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May 10, 2006 11:44:13 GMT
Post by AngelaG on May 10, 2006 11:44:13 GMT
I have been playing with the idea of making the forum into a phpBB type, actually hosted on my own domain for a long long time now.
It will have it's pros and cons
Cons
We will lose all these threads.
We will lose all our members, some may not bother to resubscribe.
Transferring threads over will be time consuming
If the provider goes down the forum goes down as well.
Pros
Greater admin control
Member purge may encourage new posters
We'll lose some of the crap posted by the trolls
We don't have to worry about proboards shutting us down for a violation of their T&C.
Give some opinions as to what would be a good idea.
Does anyone know if proboards will allow access to my data so that I could just transfer info acrosss?
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May 10, 2006 14:25:00 GMT
Post by random on May 10, 2006 14:25:00 GMT
I voted yes although it would be a shame to loose a lot of the good posts, and the quality people would join automatically and the dross would leave straight away. I am sure it would attract the trolls but they are easily slapped down and besides, I haven’t been put down on another forum for a while.
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May 10, 2006 14:32:37 GMT
Post by AngelaG on May 10, 2006 14:32:37 GMT
It hasn't picked up your vote. LOL. Stupid forum.
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May 10, 2006 14:51:55 GMT
Post by andym on May 10, 2006 14:51:55 GMT
I voted yes.
Again, it would be ashame to lose posts but the functionality on phpBB is much better.
We'll be left with all the people who post regularly, I can't see them NOT signing up after a move to be honest.
I would speak to proboards to see if they'll let you have access to your data as I'm not to sure on that.
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May 10, 2006 15:01:37 GMT
Post by AngelaG on May 10, 2006 15:01:37 GMT
The other thing is we'll lose all the crappy ads, which is no bad thing!
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May 10, 2006 15:13:54 GMT
Post by andym on May 10, 2006 15:13:54 GMT
Well I'm happy to donate if a donation button were to 'appear' to help cover costs a bit  |
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May 10, 2006 15:47:35 GMT
Post by Aefibird on May 10, 2006 15:47:35 GMT
I voted yes - I'm sure that all the people on here who post regularly would sign up for a 'new' KR forum anyway.
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May 10, 2006 16:55:54 GMT
Post by nkudahc on May 10, 2006 16:55:54 GMT
i voted yes too as you don't seem to be to happy with proboards. oh and by the way, when we move to a new forumn i call president! ;D  |
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May 11, 2006 7:40:58 GMT
Post by RigsVille on May 11, 2006 7:40:58 GMT
I also voted yes! It seems that phpBB based forums are the norm these days, and I find myself not liking forums that are not based on phpBB! The only other problem I can see is that phpBB based forums tend to get hacked more! The other thing is we'll lose all the crappy ads, which is no bad thing! I don't mind the adverts, and I would be more than happy if Angela added ads such as Google Ads to the site to help generate income to help pay for the site. |
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May 12, 2006 11:37:01 GMT
Post by pasmith on May 12, 2006 11:37:01 GMT
I join the general concensus. I'll join a new one and probably post the same old rubbish I've posted on this one. |
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May 12, 2006 12:22:08 GMT
Post by AngelaG on May 12, 2006 12:22:08 GMT
Yep, a whole new chance for us to waffle on about bugger all. YAY.
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May 12, 2006 20:59:53 GMT
Post by AngelaG on May 12, 2006 20:59:53 GMT
IMPORTANT. I have created a new forum for Karate Resource, which can be found here: www.karateresource.com/forum/phpBB2/index.phpPlease feel free to sign up to it and start new conversations. I will gradually move some topics across and do a prune on this forum, but eventually I will close this forum down! |
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