"like abstracting the database layer, but for forums"

[aletson]

i'm really happy with this turn of phrase

anyway, it's time to have to actually confront and think about this

[aletson]

there are elemnts of ForumPageDownloader and PageParser that will both require abstraction.

[aletson]

• [X] PageParser should be split into post parsing and page parsing
• [x] ForumPageDownloader will need to be abstracted in its entirely
• [x] Page parsing will need to be abstracted
• [X] Post parsing should be universal
• [x] Profile linking needs to be expanded to multiple communities
• [x] Player profiles need to support multiple communities.

Page parsing here refers to all the DOM work Post parsing is just the actual post body text.

[aletson]

Instead of linking a profile right away, you create a user and then link a profile after the fact.

[aletson]

All that's left is decoupling user profile linking from user creation.

[aletson]

Break out the user profile stuff into its own classes and then use the backing API to pull the correct field.

[aletson]

heck!! yes!!!!