twifkak Posted August 23, 2003 Posted August 23, 2003 Originally posted by ragou Now that it seems like you have to start all over with the forums, I would suggest that you consider using phpBB (http://www.phpbb.com/) instead of vbulletin. PhpBB seems to be a great forum system and I really like their slogan: phpBB creating communities. Man, I was really hesitant at first, but that slogan completely sold me. I mean, what's this sh.tty vBulletin slogan, Community Instantly? Humbug.
ragou Posted August 23, 2003 Posted August 23, 2003 And there is another great feature of phpBB: It is free software.
tabacco Posted August 23, 2003 Posted August 23, 2003 Yeah, but on the other hand we already have a license for vbulletin.
Moosferatu Posted August 23, 2003 Posted August 23, 2003 It looks the same to me. What are some of the differences, Ragou?
tabacco Posted August 23, 2003 Posted August 23, 2003 There aren't really that many differences at all. phpbb's dev team tried to pretty much duplicate vbulleting. I've run phpbb2 boards before, and it's nice enough but as long as we have a paid license for vbulletin, why throw it away for an almost identical product?
ragou Posted August 23, 2003 Posted August 23, 2003 But that license won't last forever, right? Ideally you would change to the LysKOM system, but perhaps you don't want that since it requires the users to install clients to be able to be used efficiently.
ChaosFish Posted August 23, 2003 Posted August 23, 2003 I was about to tell you about google catch, then I saw DomStLeger reply.. man, I feel useless
Firefoot Posted August 23, 2003 Posted August 23, 2003 PHPBB is a great type of forum indeed... although I did like the old type of AGers forum too... But don't use the YaBB forum, I don't think it is a great one...
Moosferatu Posted August 23, 2003 Posted August 23, 2003 Originally posted by Firefoot PHPBB is a great type of forum indeed... although I did like the old type of AGers forum too... But don't use the YaBB forum, I don't think it is a great one... Not to mention it started this whole mess...
Kingzjester Posted August 26, 2003 Posted August 26, 2003 Were the articles saved in MySQL on the server? If so, you could re-think hiding it in MySQL this time around. Perhaps I am bul****ting heavily here - I don't know how MySQL works exactly - but it is my impression that those tables are next to impossible to backup. The endeavor of making a MySQL-free database could require some additional creativity as far as indexing and linking of the articles and images, but at least it would be a breeze to backup. Could I have a penny for my thoughts? Could I? Just a penny? It doesn't even have to be a shiny one....
tabacco Posted August 26, 2003 Posted August 26, 2003 Okaaaaaay, Kingz, you seriously need to do some more research into MySQL A program that ships with MySQL, called mysqldump, will dump a whole database into convenient text files that can be easily re-uploaded to a MySQL server if the need should arise. As of last week, MySQL is backed up regularly and automatically by my computer once a week while I sleep.
Marek Posted August 26, 2003 Author Posted August 26, 2003 Originally posted by ragou But that license won't last forever, right? It's actually an unlimited license.
GinnyW Posted August 26, 2003 Posted August 26, 2003 rofl! But anyway, thanks for the link ragou, I might use phpBB for my own forum How's the recovering going? Got almost everything yet?
ragou Posted August 26, 2003 Posted August 26, 2003 Originally posted by Marek It's actually an unlimited license. An unlimited license and you can always upgrade? Then I won't bother you again.
Marek Posted August 26, 2003 Author Posted August 26, 2003 Originally posted by GinnyW How's the recovering going? Got almost everything yet? We're still missing the Sam & Max 2 preview, along with some updated old articles that I forgot about.
Burge Posted August 26, 2003 Posted August 26, 2003 Originally posted by Marek We're still missing the Sam & Max 2 preview, along with some updated old articles that I forgot about. Maybe it's my nostalgia talking, but getting old articles is more important than the newer ones, right? Right?
Royal Fool Posted August 28, 2003 Posted August 28, 2003 Wow, you've recovered a lot! Congrats on getting most of that stuff back again... wish I could help out somehow, but it looks like most of the pieces are back in place! (Thankfully) Thank goodness for Google, I say.
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