Just installed my first Xenforo...

Your husband say something to annoy you more than usual today..?

Your mistaking my marriage (a good one) for somebody else who hasn't got quite a blissful marriage. Any reason why your getting personal? bring family members into it? Oh it was a joke. :LOL: Oh okay, that's fine. ;) (y)
 
Sorry Kim, not to take your topic/thread way off course here lol... Just in general really, this can be like the same experience for any forum software or general software script though.

phpbb was the last forum software I used before buying a XenForo. Installing a modification was a task itself. You had to upload filed, apply edits to a long list of files, and then make edits to templates. Then you went to the install directory.

You really lose motivation when a forum software is like phpbb

I actually like it when it is some manual work involved in installing, that makes you think twice before undertaking an install. The easier it is to install mods, the less thought you put in before installing.

What I hated the most about phpBB was the updates became so complicated after a few mods, it became hard to keep track of them. But I really liked my phpBB forum, I had put allot of work in to it, and it was very customized. My xF forum is more stock, and doesn't have the unique feeling to it (that also have something to do with me being very busy).

I can agree with both of you on the phpBB software. phpBB was the very FIRST forum software script I've ever used, when I first got on the internet in 1999 or 2000. Back then, it was fun and interesting to "learn it" of course, and you put so much time into tinkering with it and etc. I even made two themes for it, that's still available today I noticed. I got to "know it", to the point of being able to help others in their support forums, another thing I enjoyed and liked about it. To offer my help to others in need. I even offered my services at small prices, to install it for others too.

I enjoyed working with it, and learning it, and expanding on it. It gave me that nice feeling of accomplishment. That I did it, I made it what it was... But at same time, even though learning how to do the file edits was kinda fun too, it was kind of too much as well. After awhile, doing all those file/template edits, became a chore and I just couldn't put much more time into it. Then the spamming was overwhelming even though I had anti-spam mods for that, the hacking of it by whoever, and then of course they changed tons of things / styling deal in their phpBB3 versions. Ugh. I just threw in the towel after while cause of all that. It was fun back in the day, and that's it. I don't think I'll ever go back to it now, though lol. One of those.. "it was fun while it lasted" deals.

But yeah, I feel that way about most software scripts though, not just forum software/scripts. I like to dive in, get hands dirty, learn it or try too...and eventually get the knowledge to help others. Sorry for the novel lmao.

Edit: Found them two styles I did haha.
http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/687
http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/2266
https://www.phpbb.com/community/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=7922
wow that was forever ago.. Lol!
 
Okay, so, let me get this straight: 2 years ago, xenForo was released, and now you're installing your first xenForo? :eek:

What prevented you from installing it sooner!?!?!?!?!?! :barefoot:

But hey, CONGRATS! Welcome to the world of xenFORO! :cool:
 
Okay, so, let me get this straight: 2 years ago, xenForo was released, and now you're installing your first xenForo? :eek:

What prevented you from installing it sooner!?!?!?!?!?! :barefoot:

But hey, CONGRATS! Welcome to the world of xenFORO! :cool:
She has people she treats as slaves to do all the dirty work for her :'(.
 
Okay, so, let me get this straight: 2 years ago, xenForo was released, and now you're installing your first xenForo? :eek:

What prevented you from installing it sooner!?!?!?!?!?! :barefoot:

But hey, CONGRATS! Welcome to the world of xenFORO! :cool:


God LOL, read :p

I have just never INSTALLED myself... this is not my first Xenforo, I have had several licenses since day 1.. minute 1 in fact.

As David pointed out.. My legion of Peons installed them for me previously! This was a first only in that I did it myself... not that it was my first Xenforo.
 
God LOL, read :p

I have just never INSTALLED myself... this is not my first Xenforo, I have had several licenses since day 1.. minute 1 in fact.

As David pointed out.. My legion of Peons installed them for me previously! This was a first only in that I did it myself... not that it was my first Xenforo.
Even make me setup and configure it on your local machine :mad:.
 
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