Simviation Forum - ouch pete... talk about outdated forums...

Jan 23^rd, 2006 at 1:46am

<Ramos> Ex Member

i was just looking into YaBB just to see if there was a new version, something better than PHPBB.

yabb and xnull no longer exist, so much for keeping up to date.

so what would you move to if you had to?

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Reply #1 - Jan 23^rd, 2006 at 4:23am

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Oi - Pete moved once. Wink

You want all the info lost again? Undecided

No thanks. Keep it outdated. Wink

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Reply #2 - Jan 23^rd, 2006 at 4:26am

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Yabb does exist - it moved to a new home a few years ago.

http://www.yabbforum.com/

& we did attempt an upgrade - even had the Yabb developers attempting to do it for us - but it wouldn't convert.
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=news;action=display;num=11...

It seems the only solution may be to delete all posts over 2 years old. Sad but maybe necessary. Still looking at other options though.

Think Global. It's the world we live in.

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Reply #3 - Jan 23^rd, 2006 at 7:56am

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To be fair how many posts are really read that are 2 years old? Its nice when some people do look back for the info they need but most just ask the questions anyway. Check all the stickies for age, if older just copy and re-post. And bite the bullet I guess.

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Reply #4 - Jan 23^rd, 2006 at 8:09am

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But my post count would be halved! Shocked

Do whatcha gotta do. Grin

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Reply #5 - Jan 23^rd, 2006 at 8:12am

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oh yeah, good point. NOOOOOOOOOOO Grin

Just make a note of how many you have and ask an admin to correct it after the delete.

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Reply #6 - Jan 23^rd, 2006 at 8:15am

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*waiting in excitment*

*waiting*

*flying FS*

*still waiting...*

Bar by Mees

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Reply #7 - Jan 23^rd, 2006 at 10:27am

<Ramos> Ex Member

yeah craig is right, he would lose his "lost life rank here on the V. Tongue

Ramos

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Reply #8 - Jan 23^rd, 2006 at 10:50am

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But my post count would be halved! Shocked

Oh no, it took me this long to get this many-how well I ever recover!!! Shocked

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Reply #9 - Jan 23^rd, 2006 at 12:15pm

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I like the post count for my own benefit - not for any competition - I'm no where near the top 15 and don't post enough to break into it.

Please don't scrap it Pete. Wink

Or allow everyone over resident status to volenteer their names for the change.

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Reply #10 - Jan 23^rd, 2006 at 6:21pm

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I like the post count for my own benefit - not for any competition - I'm no where near the top 15 and don't post enough to break into it.

Oh, neither do I-my post was more of a joke really. I just simply don't post all that often-only a couple a day. So, my count has built slowly. I'm honestly more concerned about making every post have something worth reading in them than anything else. I have been a member here longer than most of the members (many of who have more posts than me) but I have for the most part been a steady poster ever since this forum was created.

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Reply #11 - Jan 23^rd, 2006 at 6:58pm

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No worries Richie the post was just to the world in general - not to anyone specifically.

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Reply #12 - Jan 23^rd, 2006 at 7:13pm

<Ramos> Ex Member

world? you mean the cylinder that we can't fly to the poles?

ahh... yeah not in that world either Tongue

well, don't dix it if you don't have to. i dont know the behind the scenes of your forum, but from what i can tell, about 90% of this frum runs pretty well. a couple of glitche, but we can and have lived wih it.

Ramos

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Reply #13 - Jan 24^th, 2006 at 5:02am

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I can't say I see any problems with the current set up (from my end of course). If it ain't broke, don't change it...

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Reply #14 - Feb 25^th, 2006 at 8:45pm

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If you do decide to switch to phpBB they can automatically convert the forum over to their platform using one of the packages at the bottom of the downloads page

http://www.phpbb.com/downloads.php

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