Implemented Backwards Compatibility With Older Forum Platforms

[Tellerian Hawke]

I'm not a product owner; I'm a user on a forum that recently switched to your platform.

The old forum imported all of their posts (they were using vBulletin) onto your platform, and the switch went well.

But there are differences which are causing MINOR problems.

For instance, your platform uses the SPOILER command, and the old forum was using SBLOCK.

So now, when you read through the old posts, you see these non-functional commands, and the thread looks awful and cluttered.

Could you, perhaps, add terms from other platforms into the functionality of existing commands?

FOR EXAMPLE:

In my head, I am picturing this: (Very simplified version):

IF INPUT = SPOILER THEN OPEN SPOILER ROUTINE
IF INPUT = /SPOILER THEN CLOSE SPOILER ROUTINE

Would change to this:

IF INPUT = SPOILER, SBLOCK THEN OPEN SPOILER ROUTINE
IF INPUT = /SPOILER, /SBLOCK THEN CLOSE SPOILER ROUTINE

You're not really changing your functionality, you're simply adding terms into your existing functionality, so that imported data from older platforms will display correctly with a minimum of effort.

Thanks!

 

[Paul B]

There are tools available for handling situations such as that.

The site administrator can post in the support forums if they need help in resolving it.