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Upgrade the forum or not ?

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 2:32 pm
by julienb
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Re: Upgrade the forum or not ?

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 2:35 pm
by julienb
Invision Power stuff are very powerful !
http://www.invisionpower.com/

MIDIBOX community uses it: http://midibox.org/forums/ and it is very useful.

please, upgrade it for us!
my public folder on my site where I put all the pix I linked here begins to be fulled :lol:

Re: Upgrade the forum or not ?

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 2:38 pm
by smutek
I think it's fine as is.

Besides, they don't seem to take forum changes lightly. It took us years of posting, polling, and begging just to get a post your music section added, so I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for entirely new forum software to be deployed if I were you.

Re: Upgrade the forum or not ?

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 2:42 pm
by anachroschism
You know how long a avoided this forum because it was plain and simple, amateurish almost?

Re: Upgrade the forum or not ?

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 2:44 pm
by julienb
smutek wrote:I think it's fine as is.

Besides, they don't seem to take forum changes lightly. It took us years of posting, polling, and begging just to get a post your music section added, so I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for entirely new forum software to be deployed if I were you.
ahah.
it was just my 2 cents

Re: Upgrade the forum or not ?

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 3:55 pm
by synnack
The only thing I would care to see change is better search.

Re: Upgrade the forum or not ?

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 3:56 pm
by davepermen
tempus3r wrote:The only thing I would care to see change is better search.
+1

terrible to find something, as it lists each post individually. if i want to find others from switzerland, and search for that, i get the whole polanski thread as thousands of search results.

Re: Upgrade the forum or not ?

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 6:12 pm
by Pasha
Managing a new forum would cost more money and time and we want the Abes' focus on Live. Or not? 8O

Re: Upgrade the forum or not ?

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 6:19 pm
by jez3122
tempus3r wrote:The only thing I would care to see change is better search.
+1

More than your average forum.

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 6:24 pm
by Jarvisimon
I would like to see Live incorporate chat/sharing functions that allowed people to send files and collaborate on projects in a more integrated manner than at present. So yes, an upgrade would be welcomed but something that was more than just writing messages.

Re: Upgrade the forum or not ?

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:52 pm
by SubFunk
tempus3r wrote:The only thing I would care to see change is better search.
+1

and every member that is telling a newbie to check out already existing threads about something that has been asked already a hundred times should be flamed to death (in real, burned like a witch) because it is impossible to find anything without spending a ridiculous amount of time and then you still need to be lucky to find something you look for at all.

Re: More than your average forum.

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:32 pm
by julienb
Jarvisimon wrote:I would like to see Live incorporate chat/sharing functions that allowed people to send files and collaborate on projects in a more integrated manner than at present. So yes, an upgrade would be welcomed but something that was more than just writing messages.
excepted the chat feature, I guess you wait for share.


I guess I'm not the only one to post image, code or other thing.
The attachement feature is a very basic feature of CMS/Forum scripts.

Switching for phpBB forum CMS to another is automatized today. No more time to waste with that. Only one click (or a couple)
So I just ask again, please, give us a better forum place :)
This big forums are powerful, very visited and this is one of your force.

nice features could be:
- advanced search
- attachment feature
- chat feature
- social network connection
- download section
etc

invision board forum or portal provides that : http://www.invisionpower.com/products/
smf forum engine too: http://www.simplemachines.org/about/features.php
and there are a lot of others.

Re: Upgrade the forum or not ?

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 10:47 pm
by IP
+1 for better search!

and some more categories

Max
Controller's
Live cafe (for off-topics)

Re: Upgrade the forum or not ?

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 11:15 pm
by smutek
SubFunk wrote:
tempus3r wrote:The only thing I would care to see change is better search.
+1

and every member that is telling a newbie to check out already existing threads about something that has been asked already a hundred times should be flamed to death (in real, burned like a witch) because it is impossible to find anything without spending a ridiculous amount of time and then you still need to be lucky to find something you look for at all.
The search function should just link to : http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en

It's pretty much the only way to find something here.

Re: Upgrade the forum or not ?

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 11:18 pm
by knotkranky
not