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Thread: Wow - 11 years

  1. #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Cutler View Post
    I just want to know who 007 is?
    That would be Pete Lamberty. I was the 26th to walk from Badger Pond to Keith’s open door.
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  2. #17
    Quote Originally Posted by Patrick McCarthy View Post
    Rich, ya made me look. Coming up on 10 years later this month - heck, we were all young men “way back then”. . . . .

    even 'way back' I was not young

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    I'm not much more than a toddler compared to you old heads. Congrats on your long tenure. I get a lot from all the knowledge here. Once in a while I even have a good idea to contribute. Keep things going Keith! Your doing a great job.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ronald Blue View Post
    I'm not much more than a toddler compared to you old heads. Congrats on your long tenure. I get a lot from all the knowledge here. Once in a while I even have a good idea to contribute. Keep things going Keith! Your doing a great job.
    +1 from another toddler.

  5. #20
    Congratulations Rich and all of you long-time members!
    I too enjoyed Badger Pond. It was a great place.
    I stumbled onto SMC years later after a google search and put down roots!

    Fred

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    Keith,

    What is the new software you eluded to?

    Roger

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    Roger,

    We have purchased Xenforo and have a test site installed so we can get acquainted with how everything works.

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    Keith,

    What is the reason for the change from vBulletin to Xenforo? I am so familiar with vBulletin on Sawmill Creek and other forums and it works really well from a user perspective.

    Roger

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roger Davis View Post
    Keith,

    What is the reason for the change from vBulletin to Xenforo? I am so familiar with vBulletin on Sawmill Creek and other forums and it works really well from a user perspective.

    Roger
    The vBulletin version SMC has is "broken", and the "upgrade" isn't much better and also cannot do many things natively like Xenforo can. Xenforo was written by a bunch of folks who left the vBulletin team a few years ago when they got tired of all the problems. It's more stable, more extensible and pretty much works the same way from the end-user standpoint. No worries. I've already been through this conversion at another site I help moderate (different topic) and it went smoothly. And folks had pretty much instant, native support for the kinds of devices that they use today to interact, unlike with vBulletin.
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    The most expensive tool is the one you buy "cheaply" and often...

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    Jim's right, we are running vBulletin version 4 which they have stopped offering support and security upgrades. We purchased version 5 and installed it as a test site and it had so many problems/bugs we wouldn't dare use it for The Creek. The current version 4.2.5 we are now running required our server adminstrator to correct a multitude of problems when he installed the upgrade.

    Xenforo provides native support for mobile users which is a major improvement and since over 40% of our Members are connecting using mobile devices its important that we improve access for mobile users. There is a pretty long list of other improvements but the bottom line is that we can't move forward at this point with vBulletin.

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