08-24-2006, 09:42 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Well done Jason and team. Most of the people here love new toys so this will be right up our street: Something new to play with, to get frustrated by, to bitch about and, eventually, to love unreasonably.
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08-24-2006, 01:41 PM
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Theorist
Join Date: Jun 2005
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There's one disadvantage that I haven't figured out a way around yet: when a user clicks "View New Posts" in the forums, it will show them all of the new posts in the forums, not just the sub-forum they are in. So someone that only reads Pocket PC Thoughts will see new posts from the Smartphone Thoughts forums as well. One possible solution here is to find a way to colour-code or filter the results window, making it easy to quickly scan for the forum posts that interest you. When weighed against all of the advantages, I believe this issue is relatively minor, but I am aware of it.
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I think this issue have more impact than you think. I think you need to look at ways of filtering or discriminating.
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08-24-2006, 01:50 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 23,595
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Re: Thoughts Media Forums: The Long Term Plan
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Originally Posted by ctmagnus
Just out of curiousity, what happens if a given username/email address has different passwords for all of the Thoughts sites when that username/email address combo registers on Thoughts Media?
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I'm pretty sure when we do the database merge we'll ignore the old password in favour of the newer one. The username is the most important part.
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08-24-2006, 01:51 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by tregnier
I think this issue have more impact than you think. I think you need to look at ways of filtering or discriminating.
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Yes, it's something that's at the forefront of my mind because I know the heaviest users of our forums tend to use New Posts a lot - I don't know what the "magic bullet" solution is, but I'm definitely looking out for it. ;-)
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08-24-2006, 02:57 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 79
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I manage an internal forum and recently made the conversion from phpBB to vBulletin. All I can say is I can't believe it took me this long to make the switch! The support at vB is excellent, the software is speedy and the database import process runs pretty well. I agree that phpBB was good to start, but development seriously began to lag and it seemed the developers were just stuck in a never ending cycle of bug fixes as opposed to development of the new platform.
The only disadvantage of vB is the fact that unless you're a developer that understands PHP and SQL, you must rely on the community to get hacks. The selection of hacks (or mods as they are called in phpBB) is not as wide as phpBB and if you need a custom hack, then you basically need to contract it out at vbulletin.org. In my forums, there are still a couple of features that I have been unable to replicate in vBulletin.
However, in the grand scheme of things, the admins/moderators will love the functionality and the users will appreciate the quickness and features such as WYSIWYG posting, built in RSS support, better search capabilities, etc.
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08-24-2006, 03:40 PM
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Contributing Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by mattbugz
The only disadvantage of vB is the fact that unless you're a developer that understands PHP and SQL, you must rely on the community to get hacks.
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Fortunately, Fabrizio is an absolute wizard at PHP. :mrgreen: And I do think the out-of-box advantages of vBulletin are simply amazing.
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08-24-2006, 03:54 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Sounds like a good thing all around.
My only concern woulld be something having to do with eggs and baskets.
But I have faith that you have that under control.
Change is good for you :lol:
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08-24-2006, 05:40 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 73
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Good job Jason! It's a lot of hard work on your part to migrate, but we will all benefit from it!
We've been with you since the beginning, and we'll be there for you until the end!
Brad
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08-28-2006, 08:43 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 39
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One of the things I love about both Pocket PC Thoughts and Smartphone Thoughts is the ability to view everything (including the forums) well on my Pocket PC devices (currently HP HX4700 and Palm Treo 700w).
Will the new vBulletin forums be formatted for easy navigation and viewing on these devices? I visited the site today and noticed that it wasn't easy to read on my Treo 700w.
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Twain
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08-28-2006, 09:37 AM
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News Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by Twain
Will the new vBulletin forums be formatted for easy navigation and viewing on these devices?
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Yes, they will be, and in fact, even better than what we currently offer with Pocket PC Thoughts, Smartphone Thoughts, and Digital Media Thoughts.
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I visited the site today and noticed that it wasn't easy to read on my Treo 700w.
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A side-effect of the pre-alpha stage. Expect many improvements in the coming months. |
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