I have downloaded all the ‘SafariMotorHomes’ messages files, photos, links and messages to an archive. Some explanation is necessary.
I am posting the following information on the SafariMotorHomes forum that I was not previously part of. Had I known of its existence I would have joined earlier. However now due to the arbitrary and self serving decision by Yahoo to terminate all the Groups systems, it was brought to my attention that this site as well as the SafariFriends site had the possibility of loosing their site content. Others may have stepped in and had another solution, but since I wasn’t aware of a pending solution I have downloaded and archived both Safari Groups sites content.
I will list the link below to retrieve the SafariMotorHomes files, photos, links (content embedded in the posts usually) and database with all the messages. To reiterate what I posted before via my site, the messages can be accessed offline on a PC by using the program PGOffline. This is a program that we have been given a discounted price of $14.95. I do not receive any money, free licenses or any remuneration for anyone buying the program. I don’t know the author, this is just a solution I found that works well. I don’t have a solution for a MAC or handheld devices like cell phones, but what I think could be done is to export the messages as a CSV file and then import them into an Excel like program. (I have not tried this but just have noted that this export is possible).
You don’t need the program to access the files, and photos, you only need the program to search and print the group messages. I put together a presentation on how to use the program a few days ago and that link will also be in this post. The link is a zip file of files, photos and links. The database file of the messages is separate. You must unzip the file to get to the folders of the above. I am assuming this will not be a problem, but if you need help you can ask on my site comment and I will try to help.
Now that the database, and all other data is preserved the same can be moved to another hosting system. I can also export the messages in SQL form if that is a requirement of the hosting service. Many hosting systems offer free migration tools. But I leave that to those that will set up the subsequent forum, if any.
One last note is that due to the nature of how I gathered the data, both forums are in the same database. That is the messages groups are separate but can be searched across both groups. So as far as I understand you could look for “3126B” and find all messages from SafariFriends and SafariMotorHomes. Since I recognize a number of the same people posting at both site I will assume this is not an issue.
Previous Post: These links are for the SafariFriends site but the presentation is relevant to both sites. I will update the databases after it is closed down by Yahoo on 2019-10-28 https://safaritoonces.org/computer-helps/safari-friends-yahoo-groups-offline/