I offered a solution several times in different forms that could help fix this, but no one wants to bite. :(
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All up for this then, but I think we should never remove posts or topics for this.Lately it has been better, but it is still pretty bad. Especially considering a large number of users from around the world don't have high-speed internet access.
Personally, I think we could go on another 20 years at this pace before it actually becomes unbearable.
It's not -that- bad.
If so, my second idea would be having Argo host the entire original forum in read-only mode on an archive subdomain, (like http://archive.argonathrpg.com/index.php?action=forum for example), and then users could still retrieve and access their old data from there, (as well as make references to it via links), and the new forum would reside where this one is now. That would also allow people to copy over their old posts that they want to keep.
Replace it with IPB while we're at it! The archive solution seems good Sugar:)Eww IPB!
Eww IPB!Got a spare license, so got that covered. IPB is insanely good.
I wouldn't switch forum softwares. Especially to something you have to pay for.
Thanks lol
One thing I'm not too sure on is how to possibly migrate active topics if that's the plan, I guess it can be done though with some clever DB trickery. I'm sure groups with open topics etc, member pics and such would be cool to keep on a new forum!
We can still keep this forum for legacy memories(open for public on a sub-domain or something! :DPsst...
If so, my second idea would be having Argo host the entire original forum in read-only mode on an archive subdomain, (like http://archive.argonathrpg.com/index.php?action=forum for example), and then users could still retrieve and access their old data from there, (as well as make references to it via links), and the new forum would reside where this one is now. That would also allow people to copy over their old posts that they want to keep.
Got a spare license, so got that covered. IPB is insanely good.I still wouldn't recommend it for our main community's forum. Argo has been using SMF for many years on nearly all of its forums, so you would be creating a mess of a learning curve for thousands of people that don't know how to use it. Also, getting newer versions for the sake of security and other updates would cost us further. If we were in the financial and user activity place we were say...5 years ago or so..., then I would also be less hesitant. You're talking about also creating new themes and essentially starting from scratch on designing the entire forum, (and not just creating it), as there would be many changes between the softwares to account for. Argo isn't exactly in a good position for something like this right now.
One thing I'm not too sure on is how to possibly migrate active topics if that's the plan, I guess it can be done though with some clever DB trickery. I'm sure groups with open topics etc, member pics and such would be cool to keep on a new forum!Well there are a few options, but the easiest for most standard users would just be having the original poster recreate the first post, and link to the original topic on the archive so further replies could quote/discuss from that, unless they decided to continue on from the original post. (This may actually get rid of some of the off-topic discussions too, ironically).
Psst...
Didn't read your post, sorry! Glad we have same idea! :DNo problem! :D
Sauron, don't get me wrong. I'm not saying the host is bad, but this forum does have a lot of bugs in it from the years of changes and abuse by a large number of people. (Many of which were just installing mods and had no idea what they were doing). All I'm suggesting is a fresh start using what we already know and love. I'm sure the VPS can handle that just fine. The forum remake I created works just fine on a very cheesy VPS in comparison. I don't see why this current one couldn't handle the load of Argo Forums as it does now. (The host issues were resolved years ago anyway). These bugs themselves are still an issue though, which is where most of the complaints come from.The bugs are lone gone, because what you expect to be has been moved out of the way long time ago.
I'm not asking for a new host. I'm just asking for the forum software issues to be resolved. At the point these problems have reached, it wouldn't make sense to try and fix them one-by-one when we don't even know what causes half of them now. Why not redo things fresh the same way they are now? The new design you mentioned could easily be implemented into that too, making it even more efficient, as it would avoid these bugs that would no longer exist.
Replace it with IPB while we're at it! The archive solution seems good Sugar:)
http://paruni.net/index.php?PHPSESSID=nrn7t8168kseqqha40ihobpt57&action=forum
Paruni has a better fucking forum than we do.