HOW TO SAVE YOUR POST HISTORY

[ncjulia12]

A million thank yous, @wafflesfriendswork!

I was wondering if there was a way to do this even before the current drama, just because my post history would be the closest thing to a journal that I have from these years but hadn't bothered to figure it out yet.

[shawnabm1320]

Did this not work for anyone? It said it would email me, and I haven't gotten anything. I tried on Saturday night.

[bshelly]

shawnabm1320, If you've already hit submit before, enter the name and user fields and then the link to click to show recently exported data" will be below the submit button. I waited for awhile thinking it would pop up when I hit submit, but no dice. LMK if that made sense.

[vvvvvfee]

does anyone else's file look all janky with half the stuff cut off? i'm saving it as a CSV and opening it in excel and it seems like half the stuff is truncated.

[ncjulia12]

May 22, 2017 9:31:52 GMT -5 bshelly said:

shawnabm1320, If you've already hit submit before, enter the name and user fields and then the link to click to show recently exported data" will be below the submit button. I waited for awhile thinking it would pop up when I hit submit, but no dice. LMK if that made sense.

That's what it did for me too. It worked but had to click that extra button.

[ncjulia12]

May 22, 2017 9:39:03 GMT -5 vvvvvfee said:

does anyone else's file look all janky with half the stuff cut off? i'm saving it as a CSV and opening it in excel and it seems like half the stuff is truncated.

Try selecting all and text wrapping and adjusting columns. I had to mess with mine for a little bit but it was all there.

[vvvvvfee]

TIP: Select all, then Right-click and choose Format cells, and make sure that "Text" is selected. Then mess with the column widths.

[kristhegirl]

May 22, 2017 13:25:27 GMT -5 sharebear05 said:

So we download our history, now do we ask someone to permanently delete our posts?

Yes, pm either Theophania, admin, or bibliothecary.

[kristhegirl]

They are still deleting things for people even though they stepped down.

[kristhegirl]

You can request deletion, then deactivate later. I'll post updates all over.

[shawnabm1320]

May 22, 2017 9:31:52 GMT -5 bshelly said:

shawnabm1320, If you've already hit submit before, enter the name and user fields and then the link to click to show recently exported data" will be below the submit button. I waited for awhile thinking it would pop up when I hit submit, but no dice. LMK if that made sense.

Thank you! I didn't even notice that part.

[yl]

Can anyone repost how to do this? I just came on to do it, but waffles' OP is gone now.

[kristhegirl]

May 22, 2017 20:20:25 GMT -5 yl said:

Can anyone repost how to do this? I just came on to do it, but waffles' OP is gone now.

I'm on my phone so I'm not super helpful, but there's a tiny gear way at the bottom of the screen, just above the clock in the bottom right. It opens a menu and I think one option is exporting.

[kristhegirl]

May 23, 2017 8:36:01 GMT -5 paradebegone said:

I hit export and nothing happened. What's the next step? Will it be emailed or is it a doc to download?

I think if you go back in to that gear thing there should be something like "recently exported" now?

I'm sorry,I wish I was on my computer to be more helpful.

[bshelly]

May 23, 2017 8:36:01 GMT -5 paradebegone said:

I hit export and nothing happened. What's the next step? Will it be emailed or is it a doc to download?

yl

I'm going to do all of it here. paradebegone , the part you need is at the end.


DIRECTIONS TO DOWNLOAD YOUR POST HISTORY

From the main website, click the gear in the bottom right corner. That will pull up the account settings page. Second from the bottom, click "Export" beside of Export Member Data. Select "goodbyecb.proboards.com" and then select your username. Hit Submit. Then, refresh the page, and click the Export button a SECOND time. Underneath the submit button, there will be a link that says "Click to show recently exported data." From there, you can download your post and your pm data. I chose to open that in Excel and then did some of the formatting mentioned in the thread above.

[jessijean]

I can't find where it's saving to... grrrrr

[bshelly]

May 23, 2017 9:36:43 GMT -5 jessijean said:

I can't find where it's saving to... grrrrr

Try opening the csv in Excel instead of saving it