I'm excited to announce that thejdm is now updated to the latest phpbb 3.2 software. You may notice the site is now mobile friendly but with the upgrade comes some hiccups. theGarage, theGallery, theArcade are no longer supported. In due time the developers should be working to release the modifications to work on the new software. #LetsMakeForumsGreatAgain

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Post by munster » October 12, 2005

tenchu wrote:Any way to incorporate users from phpbb to vbulliten?
I was wondering what would be lost and retained if we went to vbulletin too. That's why I haven't pursued it.
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Post by sfc » October 12, 2005

I guess I'm not sure the draw to vbulletin, what feature does it have that you want? If anything it seems to me to have less features, perhaps I"m missing something though.
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Post by kotomile » October 12, 2005

I like the forums the way they are. I think maybe we need to ask ourselves are we going to change the forum for the hell of it, or is it to have a marked improvement in the forum?
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Post by PoorBoY » October 12, 2005

I am enjoying this place the way it is.
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Post by sfc » October 12, 2005

kotomile wrote:I like the forums the way they are. I think maybe we need to ask ourselves are we going to change the forum for the hell of it, or is it to have a marked improvement in the forum?
well, the point would be to get rid of the hack job... even though everyone <3's it, and actually secure it, sine it's probably on an old ass exploitable version currently. Exploit could very well mean the whole thing would be gone.

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Post by munster » October 12, 2005

I wanted to switch to vbulletin because of the reliability issues we have had in the past.

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Post by Sean @ NDF » October 12, 2005

how much is vbulletin monthly? Is there a way we can spruce up the php?

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Post by GreenEggsandHam » October 12, 2005

It would be great to make it nicer..maybe some color instead the of the dull gray and white. But don't kill the forum while doing so..do it offline or something.

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Post by sfc » October 13, 2005

reliability issues aren't from phpbb, it was from the fact there's 90000 hacks installed, which makes upgrading a bitch. We can remove the hacks, and it'll be a breeze, that's in essence what vbulletin would be. Phpbb without hacks, or the added functionailty the hacks bring.

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Post by tenchu » October 13, 2005

sfc wrote:reliability issues aren't from phpbb, it was from the fact there's 90000 hacks installed, which makes upgrading a bitch. We can remove the hacks, and it'll be a breeze, that's in essence what vbulletin would be. Phpbb without hacks, or the added functionailty the hacks bring.
The hacks make this site so fun though :?. I'm pretty sure there are hacks for vB, JDMU has just as many features as we do here.
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