Here’s an update in where we are with our forums. We were able to put a significant amount of work into them this weekend and they are coming along, but they probably won’t be ready for actual posting until later this week. We don’t want to promise an exact day,then hit a snag, and then have to renege.
Here is what we know for certain so far:
- If you want to participate in the forums, you will need to re-register(the blog is not affected). Please use your old forum name, or go for something entirely new. Be nice don’t snag someone else’s name. As a suggestion (if you are looking for a new name) but by no means a requirement, pick something non-Twilight related. People remember who you are more if it’s a non-twilight related name. Roughly 800 of you have found the forum already and done that.
- We were able to save in archive form what the forum looked like when we backed it up on August, 5, 2008 just prior to re-opening. We will be loading that and providing a link to it. We were unable to import the old forum into the new one. It was just too old and too broken. A lot of haphazard modifications had been done to it over the years, and it was just a mess. It seemed a lot more prudent to start again than to constantly be struggling with something broken to begin with.
- What happened to the items posted between August 6 and August 8? There was no clean backup available. By the time was got the server company on the phone we were too late to salvage the Thursday night (non-hacked) database. The only clean copy they had was exactly what we had the Friday night hacked version which amounted to only about 10% of the original forum structure. So, just as was the case with the blog, we lost about 4 days worth of stuff.
- We are in the process of copying over the most popular threads and starting new ones. By "copying" we mean highlighting, cutting, and pasting the most recent post or the post that explains the purpose of the thread and starting the thread from scratch. This takes awhile. We will have our usual topic request thread because no doubt we will have missed something, and we will be happy to put whatever back.
- We will have Breaking Dawn discussion available in all forums. Origianlly we had thought about segregating Breaking Dawn discussion into one forum until September. However given the vast post Breaking Dawn publicity, you would have to have been sleeping under a rock not to have stumbled on the major plot points. So, it seems silly not to have Breaking Dawn discussion in all forums.
you guys are the best! thanks for everything!
LOVE YOU GUYS AT THE LEX <3 xoxo
Keep up the great work Are we able to register now? or do we have to wait until the forums are fully up?
Feel free to register now, you just won;t be able to see very much until we open.
Pel
thank you soooo much! *gives you all a gigantic hug* you have no idea how much this means to a lot of us that you are putting in all this effort. i hope everything is on the right track and that you guys are able to re-open the forums soon. <3 urcoolcarrie
Do we know if the password database from the old forums was hacked as well? I think we all need to know if we have to go change our passwords. Misfit.
You will have no choice but to pick new passwords as this newer and vastly more secure site requires a case sensitive, alphanumeric password.
Pel
Thank you for all that you do, I really like The Lexicon. I read it everyday, I just don’t post much.
What about post counts? I’m assuming that everyone is starting back at 0, correct? And thank you, so much, for putting in all of this effort to fix the Lexicon. We love you forever!!!
Yeah everyone is back at zero, suck, I know.
Pel
thanks so much lexicon! keep up the good work and good luck on getting everything back up
Can’t wait to get back to the forums… especially the RDP!
Thanks for all your hard work putting them back together! I was also wondering about post counts, just like CcRoAnZfYuNsed… And also, since BD discussion is allowed in all forums, are we also allowed to have BD-related signatures and avatars now? Thanks! 
Good question Yes BD siggy and avi are fine. Assuming it’s not a nekkid Edward or something like that.
Pel
thanks for the effort you’ve put into getting the forums back up. I can’t wait til we can start posting again!
Thanks guys!! You rock!
I can’t seem to register on the forum though. Everytime I click register it puts be back to the information page. Is anyone else having this problem or is just a computer clitch?
Thank you for all you do! I, as I’m sure other do as well, truly appreciate your hard work and dedication.
bettingonalice357 – yeah i’m having that problem too! what’s the deal, lex??
bettingonalice357
I’m having that issue to, thats why i asked if we could register.
I can’t seem to get there
I can get to the log in page but not to the register page
Does this mean we can have Breaking Dawn icons, and signatures now?
I was able to register, but not choose a password. I have been emailed one, but I would like to be able to change it, but can’t see where to do this? Hopefully that function will be available later.
Thank you so much for all your hard work in getting the forums back up.
has anyone here been able to register on the forums or are there just a couple of us who can’t?
Hmmm. Not sure what’s happening here. Maybe it’s better to wait until we open to register.
It is not letting me register for the forum either. It just says the forum is being rebuilt. I have tried clicking on register from both the register link on the main page and under the login tab.
Thank you so much for allyour hard work. It really is greatly appreciated. YOU ALL ROCK!!!!!lol
Sadly I think we all need to show a little patience and then everything will be back to normal…*crosses fingers* as normal as brand spanking new can be…:)
I can’t register.
i was so worried about my post count… coming in new… i had a inward goal to make 100 posts by the time BD was released… never happened!
thank you for all the thing you do, MODS. ‘preciate it!
I am, too, having problems registering.
xD never mind my question was answered
You guys rock!!! I am amazed at how much you have gotten done this fast. I know enough about web design that what y’all are doing is a lot of work. I LOVE the new set up and cant wait to get back to the disucssion!
I can’t register either =[ Guess I’ll just have to wait till we open. Ugh, I’m so impatient!
I can’t seem to be able to register. I’ll just wait for the end of the week. Thanks for all of you’re hard work!
your, not you’re. oh my gosh, YOUR. it’s late…
I haven’t been sleeping under a rock…I don’t have BD yet. I just don’t participate in anything. I THANK the Twilight Lexicon for warnings. I come here for Movie newz now. Until I get BD. So I just wanted to say, U didn’t have to be sleeping under a rock to not know plot spoilers.
For some reason it won’t let me register.
can anyone tell me where to change my password cause it’s really hard to remember……
i just registered
TO THE AUSTRALIAN TWILIGHT COMMUNITY.
TWILIGHTAUSTRALIA.NET HAS CONFIRMED A 11TH OF
DECEMBER RELEASE FOR US!! no more jan the 8th crap. woot woot
Yay, can I just say how nice it will be to have you guys back up and running. It’s strange, but I felt like I lost my voice when you guys disappeared.
Thank yu for all the hard work you’re putting into it.
I was going to say something else but then I read Katherine’s comment.
11TH OF DECEMBER!?
EXCELLENT!
Anyways, back to the topic.
I can’t register.
WHAT!?
Glad to know I’m not the only one having problems with registering. When I click on the Register link it brings me back to the forum boards. I’ll just be patient for a little while longer.
Thanks for all your hard work! It sucks that unhappy people can do something like this on purpose. May they get stuck in error-land and not find their way out. ;o)
i tried registering, but it wont change the page, it just changes the website.
thanks for fixing lexicon!!! u guys are AMAZING!!
is this just for the lexicon? some friends of mine are confused about that and think it will effect thier sites. i think you mean jkust here though, don’t you? and THANKS FOR DOING THIS! *hugs you all* you guys rock.
~Alice
Thank you so much!
you guys ROCK!!
XD
i am have troubles registering too,
guess i’ll just have to wait (:
Thank you for all the hard work that you are doing to restore the forums. It is sincerely appreciated.
Yea I cant register ethier
Thanks for doing this for us, mods! I’m sure the vast amount of people who don’t own a website and aren’t incredibly tech savvy (like myself) don’t even fully understand all of the headache and hard work that goes into this!
I’m happy that my previous forum name had nothing to do with Twilight so I can use it again but… I cannot register? The link is just directing me back to the home page for the forums.
I, too, am unable to register. Has anyone actually been able to, or are there just a few of us who are unable? Kudos to the mods- you guys are excellent! Thanks for continuing with all this work, even after the sad catastrophe of hacking- instead of just giving up with this whole GINORMOUS site. We love you!
Thank you so much! It looks like we will be able to register after you bring the forums back up? I was unable to register just now. Also, it looks like HisGoldenEyes.com has crashed or been hacked today. Is someone just going down the list of fine Twilight sites? Hopefully, you have good protection against further attacks! Best to you,
Thanks for working so hard in bringing the forums back.I can’t wait for it to be up and running again.but I can’t register for some reason.it just tells me the forum is being rebuilt.I guess I’ll just have to wait.but you guys rock!!!!
Yuck. You guys have been through a lot. I think almost everyone got an email from the hacker and I responded to it, almost gleeful. I didn’t like the idea of being punished by our opinions. But really, you guys are just making sure it’s an actual discussion forum and not an all-out bashing session. I appreciate that. So I’m sorry if I seemed a little eager to get aquatinted with this hacker. You guys have dealt with so much and are still staying strong so keep it up!!!
WHERE DO WE REGISTER??? Under blog or forums???