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[cpvr]

Have you guys ever thought about switching on over to Vbulletin?

[Noitidart]

Noooo booo we like ipb!

[Hydrogen]

Please dont mind him, I think hes high

Anyway, yes we have thought of this...however, we prefer IPB's style of doing things and their clean code as many admins modify the forum's code in order to introduce custom features and functions into our board system. Furthermore, my good friend Mumei who is a senior programmer on our forum has donated a large sum of money to our forum so that we could purchase this board software. We are very grateful to him and hope to continue to be able to use this software for as long as it will have us .

[cpvr]

Please dont mind him, I think hes high

Anyway, yes we have thought of this...however, we prefer IPB's style of doing things and their clean code as many admins modify the forum's code in order to introduce custom features and functions into our board system. Furthermore, my good friend Mumei who is a senior programmer on our forum has donated a large sum of money to our forum so that we could purchase this board software. We are very grateful to him and hope to continue to be able to use this software for as long as it will have us .

Oh, I see now, but I believe its quite possible to port everything over, and most programmers think that its easier to code with vbulletin, especially if you're an experienced coder.
You would find that the forums load a lot faster with vbulletin, but its not my call.

[Hydrogen]

Oh, I see now, but I believe its quite possible to port everything over, and most programmers think that its easier to code with vbulletin, especially if you're an experienced coder.
You would find that the forums load a lot faster with vbulletin, but its not my call.

I've taken a look at vbulletin's code and its a bit messy to tell you the truth. The structure is not as clean as IPB's which is based on great use of functions to clean code up and also a flow architecture within the scripts which allow for ease of coding and adding new features. I'll look more into it, for sure .

As for speed of loading...I hear that vbulletin uses a lot of eval() calls, which is pretty slow and tiresome on the server and can usually be avoided in the grand scheme of things

I'll definately look into it though .

[Mumei]

personally I have used both types of forum, and I prefer IPB

Plus we've got so many home grown mods on the board, it would be quite a bit of work porting things like the download and codexcheck systems over to VB

[Raui]

IPB > vB

its far more customizable in my oppinion and it would be too much of a hassle for Mumei and the other staff members that contribute to the codex check to port it into vB.

[Mystical]

ASP > PHP

[Dan]

vB > IPB.

IPB is the cheap knock off version of vB.

vB is god

[Sweeney]

vB > IPB.

IPB is the cheap knock off version of vB.

vB is god

Hell no.
<3 IPB... in terms of normal users, like myself, it's so much more friendly. vB is cold.

IPB is Aslan, vB is Jadis.
Yupyup.

[Ives]

Vbulletin is much better in my opinion, but there are things like Hydrogen said that could be unessecary in the grand scheme of things. However, there is no reason to go to Vbulletin using ImpEx. Why? Because in the end, it really matters on who runs the site. The people who run the site are intelligent enough to know their ins and outs of the software, and how to modify it to meet positive ends. So truly, its just a matter of interface. And there are plenty of skins out there which model vBulletin for IPB.

Hell no.
<3 IPB... in terms of normal users, like myself, it's so much more friendly. vB is cold.

IPB is Aslan, vB is Jadis.
Yupyup.

Funny, because I find vBulletin much easier to use as a regular user. As an admin though, IPB wins in terms of user friendly.

[Hydrogen]

the only thing that vbulletin has over IPB I think, is that jelsoft releases its own modifications...IPB is learning off of their example but jelsoft is far ahead in this regard. in terms of software reeshu made the best point - it all matters on who is running the board. I would say at this point were too far into IPB to go to vB especially since all admins have gotten used to the file and coding structure of IPB. Not to mention to cost of having to port all of our technology over to vB in the event of a move (CodexChecks, custom mods, statistics evaluations for admins )

[Freddy]

Hell no.
<3 IPB... in terms of normal users, like myself, it's so much more friendly. vB is cold.

IPB is Aslan, vB is Jadis.
Yupyup.

Like joe said IPB is more friendly to users like me and apparently Joe.

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