Michael Lopez
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how does this differ from vb? How is it better? its cheaper but im not sure right now if it is the right forum. Im leaning towards vbulletin because im familiar but im also lookng for a cheaper option.
It isJust out of interest, is PyroCMS what is running on the site in your signature?
vBulletin is being developedhow does this differ from vb? How is it better? its cheaper but im not sure right now if it is the right forum. Im leaning towards vbulletin because im familiar but im also lookng for a cheaper option.
vBulletin is being developed
xenforo allegedly isn't...
vB5 is better than XF at this point.
XF = released.vB5 is better than XF at this point. vB5 is in development.
Gonna have to agree with this. I only made a handful of resources on vBulletin because all the time I could've spent into creating addons had to be used to fix my site everytime an update broke several existing addons.well i develope add-ons for vb and xf and with the changes vb does nearly every month or 2 i have to change the code in my vb scripts so offten its unbelevable.
Since having xf i have not had to change one bit of code and its also alot easyer to make add-ons for xf than vb.
As i develop vb add-ons i have to have this installed as you can see here
www.totally-scripts.com but i am thinking of coming away from vb all together as it does corze a lot of plroblems with the site running slow.
Been using xf now for a few months and have converted over microcart and just released a new add-on microdownloads and found it easyer to make add-ons for xf.
I have been using vb for over 5 years now and they where the best out there till i found xf.
If anyone would ask me what forum system to go for i would say this xf system is the best out there,
and i will be making more add-ons for xf than vb from now on.
lol troll? why am i a troll? Because im here being a blind sheep? I actually have a view on this matter and am very open minded and speak my mind. I am not rude or negative to anyone in any way. I do not talk negatively towards anyone. I just have a realist view on this current situation and if u wanna sit back and play along then thats on u. BTW yes vB4 is a POS. I never once said it wasnt, but being as i am currently an alpha/beta tester for vB 5 i say its actually a major upgrade over vB4. You can think what u want idc. But when someone asks a public question, i will offer a public response.
Again, a fair opinion of yours.I support XF as a forum, in its current state. However, i do not support the way things have been and are being handled.
Here is my major point of disagreement (though, I exclude IPB from this...I have looked at it, and don't care for the look or feel of it...it may be good or even great for some, but I don't care for it).You may not care about future updates/support to grow with the times, but i do. You may not care about using outdated software, i do. Being a business man/owner, i have to be able to rely on the product and its support. If your ok with buying something based on the unknown state then thats fine. Right now vB and IPB are both moving forward, XF is...stalled.
Don't understand if you mean the forum itself, or add-ons/mods. The XF forum product does not need improvement from my point of view. I would like some more features, but that is a different question. And, there are a lot of mods out there that fill the gaps.Thats not to say forever, after the lawsuit things may be perfectly fine and i hope they are, I like XF, its an awesome forum but can and needs improving.
Klaas you have no idea about the future of vB with vB5 so withhold your ignorant comments bud. BTW i prefer IPB for my online life, offers much more than vB and XF, XF is still in new stages and has room to grow, but we have no idea if it will.
My point is that what you characterize as a "stall" here at XF is a a major problem, I waited several years for vB4 to "unscrew" itself with episodic promises of better things to come SOON...for all intensive purposes, despite claims of continued development of 4.x, I doubt highly you will ever see a delivered product from them.
But let me say this to clear things up, the topic is XF vs vB.. well to answer the question XF is better than vB at this point, vB4 is a POS like i already stated, XF is a very nice piece of software. But since XF wont see any major updates including features, mobile skin (official), addon components ie downloads, web store etc, until next year or maybe even never we will have to wait and see how it compares to the final of vB5. I for one will say, as it is its a major overhaul of vB4, but is it better than XF in its current we will have to wait to find out.
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Honestly, i have the best Vb3 skins ever created on my HD just waiting to be used lol. I might even go back to it one day just for nostalgia purposes.I actually LOVED vB3 myself... It was faster, easier to work with, page load/server loads weren't bad at all either.. It's almost like they wanted to force users to upgrade to their crappy / over-bloated version of 4.x and purposely stopped development with vB3.. the version that actually was good for users. "Oh heck no, we don't want users / customers to be happy... we want them to be stuck with over-bloated garbage software!" >_> And of course, I don't think I could revert back to the vB3 either from 4.2.0 .. and most nice/premium skins only work with newer version too... SO screwed now.. >_<. I should have just kept vB3 sigh.
I don't think there's a direct downgrade. You can do something like: vb4 > phpbb > vb3 using another forum software as a bridge.Hehe.. xD Is it true though, that you can't downgrade from version 4 to 3? I think I heard some where, that it's not possible.. >_>. But to me, that don't make sense.. because it's really the "content" and users that would be imported... well, the main vital things that is...You'd think, the version downgrade shouldn't be issue.
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