Site Maintenance and security updates discussion

[yogisumo]

Questions:
   1) How large is the database?
   2) Is is possible to "export" in a reduced/changed format?
   3) Would it be possible to allow access to it in "archived" format?
   
   This would allow you to move to different software and still allow access to "archived" versions of the old database.

Just a thought...

[yogisumo]

Argo wrote:
1) It's Big.

   Big is a relative term.  How big?  1 gigabyte. 2. .5? .25?

2) Changed/reduced how? Exporting is easy. If your talking about the planned pruning, it'll be the site database providing site content. It'll get exported for backup as usual. Not really sure what you are getting at.

   If you can generate html to send to a user, then is it possible to generate/export an html representation of the forums?  I know nothing about Xoops or site databases.  This is just a shot in the dark...