It was to save time. As Wiz said, the staff received a lot of applications, so instead of looking through them one by one, which would take a long time, they decided to do the system detailed in the original post.
The hosted project system is really nice once they have it all set up. I used it before we transitioned to IPS and I preferred it over the IPS system, actually. Unfortunately, getting everything moved into the system takes time.
Basically, if you keep your HP active (as in there is at least one post every 30 days) then the admins will eventually transition your HP into the system that will allow you more moderation privileges. They want to watch and move the active ones and that clause gives them the ability to watch and make sure the HP is active before moving it. Making the new spot for an HP is actually rather time consuming from my understanding.
If there isn't a reply within the thread in over thirty days, the roleplay will be archived as inactive.
The previous update was on a very different system that had an add on for HPs. They are running HPs on xenforo without an add on which makes it more staff intensive to actually create the forums and move the content.
Quick question, when my RP is moved, will I be able to edit any and all posts that are made in the roleplay?
HelloPhadia ,
If you do not want to run your hosted projects anymore, you may let them sit. You can locate the CS you wish to save and copy and paste it elsewhere or have the thread moved. If you would like it to be moved, please make a support ticket.
Okay. So I guess I have 30 days to grab that CS? Thanks for your help! ^^
Ahh. I see. Well, thank you for your help! ^^ You always answer my questions promptly and are very helpful.
I think, but I'm not certain, that that just means they want to make sure your rp is and has been active. HPs when we were on xenforo the first time around were things that you had to prove you could keep active before you actually got them and they want to make sure that only active ones are transitioned this time around. I may be wrong, though.
Right, I understand that, but any rights you may have had prior was sort of thrown off when HP's were seemingly (to me) easier to get on the newer version we had prior to going back to this version. That's fine, I can handle that. But then we go back and don't have moderation powers for our areas and have to wait for some arbitrary moment in which we've proven ourselves by a stipulation we've yet hear about. But first told to send a message to keep our HP or after X days they will archive it. Now it's just on your activity. OK, why not just keep mod powers and those that are inactive just delete? Did they not earn those HP to begin with? If so, this seems counter-intuitive. And until then, mods must be inconvenienced (I don't think they care) as do us just to contact them and hope they get the change we may need if we have them rather than just doing it like we did before.
Xenforo counts posts differently than IPS did. This forum doesn't count status updates and other things like that. Currently they are not opening applications for HPs for an undefined amount of time (however long it takes for them to transition all the old ones that will be transitioned). Note that transitioning each individual HP probably takes a few hours and there are only four/five admins who are capable of actually transitioning HPs so it will not be a fast process.
The 30 day rule just means that if your HP does not have any posts for a time span of 30 days or more, it will be archived. If you keep it active and keep it running, the admins will eventually reach out to you in order to discuss moving your HP into the actual HP system. So there is no need to create a thread although I do not think it hurts either.
