Do you want to relocate SSP Ottawa to another site?

Harley613 · #1 Posted **Nov 29, 2023, 1:22 AM**

Hey everyone. With the forum on the fritz lately, I have been thinking that we need a place to meet if it all goes down. I have sincerely enjoyed discussing, debating, and shooting the shit with y'all over the years. I made a Discord channel you could join preemptively if you like. I'm not going to be active on there or develop it unless SSP bites the dust, but it would be awesome if you joined just so we could stay in touch in the worst case scenario.

SSP Ottawa 2.0
https://discord.gg/rJbGkXHC

J.OT13 · #2 Posted **Nov 29, 2023, 1:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by Harley613

Hey everyone. With the forum on the fritz lately, I have been thinking that we need a place to meet if it all goes down. I have sincerely enjoyed discussing, debating, and shooting the shit with y'all over the years. I made a Discord channel you could join preemptively if you like. I'm not going to be active on there or develop it unless SSP bites the dust, but it would be awesome if you joined just so we could stay in touch in the worst case scenario.

SSP Ottawa 2.0
https://discord.gg/rJbGkXHC

I've noticed that too. A few times a day, SSP doesn't open. Joined the Discord. Hope we don't have to use it. O-Train Fans forum died when the Discord was opened. Forced me to join Discord.

Thanks for the initiative Harley. Much appreciated!

Harley613 · #3 Posted **Nov 29, 2023, 2:05 AM**

Agreed. I hope to never post on there! I'm glad people are joining though!

You're very welcome.

bartlebooth · #4 Posted **Nov 29, 2023, 2:56 AM**

Ah, this makes much more sense now. Never read the error message and thought it was an issue just for me haha. Appreciate the community so hopefully it goes on here for a bit longer. Good to know we have a backup though. Thanks for that

SidetrackedSue · #5 Posted **Nov 29, 2023, 2:53 PM**

Thanks!

I'm in. Although I tried to use Discord a few years ago and gave up in frustration so I may be uncharacteristically silent.

I can't get over how useful this group has been to learn to positively anticipate the change in my neighbourhood, or, at the very least, be well informed as to what is happening.

A big Thank you to all the regulars who have kept this part of SSP a valuable resource to residents of Ottawa.

Uhuniau · #6 Posted **Nov 29, 2023, 7:01 PM**

Are the SSP tech issues not just transient? Why such ominous language?

Dengler Avenue · #7 Posted **Nov 29, 2023, 7:03 PM**

I mean, at one point people do wonder if SSP will go down for good.

Harley613 · #8 Posted **Nov 29, 2023, 7:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by Uhuniau

Are the SSP tech issues not just transient? Why such ominous language?

Nobody really knows what's going on, so best to err on the side of caution.
https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...=256356&page=4

harls · #9 Posted **Dec 5, 2023, 5:03 PM**

Ok, I joined.. My kid's discord seems to be logged into all of my devices.

Norman Bates · #10 Posted **Dec 5, 2023, 5:53 PM**

I don’t think I’ve ever discorded before. I just tried to join now. But it gave me an error. Something about safari not recognizing address.

Harley, I will pm you my email. So if this place folds, you’ve got a way to make contact.

I’m super eager to attend any meetups. Last one was the height of my year.

Jamaican-Phoenix · #11 Posted **Dec 6, 2023, 3:39 PM**

The discord invite link is no longer valid.

BGO · #12 Posted **Dec 7, 2023, 12:39 PM**

Hey guys, we might have another upgraded option juste like other canadian cities already has. I presume most of you already know that platform but from my side I just notice this week. For toronto, the website is URBANTOROTO.CA
Calgary, Vancouver and Edmonton are already part of it. So why not us¿

I think the map feature is really cool to have a great overview.

Why shouldn’t we make the move¿

Dzingle Bells · #13 Posted **Dec 7, 2023, 2:05 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by BGO

Hey guys, we might have another upgraded option juste like other canadian cities already has. I presume most of you already know that platform but from my side I just notice this week. For toronto, the website is URBANTOROTO.CA
Calgary, Vancouver and Edmonton are already part of it. So why not us¿

I think the map feature is really cool to have a great overview.

Why shouldn’t we make the move¿

We should!

AuxTown · #14 Posted **Dec 7, 2023, 2:58 PM**

Can't they change the name of the website?? Urbancanada.com?? As a card-carrying Toronto and Toronto Maple Leafs hater I find the switch problematic

BGO · #15 Posted **Dec 7, 2023, 3:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by AuxTown

Can't they change the name of the website?? Urbancanada.com?? As a card-carrying Toronto and Toronto Maple Leafs hater I find the switch problematic

The website name depends of the city:
-calgary.skyrisecities.com
-vancouver.skyrisecities.com

So I presume ottawa would be the same type

Harley613 · #16 Posted **Dec 7, 2023, 3:59 PM**

Here is the link to the Ottawa forum:
https://skyrisecities.com/forum/forums/ottawa.71/

Harley613 · #17 Posted **Dec 7, 2023, 4:04 PM**

Hmm, that is a far better forum. Direct image drops make life so easy. If we could have our mods get mod access on there we could get rolling.

Ed007Toronto · #18 Posted **Dec 11, 2023, 8:01 PM**

Hi all,

This discussion just came to my attention. I have an option for you to consider. The one BGO mentioned above.

I run UrbanToronto.ca and also SkyriseCities.com. SRC is the world version of UrbanToronto and was launched a few years back.

https://skyrisecities.com/forum/

Calgary and Edmonton are quite active and they are both made up of former members of SSP.

https://calgary.skyrisecities.com/forum/

https://edmonton.skyrisecities.com/forum/

We did create an Ottawa section at the time of launch:

https://skyrisecities.com/forum/forums/ottawa.71/

As you can see it currently isn't really active. But it could be if you want to make the move.

All of our sites are a combination of forum and project database. UrbanToronto currently has about 4,700 projects in the database with threads for each project.

Have a look:

https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/forums/buildings.5/
https://urbantoronto.ca/map/

We would do the same here. And Mods could easily be transferred over.

Open to talking further (either here or via PM).

Thank you,

Edward

Harley613 · #19 Posted **Dec 11, 2023, 9:34 PM**

This is awesome Edward! Thanks for chiming in here! I'm looking forward to seeing our community's response.

urbanforest · #20 Posted **Dec 11, 2023, 11:44 PM**

I can’t believe I’m saying this, especially as a zoomer, but I actually much prefer the layout and UI of SSP. This other site looks kind of cheap and cluttered. SSP is objectively not beautiful, but it’s functional (database issues aside) and it has a classic forum charm. The lack of a file system-like (tree?) directory/navigation is also a big minus for me. That said, I’d be a fan of the map and the ability to share images more easily.

Just my 2¢