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Post by Jason on May 3, 2016 1:14:55 GMT -5
I'm going through trucking school this month and should have decent income by mid-late Summer. If it CAN wait, I'd be happy to pay it, and Laz also seems happy to contribute. But I haven't the slightest idea about whether or not there is a time limit on when we can upgrade the code. Will the history be sitting in there forever unless we upgrade or will it eventually disappear? I'm just not sure. My first option will always be to save the history. If it's not possible, then we can start fresh. But it would help to understand how all this works, and I am a lost cause.
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Post by Dream on May 3, 2016 1:22:30 GMT -5
okay, so after more investigation I'm back at MyBB. Gonna send a question about their merge option and whether or not they can now convert WowBB forums. Someone claims they can, so we'll see
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Post by Jason on May 3, 2016 1:24:20 GMT -5
Were we once PhpBB? I could swear we were.
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Post by Dream on May 3, 2016 1:56:42 GMT -5
Simple machines forum has a working WowBB converter. *looking into it more*
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Post by Dream on May 3, 2016 2:10:32 GMT -5
and it's free with a community of people doing support...
This is looking good so far as an option to save the old board...I haven't seen a negative with it yet.
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Post by Jason on May 3, 2016 2:24:01 GMT -5
Am I reading that right? Free converting, plus community/online support? Has to be a catch. I'm fully expecting some sort of catch.
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Post by Dream on May 3, 2016 2:34:49 GMT -5
Am I reading that right? Free converting, plus community/online support? Has to be a catch. I'm fully expecting some sort of catch. you're reading it right. It's open source, which basically means it's a group of volunteers who keep the code changing and upgrading over time, rather than a paid team. No one owns the code, basically, so anyone can edit it or mod it however they want. the catch is they don't offer any kind of hosting, we'd have to find our own host.
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Post by Jason on May 3, 2016 2:40:25 GMT -5
That's not even a catch. That's pretty amazing.
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Post by Dream on May 3, 2016 2:44:53 GMT -5
the only other catch, really, is the risk of the community support going away as they are volunteers. Then we would be pretty much in the same boat. and we are at the mercy of the community there for support, if no one has an answer to our problem, we're fucked
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Post by Jason on May 3, 2016 2:47:31 GMT -5
How are we gonna go about this?
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Post by Dream on May 3, 2016 2:52:37 GMT -5
How are we gonna go about this? That I'm trying to figure out First we have to make sure everyone is cool with the choice, then figure out who is gonna do the actual work on it. I'm okay with taking the helm as long as everyone gets that I could completely destroy the info from our old board and we have to start fresh if i do.
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Post by Jason on May 3, 2016 2:55:07 GMT -5
I'm sure there's a way to ensure all the coding will be forwarded to those who are willing to rework it.
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Post by Dream on May 3, 2016 3:01:21 GMT -5
I'm sure there's a way to ensure all the coding will be forwarded to those who are willing to rework it. We're just using their tools to do it. We have to do all of the work, hence the free.
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Post by Jason on May 3, 2016 3:04:57 GMT -5
So I wasn't reading it right. I thought they were gonna do it for free.
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Post by Dream on May 3, 2016 3:09:09 GMT -5
So I wasn't reading it right. I thought they were gonna do it for free. they created the tools for free, they distribute the tools for free. They offer help if you come across problems with the tools. This is something that's likely gonna take a few days given the size of our board. i read free converting as they aren't charging for the conversion, which they aren't.
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Post by Jason on May 3, 2016 3:20:28 GMT -5
We'll see how the board feels in the next week or so. I can take a look at it sometime soon and see if I can get an understanding of it. Whoever ends up doing it will have their work cut out for them, though, I'm sure.
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Post by Jason on May 3, 2016 3:31:21 GMT -5
That's kind of scary. I'll check it out when I'm not surfing the web via mobile.
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Post by Dream on May 3, 2016 3:39:20 GMT -5
i just edited it and made it scarier
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Post by JigsawX on May 3, 2016 7:15:12 GMT -5
I have a friend who is quite good with computers. I want his take on this prior to coming up with an opinion. From the little I understand, though, it seems a pretty fair deal.
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