Subj : FastEcho
To   : Phil Kimble
From : mark lewis
Date : Mon Aug 22 2011 09:59 am


 PK> mark lewis wrote to Phil Kimble:
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ml>  PK> Is there anybody out there? I am having an issue importing an
ml>  PK> echolist on 1.46 & 1.46.1. Any words??
ml> 
ml> importing an echolist? what problems?

 PK> I wouldnt call it a problem with FE as much as it is my
 PK> misunderstanding of the import  function. Under FE, the import 
 PK> echlist only imports the descriptions. It does not import the 
 PK> areas & auto-create them based on a templatte area. 

ahhh, yes... this is correct... bringing in the areatags is done by importing 
an areas.bbs, IIRC... but a long long long time ago, i found it easier to allow 
FE to automatically add areas from my main feed(s) which are seperated by 
groups... then, if i want to pull the descriptions in, i can... however, i've 
also found that the descriptions leave a bit to be desired so i basically use 
only the areatag any more...

for example, i can now tell when i'm in COFFEE_KLATSCH instead of trying to 
figure out what area "Gossip and chit-chat echo" represents... especially when 
CHATTER ("Mindless Chatter Conference") and MEMORIES ("NOSTALGIA") exist and 
carry similar traffic... well, CHATTER really does carry "mindless" chit-chat 
;)  it always takes me a minute to remember that the description "NOSTALGIA" is 
the MEMORIES echo...

 PK> Using Paul's recommendation & some testing to re-learn how it
 PK> really does  work, I use my mail hub to import & auto-create the 
 PK> message areas. Them import the echolist to populate the 
 PK> descriptions. Works pretty well.

yup... and then you get those areas with long descriptions and some tools that 
use them (ie: sysop message reader, BBS areas that are imported in the same 
way) chop off the descriptions because they have a 45 character limit or 
such... all in all, it is a decent idea and it was fulfilled by authors at the 
requests of their customers but somewhere along the lines, someone forgot to 
create some type of spec document for everyone (ie code authors and echoarea 
moderators) to follow so that no descriptions were too long ;)

)\/(ark
member, FastEcho Beta Team

 
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