Revolution.
Why don't blog comments count as posts? They should.
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Why can't we rep blog posts?
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We should.
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If they are to count as posts, we might as well ditch blogs and just use threads. At which point we'll get pissed off at using threads as blogs and wish we had some kind of blogging system.
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Blogs are an excuse to spam without getting told off.
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Even if all the good points made in the previous posts were ignored, it's impossible to count blog comments as posts. vBulletin simply doesn't support it.
Ditto with repping blogs and comments, unfortunately. |
Bring forth the guillotine!
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Is the blog system a third party plugin or a built in feature of vBulletin?
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Built in feature of vBulletin.
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EDIT: Never mind, I said something stupid.
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There goes all my fun.
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Peter refuses to upgrade beyond the current version of vBulletin because (a) he doesn't like vBulletin 4.0 and (b) he's convinced himself that he can single-handedly develop fully-fledged forum software that will be completely backwards compatible with the existing forum data.
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How dreadful.
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i don't like change. i hyperventilated when i logged on and found the rep squares had been changed to mudokon/glukkon heads.
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Even if he hates 4.0 (which works just fine since I've been using it for over year), there are newer versions for the 3.x series as well. Updated as far as 3.8.7 I believe. |
It's more a matter of ethical objection to the vBulletin company. Or some shit.
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So how long has he been working on his own forum?
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Since at least OddTour 3, which was in 2008.
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Has he ever showed anyone his progress?
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This is like when someone asked why the Constitution of the United States doesn't count black folk as people, and Nate told them it just doesn't, that's why. Why are you always on the wrong side of history, Nate?
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Why doesn't the Constitution of the United States count black folk as people?
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Because the black man is twice the white man.
They count as 2 people. |
I think those old versions are vulnerable,not sure is it true but i know 1 forum that was exploited maybe it was and earlier version than they uprgraded to 4
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While the thread's still active, I have a question: What makes the "You must spread more rep before giving it to XXX again" appear? I'm confused because that happened with an user I haven't rep in a fairly long time
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You have to rep other people inbetween. You could rep the same person twice in an hour if you repped everyone else first.
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The last time I repped that person was at least some weeks ago, and I repped many others inbetween : |
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Speaking of which, last time I saw him post in the first place he was getting a raging hard on for Xenforo. Where did this entire building his own forum shit come from? |
Well it predates Xenforo by a couple of years, so I'm not really sure why you're confused.
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The times I’ve used XenForo it’s been pretty nice. What’s the problem with it?
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No particular problem, just my mindset that we're using premium forum software right now (best in the business as far as I'm concerned), which has been in development for years and using anything else would be a step back. Only downside is the pricetag.
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I'm intrigued. How much does a forum-building software suite cost? What are the benefits of different versions.
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i know the vBulletin shit is fucking expensive.
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Depends on how you look at it. It's a one time investment into a piece of premium software with 24/7 support and a very active modding community. VB is targeted at large communities with hundreds, thousands or hundreds of thousands of members. With those numbers you usually earn back the $200 with ad revenue alone in a matter of weeks.
With Alcar's current license (I think) we can upgrade to any 3.x version but he'd need a new $200 license for 4.x. And since this is not the kind of place to put ads on (even though it would generate a fair income) that would be a big bite out of Alcar's wallet. |
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