Hi there jonsidneyb, Thanks for your kind words about my skins
IPB is pretty easy to work with, it has a fantastic skinning engine, and apart from one or two beefs I love it... the big problem is the upgrades.. 2.3 was very stable and was around for a long time whilst they totally rewrote the software - last year IPS rewrote the Blogs and Gallery, requiring all my pre-made skins to be rebuilt for those changes, then a few months later they moved from 2.3 - 3.0 I had 31 skins for 2.3 and so began the long hard process of manually rebuilding them into 3.0 - I think I got 12 done in between Custom and other work - then 3.1 hit, requiring another Total rebuild, in less than 18 months I have had 3 total rebuilds of skins...As has all my customers. I am only up to 8 or 9 of that original 31 skins, and I am desperate to do something new and different, nothing kills creativity more than having to do the same thing over and over and over.
The point wasn't really anything bad about IPB, at all, don't get me wrong I love 3.1 and applaude IPS for that version, I just hate the pain it has caused.
I was simply asking the Dev's of xenforo to have consideration that people do not like having to re-do everything 3 times in 18 months. Resource sites hate it, Modders hate it, Skinners hate it, and so do Admins.. it is a major inconvenience and can be very costly if you have a Custom Skin and have to pay up hundreds or thousands every time to have your Custom skin or modifications rebuilt.
BTW, this is nothing I have not already said at IPS forums