Thanks for the update Jim. I'm sure you'll choose the one that is best for everyone. I looked at all of them and pretty much any one of them will require some adjusting. You might get a few "Hey, what happened here?" PMs.
How soon before you change?
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Thanks for the update Jim. I'm sure you'll choose the one that is best for everyone. I looked at all of them and pretty much any one of them will require some adjusting. You might get a few "Hey, what happened here?" PMs.
How soon before you change?
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All up to us in how long - unless my host should eliminate earlier versions of PHP & MYSql, earlier than thought.Originally Posted by SassyLady
Just a matter of coming to a decision, forking up the pennies, the hard part in the upgrade process, then a LOT of work afterwards. Even if we were to stay with VB, all the work done over the years is lost & all the plugins and other things I purchased as additions, also all lost.So other than preserving the posts, which will happen no matter the choice, the rest will be from scratch.
The upgrade is always scary when it's larger levels as you don't want hiccups. Of course why backups are important!Plus, we may not be the busiest, but are well into 900,000 posts that need to be moved. Most is in the SQL database, which of course gets converted in the process.
Whichever choice and platform, should put us back into another place where we'll be good to go with both services of php and sql for some time to come.
I'll try to make it smooth, and that usability isn't a whole lot different than now. Perhaps a few things in different places & maybe some even better new options.
And Fwiw - While vBulletin is still a leader and a force - the closest rival and some say even better is Xenforo. And that company was spurred by angry developers from vbulletin! So the folks writing the software should have a familiar feel behind things.
“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock
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images.jpegAll up to us in how long - unless my host should eliminate earlier versions of PHP & MYSql, earlier than thought.
Just a matter of coming to a decision, forking up the pennies, the hard part in the upgrade process, then a LOT of work afterwards. Even if we were to stay with VB, all the work done over the years is lost & all the plugins and other things I purchased as additions, also all lost.
The upgrade is always scary when it's larger levels as you don't want hiccups. Of course why backups are important!
I'll try to make it smooth, and that usability isn't a whole lot different than now. Perhaps a few things in different places & maybe some even better new options.
And Fwiw - While vBulletin is still a leader and a force - the closest rival and some say even better is Xenforo. And that company was spurred by angry developers from vbulletin! So the folks writing the software should have a familiar feel behind things.
If the freedom of speech is taken away
then dumb and silent we may be led,
like sheep to the slaughter.
George Washington (1732-1799) First President of the USA.
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Pretty much wraps it up for me too (lol)
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Your old board is using XenForo.
Just an FYI, not a suggestion...
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Yeah, that was the first I think I saw it. But then after going to vB daily, I eventually saw that the developers, or some of them, had moved and started their own deal.
It is one of the most powerful & most supported. I think it's also how you set it up all the way around so that folks don't hate it & also the community involved so no surprises.
“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock
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One of the boards I hang out on uses that xenforo like his old board uses. I've never had any problems with it. The "us" one had some kind of problem where it quoted too many people in the conversation instead of just who you quote. The "pj" xenforo works better.
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When it comes to quoting and nesting of quotes - that's all setting that can be changed on the back end of both Xenforo and VB. I too have seen some setup where like 99 quotes can end up in a reply.
I like just plain quoting and multi-quoting myself.
“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock
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