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12-30-2023, 05:34 PM
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Hey!
I'm curious if maybe Xenforo could be considered as an alternative to vBulletin. I realize the latest versions of vBulletin change format constantly. I just tried a free demo of Xenforo and it seems really clean, and works well with phones. It's the same nice format as vBulletin too! Both are PHP based. I realize it costs money. I did subscribe for a monthly donation which I'm sure just covers a portion. If you decided to make changes, then I would fully support a donation-based upgrade because I don't want the website to go away. And I use my phone a lot. With vBulletin, it would be a matter of taking the SQL database tables, I believe, and then transferring them to maintain users. https://xenforo.com/community/thread...orting.175402/ Last edited by sabastianc65; 12-30-2023 at 05:35 PM. Reason: Spelling correction |
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12-30-2023, 06:03 PM
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Thanks for the monthly donation. It all helps and is greatly appreciated.
We've been using vBulletin since December 2001. I think it's still the best forum software for desktop/PC. It's just not very mobile friendly. We have some mobile/responsive themes available which may offer a better browsing experience on phones. The mobile/responsive theme is used in this Site Feedback section. I've looked at Xenforo. I'm honestly not a big fan of it. It looks like it would be a steep learning curve to use it. It costs $195 for a self-hosted license. They currently have it on sale for $140. We also use Photopost for our photo galleries integrated with our vBulletin. It would be a big challenge to migrate everything over to a new system. Last edited by TJ; 12-30-2023 at 10:59 PM. |
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12-31-2023, 12:14 AM
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vbulletin has worked just fine since before I have been here. I had not heard of Xenforo but am glad TJ is not switching, works well with phones probably means lousy on computers.
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12-31-2023, 03:30 PM
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Oh ok! Glad to get this feedback. I had no idea. I just was hoping maybe there was something that could make the mobile experience better. But yeah, it's hard to find that!
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12-31-2023, 03:31 PM
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Thanks for sharing! I completely understand! I hadn't looked into the other platform. I appreciate your help. I've seen some forums introduce paid memberships to get rid of ads. Is that a possibility?
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12-31-2023, 06:21 PM
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Well you can see it here
XEN 1: www.hipforums.com/forum XEN 2: www.letsrollforums.com I am on letsrollforums because its an excellent truth site but it doesnt render well for me.. (IE6 (MyIE2)) Now of course look how beautiful VBB is: www.videokarma.org I love how fast it is!! (VK has always been fast... Its the only site on that computer Dave told me once which is why I think) |
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