Of course whomever is going to be looking after it has the final say.

With Google groups, I would predict that any questions will go 
unanswered for long periods of time as people, including me, will not be 
signing in every day after repeatedly seeing no postings. Maybe once a week?

The very best thing is to be able to keep going on some kind of news 
server. The second best solution would be if the forum software chosen 
would have a feature to send an email when a new posting has been made. 
I wish I had more knowledge to fix this.


On 12/10/2023 09:27 p.m., Liz McGuire wrote:
> Once upon a time, the site was in Mambo, managed by Larry.  I know 
> nothing about its content - but as I recall, it became impossible to 
> maintain since Mambo died and the server continued being updated.  
> Porting it to Joomla would have required more effort than Larry wanted 
> to make.
> 
> The zip I offered is the pre-Mambo plain HTML version of the site that I 
> maintained.
> 
> Given that the web content has been gone for eternity, I don't really 
> see any reason to bring that part back - though I easily could, and 
> would do it as plain HTML if I did.
> 
> The bigger issue is continuing discussion groups.  Seems no one is 
> willing to state which of the various options they prefer and no one 
> wants to take on the burden of administration.  Thing is, I don't really 
> use these groups for talking Paradox (in case no one noticed), so I'd 
> rather not be the one to decide the path forward (even though I own both 
> domains - ParadoxCommunity and theDBCommunity).  I guess if no one else 
> has any more to say, I'll make a decision just before Larry makes things 
> read only.
> 
> I don't understand why google groups isn't the obvious preference - it 
> would outlive all of us and require minimal effort.
> 
> Liz
> 
> 
> 
> On 09 Dec 2023 20:13, Tom Krieg wrote:
>> I was thinking the site was in Mambo.
>>
>> Seeing as the repository is a series of HTML pages, this is what I 
>> would suggest.
>>
>> Find a web host to host Joomla. Install Joomla. Get a free template 
>> and generate a web site. Jazz it up as needed (or not). How much is 
>> your time worth? Get a Joomla add-on called HTMLtoArticles from 
>> Joomlashack for around $49 and do the whole lot in 10 minutes, or do 
>> it by hand - Create groups, create an article per HTML document, move 
>> the HTML document into the article and save. Job done in a week or so.
>>
>> Searchable by group, name or any-which-way.
>>
>> Install a forum on the same site. Set up groups and subgroups as for 
>> Pnews. Switch over.
>>
>> What does it cost to host a Joomla site? $12 a month for 100GB 
>> bandwidth? Not enough? How many Paradox users were there left, did you 
>> say? Is it worth $150 a year? Or just download the HTML to your hard 
>> disk directory. Then decide about the groups.
>>
>> Endless discussions that get nowhere are pointless.
>>