Comments on: Ubuntu Forums and vBulletin 3.7 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/04/22/ubuntu-forums-and-vbulletin-37/ Random things that interest me that I may want to remember later. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:22:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: matthew http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/04/22/ubuntu-forums-and-vbulletin-37/#comment-1508 matthew Wed, 07 May 2008 21:20:53 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/?p=61#comment-1508 Ronnie: thanks for stopping by and saying "Hello." I'm glad to have you around. Ronnie: thanks for stopping by and saying “Hello.” I’m glad to have you around.

]]> By: RonnieLRQ http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/04/22/ubuntu-forums-and-vbulletin-37/#comment-1507 RonnieLRQ Wed, 07 May 2008 21:08:36 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/?p=61#comment-1507 Hey everyone, Been reading the forum for a while just wanted to introduce myself - what's up? Hey everyone,

Been reading the forum for a while just wanted to introduce myself - what’s up?

]]> By: matthew http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/04/22/ubuntu-forums-and-vbulletin-37/#comment-712 matthew Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:43:38 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/?p=61#comment-712 sam: it's a known bug that will be fixed within the next day or so. Vadim (who was commenting on Dread Knight's comment, I presume): over forty hours of work had been done to upgrade the underlying software and to get the theme ready to use. We needed to make it live to work out the last little kinks. Sorry you felt it was done too early. sam: it’s a known bug that will be fixed within the next day or so.

Vadim (who was commenting on Dread Knight’s comment, I presume): over forty hours of work had been done to upgrade the underlying software and to get the theme ready to use. We needed to make it live to work out the last little kinks. Sorry you felt it was done too early.

]]> By: Steve http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/04/22/ubuntu-forums-and-vbulletin-37/#comment-713 Steve Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:43:38 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/?p=61#comment-713 @Dread Knight FOSS hasn't kept up with VB on forum software. and phpbb is about the worst forum platform there is. @Dread Knight

FOSS hasn’t kept up with VB on forum software. and phpbb is about the worst forum platform there is.

]]> By: Vadim Peretokin http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/04/22/ubuntu-forums-and-vbulletin-37/#comment-711 Vadim Peretokin Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:35:59 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/?p=61#comment-711 I don't think anyone even bothers to do research or even think about the effort needed before suggesting these things. It's like a random internet meme, if it touches open-source and a part isn't, suggest something else. Obviously, those people never heard of anything else before. I myself feel that the upgrade was a bit too early though. There is a bunch of "we'll fix that soon" answers in the FAQ posted. I don’t think anyone even bothers to do research or even think about the effort needed before suggesting these things. It’s like a random internet meme, if it touches open-source and a part isn’t, suggest something else. Obviously, those people never heard of anything else before.

I myself feel that the upgrade was a bit too early though. There is a bunch of “we’ll fix that soon” answers in the FAQ posted.

]]> By: sam http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/04/22/ubuntu-forums-and-vbulletin-37/#comment-710 sam Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:14:32 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/?p=61#comment-710 Is it my settings or is it a bug? Links are not visible (black like normal text) until I hover over them with my mouse (red underlined). Is it my settings or is it a bug?
Links are not visible (black like normal text) until I hover over them with my mouse (red underlined).

]]> By: matthew http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/04/22/ubuntu-forums-and-vbulletin-37/#comment-709 matthew Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:34:46 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/?p=61#comment-709 The choice of forum software is a very old and rather tired topic. The definitive answer to <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=724506" rel="nofollow">why Ubuntu Forums uses vBulletin</a> is posted on the site. As noted there, the forums actually started out using phpBB and found it to be inadequate for our needs. It is good software, but at the time it did not do what we needed it to do. vBulletin did and does. Today a change of forum software would be disastrous for the community and the site. We have a HUGE database that would need conversion, along with figuring out how to change all the templates, themes, add in the features we have customized and added ourselves, etc. Sorry, this isn't going to happen. The choice of forum software is a very old and rather tired topic. The definitive answer to why Ubuntu Forums uses vBulletin is posted on the site.

As noted there, the forums actually started out using phpBB and found it to be inadequate for our needs. It is good software, but at the time it did not do what we needed it to do. vBulletin did and does.

Today a change of forum software would be disastrous for the community and the site. We have a HUGE database that would need conversion, along with figuring out how to change all the templates, themes, add in the features we have customized and added ourselves, etc. Sorry, this isn’t going to happen.

]]> By: Dread Knight http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2008/04/22/ubuntu-forums-and-vbulletin-37/#comment-708 Dread Knight Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:11:08 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/?p=61#comment-708 What about free open source FTW? Screw vBulletin.... :-| www.phpbb.com www.phpbb.org What about free open source FTW?

Screw vBulletin…. :-|

http://www.phpbb.com

http://www.phpbb.org

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