Bounty for AROS-EXEC Purchase of vBulletin

[dammy]

As you may have all noticed, AE is down yet again.  I am collecting monies for 4play to purchase vBulletin so we can escape the Xoops nightmare.  I will start out with $10 and we need something like $180.  damocles@thenostromo.com and tag your PayPal with AE donation

[Bazzaq]

What is AE ?

[dammy]

What is AE ?

http://www.aros-exec.org

[Wayne]

Dammy,

I do wish you the best of luck with that.  vBulletin and it's surrounding packages really is the "iPhone of CMS's".  With Amiga.org, I decided to go ahead and bite the bullet, hoping that people would tolerate the massive changes.

So far, everyone has been able to adapt far better than I could have ever expected but even with all the help (which I am eternally grateful for) it'll take a while to recoup the initial investment.  

For me, it was the initial $180, plus my decision that I needed the project management tools (the bug tracker, $60, which I take full bite on that cost because it was my need, and my decision).  

Also on the consideration list, if I can't find something better to do the links engine and the news engine is vBAdvanced Dynamics (vbadvanced.com) which, for a multi-instance license is $79 and the vBSEO package to help us with the search engine friendly stuff.  That however is a nasty $179, so it'd have to be able to help out a hell of a lot for that much money.

Despite what people might think, costs a lot to run a web site eh?  Guess no one ever said hobbies are cheap..

Wayne

[dammy]

Dammy,

I do wish you the best of luck with that.  vBulletin and it's surrounding packages really is the "iPhone of CMS's".  With Amiga.org, I decided to go ahead and bite the bullet, hoping that people would tolerate the massive changes.

So far, everyone has been able to adapt far better than I could have ever expected but even with all the help (which I am eternally grateful for) it'll take a while to recoup the initial investment.  

For me, it was the initial $180, plus my decision that I needed the project management tools (the bug tracker, $60, which I take full bite on that cost because it was my need, and my decision).  

Also on the consideration list, if I can't find something better to do the links engine and the news engine is vBAdvanced Dynamics (vbadvanced.com) which, for a multi-instance license is $79 and the vBSEO package to help us with the search engine friendly stuff.  That however is a nasty $179, so it'd have to be able to help out a hell of a lot for that much money.

Despite what people might think, costs a lot to run a web site eh?  Guess no one ever said hobbies are cheap..

Wayne

Thanks for the input Wayne.  I think 4play is getting mighty tired of rooting out the injected code.  I don't think AE will be up before next week because of 4play's limited time this week.

[Argo]

Hey, Wayne...
I think you might just be starting another trend in Amiga websites....   :biglaugh:

[Wayne]

Hey, Wayne...
I think you might just be starting another trend in Amiga websites....   :biglaugh:

Dunno.  It would be very big-headed to think that I "drive the bus" but I hoped that once everyone got over the initial shock, they'd realize how cool it is.  

The bigger issue I see is that looking around, I see most people who followed the Xoops train running into the same problems we have.  Yes, AmigaWorld can stay on their own dedicated server forever, but it's a matter of time before someone starts dead-hacking PHP4 and they run into the same problems that AROS-Exec is experiencing.  

My only dislike of vBulletin is that -- as amazing as it is -- it costs $180 for the package and quantity discounts don't apply until you buy 3 at a time, which I'll never do.

Wayne

[Karlos]

Well, as this place proves, migrating from xoops to vbulletin is certainly doable. There are some bits you'll have to get your hands dirty doing, if the experience here is anything to go by:

1) Private Messages aren't imported.
2) Links to the old site content threads aren't updated.
3) If you use the myalbum module, you'll need to find a replacement.
4) If you use the news module, you'll need to find a replacement.

The chances are, any replacements for (3) and (4) might not have any automatic way to import from XOOPS.

Basically, you need to roll your own import code if any of the above are important to your site.

[dammy]

4play has decided to upgrade xoops instead of purchasing vbulletin.  All donations are being refunded.  Thanks for the support and input!

Randy

[4pLaY]

The site is back up now...

[Wayne]

@4play,

Please don't take this the wrong way, but I'm sorry to hear it.  I was sincerely hoping to have someone "follow us" to vBulletin so I'd have someone to compare notes with..

Hopefully upgrading will resolve the problems.

Wayne

[4pLaY]

@4play,

Please don't take this the wrong way, but I'm sorry to hear it.  I was sincerely hoping to have someone "follow us" to vBulletin so I'd have someone to compare notes with..

Hopefully upgrading will resolve the problems.

Wayne

I might still go that route, depends on how latest Xoops behaves + plus it was "easier" then i thought to migrate the data over to latest from our oooold xoops.

[tonyyeb]

4play has decided to upgrade xoops instead of purchasing vbulletin.  All donations are being refunded.  Thanks for the support and input!

Randy

Dammy, stick with the vBulletin plan. This is the best thing that has happened to amiga.org for a while.