As a suggestion that because these forums will be retired shortly and
still searchable, that perhaps the same Google search facility provided in
the .html format of these forums [discussions.Bentley.com] be made available
as a specific section in the communities domain...and perhaps some searches
can be saved on specific topics..sort of like data mining for end
users...popular search topics can be saved because there's a lot of useful
data in the forums..but can't be easily found..

/Rob

"Bentley Systems, Incorporated" <bentley.general.newsgroup@bentley.com> wrote
in message news:4820a190$1@news.prod-bent.dmz...
For some time, we have been hinting about some big changes in the works for
the Bentley discussion groups -- the time is here to provide some more
information regarding this.

 

Bentley discussion groups are moving to a new system that offers many
capabilities beyond the current system. This is all a part of the BE
Communities project to improve and expand communications for those who
design, build, and operate the world's infrastructure. You will hear much
more about BE Communities at BE Conference 2008 and beyond.

 

In an effort to provide advance notice to those who contribute to and read
the Bentley discussion groups, here is an overview of some important changes:

  a.. In addition to industry-oriented forums (i.e. Solutions), there will be
forums on the BE Communities to post inquiries on any Bentley product.
However, to make it easier to find where to post questions and get answers,
we are reorganizing the discussion groups. This means not all existing
discussion.bentley.com groups will have an exact match on the BE Communities
site. 
  b.. For each existing discussion.bentley.com group, we will post articles
to help you identify where in the BE Communities you should go to post and
read articles. 
  c.. Each group on discussion.bentley.com group will be made read-only. We
plan to transition 10 to 15 groups at a time to read-only. The groups with
most activity will be the last to transition. Although there will be a brief
period of overlap between the two systems, the intent is to transition
entirely to the new BE Communities Forums. 
  d.. Existing discussion.bentley.com content will not be moved to the BE
Communities Forums because it uses a different storage technique and much of
the information would not translate accurately. However, the
discussion.bentley.com repository will remain online, read-only, and will be
searchable, so it will always be possible to find answers to old posts. 
When we start to move Bentley discussion groups to its new home, we
anticipate the transition take about a week. Please note that although there
might be some unforeseen issues during the transition, we will do our best to
keep those to a minimum so the highly valuable information exchanges can
continue with as little interruption as possible.

 

Additional details will be provided when they become available. We very much
appreciate your understanding and patience during the transition to this
great new system. Should you have any questions regarding this, please post
them in bentley.general.