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| LeMasters | Oct 28 2009, 01:02 PM Post #1 |
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Probably been brought up already, Thought I'd give my opinion on the matter. First I think we should switch to a new forum board. Why? you might ask. Here are my reasons: Cons: - Invisionfree (Invision forum boards) is far to outdated, I don't think they even make updates for it anymore. - There is soooo many restrictions with this forum board (apps, Skins, etc) - Its plain & Ugly (not referring to the skin) - it has chat limitations ( BBC codes, Moderation etc) - Far to easy to brute force into (Admin CP) - It just plain sucks, I cannot stand it. Pro's to other forum boards: I Can list off almost 4 different forum boards; IPB, vbulletin, PhpBB & ProBoards. I'm sure there's more but thats all i could think of from the top of my head My favorite of the 4 is IPB, Why? because its pretty much an updated version of invision forum boards without most of its flaws & script probs. It also has soooo much more you can do with it. Its also updated more and easier to find a skins for it. Most professional Skin makers do either IPB or PhpBB skins since they are two of the popular forum boards. Security wise vbulletin is the safest, but it is also pricy (from what i've heard) I've never used proBoards so i cant give any criticism or compliments about it. So in the end why not change? if your worried about post count IPB & PhpBB have an option to modify a users post count (Oh noes!, no one looses der 1337 post count) Opinions? flame comments etc? ~LeMasters |
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Oct 28 2009, 02:07 PM Post #2 |
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We have debated this before and have always came to the conclusion that we have far too much time and management invested into this forums to really switch. We also have no real dire need to switch, its like buying a new car when you have one that still works perfectly fine. Except the new car has a few unnecessary bonuses. Like I said, I would love to see it happen, its just not worth it. |
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| LeMasters | Oct 28 2009, 02:42 PM Post #3 |
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SirAram
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Cause of the time & effort involved in switching to a new forum board? |
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Theboy126
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Oct 28 2009, 06:20 PM Post #4 |
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There is also a large cost. IPB 3.0 is easily my favorite, however the cost i believe for an IP license is over $100 from what I remember. In addition, we would need to upload it to our own server, which we don't have. I'd like to see this happen one day though, maybe when the forums are more widely used. |
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| LeMasters | Oct 28 2009, 06:31 PM Post #5 |
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We dont need to purchase a license. It is expensive i agree as i once was going for a license for my gaming community i was in the process of developing 9 months ago. Which is why i suggested to icie IPBfree which is the same thing as Invisionfree, all we need to worry if we ever do decide to put funding is into a domain + ad removal which is like 10$ for a domain for 1 year & like 5$ a month to ad removal (Rs membership price lol) which i am sure wont be hard to obtain. if i see that the forum gets a positive feedback and a good number of visitors/users I wouldn't mind paying those fee's myself. |
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Oct 28 2009, 10:26 PM Post #6 |
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Can you handle me? i dare you.
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Sum time ago sumting like this happen we even start to work on the new forum but in the end no1 like the idea (members) so we just drop ir. |
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Oct 29 2009, 06:26 AM Post #7 |
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Oh yeah! I do remember this. We liked our forums just as they were
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| Zeppelin382 | Oct 29 2009, 10:15 AM Post #8 |
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Dr. Pepper!
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Yeah I remember that. All the staff had our own emails and everything. Some guy was sponsoring us. It fell through though. We'd lose many members doing it. (P.S. I love how I always say 'we' when I give me opinion or input on topics, it makes me laugh lol) |
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| Jamez | Oct 29 2009, 04:01 PM Post #9 |
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Eviction notice posted!
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My post count means something to me. When we went to TLC our post counts were reset, thank god that didn't last. |
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Began playing: 2001 "Once a CoS, always a CoS" Icie Juicy Beaverboy has been here.(12:24:12) <+`Jamez> strange im mostly in the cow fields (12:24:20) <+`Jamez> satisfying my hunger (12:24:26) <+`Jamez> for the big buns (12:24:37) <+Noj> poopeating jamez? (12:24:38) <+Noj> lol (12:24:57) <+`Jamez> more like animal rape (12:25:06) <+Noj> lol (12:25:11) <+`Jamez> what can i say i like it when the cow goes moooo! (12:25:40) <+Noj> save | |
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| dustdevils | Oct 29 2009, 08:09 PM Post #10 |
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Mentor, Clan Promoter, Council ranked ~Sep2009-Feb2010
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@james: i totally agree. however, i have this problem with this forums such that it does not allow me to load it sometimes. its really annoying since i cant go on forums at times. then again, theres no guarantee that a new forum hoster will be any better so i say we stick with this. |
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Oct 29 2009, 10:39 PM Post #11 |
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Yeah to the above, that was back when I was still a Moderator, he was offering us our own free phpBB with full support and other things. even then we declined. |
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| Riffpilgrim | Oct 30 2009, 11:49 PM Post #12 |
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Its been suggested before and I could possibly get us hosting on an IPB board but there just isn't any need for it. I said this before and will do again, if it isn't broken don't try to fix it. |
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| Adam | Oct 31 2009, 07:28 AM Post #13 |
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I AM CANADIAN!
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I think we should burn Lemasters at the stake for suggesting such a thimg. I love these boards to much to change. |
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Nov 4 2009, 03:21 PM Post #14 |
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i dont think theres anything wrong with invisionfree Its like trying to fix something that has nothing wrong with it |
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| Jamez | Nov 4 2009, 08:02 PM Post #15 |
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Eviction notice posted!
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its like putting a goat in a suit, no matter how it looks its still a fucking goat. |
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Began playing: 2001 "Once a CoS, always a CoS" Icie Juicy Beaverboy has been here.(12:24:12) <+`Jamez> strange im mostly in the cow fields (12:24:20) <+`Jamez> satisfying my hunger (12:24:26) <+`Jamez> for the big buns (12:24:37) <+Noj> poopeating jamez? (12:24:38) <+Noj> lol (12:24:57) <+`Jamez> more like animal rape (12:25:06) <+Noj> lol (12:25:11) <+`Jamez> what can i say i like it when the cow goes moooo! (12:25:40) <+Noj> save | |
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