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Ploppy:
Invision have released version 3.0, a brand spanking new upgrade to the forum software.

I'm tempted to upgrade us over the weekend but thought i'd get your reaction.
It is a no cost option whilst we ponder the long term future, i.e possibly moving away from the Invision hosted package and hosting ourselves with other forum software (or even stick with IPB software)

The big downside is that we lose the modifications that we have, i.e Articles, Arcade etc.
Plus it maybe difficult to add them back in as the new forum will be encoded (though the new system uses a new built-in plugin system so we may be ok) and the mods wont exist for a while.

However we will have the new functionality plus of course PM (Personal Messaging) will be back online.


Over the weekend I will probably install SMF on my personal website to give it a trial, i'll give you the details so that you can check it out if you want. (SMF has both an Article system and Arcade mods)

Any thoughts/ideas?

compage:
Like any brand new software, it is likely to have bugs.
It will also take a while for the add-on writers to catch up and provide ones that work with the new forum software.

For those reasons I suggest we keep the current software for a few months until the dust settles.

Greecemad:

--- Quote from: compage ---Like any brand new software, it is likely to have bugs.
It will also take a while for the add-on writers to catch up and provide ones that work with the new forum software.

For those reasons I suggest we keep the current software for a few months until the dust settles.
--- End quote ---

I'm with John on this

Graham_and_Karen:
Same here. If you're like me you just love to get the 'latest and greatest' but it would be a shame to lose the article system. i know we will probably have to switch or upgrade eventually but probably most members are happy the way things are. Take the Facebook group as an example - I wouldn't say it's been all that popular so far - so no suggestion that people are looking for something different.

As always - thanks for the effort you put in. Looking forward to seeing you and Marge in Sept.

harribobs:
we have used SMF on the manchester regiment forum for the last two years or so, we have nearly 1200 members, 1.8 people joining and 1200 views per day, it's a very busy forum

we haven't had any problems (yet!) no spammers to speak of, no spambots at all. but more importantly, it's free! you have to pay for hosting your site, which iirc is about £20 a year and your domain registration, probably a fiver

it's a damn sight cheaper and just as good with better security (IMHO)

chris

edit, anyone interested can have a look at the manchesters forum, it's open to guests. i won't expect you to understand whats going on in the military and family history but you can get an idea of how it compares to this one  

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