Mr Lucky
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In what way is it modern?
If XenForo's finished, what's next?
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MapleOne
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I used IPS on a very large forum for years moving from Ikonboard and I much prefer Xenforo.
The IPS licensing is just stupid, I think they are more gearing to large corporations than smaller forums. I find that with a few forum softwares and by comparison even the cloud version of Xenforo is still reasonably priced.
The IPS licensing is just stupid, I think they are more gearing to large corporations than smaller forums. I find that with a few forum softwares and by comparison even the cloud version of Xenforo is still reasonably priced.
MySiteGuy
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Check out most of their competition, both paid and free, where the add-on options range between none to virtually none.
The closest is Discourse, but unfortunately many of the good plugins require you to host with them. Some are even worse, requiring the pro, business or enterprise levels. There are about 300 total plugins, and Discourse's team maintains a list of all "known to currently work" plugins, which is about 105.
MapleOne
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@MySiteGuy helped me port to Xenforo
That was another nice feature to have someone knowledgeable able to port older software into Xenforo
That was another nice feature to have someone knowledgeable able to port older software into Xenforo
BikeGremlin
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Updates may take long, but what's the rush? Stable beats fast or updating for update sake.
Xenforo works very nicely. We aren't left with broken software to eagerly wait for a fix. No. Even PHP support is current, up-to-date (on that hamster-wheel of chasing those to stay with the supported version).
Life is good. Stay cool. It will all be fine.
Deazer
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There are a huge number of functions that are vital for community development. they are implemented on paper, as it were, but the updates never come out, and people wait for them for years. For this reason, people are irritated and tired of being fed "soon."
Updates may take long, but what's the rush? Stable beats fast or updating for update sake.
Xenforo works very nicely. We aren't left with broken software to eagerly wait for a fix. No. Even PHP support is current, up-to-date (on that hamster-wheel of chasing those to stay with the supported version).
Life is good. Stay cool. It will all be fine.
Think about it.
Mr Lucky
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dethfire
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When you have a tight knit community, you absolutely can have comms like the one you posted in this thread. Everyone will understand and rally around you and XF. This is what community is about. Don't just create the software, be a community.
Did you miss the part where I said that I once I communicated on here that things were delayed because my daughter had been in hospital for several days and I was made to feel wrong for not putting my job and the "community" before that?
I appreciate that's by no means the view of most reasonable people but I'm sure from that you can understand the hesitation.
I appreciate that's by no means the view of most reasonable people but I'm sure from that you can understand the hesitation.
nodle
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I think @dethfire was just trying to be nice and wanting you to engage more with the community like the old days. I think we all want you to. I don’t think he was coming across as rude. He just wants you to hang out with us more, and what comes from that is a tighter knit community.
mjda
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I'd argue that anyone who made you feel guilty about prioritizing family over your job/career isn't someone who you should be listening to anyways. I think the vast majority of people would be in agreeance that family should come first.
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Suzanne O
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Hope she's on the mend now.
I think those that are whinging don't realise that family always comes first.
I hope that those who are whinging don't make their ill kids go to school when they need to be recovering from whatever bug they have at home.
webbouk
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I had a team leader in a company where I worked for a few weeks. The job ended abruptly when he leaned across my desk and told me during a time when my wife was seriously ill, that the company always came first and family should not get in the way of business.
His little rant was cut short when I hit him knocking him clean out and across the opposing desks.
People really need to get off their high horses, stop demanding, and learn patience.
His little rant was cut short when I hit him knocking him clean out and across the opposing desks.
People really need to get off their high horses, stop demanding, and learn patience.
Chris2
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dethfire
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100% my intent was to be supportive. I am trying to convey the community is here for you and many built their own lives, passions and businesses in great part around xenforo. The more you include/comm with us, the more we can be supportive and go about our lives. I did miss that your family was in the hospital and I am sorry for that. It is also regrettable that anyone made you feel poorly about taking a step back. Family first, always, no questions.
dethfire
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Certainly I don't need to educate anyone that there are significant toxic entities on the internet and earth. Those people we just need to do our best to exclude and filter out. There is another significant portion of contributors and active members who just get frustrated by lack of comms. Look, my 9-5 job is with a fortune 100 company. The chaos jungle only works with a consistent update cadence. Not talking about releases, I'm talking about downstream comms. I think a lot of frustration relieves itself if XF committed to a monthly update thread. It doesn't have to include any details. it can be auto locked. Just, hey this month we spent time in the category of XYZ. Here is what we're excited about. Here are some things to keep in mind etc. This happens all the time in gaming development and communicated on say Steam.
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