Author: Graham Banks
Date: 09:34:35 02/26/06
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On February 26, 2006 at 10:37:28, Jürgen Ecker wrote: >On February 25, 2006 at 01:42:56, Peter Skinner wrote: > >>On February 25, 2006 at 00:25:43, Jürgen Ecker wrote: >> >>> >>>>3. There is new forum software being installed as we speak so we can curb many >>>>of the issues we face as a group. I applaud Tim and Steve for taking the time to >>>>do this. This _will_ make this place much easier to moderate and administer. >>> >>>Hi Peter, >>> >>>what kind of forum will be installed ? >>>Hope it will be something modern like Invisionboard or vBulletin, >>>which have a bunch of admin and moderator functions helping you to >>>organize the board in a better way. >>> >>>Jürgen >> >>If I am not mistaken it will be phpbb. >> >>While it might like the finess of vbulletin or IPB, it is just as strong. With a >>few mods it becomes even more powerful. >> >>It will be a nice improvement. >> >>Peter > > >Hi Peter, > >thanks for your answer. >Hmmm, I do not think, that using phpBB is the best decision >Of course it's free, but it has had many security issues in the past. >It's also lacking some interesting features (build in Wysiwyg-Editor, >flat- and threaded view, RSS-Feed...) which are build in the core >of Invisionboard. Moreover Invisionboard has some interesting addons >(linksystem, downloads, knowledgebase, blog-system...) which you >can plugin with no core-hacking. > >Some of the addons are also available für the phpBB but you often have to >hack the core, so you can't upgrade so smoothly. And a easy and fast >upgrade is very important. > >So I strongly recommend the Invisionboard. It's much more professional >and better on the long run, even if it cost some bucks. > >Just a few thoughts of an admin-colleague ;-) > >Jürgen >Admin CSS Online Hi Jurgen, We don't get the choice. The owner of the forum and his website administrator make the decision as is their right. Regards, Graham.
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