HAIF Posted February 27 Posted February 27 For about 20 years I have been running an Invision forum. Because of its longevity, it has accumulated a lot of posts. Until last week, it was self-hosted. Before moving to Invision Cloud, I noted it had a little over 650,000 posts. Now my Activity Overview shows the forum has 485,536 posts. I just checked the backup of the forum I made before sending the files to Invision, and I see 661,677 posts. Does Invision Cloud tally posts differently from self-hosted?
Randy Calvert Posted February 27 Posted February 27 You most likely had content that was old/deleted over the years. When that content is removed, the count is never reduced. My guess is when you were imported to cloud, it had to recount everything. I’m further guessing if you recount your backup it would get close to your current cloud number.
Marc Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Nothing should be recounted. Of course we import the backup which is provided by yourselves. Could it possibly be archived data?
HAIF Posted February 29 Author Posted February 29 On 2/27/2024 at 3:29 AM, Marc Stridgen said: Nothing should be recounted. Of course we import the backup which is provided by yourselves. Could it possibly be archived data? I never archived any messages. I know a lot of fora lock and archive messages after a certain amount of time, but I prefer people be able to revisit content because we often discuss things that are a hundred years old, so there may be a lull in the conversation for a few years.
Marc Posted February 29 Posted February 29 The software on cloud will archive old data, which is why Im asking if that may be the case here
HAIF Posted February 29 Author Posted February 29 1 minute ago, Marc Stridgen said: The software on cloud will archive old data, which is why Im asking if that may be the case here Is there a way to see a tally of active versus archived posts?
Marc Posted February 29 Posted February 29 There isnt, but it's the only thing that will have changed between the 2. If you go to Forum Settings, you can switch that off and let it unarchive, then see the difference there
abetts Posted March 8 Posted March 8 (edited) On 2/29/2024 at 1:58 PM, Marc Stridgen said: The software on cloud will archive old data Is there a way to disable it please Marc? My forum is also 20 years old and deals with cars that are from one day to 60-ish years old and some of the old topics can still be revelent and need new content when required. Archiving denies new posts if anything and for me, I can't see any upside. If visitors are coming in through a search engine (50% of my traffic) and just see loads of archived posts, they'll wonder what's going on! Thanks! Edited March 8 by abetts
Marc Posted March 8 Posted March 8 If you create a ticket on this, I'll see what we can sort for you there 🙂 abetts 1
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