Since the future of the old forum is unreliable we need to backup as much info as possible.
I recently found a way to get whole threads so you can save it as whole web page or print to pdf:
Scroll to the top
Go to the address bar, scroll to the left (or jump to the end ;))
type “?print=yes” and press enter
wait
dismiss the print window
scroll to the bottom, look out if theres a “Next page” link, this is the case for really big threads.
choose “save page as”
choose location, in case it isn’t set change to “web page complete” in the lower right
save
if there are more pages do it for these too, save them with a trailing _2 to express the different pages
Post your saved Topics here in one reply per user so we don’t do the same work twice.
The Forum seems to have some DOS measures active which means it can’t be done more than n times so choose what to save wisely
When we are done (unlikely or the old forum disappears for good) I’ll merge all downloaded files into one structured page with links to these treasures. I think it doesn’t matter which browser you use but just in case I use Firefox.
Happy information saving @BillGordon might be worth pinning? @longhairedboy might be able to put it somewhere on the main server so we can reference this stuff in here. The license is Creative Commons by-sa 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ so we just have to put that on this subpage in respect to that.
Another integrated deck project - Esk8 Innovations
Are DIY Electric Skateboards Cheaper%3F %7C The False Economy - General Discussion
Beginners Guide to building your own Electric Skateboard Drivetrain - Esk8 Mechanics
Best practices for soldering 18650%3F - Esk8 Electronics
Building stealthy eSkateboards from regular skateboard decks %7C N.E.S.E %7C CF integrated enclosure %7C different hub motors - Esk8 Builds
DIY Trigger Style Remote with Telemetry - Complete Guide - Esk8 Electronics
DIY Wheel Casting - Esk8 Mechanics
Metr Pro - Next Gen Bluetooth Module - Esk8 Innovations
Metr Pro - Next Gen Bluetooth Module - Esk8 Innovations _2
Mounting your Enclosure - Esk8 Aesthetics
MOV-E Integrated Decks Group Buy - Group Buys
New Hummie Hubs! - Esk8 Innovations
New Hummie Hubs! - Esk8 Innovations _2
New Hummie Hubs! - Esk8 Innovations _3
New vesc user%3F Read This - COMPLETE WALKTROUGH OF THE VESC - Esk8 Electronics
Noob question thread! %F0%9F%98%80 ask your questions here! - General Discussion
Noob question thread! %F0%9F%98%80 ask your questions here! - General Discussion _2
Noob question thread! %F0%9F%98%80 ask your questions here! - General Discussion _3
Noob question thread! %F0%9F%98%80 ask your questions here! - General Discussion _4
Noob question thread! %F0%9F%98%80 ask your questions here! - General Discussion _5
Noob question thread! %F0%9F%98%80 ask your questions here! - General Discussion _6
Noob question thread! %F0%9F%98%80 ask your questions here! - General Discussion _7
Noob question thread! %F0%9F%98%80 ask your questions here! - General Discussion _8
Simple 3D-printed NRF remote - Arduino controlled - Esk8 Electronics
What deck is best for building your own electric skateboard%3F - Esk8 Aesthetics
%5BWIKI%5D A beginner guide to DIY an ESK8 - General Discussion
Of course there is some stuff that might not be interesting for everyone (eg. my old build thread) but we can select later
Nice Discourse even seems to have a real API for querying data returning JSON, might be helpful I have no time for that, I only found the method above when I did a quick search.
I’m actually not sure if it makes sense to get all of the content. Thats why I started this thread despite @mmaner s hint to use a crawler since there is a lot of junk (no offense, like the picture thread with loads of Anigifs and stuff )
Jap, I sorted by the all time most reads and replies and picked the ones I knew and found interesting. That’s why it’s important that lots of people help together we’ll see that the most important stuff makes it into the ark
Cant we use a html scrapper. I have used these to mirror sites before would be hard to adapt them for forum use. Other wise approach Jason for a export, he lives 2 mins away. I could offer him $200