ScriptUO
General => Site News => Topic started by: Tidus on December 10, 2019, 08:09:33 AM
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So SUO has been with SMF Forum since the beginning of SUO. Since there are other options out there I was just wondering what people's thoughts were on us moving Forum backend from SMF to Xenforo.
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We didn't have an update few years ago, when we were able to add colour in out code.
I have no idea with one is the best, The easier for you will be the best for us. we can adapt to the new face :)
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From a users perspective, I was never a fan of Xenforo. I can't speak toward admin in Xenforo. But I can nearly always tell when I'm using a Xenforo site. Such a basic user experience.
VBulletin is terrible - that I have more experience with and hated every moment of it.
I dunno, resurrecting all the functions and features we have now will take a huge amount of time. I know I worked for nearly 2 weeks on and off to get the EasyUO code highlighting working correctly. (if you look at the code highlighting on EasyUO, they never got it right - phpBB)
There's something to be said about once you get something up and running that it doesn't give you any headaches for years. Just say'in.
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From a users perspective, I was never a fan of Xenforo. I can't speak toward admin in Xenforo. But I can nearly always tell when I'm using a Xenforo site. Such a basic user experience.
VBulletin is terrible - that I have more experience with and hated every moment of it.
I dunno, resurrecting all the functions and features we have now will take a huge amount of time. I know I worked for nearly 2 weeks on and off to get the EasyUO code highlighting working correctly. (if you look at the code highlighting on EasyUO, they never got it right - phpBB)
There's something to be said about once you get something up and running that it doesn't give you any headaches for years. Just say'in.
That is why i put a poll out there :)
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There are quite a few things I don't like about SMF but then I am use to it here so it would be kind of odd using something else. I like Xenforo but would hate to lose things like the rep and shout box. I would say leave it as is.
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If it aint broke dont fix it.... I like the current platform, no idea if i have used the other one. Would changing platforms make it easier to manage add new features or have other benefits ?? If it doesn't come with some amazing newness I would reamin as we are. For kicks and giggles you could always do a dummy install of the platform and just see now easy porting everything would be.
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VBulletin is terrible - that I have more experience with and hated every moment of it.
I really liked using vbulletin with the last site I ran (a decade now ago?) - lots of customization, but that was also in 2009 lol. I was able to add a lot of cool stuff, but I know the internet has changed a lot since then. i don't think it's worth the money these days.
Personally, I think SUO is fine how it is - a redesign/change of platform isn't going to attract a ton of new users because nobody really cares about UO anymore. Why change things up when scriptuo works fine as it is?
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Thanks for the replies everyone! One reason was because of the Discord Webhooks and other webhooks. I was able to get something to work for SMF. So now every new member and post gets put into a discord channel!
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.....nobody really cares about UO anymore.....
This is a very sad but true statement. For SUO, I look back at the site traffic in the hayday of SUO, and I can't believe how much traffic we got. We get 1/10th of that now. :(
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I appreciate every persons hard work and contributions to this forum.
I think whatever is easiest for you all to manage is just fine. I will figure it out one way or another in time :-) or ask a ton of questions like a noob after reading through it all. lol