Forum Updates!

[Beau_Barbera]

Hello,

Now I'm sure most of you have been informed of my new position within the staff team! Now I already have huge plans for this forum, there have been minor updates since I have been a part of the team. However there is some major updates planned for the future, I'm just waiting on confirmation. The forum will be down during this period in time, you will have notice when I work out a date. Some of the things I can promise:
 - A new Layout (This one is the default)
 - Staff Application Plugin
 - Your in - game donator will change the colour name on the forum, however this is already being rolled out! Goldy's will have a generic colour.

Anyway I will update you when it gets closer!

Edit: If there are any Forum Bugs, post in Bugs section, Also PM Me.

Regards,
Beau_Barbera
Webmin

[Lynxy]

There are two incredibly annoying bugs:
1) A thread doesn't get marked as "read" (even though you've opened it) unless you visit that subsection [again]
2) When I'm logged out for extended periods, and come back, there are topics that I've yet to read, but they're marked as read! Dunno what gives

[Caaaaarrrrlll]

That's a bug with vBulletin I think.

Try phpBB or SMF.

Converting now would save yourself in the future, say this website gets loads of people and innectis becomes extremely popular (more than it is now).

[Beau_Barbera]

Jailout. We are fine with Vbulletin. It's a much more secure and professional forum.

[Caaaaarrrrlll]

Jailout. We are fine with Vbulletin. It's a much more secure and professional forum.

Professional? Wtf. You're trolling. vBulletin is just as much professional as any other, the only difference is vBulletin you have to pay money for (which is dumb).

[ryanteck]

Erm, Beau again your wrong... Forums Like SMF Or PHPbb Are MORE Secure... Why? There open source, which means anyone can find bugs and report them. Its why linux is more secure...
I also do prefer one of the other forums over this as they are more cutsomisable to innectis..

And tbh i have found most of the changes you have done have erm , Failed. I hate to say this but i dont think you should be the "Webmin" (Sorry no offence, but i dont think you should for many reasons...)

[Caaaaarrrrlll]

Couldn't have said it better myself.

For SMF/phpBB:

A) They're open-source, aka free.
B) They're highly customizable. However, SMF allows you to upload mods directly, phpBB is manually (there are mods that can make it auto, however).
C) They have styles that can make it look just as professional as any other forum software.
D) phpBB boasts a highly configurable permissions system, even styles/themes themselves have permissions. If you call this insecure, you're crazy.

vBulletin:

A) You have to pay for a license, aka not-free & closed-source.
B) It may be customizable, I haven't really used it to know enough if it is or isn't. (I used a cracked version, couldn't get a hang of the admin panel so I let it go)
C) I didn't like a lot of the styles they had for vBulletin...
D) Optimization issues.

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[Beau_Barbera]

Ok Fair call from you both, I prefer Vbulletin. And Ryan, My updates haven't even hit the fan yet. I am still waiting for FTP so I can start my real updates. So please wait before you even start to judge me.

[Beau_Barbera]

Edit: All planned updates will be all done during scheduled maintenance. This makes it easier so no users run into bugs while fixing it all up.

[Lynxy]

A friend of mine that does a lot of forum work, so he knows the ups and downs of all the popular forums. He recommends XenForo. He thinks the framework on it is amazing. IPB is his second choice. Just some options

[Beau_Barbera]

Guys is up to you Lynxy and Hret too make a dcision.

[Caaaaarrrrlll]

IPB is his second choice.

Don't you have to pay for IPB too? :\

[Nosliw]

This weird black look doesn't match any of the buttons/images. I'm guessing this isn't complete?

[Beau_Barbera]

No Nosliw, It is temporary I have a better Forum sin waiting. I just need access to ftp. This was built in this layout I can make it white if you think thatll look better.