The moment has finally arrived. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you... WeBBspace.

effWeBB officially went offline at 3 PM US Eastern Time on 12 January 2008, ending a ten and a half year run as the home of STF. As much of a pain in the butt it always was, I have to admit that I did get a little teary-eyed when I took it offline, especially reading the farewell messages in OOC. It had run its course, however, and it is time to move forward.

To log in, go to the login box on the left side of the page and click "Request new password". Enter the username or email address you used from effWeBB. You will be emailed a one-time login link, which you can use to access your account. Be sure to change your password to something you can remember, and accept the newly-approved Terms of Service. While you're at it, you can also set a custom timezone. All dates will now be shown in your personalized timezone.

The transfer took longer than expected, primarily because some of the import scripts broke at the last minute and had to be rewritten. In the end it worked out, however, because that meant I was able to add one extra bonus.

In the end, we were able to import the most recent 8000 or so posts from effWeBB. That's everything that survived the most recent node archiver. Rock on!