Announcing…

 

 

 

• Ability to convert from Digsby chat logs
• Ability to convert to Pidgin chat logs

• Update checker is now compatible with the SourceForge web server by sending a user agent.

• Download: https://sourceforge.net/projects/log2log/files/
• Project Site: http://log2log.sourceforge.net/

 

Thank you Steve!  Steve contacted me requesting a converter from his 2200 Digsby logs with AIM, Google Talk, MSN, and Yahoo!, and I delivered.  Though a new version of Log2Log v1.x has been released, it is running on limited support.  New format converters are being created only on demand.

Meebo Messenger is going away, and so is the
Log2Log

We're Still Here
Deltik's top priority project, Log2Log, is still very active. We're working on it as hard as we can and will continue to do so until it's production-ready.


What's Taking So Long?
Don't believe that we're working hard on it? See for yourself!

Creating a chat log converter is by no means easy. Me? I want Log2Log to be released as soon as possible without sacrificing the originally intended enterprise-grade quality. In order to do that, I have to learn C++ and the Qt framework on-the-fly while programming Log2Log.

Log2Log was intended to be released at the end of August 2011.  The development team has underestimated how much work it would take to create it, but don't let that get you down.  I really, really, really want Log2Log ready for people by the end of this month, September 2011.


What Works
Surely we have made some progress in the several weeks of persistent development.  This is the rundown of what works in Log2Log as of 10 September 2011:

• Fully capable of reading files from a directory, feeding them through the format converters, and saving the converted files
• Interface shows what data may be lost in the conversion process (formats don't store the same data)
• Feature to "Check for Updates"

But there are a plethora of things that don't work:

• Most of the planned format converters have not been created yet.

Detailed Priorities
As of 08 September 2011, here are the priorities for development of Log2Log format converters:

1. Pidgin HTML -- Log2Log was originally created on 01 January 2011 with this format in mind.  Pidgin HTML is complicated, and if I can create a good format converter for it, the others can easily fall in place.
2. Meebo (download) -- This was the reason why I wanted to create Log2Log.  The format would be very easy to convert to and from, but there is a major problem to solve: The chat logs must be downloaded from a remote server.  The code for doing this already exists, but originally, I had made it in a different programming language, PHP.  It's now a matter of porting it to the language that Log2Log is now programmed in, C++.
3. Log2Log JSON (standardized export) -- For advanced purposes, I intend to create this format converter.  Theoretically, this should take only minutes to create because it directly exports what Log2Log already does in the background.
4. Trillian -- Trillian stores its chat logs in XML format.  Pidgin HTML is also like XML, so with that established foundation, I should have no problem creating a format converter to and from Trillian.
5. Windows Live Messenger -- By input from an eagerly waiting person, I'll create the Windows Live Messenger format converter.  I looked at the chat log format, which was XML as well.  Since Pidgin HTML will have been completed by the time I start working on this format converter, it should be very easy to read this format.
6. AIM -- Also by request, I intend AIM to be the sixth format converter I make.  AIM chat logs are in HTML, and they resemble Meebo chat logs, but they're somewhat more detailed.  It seems rather easy to create this format converter as well.
7. Skype -- Personally, I also want a Skype format converter.  There is a major frustration, though.  Skype thought that it would be funny to create their own eccentric chat log format.  The format makes absolutely no logical sense at all, but all the data exists.  In order to read it, I have to drop down to a very primitive level and scan the binary data.  I started work on it in PHP, but once again, I have to port it to C++ because Log2Log is now written in C++.

Loguntu
Loguntu has been envisioned, and some planning has been done.  As for a server to host Loguntu on, we are trying to secure one by 04 October 2011.


Thank You

• Igor Cardoso — still sticking with the Log2Log project
• John — for helping us know what to work on next in the development of Log2Log

The Bad News
As of this post, wherever you look, even on Google, you probably can't find anything that will convert the chat logs that you want to convert.

You: "Is it possible to import pidgin chat logs to empathy? If so, how?"
Us: "Actually, yes. Here you go. Bad example. :\"

You: "Is it possible to make my skype chat logs readable? If so, how?"
Us: "Today, nah. To make that possible, we are in the process of making Log2Log, a program that can read and save your Skype chat logs into something readable."

You: "Is it possible to download a copy of my chat logs from gmail? If so, how?"
Us: "Oh no! You can't, at least not in an easy way. The Internet is missing something that people are looking for. Deltik has founded the Log2Log project to allow you to get chat logs that you previously thought were locked in the grasp of someone else."

You: "Is it possible to keep my chat logs synced with me everywhere I go?"
Us: "Nope. Good idea, though. We're going to make Loguntu, a system that will allow you to store chat logs in one central location that's convenient for you."


The Good News
We are going to take the matters into our hands. Deltik has two fresh projects, prioritized sequentially:

1. Log2Log Chat Log Converter
2. Loguntu Online Storage

Log2Log Chat Log Converter
This will be the most advanced chat log converter ever, even surpassing the good work that Chat Log Converter+ did when it existed. Unfortunately, the creator, UFGrayMatter, no longer maintains it. This is why the Internet doesn't have a universal chat log converter anymore. :(

But Log2Log will be more than just a chat log converter. Here are three challenging tasks that Log2Log is planned to take on:

• Google won't let you download your chat logs you stored while chatting on gChat. Using Log2Log, you can securely sign in to Gmail and download your gChat logs without ever giving your password nor data to anyone, not even Deltik.
• Meebo is a meanie and refuses to create a feature to let you download your chat logs. Log2Log can hop on Meebo and gather all your logs without ever leaking your personal information to anyone.
• Skype is a weirdo and stores chat logs in some inefficient and freakish way. Log2Log can read it all, and reassemble the logs so that they can be compatible with all the other IM clients.

Loguntu Online Storage
That's not all. I personally use two IM clients, Pidgin and Meebo. It would be a pain to have to run Log2Log often to copy my new conversations from Meebo to Pidgin.

Loguntu aims to become the first online storage system for chat logs. The chat logs get stored in one central place that you choose. All the file storage services I know sync files to their own servers, like Dropbox or Ubuntu One. Loguntu will support a variety of locations, so you can choose where to store things.

• Dropbox, Ubuntu One, Box.net, Windows Live SkyDrive, and more — Ain't nothin' like an old-fashioned simple storage method.
• FTP — Have you got an FTP server? FTP is easy for Loguntu and you!
• SSH — If you're really fancy and have an SSH server, Loguntu can handle that too.
• 750 Words — This wouldn't be the wisest choice, but hey, storing chat logs isn't against Buster's terms of service, and there is no clear limitation on his free text storage service.
• Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, GMX — Hey, you know your email provider offers you a lot of storage. Idea?
• Loguntu — Deltik may even host your chat logs for you! We may be able to offer you some space for free, but we also know that many of you have a grand history. For a low monthly fee, Deltik can host your files with extra storage and features.

I'm still not done. Why specialize Loguntu for chat logs only? You should be able to store normal files, too! When Loguntu has fulfulled its purpose as chat log storage, file storage wherever you want would be a cool feature.

Okay, last thing. Loguntu should team up with Log2Log and synchronize your chat logs! This here is a major challenge. Let's say you have some meetings on Skype, then chat with some friends on Gmail, and you pull up Adium on your Mac for a few days. Using Log2Log by Loguntu, your chat logs can be kept up-to-date with all your clients (if possible) by using the Log2Log Standard Chat Log Format.


When Can I Get All This Awesomeness???
>_< ... O_O
Okay, so this is completely new territory for Deltik—so new that Deltik has no idea how to make any of those things yet.
This will take a long while... unless... you help! Yes, we can really use your help. No, I'm not asking for donations. If you're a computer programmer who's willing to help with the Log2Log and/or Loguntu project, please, contact us!

By kind support by some other developers, I'm setting a tentative date of the end of August 2011 for the launch of an awesome Log2Log Chat Log Converter.


Priorities (as of 24 June 2011)

1. Log2Log — support for downloading Meebo chat logs (This was why Log2Log was created in the first place.)
2. Log2Log — support for more protocols, including Pidgin, Empathy, Adium, Skype, Trillian, Digsby, Kopete, more, and hopefully all the major protocols
3. Loguntu — saving chatlogs and integration with Log2Log
4. Loguntu — file storage
5. Loguntu — storage on Deltik as Loguntu

• UFGrayMatter — Whoever you are, you inspired me to make the Log2Log/Loguntu chat log management solution. :)
• Igor Cardoso — for supporting the Log2Log project
• George Nassar — for wanting to help the Log2Log project

 

 

 

Deltik does not know
what to put in the center
this time.

The Problem
Log2Log is programmed in PHP, a language that is not optimized for Log2Log's purpose. PHP isn't designed to handle files, especially not large and plentiful ones.


The Solution
In the end, the best solution is to port Log2Log to a multiplatform desktop software.

Advantages:

• safer — As desktop software, your sensitive data such as chat logs will no longer need to be sent insecurely over the Internet. Your data sticks with you, and Internet access is only needed for Log2Log services such as MeeboConnect or Loguntu.
• faster — Information doesn't need to be sent through the Internet to be processed by PHP. Instead, it'll all be done on your computer.
• more reliable — No more relying on an online service, which could go down at any time. With Log2Log as desktop software, it'll be ready when you are.
• convenient — Instead of going to a webpage, Log2Log would conveniently be a desktop application.
• accessible — Log2Log would be right there on your computer, ready for you at all times.

Disadvantages:

• There are disadvantages? O_o

Dedicated to IsMyWebsite
Hey Matt,
Yeesh, I didn't mean to make you rant like that.
In response to your blog post,

They had a script driving up the server load consistently for about 5 minutes to 2.00+

(That would be Log2Log v0.0.1a4.)

... I overhaul the Log2Log project and start anew with the solution specified above.

Our oldest project
MuSeSPinger
gets a major upgrade!

Huh? What's MuSeSPinger?
MuSeSPinger stands for Multiple Server Status Pinger. You can check websites to see if they are online or offline by the masses.?


Why We Made MuSeSPinger
Wa-a-ay back in 2008, Deltik was hosted on a webhost called IsMyWebsite. IsMyWebsite was a unique webhost in that it had 16 servers called nodes. The nodes hosted different websites. We created a tool called IsMyWebsite Node Status Checker (IMWNSC), which was a hard-coded system that checked the status of all the nodes.

Over time, IMWNSC evolved from its narrow purpose into MuSeSPinger. MuSeSPinger was then improved and expanded.


The First of Its Kind
You may think that we have reinvented the wheel because there are plenty of other services that check to see whether a website is online like Down For Everyone Or Just Me? and CheckSite.us.
MuSeSPinger is the first and only service that can:

• check multiple URLs at the same time,
• render an image that shows the status of multiple URLs, and
• use a mirror network to check multiple URLs.

In addition to those unique core features, MuSeSPinger has:

• a streamlined interface,
• its source code available to anyone,
• three different methods of checking URLs,
• a user-friendly administration control panel, and
• almost three years of dedicated support from Deltik.

?

What's New?
See the changelog for yourself!
Or if you're too lazy:

3.0.0 (2011/05/20)
  - NEW: Completely rewritten
  - NEW: Redesigned interface
  - NEW: cURL and file_get_contents for server status checking
  - NEW: MuSeSPinger network for worldwide server status checking
  - NEW: Option to render without the network: "Work Locally"
  - NEW: Status icons for "online with problems" and "status unavailable"
  - NEW: No JavaScript compatibility
  - NEW: "Report Problem" link
  - NEW: Administration control center for modifying configuration
  - NEW: Fetch MuSeSPinger news from Deltik
  - MOD: URL input uses line breaks instead of spaces.
  - MOD: Remade status icons
  - MOD: Foreign language support removed
  - MOD: Automatic update system removed
  - MOD: 'update' directory re-purposed to MuSeSPinger news
  - MOD: Implemented GNU GPL License

Links

• MuSeSPinger
• MuSeSPinger v3.0.0 Demo
• Download MuSeSPinger
• Deltik Docs Article: MuSeSPinger

On 31 March 2011, Deltik turned
3
years old!

Deltik is finally ready to present:
Log2Log

Deltik is proud to present...