Thursday, January 12, 2006

[BB] Missing content AGAIN

Bb list members,
 
The snapshot problem has, again, stepped on your course sites.  The first symptom is the extra "Welcome" announcements.  A more serious consequence is the removal of any content that was not in Syllabus, Course Documents, or External Links, to the best of my knowledge.  So if you had a content area called, "Projects", it is gone. 
 
If the area came from a previous site we will be happy to copy it into your spring 2006 site.  Just tell us what needs to be copied, where to find it, and where to put it.
 
If it was created in your spring 2006 site you are going to have to redo the process.
 
I promise that this will not occur again.  I am changing the automated snapshot update process by adding a manual inspection step before the data is processed.  That will mean that updates won't occur in the middle of the night, but it will keep situations such as this from occurring again.  Twice in the past seven days is at least once, if not twice, too much!
 
Bill Vilberg
305-284-3949 (work); 786-218-3052 (cell); 305-255-9138 (home)