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11/24/2007: "And Away We Go - Part IV"

OK, first the good news. The data conversion was successful last night, and it looks like there are no major data issues to contend with. That, frankly, was my biggest worry - you haven't seen pissed off until you see a Marlin Club regular who can't find his favorite old thread.

Now comes the "fun" part - verification. I'll be spending most of the day going through the new threads, making sure nothing's broken that I didn't expect. I can already see there was some duplication of old threads, but that's easier to deal with than missing ones. I also need to polish everything and make sure all the new links work before unleashing it on the rest of the world. And, of course, I need to put together a user primer on the the things each returning poster needs to do the first time they log in.

All in all, though, things are good. The risky part is behind us, and we're sprinting towards the finish line. Could be up and running by this evening, although I may wait until tomorrow just to be prudent.

UPDATE - 8:40PM: OK, we're done! I've gone through the forums and the threads, and cleaned out all the problems. I could open things back up tonight, but I'm beat and really want a chance to look at it through rested eyes. So plan on the new forums being online around noon PST tomorrow - and a couple of other neat new things as well ...