Guest digl Posted November 22, 2001 Share Posted November 22, 2001 I know Its really hard work to change the forums, and this forums are very good, but Iv seen some forums with good features like showing the number of views of the topic, who made the last post, and polls, this is the important one I know probably most of you have seen those forum polls, they can be very useful and informative to know what the community thinks I dont know If Its possibly to include those in this forums (I care most about polls), they would be a great addition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TornSoul Posted November 22, 2001 Share Posted November 22, 2001 A lot of boards have a thing included in it to transfer all data from a UBB board to the new board when you set it up, so it's not that hard to change to a different board. The only problem is that usually they're not cheap (unless you wanna get an illegal copy or tryout version). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt-- Posted November 22, 2001 Share Posted November 22, 2001 http://www.phpbb.org It's free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agen Posted November 22, 2001 Share Posted November 22, 2001 EzBoard has polls and lots of other stuff EDIT: u psoted jsut before me [ November 22, 2001: Message edited by: Agen_Terminator ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyOneCanoli Posted November 23, 2001 Share Posted November 23, 2001 I'dleave this place if it went to EZBoard. Geez. I realy love OpenTopic. Has all the things you mentioned, and then some. Price is definitely an issue, though. I doubt the people that run this site would want to upgrade for a fortune if it already works fine. Let it be, I say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agen Posted November 23, 2001 Share Posted November 23, 2001 Some you win, Some you lose it applies to this.... Ezboard is free is it not as when i had my old site ( www.jedi-troopers.co.uk ) it had polls without me paying a penny [ November 22, 2001: Message edited by: Agen_Terminator ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainRAVE Posted November 23, 2001 Share Posted November 23, 2001 Yea, I've noticed that on some forum boards aswell. Its much better seeing how many peopl have viewed a topic....soif you have only two posts, at least you would know a lot of people had read it, but had nothing to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormHammer Posted November 23, 2001 Share Posted November 23, 2001 I don't really have a problem with the forums as they stand. They're not too cluttered, and they load quickly - although I've experienced a couple of glitches where it doesn't always return me to a thread after posting. Seeing how many people have viewed a thread could be useful, in the same way as the polls...but if it ain't broke, don't try to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenG Posted November 23, 2001 Share Posted November 23, 2001 ^ i like this forum too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest digl Posted November 23, 2001 Share Posted November 23, 2001 It seems you didnt get my point Stephen and StormHammer I never said I disliked this forums, or that anything is wrong about them, and I know some forums are expensive, thats why I asked if Its possible to include those feature in this forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest C Shutt Posted November 23, 2001 Share Posted November 23, 2001 This current forum is fine. I have never seen the point in showing how much a topic has been viewed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan Aidan Hall Posted November 23, 2001 Share Posted November 23, 2001 UBB really is the crappiest forum technology I've ever encountered. On par with ezboard, I'd say. There's no way to reply to a certain person. Sorta defeats the purpose of a forum, IMHO. As for a solution, I'm quite partial to WebX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GonkH8er Posted November 23, 2001 Share Posted November 23, 2001 you use quotes to reply to individual people. i like the forum how it is..... but i wouldnt mind seeing a few UBB hacks implemented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan Aidan Hall Posted November 23, 2001 Share Posted November 23, 2001 Bit archiac in this day and age, wouldn't you say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest C Shutt Posted November 23, 2001 Share Posted November 23, 2001 In what sense? It does everything you could want from a forum. Reply to an indivdual person? Like one of those crappy click-per-post boards? No thanks. [ November 23, 2001: Message edited by: C Shutt ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sounds Risky Posted November 23, 2001 Share Posted November 23, 2001 There's no need for an EzBoard, not unless you want ten thousand ads to pop up everytime you click somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainRAVE Posted November 23, 2001 Share Posted November 23, 2001 Yea, and I also forgot to say that indeed new features would be an added bonus and quite good, but i am more than happy with the forums as they stand and appreciate all the hard work that has gone into the making of this great site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt-- Posted November 23, 2001 Share Posted November 23, 2001 Hacks such as avatars. Polls are cool, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TornSoul Posted November 24, 2001 Share Posted November 24, 2001 Why do people always think more features is always good? The more features, the more things can go wrong and the slower everything becomes. I'm not saying some features might not be handy sometimes, but do we really need them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agen Posted November 24, 2001 Share Posted November 24, 2001 UBB really is the crappiest forum technology I've ever encountered. On par with ezboard, I'd say. There's no way to reply to a certain person. Sorta defeats the purpose of a forum, IMHO. Somehow i don't think so, i liek this board as it is and n Ezboard u cna choose what sort of things u want (polls, views,posts etc.) I don't see why u call EzBoard and UBB crappy as they're the most popular and i liek this board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan Aidan Hall Posted November 24, 2001 Share Posted November 24, 2001 So what if they're the most popular? Deer Hunter was pretty damn popular as well, does that mean it was good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise Posted November 24, 2001 Share Posted November 24, 2001 You can code features into UBB if you really want to, sure... My question is, though, do we really want six dozen "Do you all like me? Yes/no" type user polls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest C Shutt Posted November 24, 2001 Share Posted November 24, 2001 Exactly. UBB is great, it isn't cluttered up with loads of useless features, it's aesthetically pleasing, and it keeps the emphasis on the most important thing, the content of the posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wardz Posted November 24, 2001 Share Posted November 24, 2001 I dont want any change. People always want things they don't have and when you do get them the are hardly ever used. I remember when we got the chat feature here everyone was really excited, but after a week, it hardly got a visit. we dont need anything new. wardz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest digl Posted November 24, 2001 Share Posted November 24, 2001 I dont see how for example showing how many times a topic has been seen could slow things down or go wrong My question is, though, do we really want six dozen "Do you all like me? Yes/no" type user polls? Iv seen some forums with hundreds of useless polls, and others with really good ones This community IMO is great and I dont think everybody would start making stupid polls Again, I really like this forums, and Iv never critiziced UBB, I just asked if some features could be added, thats all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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