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boe
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Post by boe »

Never liked IPB.. drupal was awesome if i learned it.. (hard learning curve there)..
PHPBB or whatever it was.. was ok also, but not as flexible.
pkk
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Post by pkk »

Before we switched to Invision Power Board, we used PHPNuke with phpbb2 extension.

"Problem" of IPB is that it's proprietary software. I personal love the moderation and user functions of IPB, but hate it since I have access to the administration panel. ;)

On German Borg website I worked with BlazeBoard, switched to phpbb2 and later to Simple Machines Forum v1/SMFv2.

The main problem of the current IP.B is, that members can't manage groups without a plugin (which is no longer updated by it's creator).

You can imagine what kind of work it is to manage all group requests of our members. ;)

TE planes to move the host of this website, which would allow to administrate it more flexible (with later upgrade/switch of forum software, SEO, aso.).
The Escapist (Justin Emerson) @ Dec 21 2010, 02:33 PM:
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Spunkmeyer
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Post by Spunkmeyer »

It's quite annoying that you keep getting the "sorry need to be logged in" message all over - one gets the impression that they are ALL blocked.

I again suggest opening up Gameplay at least, and putting something in the description of accessible forums (in bold, if possible) along the lines of "Accessible to Guests".
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Papsmear
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Post by Papsmear »

Spunkmeyer wrote:QUOTE (Spunkmeyer @ Nov 3 2012, 09:18 AM) It's quite annoying that you keep getting the "sorry need to be logged in" message all over - one gets the impression that they are ALL blocked.

I again suggest opening up Gameplay at least, and putting something in the description of accessible forums (in bold, if possible) along the lines of "Accessible to Guests".
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aem
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Post by aem »

pkk wrote:QUOTE (pkk @ Nov 3 2012, 07:00 AM) The main problem of the current IP.B is, that members can't manage groups without a plugin (which is no longer updated by it's creator).
If you upgrade IP.B: http://community.invisionpower.com/files/f...-social-groups/

Still in beta though, so might not be the best solution. Surely there must be other plugins out there which let members manage groups.
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madpeople
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Post by madpeople »

It appears something has been done about this.
Open http://www.freeallegiance.org/forums/index.php in an incognito window for fun and profit :)
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