David Clark]

Oct 28, 2013 9:41:55 GMT -8 fendoran said:

so i won't pay any more on this forum as i am now when that is fixed?

Nope, you already own the timeless-misery.com domain, so the only charge you WOULD have to pay would be our domain linking fee which was $13.99 - but I've been given permission to help you get it linked to your non-BetaZone forum at no charge.

Oct 28, 2013 9:43:00 GMT -8 fendoran said:

btw it is "PL-TIMELESS-MISERY.BOARDS.NET" not "TIMELESS-MISERY.BOARDS.NET" that is also my website kind of just that i am not a admin on it and is no longer in use, and i can't delete it so idk whatt to do with it.

I see, thanks for clarifying. The above still applies, you'll want to upgrade it to version 5 by going to your admin panel and clicking on the link that says "Click here to get started!". Towards the bottom, you'll see a button that says "Remove this forum from the opt-out" - click it, and you'll be placed in the queue to have that forum upgraded to version 5, the same software that your BetaZone forum is running.